Difference in community (Destiny)

by CruelLEGACEY , Toronto, Saturday, December 19, 2015, 14:14 (3357 days ago) @ Cody Miller

Why was the Halo community considerably more open, fun, and creative than the Destiny community?

This is a point that seems to get brought up fairly often. I'm not convinced that it is true at all. In my experience, a great deal of the Halo community has always been quite antagonistic. I'm generally not crazy about playing with randoms in any game, but I've had more fun and positive experiences playing with strangers in Destiny than any other game before it. The community has come together, inside and outside of the game, in a way I've never seen before.

Now if we're speaking specifically about the "creative" portion of this statement, I can see where you're coming from. It does feel like there is a bit less player-created content surrounding Destiny than there was around Halo. And I think the reason is very simple: Destiny fans spend more time playing the game than Halo fans ever did. Speaking as someone who spent thousands of hours creating machinima, forge creations, tutorials and montages, one of the reasons I did all of that is because my interest and love of Halo exceeded the amount of game that was available for me to play.

Today, I have plenty of ideas for Destiny-related projects. Some small, some large. But any time I have the opportunity to sit down and work on them, I find myself saying "I really just want to play Destiny". It's really not as gloomy or nefarious as some people might make it out to be.