I thought HoW by itself was 20 bucks. You could get that for 20, then get TTK for 40.
Destiny The Taken King Review Thread
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I thought HoW by itself was 20 bucks. You could get that for 20, then get TTK for 40.
electricpirate
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If you have destiny on disc, Gamestop is giving 20 dollars for a destiny trade in towards the legendary edition. That would cut the price to 40.
I would have done that too if it were'nt for BB Gamer's Club. That combined with selling the original game on ebay for $15 makes it slightly cheaper for me.
no
It seems more like a lot of content just wasn't finished when they shipped (hence why people found parts of levels that would later be included in the DLC) - judging by the mess that was Destiny's development, I'm more willing to believe that was the case than the idea that they intentionally left stuff out, especially when the base game was so clearly lacking content.
All the DLC apparently solves this issue entirely and TTK is supposed to be the game at its best.
Lé Blade Runner
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I agree with the consensus - Destiny is now what it always should have been, and as such, it's simply superb. The best console-FPS out there, easily.
Sword Of Doom
Member
It should be $40 for year one owners, period.
Can a non DLC owner do nightfall/weekly/daily? Probably not
Obliterator
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Lé Blade Runner;179022482 said:
Agree 100%
Buy the Legendary Edition for 60$, it includes all the DLC + Taken King.
You'll be introduced to Dark Below and House of Wolves missions pretty fast.
No they can't but really are we going to have this debate again? Destiny for better or worse is an MMO. This is no different from a Dungeon Roulette in an MMO being blocked when an expansion comes out. Let's not try and hate on Bungie for what is a standard in the genre. Because they're not going to change things for people who don't wish to move on.
So the order you play in is vanilla, Dark Below, House of Wolves, then Taken King? I'm so out of the loop.
You can just skip the DLCs (if you want) and go straight to Taken King.
Baldassare Castiglione
Neo Member
This has probably been asked many times before already, but would this new Destiny be fun to play at all if I was just playing on my own? I didn't play the original Destiny at all, so I have no frame of reference.
Sword Of Doom
Member
Edit: see below
The Taken King missions are good fun on your own. The original Destiny missions (which is most of the single player) are not fun on your own, it's just go here and shoot this for 7 hours.
Sword Of Doom
Member
No I'm not trying to have this debate but the person said no when asked a question and I was correcting them
There's an item you get from the post master that will boost your character to 25 if you want to start right off with Taken King.
If you don't, the new quest system will guide you through the story in a sensible way from level 1.
Baldassare Castiglione
Neo Member
As a new player playing solo, would I be better off going through all the content, or should I just jump into TTK? Not sure if I'd have the pull to get all the way to the TTK content if the older Destiny content is too dry for those playing solo.
Honestly I feel like they should have not included that item unless you already had a character 25. It makes it so a lot of players who are new might skip the content. :/
Great. Thanks for the info. I'd probably just play it all the way through since I want to see all the content.
Runs until the 21st all you need is the disc.
Obliterator
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Another review hit Metacritic. Power Unlimited. Score 91 / 100
TTK currently at 89 Meta
TTK currently at 89 Meta
They added some weekly events that were DLC only. It replaced existing weekly events but, since they are the same damned strike you've done a thousand times before, unless you REALLY care about earning a few more points of currency, it wasn't a big deal. Annoying that existing users didn't get an alternative but really not much of an issue at all for those who weren't obsessively playing.
You can still play the strikes, you just can't do so with increased benefits from playing them in the upper two playlists.
Karak
Member
LOL. There is still plenty to tease and plenty to like. I mean TTK fixed a great deal but its not like Destiny suddenly became amazing overnight as a full package. Especially considered that some of the things people may have had issues with are still there. And thats coming from someone who is enjoying TKK a great deal but a lot of this is rebound blindeness.
Karak
Member
From what I've read, the recent 2.0 update made a bunch of changes to the base content, the way it's arranged, the ordering etc (plus the systems have changed evolved from what they were when it first released). For any new player, I'd recommend going through the whole thing rather than skipping directly to 25. You can get through that stuff pretty quickly anyways.
Omnistalgic
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I wanna jump back in, but really want to play with my wife. Dunno if its worth another ps4
StrikeZero
Member
Until Bungie implements matchmaking I'm not jumping back into Destiny. Tired of their shafting of the players and stupid game design decisions.
