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[BattleMonkey]

Enjoyed the game till I beat the "story" and got stuck in a the stupid light grind. Yea game ended for me, it's too bad cause I wish I could keep playing it, but there being nothing but a grind of the same anemic amount of content? Nope

 

[Clearos]

I honestly would like to know how many people are actively paying to play Destiny, when Warframe is sitting in their online store free to play and offering more content to boot and they have no idea what Warframe is.

Played both. Enjoy them both for different reasons. Both solid games.

 

[dmr87]

Emphasis on 'have played'. I played alot for a time, now I don't care anymore.

 

[broony]

I don't know why. Better games with those things are releasing constantly.

Like what? Specifics?

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

Are you for real?

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[Stone Ocean]

500 people and this is the best they could come up with? Good lord

 

[JetBlackPanda]

No, not really. A lot of people think they like it but they really don't. See the image with the mouse for an explanation.

Holy shit guys! I think I love this game. (Over 500 hours played) with my friends but I guess not.

Where's da cheese?

 

[alterno69]

The mechanics are solid for the most part...the handling feels rewarding and arcady in a sense.....easy to pick up on the go. Kind of like COD. I would argue Destiny's accessibility rivals COD.

I agree, but some people justify its succes saying the mechanics are amazing, they really aren't IMO, the shooting is good, not great, i feel the guns lack punch and like i said, they all feel similar. The classes all feel very similar too. Enemy AI is the same as Halo:CE which is a decade+ old game. The "looting" is crap, no sense of discovery when "exploring".

 

[MikeyB]

Two and a half men, and that Bazinga show are super popular and employ lots of people. It's a good thing that many people are entertained by these things. People being happy is good.

Maybe fans of these shows don't have people trashing their shows on online forums, despite the fact that the shows are bland and awful pablum. Then again, the creators of those shows weren't known for classics of high-quality television, nor were they promising the moon and the stars to an audience looking for the next classic, and taking preorders and selling season's passes.

If you enjoy Destiny, that's fantastic and I genuinely hope you get your money's worth. But you're going to have to live with the fact that they disappointed a very vocal segment of the market.

 

[Bunta]

No, not really. A lot of people think they like it but they really don't. See the image with the mouse for an explanation.

Oh, I don't really enjoy the game? Damn, I guess I should quit!

 

[BigTnaples]

Awesome. Game is fun as hell, and 500+ people working on it means people will get what they want. Content.

 

[JetBlackPanda]

I agree, but some people justify its succes saying the mechanics are amazing, they really aren't IMO, the shooting is good, not great, i feel the guns lack punch and like i said, they all feel similar. The classes all feel very similar too. Enemy AI is the same as Halo:CE which is a decade+ old game. The "looting" is crap, no sense of discovery when "exploring".

I disagree on the combat. It feels AMAZING to me. On the world and exploration I agree. The game should have been more WOW and less Monster Hunter but alas here we are.

It's still creeping it's way into my top 5 of all time list.

 

[alterno69]

I disagree on the combat. It feels AMAZING to me. On the world and exploration I agree. The game should have been more WOW and less Monster Hunter but alas here we are.

It's still creeping it's way into my top 5 of all time list.

I think the player movement is the best thing in the game, you feel like a bad ass when you double jump and cap an enemy while in the air, you always feel nimble and agile but that's it. Like i said, i was so dissapointed after playing the alpha and beta and it was like 20% of the game.

 

[Massa]

Enjoyed the game till I beat the "story" and got stuck in a the stupid light grind. Yea game ended for me, it's too bad cause I wish I could keep playing it, but there being nothing but a grind of the same anemic amount of content? Nope

Same here, but I also stopped playing every other FPS I played this year after going through their campaigns so I don't mind the fact that the post-game grindy part of Destiny is a terrible grind.

 

[dangatang]

A lot of people checked out the DLC because they bought the limited editions and had redeemed their codes already. I hadn't played the game in a month and put it back in for the DLC, I got through all the non-raid content I could in less time than it would have taken me to get a party together for a raid. After the hour and a half, I just accepted that the game was even more of a chore than before. I'm sure they counted me as one of those players though.

