Grimoir is dead, long live the grimoir (Destiny)

by INSANEdrive, ಥ_ಥ | f(ಠ‿↼)z | ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ| ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, Monday, May 22, 2017, 15:48 (2530 days ago) @ Kahzgul

So I asked Bungie's World Lead, Steve Cotton, if Grimoire Cards would play a role in the game and he came back with a resounding "No."

"The answer to that question is 'no' and the reason it's 'no' is because we want to put the lore in the game," Cotton told me. "We want people to be able to find the lore. All the story is told through the Adventures, it's told through the characters in the world, it's told through the campaign and it's told through scannables you find throughout the world."

If the in-game activities live up to the storytelling of the grimoire, this will be a wonderful thing. That being said, I really hope Bungie doesn't mess this up. The grimoire is great, and my only real problem with it was that it wasn't accessible from within the game, itself. Of course, one of my many problems with the actual game was the lack of story and characterization that fills the grimoire, so - again - I really hope Bungie is able to make this world come alive.

They seem to be really selling it now, if the cut-scenes are any indication. I'm really curious how they are going to do it within in the gameplay through. I'm hoping for more then just "go here" then, "exposition BOT-BEEP-BOOP" kill-this-thing, "It dies" "exposition BOT-BEEP-BOOP" then fancy cutscene. (Ha ha! Air quotes.)