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There's no antagonist (Destiny)

by Ragashingo ⌂, Official DBO Cryptarch, Tuesday, October 21, 2014, 12:24 (3447 days ago) @ Cody Miller

On one had we can see the antagonists that Bungie has begun setting up for future confrontations. Crota and the Hive seem to be gearing up for a major offensive against The City. Rasputin is gathering power by taking over Golden Age facilities most notably the Clovis Bray archeology on Mars. The Fallen lost several leaders to us in the game and might be in danger of facing a total collapse of their house system. The Cabal also lost a couple of high ranking leaders and might be losing a war elsewhere. The Vex suffered three major defeats with the loss of their Venus Nexus, with the their defeat in the Black Garden, and with their defeat in the Vault of Glass. And there's always The Darkness that seems to be behind it all in one way or another.

On the other hand, understanding the relevance of the above paragraph took a lot more than playing the game. It took reading hard to unlock backstory and making some pretty big leaps with connecting the dots. To the average player, Destiny is probably more like a string of unrelated missions than an actual story. There are some neat jumping off points if you take the time to understand what actually happened, but how many players have done that. I fear Bungie now risks pulling a Halo 4 where they have to try to explain each villains' motivations but it comes out as long cutscenes that don't make a lot of sense.


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