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[Gherid__lacksGPS]

Haven't played in exactly one month and three weeks since launch. Don't plan to, either.

Byers remorse. Bungie / Activation have taught me to never pre order anything again. I was so hyped for it, too. :/

Edit; And my disgust for DLC / holding back content for DLC has grown exponentially, as well. This and Tomb Raider pretty much made me realize the sacks of shit that the industry has been producing, and how much I yearn for the old days when games were based on enjoyment and over delivering content. Not hyping them with PR and stripping them down to sell later..

 

[RobotsAnger]

Racked over 250 hours on it but a lot of the was quite a chore. I've been stuck on lvl29/28/28 for over a month now due to lack of luck on the raid so I'll keep on rolling that dice till I hit 30. Plus my friends continue to play it and gaming with friends is still fun, even if the task is repetitive and mundane. However, with AC:U coming this week, I'd expect my time with this game to diminish quite a bit.

 

[edornob]

Yeah no. The game was boring as fuck, and I was so hyped for it. 90% of the thread agrees with me, so there's that.

GAF =/= Majority of people still playing the game.

I play it every single day 2-3 hours a night. I have over 250 hours already and I can't wait for the DLC. Me and about 6 friends are in love.

thank you Bungie

for me its the best new IP in years.

Still playing. Still love it. Keeps me satisfied along with Freedom Wars. Probably all I need till next year.

Still play it, still love it.
I'm not blind to the problems but hey, show me a pefect game.

And imo it's so worth the 60 bucks and I will definitely get at least expansion 1 and 2.

Bought it launch, still having fun with it, so I can't complain!

Amazing game

Still play it daily

Hasn't happened to me for a game in a while.

Congrats to Bungie, can't wait for the DLC

I still play it, having a good time playing with friends and fellow gaffers. Did the raid twice and got full raid gear. Working towards level 30 hunter for the expansion. I can honestly say I went in with no expectations towards the game and I'm enjoying it every time I play.

Just hit level 29 and I still haven't done the Raid yet. I've put in a little over 150 hours and if I were to never play it again I've gotten more then my moneys worth. It's my GOTY for sure. I cant wait for the DLC it will be the first I've ever purchased.

I also can't stop playing it because at it's core, it's really fucking fun. Maybe when I get that legendary scout rifle I've got my eye on. Of course, I'll have to level it up first. And by then the DLC will have landed, which I hope will show how Bungie is improving upon what they started.

Still play it everyday and yet to touch the pvp content. Love this game.

Destiny is great. Easily the best shooter on console. PVP is skill based which makes it fun, much better than kiddy hand hold cod. Also way more content than most console games, especially fps's.
Story is lacking in game though and the raid is quite good.

I love it. I play it daily for a few hours. One of the first games I can say that I have put this many hours into, other than DCUO. My brother and cousin have started playing as well. My brother is lvl 26 and my cousin is lvl 22. I can't wait to take them on the raid. It'll be a lot of fun.

I can't wait til the dlc comes out

I love it. All I need is more content and match-making for dailies and weeklies. Game is not for everyone.

I am hopelessly addicted. Play almost every day.

My GOTY, love it.
Play it daily. I think the biggest reason i enjoy it as much as a i do is because i have friends to play it with.
Not sure id still be playing without them. An amazing experience with friends.

Posts like these demonstrates why Destiny will become this generation's PSO especially for those who never experienced PSO in the first place.

 

[Two Words]

Deleted and traded in. What a pos. press square for horde mode the game.

The game would actually be served well if it had a real Horde mode.

 

[Bizazedo]

A book could be written about everything wrong with the game (and my friends and I bitch about it constantly), but the core game is so fantastic and addictive that it keeps us coming back for more every day. .

This is how I feel. I love the game and yet I can never find it in me to defend it. I just nod and say yep that complaint is somewhat or mostly or completely correct. I have never such mixed feelings about a game.

 

[T-Rex.]

Played it for about a week and then dropped it completely. It's a shame I bought it digitally cos I can't trade it in now, but I learned my lesson I suppose. The multiplayer is still kinda fun but the farming and progression system, or lack of, is what has killed the game for me. I don't want to spend hours farming on mars or venus just so I can upgrade my helmet and go up one level. It's just not fun. Also really disappointed with the modes available, why no CTF or similar? I won't be buying Destiny 2.

 

[Grinchy]

I think I might be done with it now too. I enjoy the game quite a bit but I am at the point where I no longer care about grinding bounties to upgrade new weapons every day. The raid would have given me a reason to come back to the game every week but I no longer have the kind of free time it takes to put together a group of 6 random people on the internet for it.

