I played from 1 PM to about 11:30 PM yesterday, other than bathroom and food breaks I could not remove myself from my computer, I was instantly hooked. I'm so glad I held off on getting the PS4 version of this. I understand the criticisms people made of this being a Destiny 1.5 rather than a proper sequel but honestly, with Destiny 1 having such tight gameplay and most of its issues fixed by its final expansion that's really all we needed. The game looks phenomenal and plays so damn good with KB + M. The story is interesting and the dialogue is super cheesy but honestly that's fine with me and I'm not taking it seriously so it's still enjoyable. I'm loving all the activities in patrol. With Adventures, Lost Sectors, and the frequency at which Public Events pop up, you always have something to do.
I mostly played with a friend of mine yesterday and he only played vanilla Destiny on PS4 for a couple of months and he was always hating on the game and complaining while we played. Whenever we'd play crucible we'd lose almost every game he was in, it almost felt like he was cursed lol, suffice it to say it soured him on the PvP aspect of the game and he always remembered the game as an unbalanced mess. Granted, PvP was an unbalanced mess but as an Arcblade Hunter with a godroll shotgun (increased range/accuracy perks) and the Last Word, I enjoyed every second of it. It was unbearable listening to his whining all the time and I was kinda glad he stopped playing. But yesterday was different, by the time we made it to Titan he was constantly praising the game, stating he was impressed with how much work had been put into the campaign so far and how great the level design and attention to detail were. How much more fun the objectives in the missions were this time around and how great it felt to play. Then he decided he wanted to do his Crucible missions from Shaxx. I prepared for the worst. However, I was pleasantly surprised to see him do well in the Crucible. We switched to the competitive playlist and went on to steamroll every team we came across. We even had a couple of randoms every now and then that made it feel like a 2v4 but we pulled through time and again. We must have played about 8 or competitive matches and only lost 1 of them. He's fallen in love with the game this time around and that is what showed me how much Bungie improved the formula while seemingly keeping the foundation of the game more or less the same.