On content and why we're drowning in it. (Destiny)

by General Vagueness , The Vault of Sass, Tuesday, March 24, 2015, 23:36 (3779 days ago) @ Cody Miller

This game isn't supposed to have a logical end point. The end point is when you decide to stop playing (or pause playing until they make more content) and then whenever they decide to stop making that content and make something else.

All games have logical end points:

1. You've conquered all the challenges. Beaten all the levels, done all the side quests, etc.
2. The story ends. If the game is narrative driven, the end of the story naturally concludes the game.

When you are that point, you want a sense of closure. After you've tackled all of Destiny's challenges, you don't feel that at all. As far as random ass challenges that involve you doing wacky things, I'd say if you are at that point you'd be better off trying a new unfamiliar game with new challenges. You're basically trying to eat every little crumb left instead of just getting a new cookie.

As someone who literally does that (not with the tiniest of crumbs, but most of them), and who still enjoys Destiny despite it having gotten samey, I think you just don't have the mindset to enjoy that type of experience fully, and you probably never will-- and that's fine, but you shouldn't go around saying that that mindset doesn't exist, or that something is wrong with it.