I tried to do the raid once and got nowhere in an hour and 15 minutes. I never wanted to waste my time again after that. And if I'm not doing the raid, there's nothing left for me to do in the game.

 

[ItsTheNew]

Games awesome with friends, potential torture by yourself. I'm level 29 and just waiting for the expansions to come out. 100 hrs in of chatting with friends and shooting aliens. Feels good, man.

 

[harrypmgaga]

I still play Destiny regularly. Super excited for the expansion.

 

[MortalMonkey]

A horrendous disappointment. Such a shame.

 

[Fushichou187]

My main thought is how can people here come up with new threads (stealth or otherwise) about Destiny every damn week?

It's a mediocre game that sold boatloads on near-flawless marketing and will continue to flesh itself out (hopefully for the better) until its sequel is unveiled and the hype cycle begins anew.

Seriously though, unless some Bungie employee goes AWOL and does a tell-all interview about the development of Destiny, there really shouldn't be anything thread-worthy about this game beyond the threads that already exist.

 

[Dragonborn]

Very fun but flawed game. I think the sequel is going to be great.

 

[BoxManLocke]

I also wish Bungie would focus on actually patching out bugs instead of, like, preventing the community to push a damn robot off a cliff, or destroying strategies by forcing people to get teleported.

The raid has been available for almost to month, and since day one :

- The audio glitches when the templar summons its legions
- Atheons portals still don't work properly, often leaving players stuck inside
- The Minautor in Venus' portal regularly has some sort of self-regenerating health
- Melee attacks with the relic don't register properly half the time
- Still no fucking "end of activity" screen when the raid is completed (how fucking hard is it to make that work ?!)

 

[Sobriquet]

I can't believe it's been two months. I haven't played in two months. I would've sold it but I bought it digitally. The deluxe edition, no less.

 

[Carib2g]

My thoughts?...

Very simply, extreme disappointment.

It was my #1 most anticipated game of the year! To say that I am disappointed would be an understatement.

That's all.

 

[toastyToast]

The game is fun to play but it's horribly content starved. The story missions are 10 minutes long on average with the top end being 20 minutes. The strikes which are supposed to be the PVE thing you do, well there are 6 of those (5 for Xbox) and they're 15 minutes a piece. Sitting in the playlist you're bound to run into the same shit over and over. Sometimes back to back, or back to back to back. It's nauseating.

If I was playing it solo I don't think I would have even half the time on it that I do but it's kind of cool grouping up with people. The raid was cool the first few times. Everything kind of falls into a boring routine. Bungie would have wanted us to feel like there was something to do in Destiny which is what drags you back in. The something to do is, on Tuesday jump on, do the Nightfall mission and do the raid. That's the week done. Nothing else is nearly as rewarding.

Speaking of rewards, the reward structure is trash. Completely random. The big move Diablo 3 made was making it less random with the gambling function and the fact that the drop rates of legendary items increases with each notch you add to the difficulty. On the upper end, rifts can give you 5+ items in a 10 minute run. In Destiny you can have a week where you don't get shit and you'll know you won't get shit before Tuesday evening because you've done the raid and the nightfall. Only thing left is to hope that the weekend vendor (lol) sells something you want. We're talking about top end centerpiece items. Being sold for a pittance.

I did play a lot and I'm not sure how good of I time I thought I was having. Once an RNG centric game clicks with me it kind of fucks with my head. The spell is broken now so to speak and all the frustration came flooding in. The game needs a few more years of content.

 

[GlamFM]

Best game of the year so far. Can't stop playing.

 

[Mahonay]

The time it asks from you to play raid content is unreasonable. I have other games I can play instead of grinding the same content over and over again in a hamster wheel.

If there was more to the base game, I would not care at all about not seeing the "end game". But the fact is the core of Destiny was pretty limited in content. To have the best bits tucked away behinds hours upon hours of grinding is shitty. I got left behind in leveling because I couldn't handle dumping hours into every night like my friends were.

The game has a great shooting mechanics and looks like a million bucks with it's fantastic art. It feels like an empty shell though, and it makes me really sad. Suffice to say I have not booted up Destiny in weeks.

 

[Papercuts]

That took a while. The improvements to diablo 3 didn't happen overnight.

Destiny is not perfect by any means. There is plenty of room for improvement. I think it'll take a little more than 2 months to see it come to fruition

It did take awhile but Destiny still has MUCH bigger issues rooted deep within its basic structure. From the patrol missions, to the weak Strike bosses, to the story itself...even at its worst Diablo 3 was still a fun romp to just progress in, Destiny is a boring slog due to the very content you go through. The only remedy on the horizon requires more money.

