Good!!
It was well worth my friends reactions when we stepped into certain areas and instantly got transported to some of our best video game memories of the last 10 years.
Good!!
If you want to relive your memories of old areas, Destiny 1 is still online and very much playable with friends. There's a great deal of people who would rather have new areas in the sequel, especially for over half the price of the full game.Good!!
It was well worth my friends reactions when we stepped into certain areas and instantly got transported to some of our best video game memories of the last 10 years.
How about noIf you want to relive your memories of old areas, Destiny 1 is still online and very much playable with friends. There's a great deal of people who would rather have new areas in the sequel, especially for over half the price of the full game.
How about no
There are tons of new areas, have you been to the Vex Offensive? No? Ok
Have you been in the new raid? No? Ok
Did you do the 8 or 10 ascendant challenges from Forsaken?
Have you done shattered Throne? Been to the dreaming city?
New Dungeon? No? Ok but that's alright neither have I because it's not out yet but the difference is I actually have destiny installed and you probaby haven't played it in 4-5 years? Maybe for two months when Destiny 2 came out?
Are you one of those strange "destiny should have space battles like asteroids" types? You want a single player focused game with a 30 hour cinematic
Have you run the menagerie? Crafted weapons?
If I looked up your guardian am I going to see you haven't done anything in this game besides beat the red war campaign?
The game is not made for this so called great deal of people (reviewers included) and I hope it never is. It's not worth sacrificing your playerbase for 90+ metacritic scores. Those people are not playing the game past week one.
Very much this.This is the Destiny holding pattern.
Base game, (standard)
The next year's major expansion (huge)
Year 3 (smaller with Qol changes)
This post is a perfect example of the absurd extent to which people get defensive over this game. Wew buddy!How about no
There are tons of new areas, have you been to the Vex Offensive? No? Ok
Have you been in the new raid? No? Ok
Did you do the 8 or 10 ascendant challenges from Forsaken?
Have you done shattered Throne? Been to the dreaming city?
New Dungeon? No? Ok but that's alright neither have I because it's not out yet but the difference is I actually have destiny installed and you probaby haven't played it in 4-5 years? Maybe for two months when Destiny 2 came out?
Are you one of those strange "destiny should have space battles like asteroids" types? You want a single player focused game with a 30 hour cinematic
Have you run the menagerie? Crafted weapons?
If I looked up your guardian am I going to see you haven't done anything in this game besides beat the red war campaign?
The game is not made for this so called great deal of people (reviewers included) and I hope it never is. It's not worth sacrificing your playerbase for 90+ metacritic scores. Those people are not playing the game past week one.
It's good that this is reviewed now. For someone on the fence about buying this, it's good to know that you can wait for a couple of weeks/months for more content and see it goes from there.
As an example, these reviews convinced me to wait.
You skipped Forsaken - the expansion widely lauded and given a 9 by Edge. So I doubt the sincerity in this.I'll come back to Destiny when it gets good again. I mean real good, not half-good, or "good compared to Curse of Osiris", or "good for a late-game, mid-tier expansion pack". .
Show me a single line, paragraph, or passage where I played the victim.Aurc doing their thing of openly whining about the current DestinyEra community, playing the persecuted victim and then being 'surprised' when people are curt with them.
You skipped Forsaken - the expansion widely lauded and given a 9 by Edge. So I doubt the sincerity in this.
You barely were even aware of the content it had, oblivious to the fact there was an entire new race added, when you decided to bemoan Shadowkeep right after the announcement.
It's abundantly clear you've found more entertainment in trolling Destiny threads, provoking the community and collapsing into the victim when called out, than you do from the game. Why you pretend that isn't the case when it's pointed out almost every single time is beyond me.
Yeah. After doing some investigation this is the issue. I bought destiny 2 on my US account way back, and have continued to buy the expansions there while playing on my EU account. Seems they changed it now so this no longer works.Someone probably already said this by now, but are you playing on another account than you bought the game on? I had to buy this season separately since I originally bought d2 on another account on my ps4. It is now account bound, so it doesn't transfer over. It wasn't a problem up until shadowkeep.
