And all the rest… (Destiny)

by kapowaz, Tuesday, August 26, 2014, 00:27 (3542 days ago) @ kapowaz

I don't know what the statute of limitations is concerning magazine scans here now …

I've uploaded a bunch of screenshots to imgur which may or may not be considered verboten given that this is from an 18-month old issue and there is vastly more info in the public domain now. Lots of details stand out for me given what we now know, including:

• Europa was a human colony, but we abandoned it when the invaders struck. Like every map in the game, Europa is subject to daylight, darkness and the ravages of a persistent weather system
  
• Characters are faceless, defined by their armour and equipment
  
• The Citadel is Destiny at its most visually abstract. Home to the Vex – time-travelling robots from the future – it's a mess of gravity-defying geometry reaching far above the clouds
  
• A derelict ship in the rings of Saturn becomes one of Destiny's dungeons as humanity attempts to reclaim relics from the past

…the quote about Europa accompanies that concept art we've previously seen that shows an icy landscape, with an outpost buried deep in snow drifts. So; both Europa and a derelict in orbit of Saturn were originally destinations we were going to visit, but have subsequently been cut. Something to look forward to in Destiny 2, perhaps?