I get your point (Destiny)

by Durandal, Monday, September 19, 2016, 21:55 (3079 days ago) @ Avateur

The grimore doesn't directly tie into the in game story telling, but it provides a foundation for what does make it into the game.

My point with the Halo series was that while parts of it are weak, like some of Reach, overall the plot was strong enough to lead to many memorable moments and a logical consistency that shone well throughout the marketing and secondary materials as well as Halo 3, which was the best of the series and managed to tie up everything rather nicely.

Destiny's grimoire writing is the same, a solid foundation that makes the rest of the game operate on a better level. Just imagine if they had never bothered with the IB item's names, just some random V jokes ripped from V for Vendetta. People wouldn't have been half as interested in them, and Bungie may not have bothered to make the expansion focused on the Iron Lords. Like Praydeth, a few names scrawled in the margin of a text have been grown and nurtured bit by bit until it turns into a very interesting story mission. The IB lore has grown into an expansion, with more story and cutscenes to tease us.

I admit, a bunch of guardians trying to kill tiny robots doesn't make for epic trailers, but that so far has been my only gripe about this expansion.