Rise of Iron, Warframe and Having Fun (Gaming)

by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Friday, August 19, 2016, 04:39 (3019 days ago) @ Mad_Stylus

Destiny, though, is basically Halo with stats. This means at equal level, theirs a very briskly paced, rewarding and challenging experience you are supposed to have. Even if you do have amazing weapons, such as Hawkmoon or its ilk, its still engaging. You are actively combating the enemy, outmanuevering and outfighting them. It is a struggle, unless the level difference is just huge. Which, by the way, a constant drawback of Patrols.

Yep. Bungie got that part right. One of my favorite parts in Destiny was how the entrance to the Vault of Glass was guarded by enemies near the upper end of the level scale. Those Vex Minatours would eat you alive in a couple of shots until you progressed far enough to actually do the Vault of Glass. It's also neat how you never become overpowered in Destiny like you could in say, Skyrim, where after a while I could one shot literally everything with a sneak attack from my bow. This lets you play with friends of any (lower) level in Destiny without being able to steal all the kills by just glancing in the enemy's direction.

I just don't know if I'll still be enjoying it a month or two after release.

Probably the greatest failure of Destiny is that it has brilliant core gameplay but that it goes two steps too far rewarding players for playing and replaying levels and crosses well into requiring them to play and replay and replay missions and Strikes and Raids. I think a lot of people would be happier if it didn't take a couple of months to be competitive in the high end Crucible events and if they could go play other things for a while without falling behind their friends who kept playing. RNG and Loot isn't so much Destiny's problem. A bunch of us congratulated each other one the good Iron Banner weapon roles we got after matches... so that part still works. It's the "you kinda need to be 330 Light or higher to not take significantly penalties in the one multiplayer event each month that a lot of your friends actually care to play with you" part that sucks.

Anyway, while I haven't played warframe and don't really plan to, it was nice seeing a comparison that felt fair and well explored. :)