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It can at least be said that the media's general consensus is:

"Pretty cool...but I still don't know what this is."

Which is actually kind of scary. I do agree that Bungie needs to loosen their lips a little more. The secrecy is starting to make me paranoid that they don't have their act together on the other aspects.

So I read through a few articles and watched the new trailer. I know what I think about this new info dump, but what did you think?

My biggest takeaway was from the new gameplay trailer. The game looks very satisfying to blast its way through.

I have trepidation regarding FPS vs. AI game play, and it has nothing to do with Bungie's implementation. The game play looked fine, the graphics were wonderful, and it all looked really well done.

It also looked like business as usual. Meaning, it looked like all the fighting against AI I've done in the last 10 years. The kind that got less satisfying with every new Halo game. This is all personal opinion, of course, but I saw nothing awe-inspiring, or unique, or...something? What? I don't know. For example, I die and another guardian can revive me, but if they don't...I just revive in 30 seconds anyway? Why does that bother me?

It looked like Reach to me, or what Reach 2 would have looked like. I'm having some trouble being articulate here...

Just a snippet of game play video, and all pretty safe stuff for show - I'll wait patiently for the beta before I make my conclusions. That being said...I want to be excited, but am having a hard time.

The feeling I have after reading Xenos' fantastic link coverage is the same feeling you get when you interview for a job you really, really want and now have to wait for HR to call you back with their decision. I'm excited for the opportunity, but since I largely don't know what I'm getting myself into or how their decision will go, I'm also very nervous.

It seems like (to simplify it) Borderlands and Halo had a beautiful, beautiful baby. I like both of those titles very much, so I'm sure I'll enjoy Destiny. For me, what keeps me interested in games long after the mechanics or gameplay are familiar are PvP and story. I didn't get to see either of those today; so, I'm looking forward to E3. Destiny looks great, based on the media it seems to feel like Halo, and act, albeit somewhat, like Borderlands/Diablo (loot drops, customization, all classes being 'hybrid DPS,' etc.). All of those sound great to get me through the game one time, but I really want to see what will keep me playing for ten years.

Borderlands and Diablo lost me after about 80 to 90 hours. I had beat the games, beat the DLCs, leveled up through several Paragon levels, and collected a ton of loot. Their stories were kind of shallow and the PvP was non-existent in either (but when I was knee deep in the games, I would binge for weekends upon weekends, playing deep into the night and early into the mornings fueled by coffee, pizza, and energy drinks - a glorious time!). Halo kept me interested through a great story and a very fun multiplayer experience for hundreds of hours. If Destiny can combine those successfully, I'll be incredibly satisfied.

I want it to be amazing, I'm just trying to contain my own hype until I know more.

Reach.

Which in my book is a good thing. The gameplay is never gonna wow in these demos because the player is trying to show off features and encounters. But, this latest gameplay seemed more finished somehow - I can tell it's going to be fun, at least for a bit. I can sort of see better how the powers, enemies and weapons are going to work together to keep you shooting and moving. Which I like.

It's pretty obvious they were on 'Easy' or whatever the equivalent is - I can tell Legendary is going to require a lot more pop-shooting and epic strafing.

I think I've been in the same camp since I felt like I had a grasp upon what it is and isn't.

It looks like a stunning Bungie Shooter mixed with an always connected Borderlands esc encounter rate, psuedo-mmo quests, levelling system and rpg mechanics.

Which is to say I am really looking forward to playing it. Talented folks I admire and respect have been cracking away on this for years, so I have a significant amount of trust that there will be some very good things about the game I'll get in September. On PS4. Retailing at stores near you for $399.

And it's great to be reminded of just how stunning the game is. Those vistas, that lighting, unf [although I did see a few slightly lower quality (imo) Guardian models in some of the promo material today].

I have certain concerns, which I've voiced many a time before (getting to voice these to Dan Miller last year was a highlight, and a bit of an honour, great guy), about the combat and the pacing of the progression.
I'm afraid there'll be a loss in the puzzle tension that I feel Halo excels at, that it'll be lost in the mayhem and number of encounters needed to not have a mission / ultimate game time be too short.

I've summed it before as this : "I'm afraid the game and it's combat will feel like two little butter spread over too much bread".
That the amount of content combined with the loot and progression systems needed to sustain a psuedo-mmo shooter will weaken the individual pieces.

I'm a bit tired after work [hitting reply-all and accidently e-mailing 300+ colleagues your embarrassment tends to take it out of you], so forgive me if this post has meandered a bit..
P.S. Forgot to mention this too :
It struck me as a mistake to have the re-reveal (which in a sense this is) focus on the Fallen again, the same enemy the only other (E3 2013) large piece of Destiny gameplay content we have.
I assume Bungie have big plans for E3 trailers and demos, but still, this seemed at least to be a semi-important day for the game. There's been kind of growing restlessness with the game in certain enthusiast camps, so seeing a strong difference in combat, assuming such a difference exists (and I'm choosing to believe it does with different enemies and their pedigree) would have benefited in my opinion.

I feel like there was little information released today that wasn't already presented at the original gameplay reveal at E3 last year. At some point, the concept of Old Russia and casually shooting low level Fallen enemies is no longer interesting.