This post is a perfect example of the absurd extent to which people get defensive over this game. Wew buddy!
Funny thing is, new areas benefit literally everyone, because they're new to everyone. You are literally fighting against your own interests in an effort to... do what, exactly? Convince me? Yourself? This sure is a doozy.
You seem interested in my history as a Destiny player, though, so I'll humor you.
I have well over three thousand hours played across Destiny 1 and 2. 200+ raid completions across both games, dozens upon dozens of flawless Lighthouse runs. At my peak interest in the series, I maintained a 2.8 K/D in Crucible, and ascended to the #1 Skirmish spot on guardian.gg, back during The Taken King era. That's not even going into me being in the top 50 for Rumble during that same timeframe. Then there's some other choice milestones to take note of, like being in the top 1000 for DTR score, ranked #748 for kills, and #99 for precision kills.
Don't believe me about any of that? Check for yourself.
Is that enough arbitrary cred for you that proves I'm not, as you say, a player who wishes Destiny had space battles and a single player focus, with 30 hours of cutscenes? What a nonsensical thing to pull out of thin air. No, the fact of the matter is, I was utterly obsessed with this game, and just as passionate as you about it, if not more. Your gatekeeping shenanigans won't ever change that.
"Oh, but Aurc, all that stuff you mentioned is old and in the past!" Yeah, because everyone has to put their foot down and say "no more" at some point. You expect me to maintain that same level of enthusiasm and obsession today? To answer a few of your questions about the new content, no, I haven't played it, because I didn't buy Shadowkeep. Y'know that saying, "Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me"...? Who am I kidding, we all know it. How many times has Bungie fooled the collective playerbase, at this point? I've lost count...
I'll come back to Destiny when it gets good again. I mean real good, not half-good, or "good compared to Curse of Osiris", or "good for a late-game, mid-tier expansion pack". That's not the Destiny I live for. The fact that I can't even criticize what seems to be a middling expansion without getting this tier of hostile response is laughable.
I mean, everyone deals with nonsense differently, I didn't mean to come across hostile, it's just the way I talk. Agitated perhaps.Your post comes off hostile...but i actually agree with you.
As someone who dipped in and out and felt like it wasnt for me then had it all click multiple times and saw where it shines...yeah destiny 2 is the best its ever been and the only thing holding some people back from truly seeing it shine is themselves and their varying levels of commitment to the game.
I have seldom seen a post just absolutely DISMANTLE another user like this one.This post is a perfect example of the absurd extent to which people get defensive over this game. Wew buddy!
Funny thing is, new areas benefit literally everyone, because they're new to everyone. You are literally fighting against your own interests in an effort to... do what, exactly? Convince me? Yourself? This sure is a doozy.
You seem interested in my history as a Destiny player, though, so I'll humor you.
I have well over three thousand hours played across Destiny 1 and 2. 200+ raid completions across both games, dozens upon dozens of flawless Lighthouse runs. At my peak interest in the series, I maintained a 2.8 K/D in Crucible, and ascended to the #1 Skirmish spot on guardian.gg, back during The Taken King era. That's not even going into me being in the top 50 for Rumble during that same timeframe. Then there's some other choice milestones to take note of, like being in the top 1000 for DTR score, ranked #748 for kills, and #99 for precision kills.
Don't believe me about any of that? Check for yourself.
Is that enough arbitrary cred for you that proves I'm not, as you say, a player who wishes Destiny had space battles and a single player focus, with 30 hours of cutscenes? What a nonsensical thing to pull out of thin air. No, the fact of the matter is, I was utterly obsessed with this game, and just as passionate as you about it, if not more. Your gatekeeping shenanigans won't ever change that.
"Oh, but Aurc, all that stuff you mentioned is old and in the past!" Yeah, because everyone has to put their foot down and say "no more" at some point. You expect me to maintain that same level of enthusiasm and obsession today? To answer a few of your questions about the new content, no, I haven't played it, because I didn't buy Shadowkeep. Y'know that saying, "Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me"...? Who am I kidding, we all know it. How many times has Bungie fooled the collective playerbase, at this point? I've lost count...
