All games are time wasters on one level or another. (Destiny)

by Jabberwok, Tuesday, September 23, 2014, 14:19 (3725 days ago) @ Revenant1988

I have to disagree with this. Even a terrible movie is fun to watch with friends, but that doesn't make it as good as other movies. I want a game I can enjoy when I play it alone (and my friends are mostly not interested in games anyway). And I have to agree that Destiny is not really being that game right now. It desperately needs a story with presence and characters, and more dynamic missions and level design. In other words, things need to HAPPEN. With all of Bungie's prior games, I played through the campaign alone, and enjoyed myself thoroughly. Yes, if you play it 100 times, it is less fun, but Destiny's missions have an even shorter shelf life because they are so generic.

The focus on community is interesting, but there is no reason that the only fun to be had in the game should come from interacting with people, and not from the game itself. If that's the case, something is wrong.

That said, I am not giving up yet, and I'm waiting to see how they are going to change things as time goes on. There are still good things, it's just not living near its potential so far.

And I agree with the initial post that grinding is awful. Even if all games are time wasters, I don't have the time to waste on things that are not inherently fun.

Halo after a while sucks. (Not just Halo 4 guys and gals, all of em)
Destiny after a while sucks.

What makes these games fun is who you play with.

There are many people on HBO who've said "Halo 4 sucks ass, but when I was playing with so and so, I forgot about that and it was fun, briefly."

That's how I look at Destiny.

I don't have time to sink 40 hours a week into this game to keep up. I don't have any desire to play MP unless I want that bounty.

BUT, if I've got community to play with, a place to socialize, it makes it more worthwhile.

Not interested in farming loot cave.

Not interested in chasing loot.

I am interested in the quest, the puzzle, and playing with others.

Find some friends to play with.

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        Got Bandwidth? - bluerunner, 2014-09-23, 09:55
        
        Got Bandwidth? - Revenant1988, 2014-09-23, 10:08
        
        Got Bandwidth? - bluerunner, 2014-09-23, 10:13
        
        Got Bandwidth? - Revenant1988, 2014-09-23, 10:17
        
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- I guess you could say... - INSANEdrive, 2014-09-23, 06:54
- Why I'm leaving. - petetheduck, 2014-09-23, 06:56
  - *IMG* - red robber, 2014-09-23, 07:02
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        No Grind Here - breitzen, 2014-09-23, 08:43
        
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- All games are time wasters on one level or another. - Revenant1988, 2014-09-23, 08:58
  - All games are time wasters on one level or another. - uberfoop, 2014-09-23, 11:21
    - All games are time wasters on one level or another. - Revenant1988, 2014-09-23, 11:51
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