Similar. Having a lot of fun, barely scratched the surface! (Destiny)

by kidtsunami , Atlanta, GA, Wednesday, September 10, 2014, 03:13 (3527 days ago) @ Leviathan

One of many highlights today was jumping onto a shank from above and knifing it till it exploded. The game doesn't have "boarding" so I just have to do it myself. :D

So far I've noticed a lot of little improvements from the Beta. Camera and movement in the Tower seem smoother, and the difficulty as a whole feels different. Enemies are just a tad more intense and it's a nice challenge.

At the rate I'm going, it will probably be the end of the week before I finish these solo missions and then there's all the other modes to tackle. The narrative so far reminds me of Halo CE (this the Covenant - fight them!). Simple setups to expose the world slowly with a lot of neat details to discern in the game itself, from NPC dialogue to item descriptions to design connections, all the while letting me tell my own action adventure through my gameplay. The game feels like a RPG sourcebook and we're the game masters. :)[/i]

This really resonates with me. I can see Destiny being disappointing for people who really loved being MC at the center of this epic story, being a rookie getting to know Bravo company, or the new gal on a final journey with the elite Noble Team. But unlike any of those games, it feels much more like I'm on some kind of grand space adventure, not necessarily a pre-defined roller coaster. It's like being in the most amazing theme park where you get to be a character in it.

So I agree with people criticizing the "narrative" of Destiny (from what I've seen so far, which is very little), but I'm already in love with the universe.