My Destiny Review: A deep and resounding... (Destiny)

by Monochron, Sunday, September 14, 2014, 15:58 (3522 days ago) @ yakaman

I'm not so much disappointed as mystified. Where is everything? Where is the space, the exploration? Where is the wonder? The story?

This is the only frequent complaint that I don't much understand. If you play all story missions and strikes, I feel like there is hours and hours of content. Comparable to a newly released Halo game. Yes, it is certainly tiring repeating the same spaces over again, but this is very common and has bee used in plenty of well-liked games with success (even Halo). And there is a lot of physical space when you take all the "dungeon"-type areas into account.

I think people have a tenancy to "feel" like there isn't much geometry simply because they always see the start of a given planet over and over again. I think the real issue here is one of presentation and things that Bungie said pre-launch. Having only one area per planet really gives a feeling of being cooped up or contained in that area, even though the areas may sprall on and on.