 

[commish]

The time it asks from you to play raid content is unreasonable.

It's 60 minutes for a raid....

 

[XBP]

Had 60+ hours of fun but after reaching level 26 I got a little bored. Plus RNG isn't helping the game's case at all.

 

[B_Spooky13]

I play to do what I need to do that day... After that I play a different game.

I love playing the game but I'm done trying for awesome drop

 

[GrizzleBoy]

My thoughts after the first week was 'screw this game. Screw this empty, half assed, bull crap, unbalanced, repetitive, not what was advertised, POS game'.

 

[Mahonay]

It's 60 minutes for a raid....

I mean to get to a level where you can actually play the raid.

EDIT:
I know if I stuck with it just a bit more I would have gotten there. I just didn't like the feeling of having to pull the fun out of the game. Like I was working for it.

The raids seem fun for sure. But I'll have to pass. The general structure of the game got under my skin.

 

[DCharlie]

I played the demo a lot and then when the final game came out whenever i tried to play it i got disconnected and, basically, haven't been back.

It's not that i particularly have a bad opinion of it - i enjoyed the demo a lot - and i plan on playing, just i seem to have missed the boat a little.

 

[Paertan]

Still play it a few times every week. At least do Raid with my main.
Audiobook and some casual patrolling. The gameplay itself is fun. There is much in their I really love.
Raiding with friends really is awesome but Normal is a bit easy right now. And everyone I play with in Hard mostly just want to cheese because it is easier and they just want loot.
I rather fail the raid and have fun.

 

[Moofers]

I still have it. I was thinking about trading it in to Target for $40 but decided to keep it. I'm level 14 and feel like once I hit 20 the game will be dead to me as all I've heard is what a grind it becomes to play. I have been enjoying it to this point, but all that shit about farming materials or being forced to play VS really turns me off. It's weird because I've been having fun so far and thinking it plays really well, but I'm only interested in solo or co-op. VS can die in a fire, for all I care. So when I keep hearing about the post 20 game being hours upon hours of farming or playing VS, I'm thinking I made a mistake and should have sold it. Oh well.

 

[Nicko]

Bought it day one, and still play it about 5 days a week.

Completed my very first Vault of Glass run last night with a bunch of folks. Was an absolute blast. The coordination, team work, and sense of group comradery was unparalleled relative to any other game experience I have had. Very very fun stuff, and it made me extremely excited and hopeful we can have more experiences like that in Destiny's future.

Yes the base content was very bland, and got old quick. Yes, I've got my own concerns, and dislikes about the game, but what is there; the gunplay, fantastic weapons and equipment, and tense battles, keeps me coming back.

When I do play, I try not to spend more than a hour or two doing so. With all of the daily/weekly challenges, I feel like the game was made for me and my busy life schedule. Feels nice actually not to feel so super behind those who can play for countless hours every day.

I just got Vision of Confluence and Hezen Vengeance as my first raid drops. Super looking forward to specing them out!

Really looking forward to the dlc.

Oh, and I also really enjoy monster hunter games for reference. So yea, I guess I am into that whole grindy style of games.

 

[Afrocious]

This game also made me realize how easy it would be for me to blow all my money on gambling in Las Vegas.

 

[malfcn]

Haven't missed it much since trading it.
Crucible was fun. And some of the Strikes. But became a chore to progress once everything became a grind. And a random grind at that.

 

[Ken]

Stopped playing. Don't really see a reason to keep building my character.

 

[Dr. Giggles]

I think the game is mediocre at best. I would have traded it in a long time ago, but I went digital.

 

[Heavy's Sandvich]

Thought it was decent playing through the campaign, shooting was fun, everything else was boring.

Multiplayer was good but there aren't enough maps to really enjoy it.

Haven't played it properly in a month.

 

[Two Words]

This game also made me realize how easy it would be for me to blow all my money on gambling in Las Vegas.

Destiny is designed to set off addictive personalities. You just gamble with your time instead of money in this case.

 

[Ponchito]

Love it. Missing one armor piece to level 30.

It is indeed repetitive but I just love the whole package. Gameplay is really strong.

 

[donutzsick]

I got to level 30. Enjoyed my time with it but not interested in hard mode raid. I played i think 92 hours? def got my money's worth.

 

[TatteredHat]

Decent while it lasted, but looking back it's mediocre. I have no further interest in playing it or its eventual expansion content.

