LabouredSubterfuge
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Still struggling to work out what they spent their money and man hours on when considerably smaller teams with less money have created more.
Destiny - Review Thread
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AngryPuppy
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RSB
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People keep mentioning the lack of content, but I don't see it, honestly. The game has a good amount of content, the problem is, the content is just not good enough, especially coming from Bungie.
The lack of feautures though, now that's a problem. No theater mode, no custom games, no split-screen, no firefight...
The lack of feautures though, now that's a problem. No theater mode, no custom games, no split-screen, no firefight...
ethomaz
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I'm really enjoying it... weird to think my taste is so different 
IMO it is one of the best games I played this year... I need to choose between Ground Zeroes and Destiny.
Ohhhhhh and I think the game have so much things to do... crazy but I already played over 20 hours and just opened Venus now.
IMO it is one of the best games I played this year... I need to choose between Ground Zeroes and Destiny.
Ohhhhhh and I think the game have so much things to do... crazy but I already played over 20 hours and just opened Venus now.
Lack of content is as much of a lazy criticism of Destiny as it was of Titanfall.
Each game has its own set of issues, but can be easily dismissed with a casual "not enough content" comment, because that's easy and doesn't take a lot of thought. It also doesn't lead to interesting discussion.
Bungie giving me 100 more missions in 20 more locations where I hold off waves of enemies while robo-Dinklage scans the whatever will not make Destiny a better game.
If the content is good, no matter how limited, people will play it over and over again. Counter-Strike only had bomb defusal missions and hostage rescue missions and a very limited selection of maps. People are still defusing bombs on de_dust2 in 2014. Because it's still fun to do so.
Exactly. It's a lack of meaningful or diverse content beyond the core campaign.
As a huge, long-term Bungie fan, I actually feel really hurt by these broken promises. I feel like I've been duped, and I now expect to be nickel and dimed for the more worthwhile content in DLC form. I don't plan to get any of it, I won't be burned twice, and I'll wait for reviews before buying another Bungie game, sadly 
Don't get me wrong, the mechanics of the game are great, it's basically Halo, but beyond that the game is not what they promised it would be. If that's the franchise they plan to spend 10 years with, I'm unfortunately not looking forward to it.
Don't get me wrong, the mechanics of the game are great, it's basically Halo, but beyond that the game is not what they promised it would be. If that's the franchise they plan to spend 10 years with, I'm unfortunately not looking forward to it.
RSB
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That I can agree with. The game is definetly lacking in variety. Hell, I'd say the Silent Cartographer alone feels more varied than the entirety of Destiny.
ethomaz
Banned
But the campaign is the small part of the game... what you have outside the main campaign is what make Destiny big.
Agreed.
The problem is that while the game has content, it is very, very repetitive. Like someone else said, level 8 is no different to level 18 in terms of what you are actually doing. You are still doing the same mission structure, with the same wave of enemy tactics and the same gun styles.
This is why Destiny isn't a great game, because it is far too safe. It is a good game, but not a great one.
ArkkAngel007
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...are you related to Corgi? Can't be a coincidence that there are two puppy themed juniors running around. I demand we go deeper into #puppygate.
But seriously, why are we drawing comparisons to Titanfall, reception or the game itself?
Journalism corruption?
Console wars?
False equivalency for the sake of it?
Per your claims of sites being dependent on publishers for revenue wouldn't/couldn't Acti-Blizzard 'punish' those sites who reviewed it poorly in the future? Deny them marketing dollars or preview builds? Wouldn't those sites be afraid of that retaliation in the relationship you describe?
There isn't enough tinfoil in the world to make a hat that big...
I agree with him. I like Destiny MP way more than Titanfall MP.
Eddie Griffin
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speculawyer
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Damn, Gerstmann dropped the Giant Bomb on Destiny.
My copy just arrived . . . anyone wanna buy it? Xbone. (It seemed like the best choice for the free game.)
My copy just arrived . . . anyone wanna buy it? Xbone. (It seemed like the best choice for the free game.)
The repetitive missions that ultimately push you into farming the same mob of enemies over and over in hopes of getting that piece of loot that probably isn't as big of an upgrade? That doesn't really would like a good way to make a game feel "big." If you are talking environments, Destiny definitely has huge, amazing landscapes, but they are very lacking in detail outside of the developers designed path they want you to take.
RSB
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This is so true.
I have replayed some of the Halo levels dozens of times, because they are just so good. The game didn't need loot or anything to keep me playing, it was just good gameplay and excellent level design.
And the long stretches of vast emptiness that are only meant to be filler excuses for you to use your speeder bike are very curious, as well. Makes the game feel really lifeless and empty.
I feel like Old Russia was the most well realized environment, and it was all kind of downhill from there.
