A slightly different take . . . (Destiny)

by cheapLEY , Wednesday, June 24, 2015, 18:29 (3676 days ago) @ Kahzgul

As I posted a few threads down, I've been out of the internet and gaming loop for over a year.

I didn't experience Destiny from the beginning, which I first thought was just awful. Now I feel like I'm lucky. I'd only been playing for about two months before House of Wolves dropped.

Obviously I don't know, but I feel like Destiny is the best it's ever been right now. There's plenty of activities to enjoy, lots of things to do. Granted, I haven't had a year of play time, grinding for gear, so maybe my feelings will change. But right now it's a blast to just hop in and play for a bit. I think maybe because I'm far enough behind, I'm not on a quest for gear all the time, I'm playing because I like shooting things in the face. As I said, maybe that will change at some point.

My biggest issue is that I feel like something awful happened to my favorite developer.

While I don't feel like any of it is a truly big deal, I don't like the PlayStation exclusives, the pre-order bonuses, etc. Maybe I'm wrong, but it wasn't something I felt like Bungie would do to their fans. The firing of Marty O'Donnell (which I only found out about a few days ago!) is truly disappointing to me. Granted we don't know what happened there, and probably never will, but all the small things make me feel like Bungie has changed, and not for the better. How many "Grizzled Ancients" are still at Bungie? It doesn't sound like many.

Basically, I feel like if things don't turn around, Bungie will just be another developer to me, and not one to which I have any loyalty. I mean, I get that they exist to take money, but it seems like they used to have a little bit of tact in doing so, and that has been lost.

Anyway, that's my rant, of which I'm sure there have been many similar in the past year or so, but I missed them all, so you all can have another.

I haven't lost complete faith, though. When it comes down to it, the moment to moment gameplay of Destiny is fun, and the overall vision is great, just somewhat poorly executed. Here's to hoping they learn and Destiny 2 becomes the game we all expected from the beginning.