Destiny The Taken King Review Thread

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I didn't see one of these posted yet and reviews are hitting Metacritic. Figured its time to get this going

Cheat Code Central - 4.5 out of 5 "Must Buy"

The Taken King is a love letter to Destiny fans and an apology to critics who felt let down by previous expansions. Systemically, this is the game Destiny should have been from the beginning. Content-wise, it lives up to the hype, with huge additions to solo, group, and PvP gameplay.
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http://cheatcc.com/ps4/rev/destinytakenkingreview.html


Kotaku Impressions - No Score yet but very positive

The Taken King’s first eight missions, which are delivered through one of these quest-lines, are also indicative of how much Destiny has changed over the past year. No longer do you stand in a room and shoot through waves of enemies; now there exists the type of actual variety you might have expected to see a year ago, with stealth and platforming and interactive objects that you can use to solve rudimentary puzzles. We saw this evolution start with Destiny’s first expansion, The Dark Below, and continue with the second, House of Wolves; now, after a year’s worth of iteration, it finally feels like Destiny is living up to the lofty promises Bungie made when they first announced the game.

Problem is, there’s not much to make fun of anymore. Even the story is interesting—yes, Destiny has a story now!—mostly because the writers have finally figured out how to deliver it. No longer must you suffer through a series of cutscenes in which insufferable people yell enigmatic things at you. Now, characters like Zavala and Eris Morn will talk to each other on the radio, playing off one another and revealing a level of personality I never thought we’d see from the gruff world of Destiny. Ghost replacement Nolan North does a fine job in the role, but Nathan Fillion’s Cayde-6 is the real star of the show; if you’ve ever wanted to shoot aliens while listening to Captain Mal make fun of everyone, this is your game.
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http://kotaku.com/destiny-the-taken-king-kicks-ass-so-far-1731000770


Power Unlimited - 91 / 100

The Taken King is truly Destiny 2.0. Practically everything has been revised and improved, making this the unmissable Bungie title that Destiny should’ve been a year ago.
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http://www.pu.nl/artikelen/review/destiny-the-taken-king-review/


LaPS4 - 91 /100

The Taken King could have been named Destiny 2 without lying. The quantity of new content is made for those still playing the game and looking to take full advantage of Year Two.
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http://www.laps4.com/analisis/423345-analisis_destiny_rey_de_los_poseidos_ps4_.html



Digital Chumps - 9 out of 10

This is literally and figuratively a game changer for Destiny, and in a good way.
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http://digitalchumps.com/game-reviews/352-playstation-4/destiny-the-taken-king.html


Attack of the Fanboy - 4.5 / 5

Destiny: The Taken King and the Year Two Update is a significant step forward towards making this game something more enjoyable rather than a chore, but it still focuses very narrowly on pleasing its existing player base.
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http://attackofthefanboy.com/reviews/destiny-the-taken-king-review/


GameTrailers - 8.7 out of 10

Destiny’s next chapter doesn’t just tack on more, but revisits and tweaks nearly every aspect of the game.
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http://www.gametrailers.com/reviews/poc15i/destiny--the-taken-king-review



Toronto Sun - 8 out of 10


One of the biggest criticisms levelled against Destiny from day one was its lack of a coherent storyline. The Taken King addresses that in a big way, with a dramatic opening cinematic, an easily understood narrative (very bad alien is assembling very large slave army to take over the solar system) and lots of lovely little character moments.
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http://www.torontosun.com/2015/09/1...ew-expansion-pack-sweeps-you-up-in-the-action

ACG Video Review - Rating Buy

https://youtube.com/watch?v=d_3tQaknk50



Gamers Temple - 88%

I had a great time with The Taken King. There really is more to it than a new set of story missions and some new strikes and multiplayer modes - it has improved upon Destiny in many of the areas in which I thought that the original game fell short. And, unlike the original, I'm compelled to keep playing the game even though I'm am through with it from a review perspective.
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http://www.gamerstemple.com/game-reviews/playstation-4/9928/destiny-the-taken-king-review


Gamekult(French) - 6 out of 10

http://www.gamekult.com/jeux/test-destiny-le-roi-des-corrompus-SU3050485193t.html#ps4



Metacritic

http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/destiny-the-taken-king


Thats all of the reviews on Meta but I'll be keep them updated as they come in
 
So is this the time to jump in to Destiny? I've been holding off, but I've heard the actual shooting is top-notch and it was the structure that sucked. If that's fixed, I think I want in.
 
