Thinking of getting this on PS4, currently on sale
Had some questions. Don't know much about the game. I've seen it compared to Diablo. Does that mean it's open world/hub based? Is it all straight into combat or is there exploration, dialogue, etc.? Is it fun to play solo? Is there a story/campaign?
Only similar games I've played are The Division and a little bit of Diablo 3, so don't have much frame of reference here.
Well...Could write pages on these questions
I've played Diablo 3 up to torment 13 and grift 60ish...Plus 800 hours of destiny.
IMHO both games are fine to play solo and crunch through a relatively uninspiring story. The Diablo story has better cut scenes, but the basic story is fairly simple.
Destiny's vanilla story makes very little sense, but is tolerable. The expansion pack stories make a little more sense. Especially the last 2 Taken King and Rise of Iron.
After story missions come strikes. These are 3 player co-op and have match making. They're a little like the mini dungeons you get inside Diablo, but with boss fights at the end.
They're 10 to 15 minutes bite size Nuggets of fun.
The Raids are where Destiny shines. It's the best co-op experience you can have IMHO, probably in any game anywhere. (Rocket league or other team sport probably is up there but they're PvP teaming really).
IMHO the only thing like it in Diablo is probably the 4 man grift runs where people have min-maxed characters and use their anbilities in coordination as a team. (I've never done one but they sound like the above).
You need 6 people to work as a team, coordinate deployment of their special abilities, and take specific roles within the mission.
Destiny also has a ton of PvP stuff, player counts are tolerable, but a long way off its peak.
In summary, money wise it has tons of content for your cash, only you can decide if it's a game worthy of your time.
Edit -comparing to the division:-
The world's and stories are about as interesting in the two games. Destiny has 5 worlds that are all visually different so you get a bit more variety.
The gunplay is infinitely better in destiny.
IMHO the loot is better in destiny because the guns have names, and so it feels like they have personality. They also have unique perks. In the division you just get the same ak47 but with bigger numbers.
The divisions end game raids seem to have been a buggy mess so far but I've not played them so can't comment directly.
The division has both friendly co-op and PvP better integrated into the world, where you can see people on the map and join them directly. In Destiny it's a bit clunkier where sometimes you have to quit out of the activity for people to join.
