So............Is That It? (Destiny)

by General Vagueness , The Vault of Sass, Wednesday, July 08, 2015, 03:46 (3428 days ago) @ Xenos

What were you expecting? I don't know if you know the history of Bungie day, but there are NEVER major things released. The biggest thing ever released, in my opinion, is the Marathon 2 release on XBL. It is always more a celebration about the Community (which the 30 minutes video did a great job celebrating) not about getting free stuff from Bungie.

What about 2008? Free map released into the wild. Other years have included a lot more interaction in the game too; like recon, reveals, steaktacular challenges, etc. I was kind of hoping for stuff like that too.

That's fair, I've always been of the opinion it's more about the community celebrating Bungie and vice versa. Before 2007 Bungie Day was something only celebrated by the community. Also remember 2009 when you had to beat Bungie to get anything, and 2011 where for the vast majority of players they got a nameplate and the flaming helmet. You can argue we "got" less this year than past years, but they also made an awesome 30 minute video for us, a contest where you can actually get the Taken King for free, an awesome new section of the site, and an emblem no one that isn't involved in Year One can get.

I don't know who was asking for year one exclusives though, I have yet to see one person ask for that or say they're grateful specifically for that. The hubbub has been about long-time fans, day one players, if not earlier. Personally I don't really care about that, but there's a point to be made in Bungie, well, missing the point of what these people are asking for. I felt like the video could've used some editing too, some things were repeated that really didn't need to be and some things probably had more enjoyable parts that could've been included. Also I wish they'd given links to their sources-- I didn't know about several of the videos they had clips of and I'd like to check out these community things they wanted to share and they didn't really make that easier.
I'm happy with what we got, I wasn't expecting anything more, but I do see where they could've delivered better on both what people were asking for and what they were seemingly trying to do.
As an aside, and not so much a point against anyone, I wish contests like these weren't always art stuff. This one is broader than most, but still well outside my skill-set, I wouldn't have a chance even if I tried my best.