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Here’s the thing about Destiny: its a 10-year project. But, that’s the catch, isn’t it? If Bungie plans on supporting this game for 10 years, then I would have been better off waiting to play it after at least 5 years. I enjoy Destiny, don’t get me wrong. It has its moments, but they’re fleeting and far between. I was a day-one player. Explored every nook and cranny of the game as my Exo Titan. I remember the feeling of going somewhere new and just pausing. Swiveling my camera around to marvel at how pretty the game was and how smoothly it ran. I spent a good ten minutes in the Black Garden, on the ledge that overlooked at it and just stared. My friend and I paused, to soak it in. I remember beating the tentacled limb of the Darkness for the first time and the rush of accomplishment that came with it. I felt like one of the first Guardians to ever get there, to ever do that. Little did I know that it would be bittersweet.
I participated in countless crucible matches, fighting for glory (to be colorful) and loot. I patrolled Earth, the moon, Venus and Mars hundreds of times over. I hunted for Golden Chests and dead ghosts. I participated in loot caves because the loot system was initially broken (still not convinced its fixed), because green drops rained down like literal candy, littering the landscape. Blues were a rarity that got me excited. A purple drop was like an impossible gift from the “game gods.’ It took days, hours to find one single purple drop and often, it would become some piece of crap blue item. I did every strike dozens of times over. At first to see if I could beat my old score, then for better gear and then for bounties. Finally, because it was marginally more enjoyable than playing solo. As an aside, if I never have to do “the Summoning Pits” again, it’ll be too damn soon.
I played religiously for 77 hours until I had an epiphany. This game isn’t a finished product. Its not even a fourth of a finished product. Sure, its pretty. Its downright gorgeous, actually. The combat mechanics are solid and mostly balanced. I don’t really have any hard complaints about them. Weapons work alright (although, I personally feel pulse rifles are underpowered). Graphics and gameplay are what Destiny does right. Everything else? ...Not so much.
Essentially all of the fluff and necessary boiler plates were attended to. This was nice for the first week, alright for the following two but old after a month and painful after two. I could sit here and complain about various things, but really I’m just unbelievably disappointed. I paid full price for a PS4 and a game and got one and a fourth finished product. My personal beliefs reflect many sentiments that have already been expressed, it seems. All you need to do is scour the various forums, youtube videos and comments to find someone who shares my sentiments. Of course, there are detractors who either haven’t gotten to my level of disappointment yet or don’t mind the monotony. To ya’ll, I tip my virtual hat.
Destiny, I’m bored. Unbelievably bored. I wish there was more content. Whether this is an MMO or not, there just isn’t enough of it either way. I might be wrong, but I believe Halo took longer to beat. I can understand not wanting to reveal too much of the story too early, but what was offered up was barely a ‘chapter one.’ It felt, to me, to be more of a conjoining of several bullet points. Yup, we set the tone. Alright, lets make it grim. Check. Hey, lets throw in a mysterious character. Who is she? Is she good or bad? What are her motives? Ah, who cares right now! She’s in! Oh! We need to let them face the ‘Darkness’, right? How about we make a giant, black tentacle and have the young guardians fight it? Well, maybe ‘fight’ is too strong of a word. Yeah, lets have them fight legions of Vex instead. That’ll be fun, right? Wait. That’s it? That’s not good. Oh, how about we add modifiers and superficial gimmicks and lots of fluff. That’ll add to replayability, right? Alright, awesome! I think we’re done, guys! Let’s ship it! Its gonna be a blockbuster hit!
Pfft. Ha.
For those of us who’ve played since day one, that’s disappointing. Its mind-numbing and an insult. Want to play Destiny? Be prepared to repeat the same missions and scenarios hundreds of times over. I’ve got more questions than answers. And, at the end of the day I’m left with severe disappointment. My hopes for Destiny were high, but they weren’t unattainable, let alone unreasonable. If this were a standard MMO, what’s offered wouldn’t stand. Not even close. Its, however, not an MMO, nor is it just a FPS. So, what is Destiny? Why is the content so barren? I was ecstatic at the announcement of the Queen’s event. I had thought they would be releasing limited time missions for the Queen - new content. Story missions, strikes, whatever. Something that would have pulled me back into the game. I would have paid money for that. Instead, her emissary offered bounties on bosses I’d killed at least dozens of times over. Instead of better loot for grinding out her reputation, she offered paltry blue gear and arms, stuff that was weaker than what I currently had. And the rewards for completing her bounties and orders? A helmet for Titans. A stupid, purple helmet. But, not just one, dozens, hundreds if you kept completing her orders. Where was the whole set? Bungie or Activision or whomever had duped me, and betrayed me.
