+1 (Destiny)

by rliebherr , St. Louis, Missouri, Monday, September 15, 2014, 13:51 (3733 days ago) @ Ragashingo

They repeatedly referred to it as a "shared world shooter." I find myself having a hard time trying to describe to friends who waited to buy and want to know what it's like. Now, with the benefit of heinsight, I can see what they meant with statements that, at the time, seemed vague. It truly is something you have to experience. After that experience, you can decide whether it is for you or not for you. Unfortunately, with the hype around the game, those that Destiny is not for are very angry and feel misled. The beta was part game test and part expectations check. We really did get what Bungie promised to deliver, you just have to revisit what was said and what you heard. They probably said "shared world shooter with various locations to explore and grow over ten years" and what you heard was "Massive MMO with six open world locations at launch." Critics fall to this as well. It's a diffictul game to put in a genre, so they put it in the place that they can reconcile and review based on that.

They made a trade off. Every business makes trade offs. They decided to make a really great game for people who "get it" (I hesitate to use that term because it implies a flaw in people that don't "get it." Know that I do not mean that. It's just easier to describe this way.), the trade off is that those who don't "get it" or wanted an MMO despite numerous attempts at avoiding that label, are not meant to like Destiny. It's not a game that is catered to everyone, it doe snot have mass market appeal. It's not a Toyota Camry, it's a Tesla.

I am confident in one thing though, we're at the beginning of something pretty awesome and it's going to be a fun ride.