I watched some Titanfall live streams when that beta came out. I found them boring, honestly, but when I actually got to play the beta myself.. well, I bought the game, which I wasn't planning to do.

I would just like to play Destiny. Enough talk.

I loved the strike video Bungie posted. The pacing, the weapons, and the powers all felt very Halo to me which is good. I don't want a Medal of Duty or Call of Honor or even Titanfall. Bungie's earlier comments about getting kills a bit quicker in multiplayer had me worried, but this video seemed to show a nice pace that I'll be able to enjoy. So on a moment to moment gameplay front I'm completely sold

As others have said though, Bungie keeps telling us that Destiny is bigger and more interconnected but beyond 3 player coop being much more standard than coop was in Halo... I'm not seeing anything overly special... on the connected front. It may not matter much. If all Destiny amounts to is amazing, easily accessible coop missions spread over huge areas then I'll be very happy. If it is something more than I'll be even more happy.

Finally, I'm still waiting for the Bungie Twist. Something on the level of the Flood in Halo 1, the Arbiter in Halo 2, the unexpected Ark location in Halo 3, the Engineers in ODST, and helping the Autumn launch in Reach. With a whole new property in Destiny I am predicting that there is something big and plot related that we haven't even gotten a hint yet. We may not get a hint even. But I can't wait for the twist.

After watching The Devil's Lair vid, I am in a solid meh stage. Very ambivalent feelings towards the game right now. Not caring to even be in the Beta.

When I first saw TITANFALL, I became very excited to play it. A year later, that excitement is still in me a month and a half after launch. I don't have that same excitement for Destiny.

Destiny looks gorgeous and I'm 95% (down from 100%) sure I'll buy it, but I'm far less sure it'll hold my attention for very long. Maybe it'll be like poorly fitted clothing that has to be worn-in before you can really enjoy it.

Patricia Hernandez on Kotaku wrote almost exactly how I feel about Destiny.

The new content didn't WOW me like I was hoping. Same locations, enemies, ect. Not much new.

However I after reading most of the articles and watching the videos, the world of Destiny is very much a place I will want to spend my time.

I don't want a game that run 1000 mph like Titanfall (which is a great game but I'm already tiring of it).

I've seen a couple comments from people (who claim) to have access to some sort of Alpha build and they all seem to pity (not in a condescending way) those of us who don't yet see the scope and ambition of the game.

I think E3 will be a big hit, but I think a MP reveal before-hand would be great to prep players.

I sat down to type something and realized that I hadn't seen any gameplay trailers Be right back.

OK, done. I guess that's a side-effect of growing up on dial-up internet. I just don't watch stuff on the computer.

So far, I guess I'm underwhelmed. Bungie is going to make a nice shooter and the universe they craft is going to be fun to explore, but I'm not sure that I'm looking for a shooter.

Powers look great, but I'm bored to tears by the weapons. They all look like archetypes we've seen before, and the lack of alien weapons doesn't bode well for a diverse sandbox.

I mean, if you're going to give us a pump-action shotgun, at least make it a Moe Special.

Another bonus for me is going to be vehicles. I want there to be a Warthog, something that accommodates the whole fireteam. And maps to use them in, something on the scale of Mass Effect's planet missions.

Bungie keeps saying "Wait and see", so I guess I shall.

The art- characters, settings, etc.- looks very, very good, but the gameplay video was pretty underwhelming. Didn't have many "wow" moments. There was a lot of what you'd expect from a shooter; gunplay, abilities, reviving, hacking mission. Really not sure why they chose to show off this footage since it's pretty similar to the E3 gameplay video they released last year. Would have loved to see Venus or Mars this time.

Destiny is absolutely still a buy for me just for the art direction alone.

The gameplay video was underwhelming though. I know they make guns feel satisfying to fire and that you'll have double jumps and focus abilities. I'm looking forward to playing around with my character build and trying out different fireteam arrangements while running a strike, but that wasn't what they were showing.

They showed the bread and butter run and shoot they're offering and that was the thing I was least curious about. I'm confident that it'll be feel amazingly smooth and satisfying when I pick up the controller, so what I got out of this was, WOW it looks amazing, and all the assorted little details about enemies, their abilities, the UI, and guardian abilities (that Titan charge...).

So I'm basically as excited as I have been, but I feel for the journalists that are flying out to Bungie every now and then to get a spoonful of awesome with a heaping of "can't talk about that".

I was somewhat disappointed by the latest "news". Just not enough meat to sink my teeth into, which many of the games journalists seemed to agree.

One thing I heard that was interesting to me was Deej say this:

"PvP, competitive multiplayer, whatever you call it when guardians come together in a very separate activity and decide who is the toughest guy in The Tower is something that we are going to invite you to experience and to play at E3 -- that’s what I can tell you today.

In terms of how many people that experience involves, or how many people you have on your team, or how many people that you have to battle, these are all questions that we will answer at E3."

Seems like they're really holding things back for E3. Can't wait!

Went back and watched some of the older videos in light of the new stuff, and it's really hard to be cynical about this game. Feels good! I'm excited to play it in September.