Probably not a popular opinion but... (Destiny)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Thursday, July 24, 2014, 16:08 (3779 days ago) @ RC

Likewise the story missions are just barely connected to each other, and no weight is given to your actions. If I'm going to "Become Legend", then why isn't the story advancing because of my actions? Every mission after the first begins with something like "Reports say that…" or "Our Scouts say that…". Each mission should begin because of something we do in the last one! It doesn't feel like you are shaping the story, but are just a guardian for hire.

Besides being a thoroughly ridiculous thing to proclaim in itself, Destiny's Story mode is not entirely linear.

e.g. After completing Restoration, you can play either Dark Within or Warmind straight away.

The sum of the things you do, acquire and learn in Old Russia leads you to go to...

...dun, dun, dun...

The Moon!

But then you end up with Starcraft 2 syndrome, in that the narrative is disjointed and none of the story missions feel substantial, because no single one propels anything forward. Nor do they really effect each other since they can be done in any order.