 

[Jebusman]

No, not really. A lot of people think they like it but they really don't. See the image with the mouse for an explanation.

You're going to rile a lot of people with this comment, because you're not entirely accurate with this.

People are genuinely having fun. But that's because it's still the honeymoon phase. A lot of people making statements about gambling/crack addictions are because they have lived through YEARS of stuff like WoW. No one could have played Destiny for that long by now, so obviously a lot of people are going to make the "Of course I'm having fun" statements.

Edit: I have to apologize to the guy who compared this to WoW earlier. You were pretty accurate about it, if not for the reason you thought it was. Mark my words, 1 year from now 50% of the people in the thread who are staunch defenders of this game will look back at this time and wonder how they managed to lose so many hours to what essentially summed up to an addiction.

Enjoy the ride, regret will sting like a bitch.

 

[EL CUCO]

Sweet. I would imagine another wave of Guardians are coming through for Christmas.

This is my MOST played game of 2014, easily.

 

[UpDownLeftRight]

Damn you're serious???

I thought you were one of the most active guys in the Official Thread.

Bungie has a problem if even dedicated players like you feel the game is soul crushing.

I quit the game about a month ago too. And I made the mistake of buying the Guardian edition...I just don't have the strengh to keep playing anymore.

Most of the changes Bungie implemented affected negatively the way I used to play.

Making the weekly challenges harder for solo players made me quit the game.

Another big Destiny fool here. I was way up there with some of the highest levels and play times back at launch month, the OT even got me my GAF membership speedtracked due to my posting frequency and remember I watching Woof slowly drain out in the OT at almost the exact same pace as I was. I lasted maybe an extra week or so. Every day I did the dailies and then grinded for whatever I could just in hope of finding some fancy new toy to flash off to everyone in the OT and see if it was a new discovery. Then you begin to realize that everything noteworthy has been found because there's crap all of it to find, but for some reason you keep going back.

Except now you start to really get sick of the grind and see just how much is actually missing from the game, and the undelivered promise. One day sooner or later you finally pop in a different game to Destiny thinking "damn I'm gonna miss raiding with those guys I knew", and you wanna go back just to raid with them again, but whatever game you chose actually feels fun, it's like a refreshing feeling and you just can't be bothered to stick Destiny back in to go raiding again even with the new DLC.

That's pretty much my experience with the game summarized and honestly I have no idea why I kept playing it as long as I did, although I should probably note a whole bunch of my friends are still hooked on it and the OT still lives so it definitely has its fanbase. I've played many grind heavy games before but unless there is a reward I always drop it instantly, I have no real idea why I didn't with Destiny but the only possible reason I can think of is because I really wanted to love it. I'll be willing to give them a second shot with a sequel if it looks like a substantial upgrade but the original is a game I actually regret having in my collection. The only one I regret having even.

TLDR: Truly soul crushing game.

 

[ShamePain]

Destiny =

Destiny 2 =

See also: ground zeroes

They packaged up a basic version of the game they wanted to make so that they would have a game to release this year.

Those 500 people are continuing to work on the real destiny for 2016.

Destiny 2 to have 80% of assets carried over from Halo 1 and 2 confirmed.

 

[tbm24]

I agree, but some people justify its succes saying the mechanics are amazing, they really aren't IMO, the shooting is good, not great, i feel the guns lack punch and like i said, they all feel similar. The classes all feel very similar too. Enemy AI is the same as Halo:CE which is a decade+ old game. The "looting" is crap, no sense of discovery when "exploring".

I have to question how much of the game you've played if you're going to say that the weapons all feel the same and that the AI is anything like Halo.

 

[CouldBeWorse]

I enjoy Destiny

Why?

I think the worlds look amazing
I think the sound design is amazing
I think the UI design is amazing
I think for being always online, the game has been technically very sound

Why?

I enjoy playing co –op games more than anything else
I love playing with close friends and family as a way to spend time together
Since launch I have met some really great guys who I now play with regularly

Why?

As a shooter fan, I think Destiny’s sandbox is the best shooter mechanics I have ever played
Combat and AI is fun, unpredictable, dynamic

Why?