I'll come back to Destiny when it gets good again. I mean real good, not half-good, or "good compared to Curse of Osiris", or "good for a late-game, mid-tier expansion pack". That's not the Destiny I live for. The fact that I can't even criticize what seems to be a middling expansion without getting this tier of hostile response is laughable.
That is going to be my approach as well: go f2p, since even with all the concerns i have, it is still a good game to play with you brain shut off from time to time, and buy something in the future if i feel like it.I love Destiny threads.
Always the same 5 people praising, criticizing and arguing with each other.
On topic: As a veteran, decided to go f2p for now and looking at the reviews, im happy i did. At some point ill get the dlc, but lets see what else bungie will add in the coming weeks/months
There you go. Same here. Just be glad you didn't buy the special edition, or you'd be out 30 bucks. If it's possible to keep all my preorder bonuses and such i'll probably buy it on my main accoubt by the time the next big expansion rolls around.Yeah. After doing some investigation this is the issue. I bought destiny 2 on my US account way back, and have continued to buy the expansions there while playing on my EU account. Seems they changed it now so this no longer works.
Don't go blaming the whole community for one person (me) not being able to tell the difference between a disgruntled former destiny player and a 5 year onslaught of non stop driveby shit posters.Also, the persecution complex regarding destiny is getting fucking weird. Apparently now you have to show how many hours you played to be able to criticise the game.
So what can't be shared, Shadowkeep or the season pass?There you go. Same here. When i bought D2 the dollar was so low it was worth it. Just be glad you didn't buy the special edition, or you'd be out 30 bucks. If it's possible to keep all my preorder bonuses and such i'll probably buy it on my main accoubt by the time the next big expansion rolls around.
It's not a monetary issue. $35 is a reasonable sum, and perfectly within range of most people's gaming budget, including mine. If you're being sincere, it's kind of you to offer that gesture, but money's got nothing to do with it.I'm a Destiny fan boy and I can admit that, when a game keeps over delivering on content in just 5 days compared to what they did in a 2 year stretch in the first game...it's hard not to.
Ok....so I apologize for confusing you with every other troll that hates this game yet can't help themselves to come into every destiny thread to make it all about them. I'm very very sorry. You just....all sound the same/look the same to me.
With that said, the current Destiny (and has been since forsaken) is much better than any iteration of the Destiny you fell in love with in the past so it boggles my mind how you can spend so much time on this forum complaining about it, with out giving it a shot. Is it a money issue? Do I need to gift you this game and save the community the headache you cause in every thread for a game you no longer play. Because you're going to play it and just fall in love with it again.
I mean you just played PvP 6 hours ago? You're whole problem seems to stem from PvP? You played 15 matches over the course of the last year. Why don't you just do the shadowkeep stuff and enjoy yourself a little bit.
Season passes are now in game unlocks so can't be shared, the expansion itself is fine.
The season pass. Shadowkeep itself and the preorder bonuses works. Basically anything that you download works, and before this the season pass was a download. But from now on the seasons are bought with silver, so it's account bound.
I'm not blaming the community as a whole, hell, i'm not even blaming you (you actually apologized).Don't go blaming the whole community for one person (me) not being able to tell the difference between a disgruntled former destiny player and a 5 year onslaught of non stop driveby shit posters.
Season passes are now in game unlocks so can't be shared, the expansion itself is fine.
Ok, thank you.The season pass. Shadowkeep itself and the preorder bonuses works. Basically anything that you download works, and before this the season pass was a download. But from now on the seasons are bought with silver, so it's account bound.
It's not just Destiny tho. Talking about some particular games series on this place ends up in similar fashion. It might not be played time but it's like "oh well I played every game in the series so my opinion matters more".Also, the persecution complex regarding destiny is getting fucking weird. Apparently now you have to show how many hours you played to be able to criticise the game.
