I agree, I think the more we learn about Destiny the more we'll realize there is a reason Bungie is calling it a Shared World Shooter aside from just marketing. What we've seen so far I want to play and according to Bungie we've barely seen anything.

I've started to get the idea in my mind that Destiny is going to be a lot like Borderlands. You'll have a big open world with a story thread and lots of side missions, building your character along the way, finding awesome guns, etc - but with public events and a persistent world.

Those last two are not just throw-away features. I remember when people said the iPad was "just a big iPhone"; it's basically true, but that means a lot more than it sounds like it means. Public Events sound fun, and the persistent world will be interesting to see (assuming you can't ruin it for everybody else by being a turd).

This is NOT meant to diminish the excitement for Destiny in any way, nor is this any kind of intentional flame bait. Totally sincere.

I think that's mostly fair, but we have a few pieces we don't really know much about.

1. The Tower and communal spaces
2. PVP and how that work
3. Mission structure/Exploration

For 1. we know that Destiny will have some true communal spaces, more along the lines of PSO than borderlands small instanced areas. Number 3 comes from statements that bungie made about wanting to give players reasons to explore new areas. Borderlands is so focused on the missions, that exploration is a pretty empty experience when you aren't on one.

Number 2 is the big one. Borderlands competitive gameplay was... non existent? Bungie is hinting that there's lots of cool stuff in Destiny for that, and given their pedigree I believe them. Plus, the shared world nature of destiny can lead to some really cool stuff.

Finally, I think destiny is going to feel really distinct from borderlands mechanically. Borderlands focuses on a player getting really high DPS/health, and dishing out/taking tons of damage. Destiny characters looked more nimble, and their powers gave big damage spikes that you wouldn't see in borderlands.

I've always kind of seen destiny as the unholy mashup of Halo, Borderlands, Dark Souls, and PSO. As a concept that really works for me :).

Yep. I'm expecting something like Borderlands - the over the top zanyness + a bit of Mass Effect + a good helpin' of Halo.

Basically, what more could you want in a game! :)

Actually picked up Borderlands 2 to play with my dad because I've heard the comparison before and wanted to make sure I was well versed.

It's also doing a great job of selling my Dad on Destiny way ahead of release.

This is NOT meant to diminish the excitement for Destiny in any way, nor is this any kind of intentional flame bait. Totally sincere.

I don't know, if true this is going to be very disappointing. I don't recall anybody ever saying anything like 'Myth will be very much like xxxx' or 'Halo looks a lot like yyyyy'. Most of Bungie's games were kind of their own thing that other later games were compared to, not the other way around. The ones that weren't (Marathon being compared to Doom) were at last compared to groundbreaking good games, rather than the bland garbage that is bored-er-lands. If you are inspired, shouldn't you at least be inspired by good shit?

I've started to get the idea in my mind that Destiny is going to be a lot like Borderlands. You'll have a big open world with a story thread and lots of side missions, building your character along the way, finding awesome guns, etc - but with public events and a persistent world.

I've been saying since the official reveal that Destiny looks like a Halo-skinned Borderlands. And to this day I haven't seen anything that really sets it apart. Hopefully it will have fewer may-mays at least.

I kind of have to agree, but i really am not sure how the social system will work out, the single payer system looks easy and with this there will be enough content, but for social play i wonder.