 

[Dental Plan]

Played 70 hours. Realized how bad the end game design is. Now I won't be buying any dlc or destiny 2.

 

[Ashler]

Played 160hrs up until now. I got over the repetitiveness of the whole game and the lack of story fairly easily as I really like getting shiny new things (exotics) and the gameplay (shooting) is top notch.

What I CAN'T get over is the way Bungie decided to deny me access to a very important part of the end game which is the Raid. I do not have a clan nor do I have time to spend the 2 to 3 hrs that I get every other night, trying to find people to join up for a VoG raid. It's unacceptable that Bungie hasn't provided us with a way to access the end game loot in a better way yet, and I'm not even going to get started on the raid drops, geez.

Not being able to matchmake for the raids is what is going to not make me buy any of the DLC for the game. No way am I going to spend the ridiculous amount of money they're asking for those strikes and a raid I won't be able to play 80% of the time I would like.

 

[EmmaWatsonButt]

I still enjoy it

 

[Shinjica]

Blizzard do not oversell its games.
Blizzard do not trash talk community.
Blizzard do not mess up with gameplay.
Blizzard do not kick out its music composer like Bungie.
Blizzard withdrew the auction house.
Blizzard is a trusted company for making good games for years.

Blizzard work their ass for their games, how many patchs do you think their release per year for all of their games ? Don't know what i'm talking about ? Go on mmo champion and you will see.

Don't you look down on Blizzard, dude.

This is not completely true.

Blizzard do not oversell its games.

Well, look at the price of their game at launch and they are more expansive than the other.

Blizzard do not mess up with gameplay.

You mean how they cut Diablo 3 compared to Diablo 2 to make it more accessible (and more easy for the console port)

Blizzard withdrew the auction house.

Only because of the shitstorm. If half the people didnt get angry about that you'll see the Auction House in Diablo 3. It was a bad idea from the start and Blizzard knew. They tried and failed hoping people would not get angry.

The other point are right.

 

[lolmark]

I wish I didn't buy it on day 1 and on PSN.

 

[arevin01]

Got to lvl 29 and sold it off. Saw no point of grinding raid to lvl 30. Lucky for me, I was able to sell all the DLC goodies from limited edition for $80 and the game and expansion pass for $75. So game was basically free to play.

 

[Spiders]

I've been playing it pretty much non stop for the past 2 months, and I fucking love it.

The story is lacking, there are some balancing issue in PvP and it's a bit repetetive, but the gameplay is so good. And the raid is one of the best co-op experiences I've had.

 

[Animator]

I am lvl 29 and have no desire to ever play it again. I have friends pressuring me to buy the dlc but I think I am just going to trade it in towards gta 5 next week.

 

[Hzoltan69]

Despite all its glaring faults and lack of content, I still find it a very enjoyable game. The core gameplay is fantastic, the raid with a good team is probably the most engaging and satisfying gaming experience I've ever had.
Having lots of friends playing makes all the difference - if you can always find people to play with, game is awesome, if you're stuck solo, I can see how it gets boring, tedious and repetitive in no time.

 

[Son of Sam]

One of the worst FPS i've played in a long time.

 

[jeanRicK]

Possibly one of the biggest disappointments I've experienced in gaming for a while. Got caught up in the hype, went in expecting a grand Space Opera and well, we all know how it turned out. I still play a once or twice a week as I enjoy the core mechanics but at this point, I've given up on the grind. Haven't even gotten to try the raid yet (still only at level 24), but I'll get there when I get there.

Like some others have said, there is one silver lining. This experience has taught me to never pre-order a game like this again. Especially game+season pass or whatever they call it. Since it's already payed for, I'll checkout the new content that's coming, but my gut tells me it'll be more of the same *shrugs.

 

[Sillverrr]

I was fooled into believing the story would be worthwhile, as they marketed it so heavily. So, I could opt in for some traditional arena-based co-op or pvp, elsewise explore the world at my own leisure, getting to discover the lore along the way.

I was really excited for this galaxy-spanning space opera.

Instead, what I found was a poor man's Mass Effect, and a step back from Halo in terms of Bungie's own world-building and story-telling.

There isn't much of an open world to explore for starters, and what lore exists is best read on mobile devices.

Yeah, this isn't the game for me currently. Waiting on the expansions and will jump back in when (*if*) the current world is expanded upon.

 

[MrCookiepants]

I got up to level 26 and then lost the motivation to play. Everyone in Crucible started using OP weapons and I wasn't enjoying grinding and replaying content to catch up.

It was fun for a while.