With 23 x 15 minute missions, 8 x 25 minute strikes, 2 x 1-2 hour raids, 13 multiplayer maps, 4 x planets to free roam, I find there is plenty of content for me a my friends to do something different every night for an hour or two.
We used to run the same 2 or three choice missions from whichever shooter was game of the moment for months on end (Gears / Halo / COD), there is more repeatable co-op content in Destiny than any of those games.

Why?

I enjoy always having something to level up, some bounty to challenge me to play differently, targets to try and achieve. Older co-op games have a high score / time to beat, Destiny has that, but also other purposes for running that mission again with your friends
I enjoy how the game can be both casual and extremely challenging, shooting the shit with your friends while roaming the moon, picking up bounties, is completely different to a nightfall strike or a hard raid run

Why?

I have had more fun in this game, than any other for years

Why?

I am posting on GAF with a positive impression of Destiny

Why?

I'm with you, dude. While there is plenty to bitch about (and my friends and I do constantly, but it's informed by hundreds of hours of gameplay), what's there is still fantastic. It's the first time I've ever dedicated this much time to a single game, putting most other games on pause for the last few months. And it's brought me together with friends I haven't played with in years!

I would like this post or some variant of it to be posted at the top of each Destiny thread to address the barrage of troll posts, mostly from people who don't understand what they are talking about but just want to join the party.

 

[tbm24]

You're going to rile a lot of people with this comment, because you're not entirely accurate with this.

People are genuinely having fun. But that's because it's still the honeymoon phase. A lot of people making statements about gambling/crack addictions are because they have lived through YEARS of stuff like WoW. No one could have played Destiny for that long by now, so obviously a lot of people are going to make the "Of course I'm having fun" statements.

So you're also going to insinuate that we are in fact not having fun? I've played WoW for years and years as well, so either I have a gambling problem I'm unaware of or I simply don't know what a fun game is.

 

[Clearos]

What I enjoy about Destiny is that I can either put in 30 mins or a few hours a day and feel accomplished. Iron Banner is going on so I've just been doing PvP strictly to try and rep up and get the bounties done. (I played IB for a few days before I realized that there were IB specific bounties and not just the normal pvp ones.)

I am only light level 26 which I got to with minimal effort and I am still wrecking people at 31 light level. i think the maps are competitive and nothing feels better than using the teleport to throw my nova bomb and kill the point defenders or at least scatter them so my team can go in and clean house.

This is why to me this game is great, I feel I am playing at my pace, I still have to level my warlock subclass and try the marksman/Titan down the road (only got them to level 10)

For the gambling addiction arguments. I also play sport games...the same damn game over and over and the only difference is the team colors and names. I don't get epic pigskins, or legendary goalie gloves to improve my progress. Still waiting for a freaking uncommon water bottle drop. I just play them because I enjoy them, and I rather do something I enjoy.

 

[Diablohead]

Awesome. Game is fun as hell, and 500+ people working on it means people will get what they want. Content.

:lol

 

[Portugeezer]

The amount of hate is ridiculous. I mean, it's a disappointing game but certainly not a bad game by any means.

 

[Deku Tree]

Sweet. I would imagine another wave of Guardians are coming through for Christmas.

This is my MOST played game of 2014, easily.

This is my most played game of my whole life I think. So good. Other than possibly the SMB series or the Halo series but those are whole long series. Sure it's not for everybody though.

 

[Jebusman]

So you're also going to insinuate that we are in fact not having fun? I've played WoW for years and years as well, so either I have a gambling problem I'm unaware of or I simply don't know what a fun game is.

But.

People are genuinely having fun.

There is going to come a point where the fun stops and the addiction begins. But where you would think that's obviously when people would stop playing, many won't.

That's the addiction.

Stop trying to spin this as anything else.

 

[JetBlackPanda]

But.



There is going to come a point where the fun stops and the addiction begins. But where you would think that's obviously when people would stop playing, many won't.

That's the addiction.

Stop trying to spin this as anything else.

Yeah "some" people will still play just because they are addicted how is this a knock against destiny and not compulsive gamers? People fucking play Pokemon for shinies.

BFD.

 

[Lord of Castamere]

It's hysterical how different the majority opinion is now compared to post-beta. That 'Destiny only has 1 area per planet' thread still stings.

