No Bonus (Destiny)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Monday, December 11, 2017, 17:11 (2618 days ago) @ cheapLEY

I honestly think the lack of friendly AI characters is what separates the two the most from me. As you said, why can't I fight next to Ikora and Osiris? Having these characters only ever be voices on the radio really hurts my relationship with them and my ability to care about them. Would anyone like the Arbiter if he just spoke to you on the comms the entire time during Halo 3, rather than fighting by your side? I wouldn't.

This also gives you way more flexibility with cinematics to tell the story, where characters can talk to each other and work things out during missions. That is, assuming they give our guardian a voice…

Despite having a much more grand and epic lore, Destiny feels far more mundane than Halo in a lot of respects. Lack of friendly AI helping fight makes it feel like my Guardian is literally the only one doing anything ever. The Master Chief was the hero of Halo, for sure, but it never felt like he was the only one accomplishing anything. That's not true in Destiny, where it feels like everyone else might as well just not exist, because my Guardian does literally every single thing of any importance.

Another aspect of the world not feeling 'alive'. If you're the only one doing anything, then clearly the world was built only for you…