I guessed 5/10. So close
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I guessed 5/10. So close
ArkkAngel007
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Not really. It seems like the devs wanted to get to there. The environments certainly fall under 'cinematic' in my opinion and the story wants itself to get there, but it never really goes beyond NPCs/supporting cast muttering about this and that without saying much at all, and it's...detached. I think that's the perfect word: detached.
Ouch. I can't argue with some of the critical points made, but I would have to give it around an 8 for the gameplay and addictive quality of leveling up and growing your character. I don't think it deserves any higher than that, though.
Yeh it's pretty mind blowing the amount of posters happy to shell out to complete Destiny whilst every other game with a season pass or DLC gets slated to shit.
FunkyPajamas
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I think Bungie/Activision is going to have a hard time pulling a Destiny again. They will be heavily scrutinized, and of course Bungie is going to be in full damage control.
Relaxed Muscle
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This is false and deceitful.
Grinding is a very particular problem in game design, over the years. Is not something gamers invented to call things they don't like bad. People might not mind grinding if the core mechanics of the game are good, dosn't mean that putting walls that only can be surpassed by repetition of content is just an illusion.
Once you have to repeat a mission to get X loot, or X item to be able to clear Y content that's grinding. Your examples are hilariously bad, BTW.
I'm usually around 40-50% precision kills. Not sure if that's good or not compared to everyone else.
Heroic strike was a lot more difficult though. I think you need three players all consistently focusing fire on the same head to get through that in the same kind of way.
Eddie Griffin
Banned
Not only that, still nos ales PR, they threw in a lot of money at bungie because it was bungie, but clearly they lost their way (and some employees apparently) when making Destiny.
In fact, i would dare say Destiny got rushed out on finished. There was probably supposed to be more planets, newer gameplay elements, more than one zone per planet, and a lot more interactivity.
Instead we literally got Killzone Shadow Fall again, but in space, and a SP mode that doesn't really matter.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Pretty good. That's a little bit better than I generally do with my Pulse Rifle.
DoubleTake
Member
Welp...lol
swazzyswess
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Yeah, and even a review headline from Metacritic mentions it: "Although Destiny is a great game, we expected it to be a bit bigger. Nonetheless, it plays amazingly, has some beautiful planets and we look forward to the raids in the future." How can something that's not even released yet, and thus something they haven't even played, be mentioned as a positive in a review?
Just speaking for myself, I will not be buying any DLC for this game. I think they should toss in some free content updates before asking for more money, but the season pass went on sale before the game even released. Oh well, I'll certainly have fun with what is there.
Sho_Nuff82
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There was a sales PR. They announced $500 million worth of shipped units, including PS4 bundles. That's a pretty big number. The game is already a hit, the question remains whether it will have longevity, and if Bungie will take the criticisms to heart.
Level7.Nu - 5/10. Lowest metacritic qualified review so far.
http://level7.nu/pages/Destiny
Google Translated (does a decent job of it)
http://level7.nu/pages/Destiny
Google Translated (does a decent job of it)
digoutyoursoul
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True, I'm guilty of that at times I have to say.
TerryWogan
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It's laughable that most of the big sites haven't put their reviews out yet. They're waiting for each other to shoot first to avoid being accused of rushing their review. The reality is, when they receive games early and can play in secret, they play the bare minimum.
gamechanger87
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Solid and concise review highlighting the main issues with the game. I don't get all the hate on Polygon sometimes.
ArkkAngel007
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I agree on the critical points, though 6 might be a bit harsh. Gies has been getting better with his content.
Not all of Polygon is bad. Just a few people, Gies among them, bringing the rest of it down through either really terrible and/or biased content to how they treat their audience on Twitter, and often those are the articles/instances that get linked here to GAF.
DeviantBoi
Member
No surprise.
If you've listened to the latest Rebel FM podcast, he sounded like he had made up his mind about the game well before he got to play it for review.
DoubleTake
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Yep i gotta give it to em. They seem to be getting it right so far. Funny that Titanfall is the highest rated though. Who woulda thunk it lol
It's interesting that overall content, narrative, and a more compelling single player campaign are things that are held against Destiny to such harsh detriment, things that are further lacking in Tiatnfall, but that many have given the game passes on, comparatively speaking.