Your core systems really need to be in tune to pull off the kind of experience Destiny is going for.
Destiny takes all of the most mundane elements of MMOs, and neglects the social elements that are key to making the experience interesting beyond 'completing' it. Things like tons of awesome loot, trading and even being able to communicate with unknown players easily.
It sacrifices most of what is good about the gameplay in Bungie's games for no good reason.
EnVy_CaLiBeR
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ArkkAngel007
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If you got it for free, I don't think you'll have much issue with it. It's still a decent game. Just really disappointing, especially paying $60-$150 for it. This isn't Aliens: Colonial Marines or Dino Crisis 3 where the game is pretty crap no matter how you look at it.
WrenchNinja
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If the campaign is only a small part of the game, then what is the big part? Cause for the last, I don't know, 10-15 hours I've playing that small part.
FeenixRising
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That's weirdly cute lol.
ArkkAngel007
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That loot..
.that is best earned by luck in PvP where likely the potato of the team will get it.
No, I think it will at worst sit at 72%. There will likely be some 80-90 range stuff keeping the average up.
AngryPuppy
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Haha nah I'm not. Used to post on PA but it got boring, they're not cool with anyone being negative about this game and someone insulted Gerstmann for his review.
You know those missions and Strikes you did for the last 10-15 hours?
It's that. But harder difficulty and better rewards.
That's the "big part".
There's also a raid coming next week if you're the type of person who has 5 friends to wipe on hard content for several hours with.
Steverulez
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Everyone (publishers) seems to be scared of reviews now which is why they're out so late but I suspect that Activision and Bungie knew this was likely and if you knew that, well I probably wouldn't turn my servers on early for reviewers early either hehe
What is the point when people rather just have smooth controls over anything else? Doesn't matter how broken it is so long you can keep luring them with a carrot and make lone wolfing *STILL* the name of the game.
Thats not how logic works. Some do in some cases probably. I don't think Activision care at this point. They used the press to hype up the game prerelease. And it paid off in huge dollars.
I've never enjoyed playing a game that I find so much wrong with quite as much as Destiny.
It's lacking, soulless, empty, load time-heavy, and has maybe the most pretentious, vague, and eye-roll worthy dialog/writing to ever grace anything ever. I would rather have genuinely no story than what little is there drenched in stuff like "the fallen" "the awoken" "the guardians" "the light" "the darkness" "the traveler" "the _____"
But it's fun, pretty, and has a really nice sweet spot of challenge. While it's far less vast as was suggested, the size is the least of Destiny's problems.
It's lacking, soulless, empty, load time-heavy, and has maybe the most pretentious, vague, and eye-roll worthy dialog/writing to ever grace anything ever. I would rather have genuinely no story than what little is there drenched in stuff like "the fallen" "the awoken" "the guardians" "the light" "the darkness" "the traveler" "the _____"
But it's fun, pretty, and has a really nice sweet spot of challenge. While it's far less vast as was suggested, the size is the least of Destiny's problems.
neogaffer1
Banned
The launch hype was pushing me towards getting a Digital Guardian Edition but after the game came out I decided that if I was going to get it I'd just get the normal edition.
Is it worth getting right now? I enjoyed the beta but after 15-ish hours with it I got immensely bored with it. Is the rest of the game (everything outside of Old Russia) varied enough to justify a purchase or is it just the stuff that was in Old Russia just with new environments?
Edit: Reading the Giant Bomb review I'm getting the feeling that it's not worth picking up the game at all...
Is it worth getting right now? I enjoyed the beta but after 15-ish hours with it I got immensely bored with it. Is the rest of the game (everything outside of Old Russia) varied enough to justify a purchase or is it just the stuff that was in Old Russia just with new environments?
Edit: Reading the Giant Bomb review I'm getting the feeling that it's not worth picking up the game at all...
Uno Venova
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I'm legit excited, cos if you copped Titanfall in a media vacuum it was incredible. Rise (the TF map), dude. Play it on PC with me.
Bingo.
Although, like we've mentioned before, there is that one part where you pull a sword out of the ground and fuck shit up for like a minute and then nothing cool like that ever happens again.
If Halo 5/MCC reviews and sells better, Bungie might be a little peeved. Although the latter is pretty unlikely considering the console it's on.
Woah, that's rough.
blankempathy
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hammering in those nails.
BigTnaples
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Definitely worth it IMO. Venus especially is awesome. Having a blast with the game. Genuinely surprised by low scores.
Which is...the same 6 strikes on higher levels?
As someone who enjoyed the beta and is disappointed with the full game despite having fun with a lot of it, I'd say it's worth buying a physical copy you can trade in or sell if you get bored with it. I have a lot of complaints with the game but I don't regret buying it - only buying it on digital. I can't see myself going back to it very often once the rest of the Fall games roll around.
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