A day of one with the Alpha (now with *lots* of Images!) (Destiny)
Or in plain – less artsy speak – I got to play the Alpha for a full 12 hours and change, and was able to make "leak quality" images in the process without violating any NDAs - like some sort of Jobless Boss! (Oxymoron?)
Fortunately I was able find a friend of a friend type deal to play the alpha in my own abode. I found a four or fiveish of ghosts (hidden both in the wilds and even in the tower), the already mentioned soccer/football, and even a few other things.
The above is found at the end of the fallen coast.Now you know Kerm.
Part of the fun of games – at least for me, is breaking them. What better place to do such then? After all It’s not like the Guardians can *oof*...
...That’s right guys and gal(s?), the mystery has only begun. If you go deep enough you will find the dreaded 10 second turn back indicator. Failure to do so creates a very cool effect - you go blind. Isn’t that NEAT! /s
By the time the countdown gets to one you can’t see anything – then you die. Geez Bungie.
Did I mention I love exploring? How much do I love exploring? I have 1000 GS on Mass Effect One love exploring. There was nothing but rock in Mass Effect One. Destiny less so.
So guess my sheer delight when I found this.
Gotta say... seeing this place for my self, dead bodies and all - was a pretty big "Wow/Holy Sh*t" Moment. It was dark when I first found it and it was very very windy. Man... we got beat. HARD.
Is it wrong that I want more of these environmental story elements that make me exclaim as described above?
Which reminds me - Would it really be so hard to have a flashlight that *I* can toggle? Or do I have to customize a switch for my Ghost so I can do that? Getting to that part was really really dark. Had to feel my way through at some parts.
Speaking of customization -
I was hoping for something abit more - controllable and less set, but C'est la vie.
Alright - less talking - MOAR PICTURES!
^One of these days this kind of thing will be the game, not part of it.
^Another piece of an already collected puzzle. Presuming I didn't mix my photos, it looks pretty cool too.
^HA! ... but on that note...
^Who broke the cheese /class
^So much Tease from the alpha. These are 9-12 levels with few rares.
^Its amazing what a little spec and bump can do. Or roughness and gloss. Wa ev.
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Armor
Weapon
Character
Potential Hint
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(I'll probably do something with abit more words later... maybe.)
Did you take all those pictures with a phone...?
...cuz the PS4 does screenshots natively, y'know. :)
That said, there are a lot of really neat teases in the Alpha that hint at just how insanely *big* this game is going to be.
A day of one with the Alpha (now with *lots* of Images!)
Interesting Stuff
That very first image, that's got to be ships launching from Earth during the Golden Age... and I continue to be very intrigued by the hints that Guardians are more than just people who strap on armor and risk death beyond The City's walls.
Great shots, thanks! :)
A day of one with the Alpha (now with *lots* of Images!)
Vesuvius was the volcano. Pompeii was the town.
The end of the Golden Age was a hard time, but no day hurt worse than the day The Darkness destroyed Wikipedia.
Did you take all those pictures with a phone...?
...cuz the PS4 does screenshots natively, y'know. :)
That said, there are a lot of really neat teases in the Alpha that hint at just how insanely *big* this game is going to be.
I did indeed make them with a camera. I don't have access to my friend of a friend account - so I had to improvise.
^hahahaha!
WTF bungle? Do you even geography?
^hahahaha!
WTF bungle? Do you even geography?
A lot of knowledge must have been lost after the fall. That's all bit and pieces we could scramble together.
^hahahaha!
This was just a dumb error by a moron, though. I fixed it a while ago but the fix didn't make it into the alpha build.
e: i'm the moron
^hahahaha!
This was just a dumb error by a moron, though. I fixed it a while ago but the fix didn't make it into the alpha build.
e: i'm the moron
Saved for posterity on destiny.isnotcanon.net
^hahahaha!
So technically, is the fix a retcon?
In the same way every typo is history
- No text -
^hahahaha!
How did you fix it? Did you change the description or name of the rifle?
^hahahaha!
I like the idea of scrambling together fragments of what was easily accessible, many idioms and analogies wouldn't survive the purge.... well not entirely
"That guy's not playing with a full mech"
"I can't believe Xenos stole my blunder"
"If I scratch your balls, you scratch mine"
^hahahaha!
It involved Pele and a humble sacrifice.
For those of you who like more words then pictures.
Since this OP has been FPed I figured I should link my basic part two for that sake of prosperity.