Congratulations, beta tester! (Destiny)

by ZackDark , Not behind you. NO! Don't look., Saturday, July 26, 2014, 23:22 (3773 days ago) @ petetheduck

- The dark side of the Earth is completely black. There really is just that one city left, eh?

There's no dark side. As a matter of fact, it's all dark.

;)

I missed out on gazing up Earth and watch it spin, sadly. Hope someone has a video of that from the next-gen. Must be great. I did get to gaze up the Moon from Old Russia and it was pretty cool.

- The Hive. The last time I had this sensation was in Halo with the Truth and Reconciliation--exploring this strange alien architecture and finding it all so interesting. The Hellmouth is.. man. You get this strange architecture and bones, everywhere.. but then you find this giant chain. And then you catch it moving. What the heck is on the other end of that? The Hall of Wisdom, with this darkness moving through the ceiling, full of glowing green Hive faces. Beyond it, a closed doorway full of machinery on one side, a cavern full of strange cocoons on the other. What ARE the Hive? These guys seem absolutely evil and bizarre. There isn't one flavor to them.

I'm a bit disappointed at how bright it is most of the time. Way down there, right before the second(?) exit out, where you can see the sky again, it was pretty much spot-on with the lighting, imho.

I was hoping that Bungie would get their population spike and then be all, "lol, jk guys, leaving Moon available until Beta ends." Bummer you couldn't make it, I just made it myself. There's a lot there, but there will be even more to explore in the full game.

Me too. In fact, I'm still hoping they do this with the entire Beta up to launch.

- Did anyone here NOT get lost in the Hellmouth? Took me quite a while to find my way back out, especially when my waypoints kept bringing me to locked doors.

I know, right. First time, I was doing the mission alone and thought "what the hell, should be faster to go to orbit and back". Second time, I was with Hyokin and thought I had found a nook to explore. They eventually found the exit and their nametags kept throwing my sense of direction off. Silly Zack.