You see problems, I see awesomeness we don't know yet.

by Leviathan , Hotel Zanzibar, Sunday, June 16, 2013, 16:25 (4188 days ago) @ Reconcilliation

I come from the "Base opinions on what has been shown, not what we hope will be shown" line of thinking.

I come from the "Don't form opinions about a thing until you've actually played/seen/read/heard it line of thinking." :)

A lot of us have been gamers our whole lives. We've seen generation after generation after generation of developer promises and reveals. We are concerned about what has been shown because what has been shown is a very very strong indicator of what the game will be like, and what the game will be like is not impressing a number of people - the points of contention which have been discussed earlier.

Huh, I've seen a lot of excitement for the game. The only big negatives I've noticed is people complaining that they don't know enough about the game. But I don't think that's the games fault - I think it's culture that sits on computers, addicted to an accelerating stream of content aimed to keep themselves constantly distracted (I know I do this, at least). We've got to keep gobbling things up until we're sick of them; there's no room for patience. We get weekend opening box-office numbers for movies before the weekend is barely started these days, hah.

That is why I say people should temper their enthusiasm for the game. Do not expect Bungie to make a perfect title. Go by what they show. What they have shown has been relatively lackluster in a number of areas, so concerns are being voiced. Unless and until we see improvement in later gameplay reveals, these criticisms will remain completely valid. (And if the criticism turns out to be invalid, it's win/win.)

I'm not expecting them to make a perfect title, and never expect anybody to make a perfect anything - but I've loved what they've shown and even if I didn't, I don't think I know enough about the game to form any concerns for Bungie to improve on. I'll have no idea what Destiny really IS until I actually play it and see and experience this whole experiment for myself, so I'm in no place to decide what is wrong or right for it. And I'm also happy with not knowing everything about the game before it comes out. Half the time the games that do show a lot and make me like what I see turn out terrible.

Destiny is a brand new game, and I hope people don't chain it to Halo's legacy. I don't think everybody's going to like it - and that's okay.