Do or die? (Destiny)

by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Monday, June 01, 2015, 01:25 (3466 days ago) @ Cody Miller

In what possible way could the cliché "do or die" apply to the Comet expansion?

In the sense that in my eyes, this is the first opportunity to actually turn the storytelling around. If they can't here, it will demonstrate their overall narrative ineptitude. These 2 expansions were probably set long enough ago that not much could happen. If they don't, I'm not going to quit Destiny or anything, but I will lose respect for them in the storytelling department and that will forever color my experiences and expectations from here on out.

Past that point I'm just going to stop treating them like they are capable of a good story, and basically no longer get on them if it sucks since it'd be expected.

This seems like a bad policy. For instance, Remember Me (by DONTNOD) was almost good, but ultimately the entire game was a big meh. Especially in the storytelling department where they had a lot of neat story concepts and ideas and... just kinda dropped the ball... down a deep dark sewer. And yet, Life is Strange (the very next game by DONTNOD) is one of my favorite story based games of all time. Same company, two very different outcomes!

Really, I think all your talk of losing respect and having your expectations forever colored is just that: Talk. To actually write off a company based on one game is just not something I think you or anyone else would realistically do.