Obliterator
Member
Here's a video review from ACG, the review covers single player content missions and strikes. They rated it a Buy
https://youtube.com/watch?v=d_3tQaknk50
https://youtube.com/watch?v=d_3tQaknk50
Karak
Member
The number of people I know who are on this log makes me hope beyond hope it all gets worked out.
I am so interested in what D2 will be like if some of those kinds of things don't ever get into D1
So what issues are still there? My issue with vanilla was the repetitive grind to get from level 25 to 30. In the end I stopped at 29 because I couldn't take it anymore. Not to mention the bad mission design and laughable story.
wild wild rice
Member
So does the TK and expansion stuff open up later in the game? I entered the code on PSN, then had to download each expansion separately, which never showed up in my download list and I'm wondering if I somehow fucked this up.
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
Yeah, TTK starts at like 25. All TTK content was in the mandatory 18gb patch last week, the DLC code just unlocks it.
wild wild rice
Member
Oh cool, thanks! I suppose the other expansions will unlock in due time as well. I think I'm only level 7ish.
Karak
Member
Well depends on the various issues you or the person your talking to has with the original game. The restructure of the original missions, for example, is only at the very strictest of definitions a change. So if you expect to suddenly be delighted and amazed with the story it won't happen.
There is still a great deal of annoyance around the lack of matchmaking and various multiplayer choices, which, for many stops them from experiencing any of the better loot stuff because they won't jump in at all due to the same line drawn in the sand about adding an option people want.
Grinding, I personally feel has changed for the better BUT it hasn't really lessened it has just changed forms, and that's fine. No MMO exists without grinding and pretending it doesn't exist lessens the chance of someone enjoying it who is prepared with factual data. You will probably jump to 40 in just a couple hours. I started with a level 25 character and was 40 before 6 hours was up.
Additionally even with the new additions you will, very quickly be repeating stuff. That's Destiny in a nutshell.
And then there are some other issues, I am seeing a lot of crucible complaints and awards but haven't jumped into it enough yet to offer suggestions.
I have always felt Destiny had good shooting now a lot of it has been increased to that same presentation level. Its not an amazing game by any stretch of the means but its good. Competent would be the best word I think. I rated it a Buy but its with some caveats.
I personally don't want to bring it up but there is also the fact that many feel they are paying 100 to get the game that was planned and aren't to stoked about that.
family_guy
Member
You just get a game that works like it should have when it launched. If it were a free update then kudos, but it cost many people $100+ to get to the point of owning a product they can be proud of.
Keep playing the campaign. You'll hit the Dark Below quest line at about level 10, and House of Wolves some time later. By the time you've done them and the other original story missions, you'll be level 25. Or sooner if you run Crucible or patrols, etc.
Enough of this trolling. This shit has passed its expiration date.
Orochinagis
Member
Bungie really needs to stop relying of gearing the players with random enemy drops, feels like you are playing Destiny before the loot cave nerf.
A lost oportunity to gear you up with you good gear on the quest chains after the main mission, so far I am seeing light 220 in a post game quest when you can find a 250 light blue engram on the wild in a random mob drop.
A lost oportunity to gear you up with you good gear on the quest chains after the main mission, so far I am seeing light 220 in a post game quest when you can find a 250 light blue engram on the wild in a random mob drop.
Tempted to give it another go but reading between the lines it's a bit annoying to feel I paid full price originally for flawed, unfinished release and effectively buy it again to get the finished version.
On the other hand I did get plenty of fun from it.
Quick question: if I have only original retail version with zero DLC but am fully up to date if I just buy it digitally (version that's essentially original plus DLC plus TTK) will the game effectively "turn on" everything AND sprealize I bought digital and stop asking for disk to play or would I be better deleting the whole game, buying digital and fully reinstalling?
Basically I don't want it to still ask for disk to play if I buy via PSN having disk version installed.
Thanks in advance.
On the other hand I did get plenty of fun from it.
Quick question: if I have only original retail version with zero DLC but am fully up to date if I just buy it digitally (version that's essentially original plus DLC plus TTK) will the game effectively "turn on" everything AND sprealize I bought digital and stop asking for disk to play or would I be better deleting the whole game, buying digital and fully reinstalling?
Basically I don't want it to still ask for disk to play if I buy via PSN having disk version installed.
Thanks in advance.
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