Wiping away the past (Destiny)

by General Vagueness , The Vault of Sass, Friday, September 11, 2015, 16:57 (3458 days ago) @ Leviathan
edited by General Vagueness, Friday, September 11, 2015, 17:04

The nature of Destiny does not allow for preservation easily.

What can you back that up with?

Like live theater, sometimes a new actor has to sub in for the original castee.

This isn't that much like that situation.
They could have had the new voice for the new lines and the old voice for the old ones and put in some in-universe justification. They could have had a toggle for the old lines (IDK how easy that would be but I guarantee it's possible). They could have hired better in the first place, and gotten someone who's a professional voice actor and/or not so famous and busy it would take a large amount of scheduling and money to get more lines.
Depending on the resources they were working with, they could've had the recurring events take place less frequently (or even on the same schedule because chaos is fun) and kept them where they were. They could've made them tie to the story differently so it made sense for them to continue, or invented new justification. They could've ignored the story concerns since Weksis the Meek coming back to life 50,000 times already stretches believability. (They could've at the very least not tied story to things and then removed those things, I mean fucking hell, people complain there's not enough story and you put in a bunch more in that's relegated to another medium and then remove the ability to even get that?)
What's this about menu music? Is it just gone? I'm sure they could've not removed it.
There are so many things they could have done to preserve things more both initially and recently, and they didn't, and that's what upsets and worries me. The kicker is that if it was out on PC pretty much all of this would not concern me because people would have the old versions, the old code and data, and ways of keeping it and still experiencing it, but because it's only on locked-down consoles we only get what Bungie gives us, and if they take something away it's up to them or people who are more technically inclined than even most PC game mod people to keep it and make it playable.

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Wiping away the past - Cody Miller, 2015-09-09, 16:49
- I don't see it as a negative, necessarily. - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-09-09, 17:06
  - I don't see it as a negative, necessarily. - Cody Miller, 2015-09-10, 06:28
  - I do necessarily see it as a negative - General Vagueness, 2015-09-10, 16:06
    - I do necessarily see it as a negative - Cody Miller, 2015-09-10, 16:27
      - I do necessarily see it as a negative - Kermit, 2015-09-10, 17:14
        
        I do necessarily see it as a negative - Cody Miller, 2015-09-10, 18:24
        
        I do necessarily see it as a negative - Kermit, 2015-09-10, 20:16
        
        I do necessarily see it as a negative - CyberKN, 2015-09-10, 20:24
    - I do necessarily see it as a negative - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-09-10, 17:36
- Wiping away the past - unoudid, 2015-09-09, 17:08
- Wiping away the past - TheeChaos, 2015-09-09, 17:14
- Destiny is a living, breathing world blah blah blah etc. - ncsuDuncan, 2015-09-09, 17:15
- Other things the past has lost - Durandal, 2015-09-09, 17:19
- Wiping away the past - cheapLEY, 2015-09-09, 17:26
  - Wiping away the past - General Vagueness, 2015-09-10, 16:24
    - Wiping away the past - Xenos, 2015-09-10, 17:13
      - Wiping away the past - General Vagueness, 2015-09-10, 17:26
        
        Wiping away the past - Xenos, 2015-09-10, 17:33
        
        Wiping away the past - General Vagueness, 2015-09-10, 17:47
        
        Wiping away the past - marmot 1333, 2015-09-10, 17:52
        
        Wiping away the past - Xenos, 2015-09-10, 17:57
- Wiping away the past - Ragashingo, 2015-09-09, 17:44
  - Yup - Beorn, 2015-09-09, 18:41
- I mean... You know there are games that never change... - Doooskey, 2015-09-09, 18:09
- I was expecting improvement. - rhubarb, 2015-09-09, 18:14
- Online means temporary. - Leviathan, 2015-09-09, 18:43
- We lost old weapon balance in Halo 2, too. - Funkmon, 2015-09-09, 20:08
  - We lost old weapon balance in Halo 2, too. - Cody Miller, 2015-09-09, 20:25
    - Never have kids. - Funkmon, 2015-09-09, 20:42
      - Never have kids. - Cody Miller, 2015-09-09, 21:06
        