By the time the Iron Banner came out, I just didn’t care. By then, Destiny was no longer enjoyable. It was just a grind. Grind for slightly better gear. Grind for reputation gains. Ignore the flaws - pretend they aren’t there. Just focus on killing the next [insert] foe, hope you get that purple drop. Maybe if it happens, you’ll get something better. Most likely, you’ll just break it down for Ascendant Energy or Shards. But, hey, that’s not bad enough? When you actually do find or buy that legendary item, guess what? You can only equip one a piece. Never mind the fact you spent countless hours grinding for the currency to buy. Never mind the fact that you spent countless hours grinding for it. It’s sad that the most enjoyable thing I’ve done since then is get my exotic bounty. Yet, I haven’t completed it. Why? It requires I disassemble 10 rare or better Fusion Rifles, a weapon I haven’t seen since I picked the Pocket Infinity bounty. Once that happened, there went the enjoyability. Surprise, surprise.
New life needs to be breathed into this game, and soon. Otherwise, pretty or not, I doubt it’ll last. Unless, of course, you’re the type of player that enjoys the mindless grind. I’m not. So why did I even bother writing this? Because I felt it needed to be said. This might be foolish, but if enough people articulate their disappointment, maybe something will be done to rectify it. Probably not, but maybe. Basically, this game, Destiny, has given me and it seems a lot of others a lot of grief. There’s a lot I liked about this game. A lot I wanted to see in it. More that I was hungry for, that gave me hope for the coming months. Yet, I no longer much care. I still play Destiny, but only to pass the time. To get my alts to a similar level as my Titan. I don’t much enjoy it. Still, every time I launch it, I hope for an update that will introduce more content. Literal Tower Defense, sparrow races, space combat, new maps, story progression - something, anything. I spent a good month without touching the game. Intentionally skipped the Iron Banner. Avoided the crucible. Missed out on the Halloween event. And when I came back? More of the same. The only thing that’s been addressed is balancing.
Oh, and lets not forget the newly announced and teased DLC. One which adds a dismal amount of new content and another that will more than likely add the same amount. Which means, for 30 dollars, I get 12 new story missions two new strikes and raids and new gear. Yay. I’m so happy I preordered the DLC pack. This stuff should have already been in the game at release. Not, dangled in front of us. If Destiny, the game were a song, I believe it’d be Country. It would be about a pickup truck and a lost love. What should have been. What could have been.
It seems like the new Guardians to come that will be invariably reborn in the coming years, won’t have any idea about what went down in the beginning. They won’t know the growing pains. They’ll have days of content to invest in. Probably even, a wealth of things to do. They’ll feel that feeling of being a first or of gratification. They won’t know of the scathing disappointment that was the first Queen’s Guard event. They won’t know about the unbalanced drops. They’ll probably know about the schemes to maximize Strange Coins, tho’.
And to summarize: I wish I was one of them.
I participated in countless crucible matches, fighting for glory (to be colorful) and loot. I patrolled Earth, the moon, Venus and Mars hundreds of times over. I hunted for Golden Chests and dead ghosts. I participated in loot caves because the loot system was initially broken (still not convinced its fixed), because green drops rained down like literal candy, littering the landscape. Blues were a rarity that got me excited. A purple drop was like an impossible gift from the “game gods.’ It took days, hours to find one single purple drop and often, it would become some piece of crap blue item. I did every strike dozens of times over. At first to see if I could beat my old score, then for better gear and then for bounties. Finally, because it was marginally more enjoyable than playing solo. As an aside, if I never have to do “the Summoning Pits” again, it’ll be too damn soon.
I played religiously for 77 hours until I had an epiphany. This game isn’t a finished product. Its not even a fourth of a finished product. Sure, its pretty. Its downright gorgeous, actually. The combat mechanics are solid and mostly balanced. I don’t really have any hard complaints about them. Weapons work alright (although, I personally feel pulse rifles are underpowered). Graphics and gameplay are what Destiny does right. Everything else? ...Not so much.
Essentially all of the fluff and necessary boiler plates were attended to. This was nice for the first week, alright for the following two but old after a month and painful after two. I could sit here and complain about various things, but really I’m just unbelievably disappointed. I paid full price for a PS4 and a game and got one and a fourth finished product. My personal beliefs reflect many sentiments that have already been expressed, it seems. All you need to do is scour the various forums, youtube videos and comments to find someone who shares my sentiments. Of course, there are detractors who either haven’t gotten to my level of disappointment yet or don’t mind the monotony. To ya’ll, I tip my virtual hat.