 

[BlackVenom]

As long as it isnt 500+ people to copy paste....
If they could just tweak and fix some things and give us some diverse new content they could drag me back in.
Make it not so....boring.

 

[Pimpwerx]

I agree, but some people justify its succes saying the mechanics are amazing, they really aren't IMO, the shooting is good, not great, i feel the guns lack punch and like i said, they all feel similar. The classes all feel very similar too. Enemy AI is the same as Halo:CE which is a decade+ old game. The "looting" is crap, no sense of discovery when "exploring".

1. The shooting being good or great is completely subjective. If you didn't enjoy the gunplay, you're probably in the minority of people who played the game. That said, there's nothing wrong with that. But for many of us, the gunplay is actually the ultimate hook for this game. It is very satisfying to shoot things in this game.

2. The classes are hardly very similar. I can attest to this, as pretty much everyone I've played with extensively has run into the Warlock/Titan -> Hunter switch causing them to fall into a pit, or throw the wrong kind of grenade.

3. AI is AI. It's not Halo anymore than Halo is COD or whatever. AI varies. Enemies in this game are smart enough given their numbers. We do plenty of dying on the hard raids, and it's not just because the enemies are bullet sponges. They also do a decent job taking cover or flanking your position.

4. Loot sucks, but afaik, it's hardly the worst game with the RNG. It is what it is, part of the MMO grind.

5. It's a FPS, so I don't know what exploration one should expect. My friends love to explore the VoG and any new area they find. I don't. I just go waypoint to waypoint, hardly taking in the scenery. The vault encouraged exploration, as that's how people stumbled upon certain chests. I think it is what it is. The exploration could only ever become a thing because the traversal in the game is so fun, and because Bungie designed maps that were way more detailed than they actually used. The section between the entrance to the VoG and the start of the Templar stage has a rather extensive cave system that's just never been used. There's no point to the exploration since even if they littered the areas with chests, it would still just be the random chests we get in the rest of the world. Not really worth the investment in time.

I get that some people don't like the game, but a lot of the criticism tends to fall under "just not right for me", yet gets twisted into, "terrible design decision." I can't say I agree. There are legit design failures here, but it seems rather obviously to be in lack of story and lack of variety in game activities. PEACE.

 

[tbm24]

But.



There is going to come a point where the fun stops and the addiction begins. But where you would think that's obviously when people would stop playing, many won't.

That's the addiction.

Stop trying to spin this as anything else.

Everything you said after that directly implies that because players are in the honeymoon phase, they simply aren't aware of the fact that they aren't having fun. They are instead unknowingly addicted in the same way someone is to gambling. Unless there's another way to take the rest of your post that I'm not getting. You're free to explain.

Would also be nice for you to detail where the line between addiction and enjoyment is.

 

[antitrop]

Trading Destiny in to Gamestop was an immeasurably satisfying experience. Better than any random fucking loot drop.

The amount of hate is ridiculous. I mean, it's a disappointing game but certainly not a bad game by any means.

It has exceptional production values in most areas, but is barely any fun to play. It's a bad game.

 

[Jebusman]

Yeah "some" people will still play just because they are addicted how is this a knock against destiny and not compulsive gamers? People fucking play Pokemon for shinies.

BFD.

Trust me, I would love a world where people would realize how much that compulsive and gambling tendencies can grip them and their lives without knowing it.

But going by this thread, that's not going to happen.

 

[JetBlackPanda]

Trust me, I would love a world where people would realize how much that compulsive and gambling tendencies can grip them and their lives without knowing it.

But going by this thread, that's not going to happen.

Ok. I guess I am ruled by my vice. Fuck me guys.

What I should be doing is putting in another game and sit in front of my TV and manipulate the controller in another game that doesn't pray on the innocent.

 

[Aces&Eights]

Usually I can understand where resources went, but honestly what was everyone doing prior to Destiny 1 releasing?

Did they throw out a ton of content early on or only hire up really late in the process?

They met Activision and their box of scissors.

 

[JDizzv]

I wonder how many people are still active.

To those who are saying some are too harsh on the game: Bungie got my $60 off of the promise of a universe as rich as Star Wars and LOTR, their words...

