The way people talk about Halo 1-3's story... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (Destiny)

by uberfoop , Seattle-ish, Tuesday, September 20, 2016, 01:58 (3079 days ago) @ Durandal

Destiny's story is closest to their old Marathon Series, where there was no interaction and the only story evidence was random terminals. If the Grimore was in game, that would exactly describe Destiny.

The form has similarities, but the function is different. Marathon's terminals drove a strong core narrative around the immediate happenings. Destiny's Grimoire is good lore; it enriches what is supposed to be there in the main game, but the content wasn't written to replace what's missing. That is, while moving the Grimoire in-game would be a huge improvement, it wouldn't solve core storytelling issues (I'm hoping that TTK is indicative of continued stepping in the right direction).

Not that I'd have any issues with a modern AAA game taking a pure Marathon approach. If it got good reviews we'd get some properly explosive Cody threads.

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I hope the writing in RoI is as good as this Owl Sector ARG - Kahzgul, 2016-09-18, 13:07
- Agreed - Oholiab, 2016-09-18, 14:36
- I hope the writing in RoI is as good as this Owl Sector ARG - Cody Miller, 2016-09-18, 14:53
- Yes and no - CyberKN, 2016-09-18, 15:25
- www.bungie.net/en/Grimoire :) - Ragashingo, 2016-09-18, 16:15
- I hope the writing in RoI is as good as this Owl Sector - Avateur, 2016-09-18, 17:16
  - Quality can filter through - Durandal, 2016-09-18, 18:07
    - No it won't. - Cody Miller, 2016-09-18, 18:30
    - It can, but it won't - Avateur, 2016-09-18, 18:58
      - It can, but it won't - Kermit, 2016-09-18, 19:22
        
        It can, but it won't - Avateur, 2016-09-18, 19:52
        
        It can, but it won't - Kermit, 2016-09-18, 20:12
        
        It can, but it won't - Avateur, 2016-09-18, 20:33
        
        I get your point - Durandal, 2016-09-19, 21:55
    - The way people talk about Halo 1-3's story... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ - kidtsunami, 2016-09-18, 22:04
      - The way people talk about Halo 1-3's story... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ - uberfoop, 2016-09-18, 22:11
        
        The way people talk about Halo 1-3's story... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ - Durandal, 2016-09-19, 21:46
        
        The way people talk about Halo 1-3's story... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ - uberfoop, 2016-09-20, 01:58
        
        The way people talk about Halo 1-3's story... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ - dogcow, 2016-09-20, 13:00
  - I hope the writing in RoI is as good as this Owl Sector - Kermit, 2016-09-18, 18:15
    - I hope the writing in RoI is as good as this Owl Sector - Cody Miller, 2016-09-18, 18:33
      - I hope the writing in RoI is as good as this Owl Sector - Kermit, 2016-09-18, 18:45
        
        I hope the writing in RoI is as good as this Owl Sector - Cody Miller, 2016-09-18, 19:23
    - I hope the writing in RoI is as good as this Owl Sector - Avateur, 2016-09-18, 18:53
      - I hope the writing in RoI is as good as this Owl Sector - Kermit, 2016-09-18, 19:12
        
        I hope the writing in RoI is as good as this Owl Sector - Avateur, 2016-09-18, 19:19
      - Member Berries v2 - Cody Miller, 2016-09-18, 20:09
        
        Member Berries v2 - Kermit, 2016-09-18, 20:27
        
        I think Bungie employees have changed too much for that... - slycrel, 2016-09-18, 22:38
      - I hope the writing in RoI is as good as this Owl Sector - narcogen, 2016-09-19, 08:27
        
        I hope the writing in RoI is as good as this Owl Sector - Cody Miller, 2016-09-19, 12:28
- I hope the writing in RoI is as good as this Owl Sector ARG - Ragashingo, 2016-09-18, 20:49
- Anyone have all 5 strains and want to transmit to me?PS4 FTB - Pyromancy, 2016-09-19, 16:35
  - I do. - CyberKN, 2016-09-19, 16:36
  - Anyone have all 5 strains and want to transmit to me?PS4 FTB - someotherguy, 2016-09-19, 16:45
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