Destiny, I’m bored. Unbelievably bored. I wish there was more content. Whether this is an MMO or not, there just isn’t enough of it either way. I might be wrong, but I believe Halo took longer to beat. I can understand not wanting to reveal too much of the story too early, but what was offered up was barely a ‘chapter one.’ It felt, to me, to be more of a conjoining of several bullet points. Yup, we set the tone. Alright, lets make it grim. Check. Hey, lets throw in a mysterious character. Who is she? Is she good or bad? What are her motives? Ah, who cares right now! She’s in! Oh! We need to let them face the ‘Darkness’, right? How about we make a giant, black tentacle and have the young guardians fight it? Well, maybe ‘fight’ is too strong of a word. Yeah, lets have them fight legions of Vex instead. That’ll be fun, right? Wait. That’s it? That’s not good. Oh, how about we add modifiers and superficial gimmicks and lots of fluff. That’ll add to replayability, right? Alright, awesome! I think we’re done, guys! Let’s ship it! Its gonna be a blockbuster hit!
Pfft. Ha.
For those of us who’ve played since day one, that’s disappointing. Its mind-numbing and an insult. Want to play Destiny? Be prepared to repeat the same missions and scenarios hundreds of times over. I’ve got more questions than answers. And, at the end of the day I’m left with severe disappointment. My hopes for Destiny were high, but they weren’t unattainable, let alone unreasonable. If this were a standard MMO, what’s offered wouldn’t stand. Not even close. Its, however, not an MMO, nor is it just a FPS. So, what is Destiny? Why is the content so barren? I was ecstatic at the announcement of the Queen’s event. I had thought they would be releasing limited time missions for the Queen - new content. Story missions, strikes, whatever. Something that would have pulled me back into the game. I would have paid money for that. Instead, her emissary offered bounties on bosses I’d killed at least dozens of times over. Instead of better loot for grinding out her reputation, she offered paltry blue gear and arms, stuff that was weaker than what I currently had. And the rewards for completing her bounties and orders? A helmet for Titans. A stupid, purple helmet. But, not just one, dozens, hundreds if you kept completing her orders. Where was the whole set? Bungie or Activision or whomever had duped me, and betrayed me.
By the time the Iron Banner came out, I just didn’t care. By then, Destiny was no longer enjoyable. It was just a grind. Grind for slightly better gear. Grind for reputation gains. Ignore the flaws - pretend they aren’t there. Just focus on killing the next [insert] foe, hope you get that purple drop. Maybe if it happens, you’ll get something better. Most likely, you’ll just break it down for Ascendant Energy or Shards. But, hey, that’s not bad enough? When you actually do find or buy that legendary item, guess what? You can only equip one a piece. Never mind the fact you spent countless hours grinding for the currency to buy. Never mind the fact that you spent countless hours grinding for it. It’s sad that the most enjoyable thing I’ve done since then is get my exotic bounty. Yet, I haven’t completed it. Why? It requires I disassemble 10 rare or better Fusion Rifles, a weapon I haven’t seen since I picked the Pocket Infinity bounty. Once that happened, there went the enjoyability. Surprise, surprise.
New life needs to be breathed into this game, and soon. Otherwise, pretty or not, I doubt it’ll last. Unless, of course, you’re the type of player that enjoys the mindless grind. I’m not. So why did I even bother writing this? Because I felt it needed to be said. This might be foolish, but if enough people articulate their disappointment, maybe something will be done to rectify it. Probably not, but maybe. Basically, this game, Destiny, has given me and it seems a lot of others a lot of grief. There’s a lot I liked about this game. A lot I wanted to see in it. More that I was hungry for, that gave me hope for the coming months. Yet, I no longer much care. I still play Destiny, but only to pass the time. To get my alts to a similar level as my Titan. I don’t much enjoy it. Still, every time I launch it, I hope for an update that will introduce more content. Literal Tower Defense, sparrow races, space combat, new maps, story progression - something, anything. I spent a good month without touching the game. Intentionally skipped the Iron Banner. Avoided the crucible. Missed out on the Halloween event. And when I came back? More of the same. The only thing that’s been addressed is balancing.
Oh, and lets not forget the newly announced and teased DLC. One which adds a dismal amount of new content and another that will more than likely add the same amount. Which means, for 30 dollars, I get 12 new story missions two new strikes and raids and new gear. Yay. I’m so happy I preordered the DLC pack. This stuff should have already been in the game at release. Not, dangled in front of us. If Destiny, the game were a song, I believe it’d be Country. It would be about a pickup truck and a lost love. What should have been. What could have been.
It seems like the new Guardians to come that will be invariably reborn in the coming years, won’t have any idea about what went down in the beginning. They won’t know the growing pains. They’ll have days of content to invest in. Probably even, a wealth of things to do. They’ll feel that feeling of being a first or of gratification. They won’t know of the scathing disappointment that was the first Queen’s Guard event. They won’t know about the unbalanced drops. They’ll probably know about the schemes to maximize Strange Coins, tho’.
And to summarize: I wish I was one of them.