I understood their argument circa 2008-2009, but in 2012-2014 game critics have been waaaay harsher on AAA.
Alx
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Whatever their conclusion, their idea of using two reviewers, one specialized in shooters and one in MMO, was good.
Well Destiny was expected to be a shooter-RPG with complex backstory, plot and universe, while Titanfall was "that funny shooter with giant robots and wall-running". There was criticism for the lack of story in TF, but it's not as important an element as in a ARPG.
gamechanger87
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What I think is more interesting is that the more "authoritative" reviewers are lambasting the game, while most of the randoms on MC are really positive.
Not familiar with them, but damn.
DoubleTake
Member
Also this! When the hell does that release. I feel like it will be much more fun than what Destiny is offering.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Because Titanfall just lacks a single player campaign, whereas Destiny's is actively bad. It's easier to knock points off for a feature done poorly than it is for a feature that isn't implemented at all.
gamechanger87
Member
Honestly, their view on many of the game's issues are pretty much on point with my opinion. Destiny is a beautifully fun, but ultimately forgettable experience. Though I hate numerical scores, I probably would have opted to give it a 7 instead, however.
Probably because Titanfall doesn't lean on its story/"campaign" much.
DoubleTake
Member
What im gathering as well. Crazy to see it turn out this way though.
Destiny 2 no campaign confirmed. I bet they go full MMO next go round.
No argument there. I rented Titanfall and was bored after about 3 days. I have been having a ton of fun with Destiny for what it is. Way more content, plus multiplayer. I prefer the gameplay as well.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Honestly, me neither. While they do have some inflammatory editorials, they also do these fantastic in-depth pieces, and their score process is much better than most (a consensus of the editors vs. a single person's opinion).
Well it's definitely way better than me.
I don't know about others though. But I would guess that's why you're enjoying it so much solo when others aren't. I think you're just particularly good at the game.
I would be constantly out of ammo and everything feels spongey and takes too many shots. Getting a high percentage of precision shots would definitely fix that. But I'm bad at games.
That would be awful if they did do that
Echoes my feelings perfectly, especially complaints about the endgame.
I think your disappointment in the game is positively correlated to how close you followed development.
To millions of people who will get it for Christmas knowing almost noting about it it is awesome. to people who were expected Lore on par with star wars and huge open areas to explore it is a disappointment.
The video game industry has learned that "under promise over deliver" doesn't make them as much money as all hype all the time.
BruiserBear
Banned
Because Titanfall was never about narrative and a compelling single player campaign. It was sold as a multiplayer game from day one, and thus it was judged on it's multiplayer which is pretty fucking great.
gamechanger87
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Bungie had the chance and they blew it. This was their ideal time to release and blow everyone's socks off. It is right before the holiday season and when people are clamoring for new games. They could have released a much more complete game, but they chose to hold back and release DLC in the holiday season. By then most everyone whom played the game in September will have moved on to one of the 15 other AAA games coming out.
Their opportunity was to blow our socks off this month and hope that the community survives the "shiny new thing" holiday season. Instead they chose the DLC route.
-tetsuo-
Unlimited Capacity
Well Titanfall is just a better game lol
Poodlestrike
Banned
They could go full MMO and still have a better story. Hell, even if we set aside outliers like SWTOR, you can find many MMOs with a much better story than Destiny. Look at Firefall, for instance.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
It really does remind me of vanilla diablo 3. Big production values, compulsive entertaining combat loop, but get past the shiny surface and its all rather hollow.
Its funny how much the Beta really gave you. The story, the strikes, the quests, the PvP, the tower...it was all there, there was all there was
Its funny how much the Beta really gave you. The story, the strikes, the quests, the PvP, the tower...it was all there, there was all there was
Ive put more hours into destiny then any game since wow tbh, its fun the gameplay is there rock solid top of the tree shooter gameplay and the sound design, im playing it like i play wow or diablo in that im redoing content for better gear, theres plenty there for the price i paid ive got my moneys worth.
Lolygon, its a solid solid game with top shooter gameplay, are they marking it down for not living up to the monstrous hype? if so what was there titanfall score?.
What Titanfall does, it does incredibly well. What Destiny does, it does amazingly pedestrian. What's with you constantly taking issue with how Destiny is being judged compared to Titanfall and/or Halo?
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