My thoughts on this (Destiny)

by kidtsunami , Atlanta, GA, Friday, March 31, 2017, 11:45 (2885 days ago) @ Kahzgul

I love you all (even Raga), and just want to remind everyone that buying pre-orders puts the onus of sale on the advertising for a game, whereas waiting for reviews to come out before you buy puts the onus of sale on the actual quality of the game itself.

Please don't pre-order this game or any other. Force game devs to focus on making great games rather than making great advertisements.

Of note: This ad was a better pre-rendered sequence than anything in vanilla Destiny.

Of double-note: If Bungie does put more effort into the game than they put into this ad, that means the game is going to be gorgeous, well acted, and have a plot! Get HYPED (but don't pre-order)!

• Activision and Bungie and their respective budgets are different things
  
• Throwing money at problems does not guarantee a better solution, and can make things worse
  
• This line of arguing is ideological ("Advertising is inherently bad" vs "No it's good", rather than "It's messy! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯")
  
• I'm going to pre-order as I see it as an exchange for early beta access
  
• I haven't pre-ordered anything that I've regretted (granted I don't pre-order many games)

I'd much rather be discussing the possible foundational changes of Destiny 2. Will Patrol be the same? Will NPCs exist? Are we still working with the same "Orbit" lobby system. Crap like that.