To say that this game utterly failed at being anything close to that is no where near harsh enough. I felt robbed and straight up lied to at times, when playing the game.

 

[Ominym]

Destiny 2 to have 80% of assets carried over from Halo 1 and 2 confirmed.

This was already partially the case with Destiny's enemy AI anyway. The Fallen fight exactly like Elites, and the Hive fight exactly like the Flood. Jet pack jumps included, the Cabal fight just like Brutes.

 

[The Shogun]

Usually I can understand where resources went, but honestly what was everyone doing prior to Destiny 1 releasing?

Did they throw out a ton of content early on or only hire up really late in the process?

Who knows. The development of this game will always be such a mystery. Not to mention Bungies marketing straight up lied about the amount of content in the game. During their video documentaries they specifically say you go to Saturn and make Mercury look like a playable world.

Why it takes such a massive staff to put out so little content is beyond me

 

[BigTnaples]

:lol

Yes?

 

[GifGafIsTheBestGaf]

absolutely why

The Grind is real.

That's a lot of hamster wheels.

500+ people lighting up a blunt going "ayyy lmao" while having no idea what they're doing.

500+ ppl working on random Xür objects...

WTF

Just to be clear, none of those 500 people are writers, correct?

The game AND/OR its sequel. If that's the criteria, of course everyone they're employing is working on Destiny 1 or Destiny 2.

The OP headline is misleading. Article states 500 working on this game and/or its sequel.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

also those poor people. That game was soul crushing and the day I stopped playing I was happier.

 

[Jebusman]

Ok. I guess I am ruled by my vice. Fuck me guys.

What I should be doing is putting in another game and sit in front of my TV and manipulate the controller in another game that doesn't pray on the innocent.

You wonder why people shit on Destiny all the time when this is the kind of attitude I get from people.

I try to have a reasonable discussion on the design of Destiny and it's appeal to exploit human tendencies for maximum profit, and I get in response passive-aggressive showmanship and sarcasm.

Fuck me guys.

You're right on the money with this one.

 

[Namikaze1]

Edit: wrong thread.

 

[DontBeThatGuy]

Destiny threads become so redundant.

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

No one could have played Destiny for that long by now.

Do you realize how arrogant that statement is?

You are effectively saying you can universally say for all the people playing Destiny, where they are having fun or not.

Holy fucking cow. Literally "I do not enjoy the game, therefore no one can enjoy it, therefore all people still playing it are not having fun they are merely addicted".

 

[tbm24]

You wonder why people shit on Destiny all the time when this is the kind of attitude I get from people.

I try to have a reasonable discussion on the design of Destiny and it's appeal to exploit human tendencies for maximum profit, and I get in response passive-aggressive showmanship and sarcasm.



You're right on the money with this one.

Not sure how you expected a reasonable discussion when you keep insinuating that the active players simply don't know any better and once the veil is pulled from their eyes and they see the game for what it really is, it'll be too late for some.

Once again if you want to have this discussion, I think you should first start out by describing the line between addiction and enjoyment in videogames and then apply it to Destiny.

 

[Bacon]

Destiny threads become so redundant.

I can tell exactly what will happen in each of them before I even open the thread. Sometimes I can even guess what posters will be involved in the "discussion".

 

[veloxStrix]

 

[Grimsen]

I can tell exactly what will happen in each of them before I even open the thread. Sometimes I can even guess what posters will be involved in the "discussion".

Kinda like how I can guess the enemy placement every time I set foot in the Cosmodrome.

 

[JetBlackPanda]

You wonder why people shit on Destiny all the time when this is the kind of attitude I get from people.

I try to have a reasonable discussion on the design of Destiny and it's appeal to exploit human tendencies for maximum profit, and I get in response passive-aggressive showmanship and sarcasm.



You're right on the money with this one.

I don't understand what makes Destiny any different then any other game?

Games are designed to make you want to play more.

How is grinding for the best loot any different then grinding Stars in Mario? or grinding monster rank in Monster hunter, hitting the next prestige in COD or trying to collect them all. This is what video games do.

Sorry if I offended you but your insinuating that I am playing this game not realizing I'm not having fun and it's just my addicting personality that is keeping me playing and it's simply not true.