I disagree (Destiny)

by Leviathan , Hotel Zanzibar, Wednesday, December 10, 2014, 11:05 (3873 days ago) @ Cody Miller

Nothing about these stories in the Dark below feel like they have any effect on the world. Neither the speaker, anybody at the tower, or your ghost seems to mention, react, or be affected in any way by these developments and Eris' arrival.

Well, we'll continue to disagree, since I simply don't feel that way. In addition to the in-game cinematic and dialogue, the Grimoire has a great conversation between Eris and Ikora about how she returned to the Tower and was allowed to remain to assemble forces to assault Crota, even if the rest of the Tower didn't believe her.

You can reject the Grimoire if you don't like it, but I really enjoy reading it after I unlock a card and before I fall asleep. It's become a nice routine. Then the next time I go back to Destiny, I have a little more lore in my head to apply to the world I'm playing in. Of course, I'd like to see the Grimoire be readable in-game as well, but this is how Bungie's telling part of the story.

A lot of it comes down to liking the game and investing yourself in it. When a game (or anything for that matter) intrigues you, you're going to put more of your imagination into it, and consequently, get more out of it.

That's just how people like different things. One person starts to read a book. If something captures their interest in the beginning, they're going to keep reading and throw themselves into it. Another person picks it up and doesn't get ensnared - that probable means they're going to remain more distant and critical of the book than the other reader, and harder to affect as the book progresses. They'll look at that first person laughing or crying as they read, and think "How'd that happen? That didn't happen to me.".

Just like Destroying the heart, you have no context for how this actually effects things.

Well, we interrupted a seance and destroyed the heart of Crota, shattering his soul, stopping the Omni...Omni...er.. the "Witch Lady" from restoring him to power and bringing him into this plane. Made sense to me!

(There's another Grimoire card from the perspective of the Hive - it's great!)