Do or die? (Destiny)

by Avateur , Monday, June 01, 2015, 02:16 (3466 days ago) @ Cody Miller

Read. I said I would write them off narratively. I specifically said I would not abandon Destiny just because of the narrative.

Eh, like I said earlier, don't mind him. The reading and hypocrisy thing and such. And to further support you, and also completely destroy that notion of his that someone wouldn't completely write off a company based on just one game, I'd like to point out that I (and many others I know) wrote off 343 over Halo 4 alone. I only got my hands on Master Chief Collection because it was largely rehashed Bungie Halo games, and I didn't pay anything close to full price. There are no future 343 games for purchase in my future, and MCC's failure didn't decide that one.

As for Destiny's narrative and your overall point of writing them off (and disregarding the fact that you're replying to someone with an outright grudge against all the things you say at all times ever), I don't think it's fair to view Bungie's storytelling abilities as a failure if Comet doesn't turn it around.

The Grimoire, as unfortunate as it is that it's stuck on Bungie.net and not in the best type of UI, is really spectacular. Please note that I'm in full agreement with you generally about the "story" in the game, because I don't feel there is a story within the game world. At all. But what I'm getting at is, Comet may have also been planned out ahead, or may be using assets that somehow got cut previously. I'm wondering if you may have to wait for Destiny 2 to wow you. The question then becomes, would you be willing to give them that shot? The question after that would be, what if Destiny 2 brings the story in all of its glory, living up to or surpassing all of what you could have hoped for? And then, would it still be disregarded or abandoned by you, or would you potentially love it and run with it into the remainder of Bungie's 10 year plan (or whatever it is now)?