I was absolutely being sincere. I would even play the game with you because I need to see what you're talking about that sets you off on this campaign to hate on the game. I wouldn't like attack you or anything for a differing opinions, I just want to see what you see.It's not a monetary issue. $35 is a reasonable sum, and perfectly within range of most people's gaming budget, including mine. If you're being sincere, it's kind of you to offer that gesture, but money's got nothing to do with it.
Look... if you really feel that I give the community such a headache, I'll dial my presence back. As much as it may seem like it, I don't want you guys to stop enjoying the game. I know how much fun it can be, the pull that it can have. I just wish you were more tolerant of these often harsh criticisms.
Funnily enough, in my case i was able to go to the place that contained Crota's crystal, to the Summoning pits and to the Blighted Chalice just by memory (i actually needed help with the first one).For example I was completely disoriented when i got to the moon. I put a thousand something hours into d1, i lived on the moon but i still felt like
"Wait where am i, why doesn't this look familiar" and then every now and then I'll be like "oh shit, that's the starting area!"
Like even after playing 50+ hours the last six days, if you told me "go to the temple of Crota"
i still wouldn't know the right way to get there because the orientation is different.
Wasn't Crota's crystal in a ascendant realm? Jumping down to the very bottom of the hell mouth?Funnily enough, in my case i was able to go to the place that contained Crota's crystal, to the Summoning pits and to the Blighted Chalice just by memory (i actually needed help with the first one).
It was fun to see some enemies spawn in the same places as in D1.
Not that i remember (did we even know about ascendant realms back then?), and it was on the Chamber of Night. And yes, you go there through Hellmouth, then to the right side of the Circle of Bones and through the World's Grave.Wasn't Crota's crystal in a ascendant realm? Jumping down to the very bottom of the hell mouth?
Not that i remember (did we even know about ascendant realms back then?), and it was on the Chamber of Night. And yes, you go there through Hellmouth, then to the right side of the Circle of Bones and through the World's Grave.
If you want to relive your memories of old areas, Destiny 1 is still online and very much playable with friends. There's a great deal of people who would rather have new areas in the sequel
These are reviews of Shadowkeep. Not Shadowkeep plus future paid DLCs. Anyone who thinks it isn't fair to review what Bungie is selling as a packaged release right now is out of their damn minds.1) Not all content is available yet
2) How many of these people played the raid or even managed to get to the last boss, lol
That would be Crota's End, which i don't think it is accessible.Ohhhhh yeah that room has a unstoppable ogre now. I thought you meant the room we see on the ship, where we fought Crota with the giant oversoul crystal in the background.
Nothing is upsetting me more than the "Go and middle about" quests that are interspersed throughout the Shadowkeep campaign. Cleansing an 'Essence of Anguish' should be a lot more exciting than "just do some bounties lol".
It's padding on the level of Anthem's "Vault" quest, and it stinks.
That grindy crap has been increasing with each release. Ikora's new quests are the same. Go get 50 kills, now go do yet another run-through of Vex Offensive(so exciting) for a chance to maybe possibly get the same gun you already received 20 times with a better roll. But it wouldn't be Destiny 2 if you also didn't have to grind out the currency required to buy the quests from Ikora. Grind to get the ability to grind.Nothing is upsetting me more than the "Go and middle about" quests that are interspersed throughout the Shadowkeep campaign. Cleansing an 'Essence of Anguish' should be a lot more exciting than "just do some bounties lol".
It's padding on the level of Anthem's "Vault" quest, and it stinks.
Edit: The competitive Crucible is a definite improvement though. You are still at the mercy of Bungie's aggressively poor matchmaking though.
You skipped Forsaken?I'll come back to Destiny when it gets good again.I mean real good, not half-good, or "good compared to Curse of Osiris", or "good for a late-game, mid-tier expansion pack". That's not the Destiny I live for. The fact that I can't even criticize what seems to be a middling expansion without getting this tier of hostile response is laughable.
These are reviews of Shadowkeep. Not Shadowkeep plus future paid DLCs. Anyone who thinks it isn't fair to review what Bungie is selling as a packaged release right now is out of their damn minds.