On Authenticity (Destiny)

by Leviathan , Hotel Zanzibar, Monday, June 29, 2015, 04:08 (3434 days ago) @ Cody Miller

Quite the opposite, the game IMO is 100% authentic Bungie. It's beautiful, it's crisp, it's probably the sharpest of the shooters I've ever played. It's full of "guns, grenades, and melee's". The 3 pillars of Bungie fun. The story is definitely lacking, but the base lore exists to flesh out stories upon stories. I would also attribute a weak story, to the teams focus on functionality first. The GDC chat about the Netcode seems like it is extremely complicated to implement, hence Noah's ark of error codes. Glad it works as well as it does considering all that.

It's really a slap in the face to all the hardworking folks at Bungie, to repetitively critique their work, and question their ethics, and essentially disregard their accomplishments, all the while putting in hundreds of hours into a game you appear to enjoy. Even more, I feel in someways it's also a slap in the face to a group of folks who have created a site dedicated to the company that has created the games we LOVE, and to those of us who came here to share our passion for Bungie and Destiny. I don't login here everyday to hear another I despise/hate/loath X,Y,Z about Bungie/Destiny. I login to discuss the things I enjoy, learn from others, share my Destiny experiences. Sometimes Korny can be a little trollish (Love ya Korn :P), but he also goes out of his way to post about his unique exotic armor creation. Even going so far as to provide subtext and visual accouterments.

I believe I made it quite clear that I admire the work of many of the folks working on Destiny. So much of it is good. The only faces I want to slap are those responsible for the investment system, and the planning of the content delivery. Also please do not lecture me about being a real Bungie fan. I've been with them since winter 1994. Why do you think I come to Bungie.org? Because I love the games and the community. Again, Destiny could have been amazing had it not been for what I constantly complain about. Even a lot of that is changing. The grind is becoming less and less. They are apparently taking the story missions and the narrative way more seriously. The fact I still critique means I still hold them in regard. I simply shut developers like Blizzard out and don't even think about them anymore, much less play their games.

That being said I really do not want anyone turned away from here because of my posts. Just do what mig and leviathan do: roll your eyes and move to the next thread ;-p

Roll my eyes? I've never done such a thing!

Now, shake my fist in the air, declaring revenge? ...Possibly.:P