There is a lack of defining story moments (Destiny)

by Korny , Dalton, Ga. US. Earth, Sol System, Wednesday, October 08, 2014, 09:00 (3698 days ago) @ Spec ops Grunt

Like the multiple Scarab battle in Halo 3 or the Warthog run or the final level of Reach.

Like the only story missions that stand out is the assault on the Winter Kell and boarding his ship which was so hype and cool, and The Black Garden and the Sword of Crota.
Every other story mission is forgettable.

I Agree to an extent, but that comes as a result of having far too many missions with similar "holdout door defense" portions.

The beauty of the Daily Story missions and the Queen's Orders is that you get a refresher of things that make certain story missions stand out. Playing the "Eye of a Gate Lord" with Solar burn highlights how intense and unique the approach to the Gate Lord is, as any Hobgoblin can send you back to the checkpoint, but you can flank them in many ways before they get a bead on you.

"The Garden's Spire" felt very much like a Halo level, with shades of "The Ark" from Halo 3.

Another issue was that many of the "story" missions had little to do with the actual story, and would have better served as secondary objectives within the plot-relevant missions, with stuff like "A Rising Tide" and "The Buried City" having little bearing on the actual story.

And lastly, a number of the missions feel like segments of what would be a larger level in the Halo games, which was likely done to have a larger number of "bite sized" missions for the more casual audience. If "The Ishtar Collective" and "The Archive" had been a single mission with multiple objectives to do in any order, or with dialogue that changed based on what you did first, they'd definitely be more memorable. The same could be said of the aforementioned "Rising Tide" and "Buried City"...

I can't think of a non memorable level in Halo

What were the defining moments of "Gravemind" or "High Charity"? Could you tell them apart at a glance? What were your mission objectives?

What about "Sacred Icon" and "Quarantine Zone"? Remember which had a Gondola portion*?

*Trick question