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

by uberfoop , Seattle-ish, Tuesday, September 23, 2014, 14:23 (3951 days ago) @ Earendil
edited by uberfoop, Tuesday, September 23, 2014, 14:27

I'm all for pointing out Destiny's flaws, but let's be fair, at least some of those people sunk 40 hours into the game in the first few days before getting "bored".

It is indeed a lot of hours in a short timespan, I'd be exhausted.

I don't know about others, but I'm pretty sure I never put 24 hours of game play into any Halo single player campaign.

I don't usually play in huge bursts that would cause 24 hours to be filled rapidly, but I'm pretty sure I've never put less than 24 hours of play into a Halo campaign; Waypoint says that even Halo 4 has commanded 38 hours of my time.

I haven't the foggiest idea how much time I've put into Halo 1's campaign, but I'd be very surprised if it's under 1000 hours.

I wonder if half of what people are experiencing with Destiny is a feeling that it didn't reach its potential, even if what it reached was (to many) an entertainment level that many games have not.

Yes, disappointment is definitely a big factor. For a lot of people it's a combination of Destiny not being as grand as the marketing cracked it up to be, and the game not really nailing the social side; my Destiny gameplay would probably already be dropping away if I didn't have active friends on, because the game relies on coop and trying to group with people sucks. In some ways it's awkward to join people up even when they're in your friend's list.