DontBeThatGuy
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Is it cool, Brad?
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Jeff and Brad are currently playing through the opening missions of The Taken King, they are at the start of the expansion.
gulfamashraf
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Mass Effect2 was great at the beginning, middle and the end though.
Piston Hyundai
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also metal gear solid v had a dope intro
and the best tony hawk levels tend to be the first two or three (school 2, warehouse, canada, etc)
Maybe I expect more out an expansion that has something to prove.
gulfamashraf
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Just heard about it from Jeff's stream.
Destiny: The Taken King also had a great opening.
Ahh they must be quick looking a different game then because I missed that
It it was going to get good, it would have done so long before the expansion.
I don't know what to say to you if you didn't think that Sunbreakers quest was cool as shit.
Games totally put their best/most polished stuff right at the beginning. That's the 1 hour which appears in conference/convention demos, on livestreams, in Quick Look-like videos and so on. And because often, as achievements have shown, most of the players do not finish the game, it makes sense to have an interesting introduction and polish it to one of the best parts of the game.
TheMrPliskin
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What exactly do you want them to prove though?
And it was still beaten by Destiny in GOTY.
I dunno, the visuals are cool here. I think it's a load of crap that a $40 expansion had them go to a previous location already.
Glitchesarecool
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Really? I thought it dragged out the "hey you got a new power" thing a bit too much. Should have either done a few less waves, or have made it permanently on through the whole thing just to have fun.
gulfamashraf
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Hey hey we haven't fought the Take King yet. It will be so satisfying that his visual effects will make you drop your controller and pull your eye balls out. Tell me won't you be satisfied then??
Mister Negative
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I just finished that yesterday! for some reason I got to literally the second half of the last level and stopped playing. So I took a half hour to get it off my "have to play" list in steam.
Piston Hyundai
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hell, it was common philosophy to put the last levels you worked on in a game first in the order (something done by the makers of doom as well as super mario bros), since you're more experienced with making levels for the game by the end
do you understand how wrong you are yet, Liamc723
The focal point of The Taken King is the new location in the Dreadnaught, so everyone who disregards the expansion before even seeing it is being unfair. The opening levels here are just that, building you up to the Dreadnaught.
Do you understand how wrong you are yet, Piston Hyundai?
Yes you might have a point in this particular case of Destiny.
That it is worth my interest?
Justifies the narrative that it is a whole 'nother game?
throwawayname
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Felix Lighter
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I've never played the game, I don't spend a lot of time around threads about the game so I could be way off base, but based off of just being around here and other gaming related sites, there seems to be a lack of interest in the Destiny universe in general for such a hugely popular game. I haven't run into Destiny cosplay, I don't see Destiny universe or character talk seep into other discussions. There's no denying that it's huge but for how popular it is, I would expect to have absorbed a lot of Destiny information through osmosis but I know absolutely nothing about the Destiny universe.
Because the game's story thus far has been quite literally nonsense
Totally agree. I get that they wanted to let Brad have his moment and get it on the list, but it was undeserved.
That is because there were no characters that inspired people. They're trying here, now, but they're not going to get prizes for doing things that elicit a shrug in any other game.
Obviously. It's hard to cosplay as your gun. And that's where the true Destiny story is.
TheMrPliskin
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I feel like you're hyping the Dreadnaught way more than it deserves, it's neat but it's nothing crazy. The Taken King isn't going to change the minds of people who don't care about Destiny because it's still not quite there, TTK is strong proof that Bungie is aware of the changes the game needs and that they are trying to make those changes but if you didn't care about Destiny it's not going to change your mind.
Piston Hyundai
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Hey, I wasn't disregarding the expansion because it had a slow start. I was just pointing out that a hell of a lot of games actually do throw the best shit at you at the start. There's a reason most people's memories of Sonic Adventure were "well that whale was pretty cool."
If I'm going to disregard the Taken King, I'm going to do so because it's for Destiny.
I'm not trying to change anyone's mind, I'm just stating that completely disregarding the expansion before even seeing its main feature is doing it a disservice.
Spirit of Jazz
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This Dreadnaught looks a heck of a lot like the Hive structures on the moon...
Watching them play the Dreadnought. Is this what is supposed to be the good part?
With a Fallout 3 piss filter.
With a Fallout 3 piss filter.
Twin Tails
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Fuck this light.
Piston Hyundai
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Yeah, I was kind of interested to play in a new area, but having it resemble my least favorite part of the base game isn't doing it any favors.
Okay..? I haven't given my personal opinions on what I think to the location, I only said that it's unfair to judge the expansion before you see it's main selling point. If you still don't want to play The Taken King after this mission then that's fine.
Personally, I loved the main story missions.
Brad likes that kind of stuff though...
I suspect you will end up being angry.
throwawayname
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"It's like a new game though guys"
Piston Hyundai
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brad's number 1 game was the same for the past two years
let's not pretend like he gives a shit about "rules"
let's not pretend like he gives a shit about "rules"
and now with Source 2.0 reborn, it's as great time as any to make Dota 2 the GOTY for the third time
Mister Negative
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wait are they STILL playing destiny?
Not like GB as a whole cares that much about rules and that's a good thing.
And I couldn't care less about his personal Top 10 but another GOTY 2014 podcast would kill me.
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