IT'S A TRAP (Destiny)

by cheapLEY , Tuesday, June 13, 2017, 02:40 (2811 days ago) @ Avateur

Don't do it! Don't pre-order or get season passes or reward any company for proving literally nothing! Make them earn the moneys!

On the other hand, Bungie hasn't really let me down yet, and I'm getting Destiny 2 on day one without reading reviews anyway, so why not preorder and get some goodies along the way?

I would argue that your reply is also totally valid. I loved me some Destiny 1 even with all of its problems and lack of story. But I'm not pre-ordering the sequel, and I won't be buying it on day one. I'll probably wait a bit, hear what people irl, here, and on Xbox Live have to say, maybe consider PC, etc. But I won't reward that lack of story and all of the issues from the first game with a pre-order, if at the very least to spite Activision and whatever they're looking at.

I totally get it. I used to be hard in that camp. I argued and argued with folks about preordering. Then I realized that particular battle was lost a decade ago and life is too short to actually care.

I rarely preorder, personally, but I also don't buy a ton of games at launch. There are just certain games (like Destiny 2) that I'm definitely going to get on launch day with zero regards for review. Halo 5 was one of those games, Destiny is one. After The Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077 will probably be one.

I can see the argument that preordering sends the wrong message, but for those rare games that I'm going to buy immediately anyway, there's no downside for me, regardless of the end quality of the game.

In regards to Destiny 2, specifically, as long as its at least as good as Destiny, I'm good. I'd be slightly disappointed if it's just more Destiny, but I'd still enjoy it. And I'm honestly not expecting it to be significantly more than that. I hope for a better campaign and more interesting activities, but I feel like we sort of know what we're in for after three years of seeing what Destiny is, and I'm happy to pay money for more of it.