5taquitos said:
So is this the time to jump in to Destiny? I've been holding off, but I've heard the actual shooting is top-notch and it was the structure that sucked. If that's fixed, I think I want in.
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Yeah hop in now. You can get everything for 60 bucks. At this point there is plenty of content. They have also restructured the entire game making it much more coherent and interesting.
 
I'm not sure that a few hours is really enough to review a game like Destiny.

You need to run strikes and raids and do weekly stuff and unlock stuff.

Of course, it's fine enough to only review maybe the campaign.
 
Yaari said:
How did the first score again?
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Generally in the 6-8 range.

The raid comes out on Friday, so all these early reviews are excluding it and a fair amount of the endgame content. I think we'll see a lot of sites hold off until next week for more complete reviews; reviews this early basically plowed through the story and dabbled in Crucible.

Impressions are universally positive, which is a big change over Destiny's divisive launch.
 
Quick question, if I have vanilla destiny fully updated to 2.0 will I have to spend years downloading the taken king content or is that part already done? I ask because I recall the 2.0 update being like 10 gig and I kinda feel like buying the expansion now.
 
I haven't played it much since the first few months and once my Titan hit level 20-something. Is worth getting back into? You need PS+ for most of it don't you?
 
Mondrian said:
Quick question, if I have vanilla destiny fully updated to 2.0 will I have to spend years downloading the taken king content or is that part already done? I ask because I recall the 2.0 update being like 10 gig and I kinda feel like buying the expansion now.
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It all came with the 2.0 download. You might have to download a ~100 mb patch that went out last night that activates Taken King but that's all.
 
Mondrian said:
Quick question, if I have vanilla destiny fully updated to 2.0 will I have to spend years downloading the taken king content or is that part already done? I ask because I recall the 2.0 update being like 10 gig and I kinda feel like buying the expansion now.
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The 2.0 update was the Taken King content; when you buy it, it's basically just unlocking it. The patch that activated it today was very small.
 
Started a new character with 2.0, much better leveling and drops. Not jumping on TTK quite yet, might wait for a sale.
 
There are some unhappy user reviews there, i can see their point though, i'd be a bit salty if some of my previously paid for DLC was seemingly locked behind an expansion i did not want to purchase.

No access to heroics, nightfalls etc

Only a legacy playlist, no clash, salvage, control, skirmish, combined arms.
 
wanderjahr said:
How can they give a proper review without raid or end-game events?
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I feel like these reviews are written with Activision/bungie PR copy close at hand.

"Fear not disgruntled fans, all things you desire now are in this new version of game"

I'm incredibly skeptical on how much ttk actually changes destiny.

In a few months I'll check back on it.
 
Too little too late imo. The original release of this game was a scam so i'm not spending money on anything from Bungie or Activision anymore. The only way they could've made up for it was to provide this expansion for free.
 
Obliterator said:
Because Metacritic user scores are incredibly easy to troll as there is no proof any of those people have ever played more than 5 minutes of Destiny
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It's sad really. TTK is pretty fun so far, can't believe people are so obsessed with Bungie/Destiny that they flock to rate it 1/10 as soon as they can.

smh
 
How on Earth can they review it without seeing all the content and how it will play in a real life environment? I'll take a "late" review that had the individual go through the content live than a rushed review in some kind of preview environment.

I already have The Taken King so I'm not looking for buying advise but I find it extremely weird.
 
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