Yep, exactly. (Destiny)

by car15, Sunday, September 14, 2014, 20:14 (3519 days ago) @ Blue_Blazer_NZ
edited by car15, Sunday, September 14, 2014, 20:19

Speculation alert! I know nothing. This is just what I think.

I have a suspicion that Destiny's development was a clusterfuck and that the game had to be significantly cut down toward the end of development. The story was likely truncated to accommodate this restructuring period.

I think development was taking longer than anticipated. I think Activision got sick of waiting and imposed a deadline on Bungie. I think that is the root cause for a lot of the repetition in the game design and the lack of story in the game itself. (Yes, I know the investment system was part of Destiny's design concept, but somehow I doubt that the cookie-cutter story levels were.)

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Terminals Work, Grimoires Don't - Jillybean, 2014-09-14, 14:32
- Terminals Work, Grimoires Don't - Cody Miller, 2014-09-14, 14:35
- I Never Did the Terminals - Blue_Blazer_NZ, 2014-09-14, 15:06
  - I Never Did the Terminals - Kermit, 2014-09-14, 15:21
    - I Never Did the Terminals - Jillybean, 2014-09-14, 15:26
      - Halo 4 felt similar - Jordan117, 2014-09-14, 21:18
        
        Halo 4 felt similar - Hyokin, 2014-09-15, 10:49
    - I Never Did the Terminals - Blue_Blazer_NZ, 2014-09-14, 15:28
    - I Never Did the Terminals - TTL Demag0gue, 2014-09-14, 16:02
      - I Never Did the Terminals - Kermit, 2014-09-14, 16:12
        
        I Never Did the Terminals - Monochron, 2014-09-14, 16:16
        
        I Never Did the Terminals - Kermit, 2014-09-14, 16:40
        
        I Never Did the Terminals - Jillybean, 2014-09-14, 19:26
        
        I Never Did the Terminals - Kermit, 2014-09-14, 20:06
        
        I Never Did the Terminals - car15, 2014-09-14, 20:11
        
        I Never Did the Terminals - Jillybean, 2014-09-15, 11:34
        
        I Never Did the Terminals - CaneCutter, 2014-09-15, 14:36
      - Example - Cody Miller, 2014-09-14, 18:05
        
        Example - Kermit, 2014-09-14, 18:10
- TL;DR - INSANEdrive, 2014-09-14, 15:31
  - TL;DR - Psyrixx, 2014-09-14, 15:34
  - TL;DR - Jillybean, 2014-09-14, 15:38
    - TL;DR v2 - INSANEdrive, 2014-09-14, 16:09
      - Hey, Insane. - Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316), 2014-09-14, 20:11
        
        Hey, Insane. - INSANEdrive, 2014-09-14, 20:15
        
        Hey, Insane. - Jillybean, 2014-09-15, 11:36
  - TL;DR - Monochron, 2014-09-14, 16:03
    - TL;DR - INSANEdrive, 2014-09-14, 16:11
    - TL;DR - Avateur, 2014-09-14, 16:14
      - TL;DR - Monochron, 2014-09-14, 16:18
        
        TL;DR - Avateur, 2014-09-14, 16:21
        
        TL;DR - Monochron, 2014-09-14, 16:30
        
        TL;DR - General Battuta, 2014-09-14, 16:41
        
        TL;DR - Monochron, 2014-09-14, 16:49
        
        TL;DR - Avateur, 2014-09-14, 17:15
        
        TL;DR - General Battuta, 2014-09-14, 17:32
        
        TL;DR - Fuertisimo, 2014-09-14, 17:40
        
        TL;DR - Avateur, 2014-09-14, 17:42
        
        TL;DR - ZackDark, 2014-09-14, 18:02
        
        Staten Perhaps? - Fuertisimo, 2014-09-14, 16:39
        
        Staten Perhaps? - car15, 2014-09-14, 17:46
        
        TL;DR - INSANEdrive, 2014-09-14, 16:29
      - TL;DR - Kermit, 2014-09-14, 16:31
        
        TL;DR - Avateur, 2014-09-14, 16:41
        
        TL;DR - Kermit, 2014-09-14, 16:49
        
        TL;DR - kidtsunami, 2014-09-15, 06:52
        
        TL;DR - uberfoop, 2014-09-14, 16:53
    - TL;DR - uberfoop, 2014-09-14, 16:16
- Terminals Work, Grimoires Don't - Fuertisimo, 2014-09-14, 16:40
- Skyrim - minasodaboy, 2014-09-14, 17:34
  - Even a la The Last of Us - Blue_Blazer_NZ, 2014-09-14, 18:03
    - This! - Cody Miller, 2014-09-14, 18:10
      - This! - Kermit, 2014-09-14, 18:19
        
        This! - Cody Miller, 2014-09-14, 18:22
      - Yep, exactly. - Blue_Blazer_NZ, 2014-09-14, 18:24
        
        Yep, exactly. - General Battuta, 2014-09-14, 18:40
        
        Yep, exactly. - car15, 2014-09-14, 18:56
        
        Yep, exactly. - Monochron, 2014-09-14, 19:02
        
        Yep, exactly. - car15, 2014-09-14, 19:09
        
        Yep, exactly. - Jillybean, 2014-09-14, 19:06
        
        Yep, exactly. - Blue_Blazer_NZ, 2014-09-14, 19:18
        
        Yep, exactly. - car15, 2014-09-14, 20:14
        
        Halo 2 redux? - Kermit, 2014-09-14, 20:31
        
        Yep, exactly. - Cody Miller, 2014-09-14, 20:31
        
        Yep, exactly. - car15, 2014-09-14, 21:08
        
        Yep, exactly. - Fuertisimo, 2014-09-14, 19:21
    - Fallout 3 (and New Vegas) also did this well. - Anton P. Nym (aka Steve), 2014-09-15, 08:04
      - Fallout 3 (and New Vegas) also did this well. - Jillybean, 2014-09-15, 11:44
    - Even a la The Last of Us - CaneCutter, 2014-09-15, 17:24
- Nobody mentioned the other obvious problem? - Cody Miller, 2014-09-14, 18:25
  - Nobody mentioned the other obvious problem? - Yapok, 2014-09-14, 18:28
    - Nobody mentioned the other obvious problem? - Cody Miller, 2014-09-14, 18:28
      - Nobody mentioned the other obvious problem? - Yapok, 2014-09-14, 19:59
  - Orly? - INSANEdrive, 2014-09-14, 18:44
  - WTF Is Going On Around Here: #22/500 - griknir, 2014-09-14, 19:20
  - Nah, not really a problem given the current implementation - ZackDark, 2014-09-14, 19:23
    - Nah, not really a problem given the current implementation - Jillybean, 2014-09-14, 19:30
      - Oh, library in the Tower is a good one - ZackDark, 2014-09-14, 21:16
        
        Oh, library in the Tower is a good one - Kermit, 2014-09-15, 08:53
        
        Bungie can have that one for free - Jillybean, 2014-09-15, 11:33
- It doesn't help that Grimoire is a UI train wreck *LONG* - Jordan117, 2014-09-14, 20:15
  - It doesn't help that Grimoire is a UI train wreck *LONG* - Blue_Blazer_NZ, 2014-09-14, 20:41
  - It doesn't help that Grimoire is a UI train wreck *LONG* - Fuertisimo, 2014-09-14, 21:25
    - It doesn't help that Grimoire is a UI train wreck *LONG* - Cody Miller, 2014-09-14, 21:46
      - It doesn't help that Grimoire is a UI train wreck *LONG* - Yapok, 2014-09-14, 22:43

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Yep, exactly. (Destiny)