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Destiny 2 Review Thread
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That is kind of worrying, as it inherently fuels selection biases. It is kind of like how later seasons of shows systematically do better on Metacritic during their later seasons, because the only people supplying reviews are those that like the show enough to have stuck around to the Xth season.
Subclass quests dropping randomly like loot sounds stupid as hell, should be explicitly tied to some form of progression IMO.
Digging the new visual effect on enemy kills. Never noticed the ghosts leaving the bodies of Fallen before, but that looks dope.
Getting a sparrow so late sucks too.
Digging the new visual effect on enemy kills. Never noticed the ghosts leaving the bodies of Fallen before, but that looks dope.
Getting a sparrow so late sucks too.
MadLaughter
Member
Such an easy way out for the developers regarding reviews.
"Oh, the servers aren't live yet, and we certainly don't want to open them just for the press. Sorry, no reviews until one week after launchIn the meantime, why don't you buy it?"
While yeah, this practice is not fully ideal, it sounds like there was a lengthy review event for press to get their hands on it so they could still give SOME sort of purchasing advice today.
There's nothing actually unique in Destiny bullshit. It's just age-old MMO tricks dressed up as new for the FPS audience.
Plague Doctor
Member
Yeahhhhhhh Destiny 1 bullshit is a whole new animal of bullshit to explain. It just felt incomplete as hell in the campaign. Other things too.
like the random perks/stats bullshit
They link to one specific thing in the conclusion paragraph.
"At the very least, what Ive played of Destiny 2 is an incredibly promising start. In plain English, it feels like Destiny without all the bullshit."
but it is the same game being played
The Elite
BOSS
What sticks out the most to me, and I know it won't be the same for a lot of people, is that the bulk of the world building and the story telling is actually in the game. Destiny 1 did a lot of that by using a card system that you had to then go on a website to read. That was the biggest "bullshit" for me.
Destiny 2 sounds like they have put together a fairly good narrative that actually makes the world something you want to revisit. They also established a villain. I barely could figure out who was the dominant enemy force I should care about in the original game.
FF Seraphim
Member
Everyone remember the loot cave?! Hours of shooting into a cave just to get god damn purple loot!
That could be opened up to reveal a green item.
What a fucking mess that launch was, Jesus Christ.
Obliterator
Member
Well Fuck Yeah this game is gonna be FIRE
ManUnkindH
Member
But the real question here is: should I trust Polygon? It failed me countless times before, so I'll take it with a grain of salt.
MosquitoSmasher
Member
Hmmm I see. For me the bullshit was also how incredibly repetitive the game became but maybe that's just the kind of game and in which case it won't be for me. I did enjoy playing those missions one or twice but after having destroyed that flying eye and all the other stuff I was so damn tired of it.
RumbleHumble
Banned
I was playing Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls around the same time and the difference couldn't of been more pronounced.
Cornbread78
Member
well, not like I wasn't going to buy it anyhow, lol.
Ethical Hedonism
Banned
It says "without all the bullshit" but is endgame (raid and nightfall) loot still arbitrarily locked to drop only once a week?
Pretty bold claim to make when you haven't seen endgame grind yet.
Pretty bold claim to make when you haven't seen endgame grind yet.
Polygon said:
FF Seraphim
Member
I spent so many hours until the patched it and I think I got like 3 real purples that I COULDN'T USE!!! Was so pissed...
Rexatality
Member
Yes, don't expect the Raid/Nightfall loot to drop more than once a week
That's how MMO-like games work
According to the GS review in progress your class skill upgrade missions appear as random loot drops.. Kinda BS if you ask me.
RumbleHumble
Banned
I'm guessing yes. Based on the review, the bullshit being referred to here is the engram decoding into garbage awards, every mission being a "go here to scan, wait for enemies to pour out of monster closets" level in design, no match-making for raids, etc.
Hahaha this exactly for me as well
Kinda glad the PC version is coming later, gives time for everyone to come down to reality. I remember when D1 came out, everyone thought it was amazing at first, including myself. Took a week or so for people to start seeing the problems with it. Hope it's as good as what everyone thinks it will be, though.
Ethical Hedonism
Banned
Thanks, I didn't know that for sure about D2 yet.
Night Angel
Member
Already preordered, so this is good news.
Neuromancer
Member
Any official word on whether the campaign really does have to be played single player first before you can do it in co-op?
I was hoping to see some impressions of the Strikes, since those are a big part of the repeatable stuff in the end game. The one in the beta was good, but I'm hoping they'll ramp up in interesting mechanics from there.
(I already preordered on PSN so it doesn't actually matter, but it'd be nice to read.)
(I already preordered on PSN so it doesn't actually matter, but it'd be nice to read.)
TheSinkingKnight
Member
A bungie employee tweeted that the tumor was absurd. I forget his name, but the tweet was posted in that thread that was worried about that.
franklyshankly
Member
You can play all (or at least almost all) the main campaign/story missions solo. I imagine in D2 you will also be able to do most of the open world activities solo as well.
End game content is all co-op. Some stuff has matchmaking and some doesn't
Daffy Duck
Member
I'm feeling tempted to buy this.......must resist. I DO NOT HAVE TIME TO SPEND ON THIS GAME.
Hoho for breakfast
Member
Want to see what weapons Xur has this week? Go to The Tower and deal with a loading screen. Leaving now and going somewhere else? Deal with the loading screen again.
Want to get this mission or that daily bounty? Go to the Tower and deal with the loading screen some more you piece of shit.
Oooh you got some shiny engrams that you want to decrypt?! Go to the Tower after the same loading screen again and deal with Rahools stingy ass. And another load screen when you leave of course.
Oops, did you forget to grab something from your vault? Back to the Tower you go!
And on and on and on and on...it was crazy.
And god forbid you forgot to vault a weapon you wanted for one character and left it equipped on an alt...