        Never have kids. - Funkmon, 2015-09-09, 21:24
        
        Never have kids. - Cody Miller, 2015-09-09, 22:08
        
        Never have kids. - narcogen, 2015-09-09, 22:36
        
        Never have kids. - Cody Miller, 2015-09-09, 22:39
        
        Never have kids. - narcogen, 2015-09-10, 03:08
        
        An example of unique Destiny-ness - Leviathan, 2015-09-10, 16:48
        
        You are playing the game wrong. - ProbablyLast, 2015-09-10, 03:25
        
        Never have kids. - General Vagueness, 2015-09-10, 17:06
        
        I think you're taking me more seriously than you should. - Funkmon, 2015-09-10, 18:39
        
        I think you're taking me more seriously than you should. - General Vagueness, 2015-09-10, 21:28
        
        I'll work on it. - Funkmon, 2015-09-10, 21:45
        
        Never have kids. - DreadPirateWes, 2015-09-10, 03:09
        
        Never get married - Blackt1g3r, 2015-09-11, 17:35
    - We lost old weapon balance in Halo 2, too. - Kermit, 2015-09-09, 20:46
- Wiping away the past - Kahzgul, 2015-09-09, 21:13
  - Wiping away the past - Cody Miller, 2015-09-09, 22:11
    - Wiping away the past - Leviathan, 2015-09-09, 23:20
      - Wiping away the past - Cody Miller, 2015-09-10, 00:43
        
        they don't HAVE to be, but they CAN be - kidtsunami, 2015-09-10, 14:22
        
        Wiping away the past - Leviathan, 2015-09-10, 16:32
        
        Wiping away the past - Cody Miller, 2015-09-10, 16:42
        
        Wiping away the past - Leviathan, 2015-09-10, 17:16
        
        Wiping away the past - Cody Miller, 2015-09-10, 17:20
        
        Wiping away the past - Leviathan, 2015-09-10, 17:28
        
        Wiping away the past - Ragashingo, 2015-09-10, 18:44
        
        Wiping away the past - General Vagueness, 2015-09-10, 21:53
        
        Wiping away the past - Leviathan, 2015-09-10, 23:50
        
        Wiping away the past - General Vagueness, 2015-09-11, 01:18
        
        Wiping away the past - Leviathan, 2015-09-11, 01:34
        
        Wiping away the past - Cody Miller, 2015-09-11, 01:39
        
        Wiping away the past - Leviathan, 2015-09-11, 02:18
        
        Wiping away the past - General Vagueness, 2015-09-11, 16:57
        
        Wiping away the past - Kermit, 2015-09-11, 17:12
        
        Wiping away the past - General Vagueness, 2015-09-11, 18:35
        
        Wiping away the past - Kermit, 2015-09-11, 19:33
        
        Wiping away the past - General Vagueness, 2015-09-11, 23:01
        
        Wiping away the past - Cody Miller, 2015-09-11, 18:30
        
        Wiping away the past - Leviathan, 2015-09-11, 19:10
        
        Wiping away the past - Cody Miller, 2015-09-11, 19:33
        
        Wiping away the past - General Vagueness, 2015-09-11, 16:34
        
        Wiping away the past - Kermit, 2015-09-11, 16:57
        
        Wiping away the past - General Vagueness, 2015-09-11, 17:00
        
        Wiping away the past - Kermit, 2015-09-11, 17:17
        
        Wiping away the past - Leviathan, 2015-09-11, 17:40
        
        Wiping away the past - Cody Miller, 2015-09-11, 19:22
        
        Wiping away the past - Kermit, 2015-09-11, 19:46
        
        Wiping away the past - Cody Miller, 2015-09-11, 19:58
        
        Wiping away the past - Leviathan, 2015-09-11, 20:13
        
        Wiping away the past - Cody Miller, 2015-09-11, 20:41
        
        Wiping away the past - General Vagueness, 2015-09-11, 22:36
        
        Wiping away the past - Cody Miller, 2015-09-11, 22:44
        
        Wiping away the past - General Vagueness, 2015-09-12, 03:49
        
        Wiping away the past - Ragashingo, 2015-09-11, 23:48
        
        Wiping away the past - Kahzgul, 2015-09-10, 18:10
        
        Wiping away the past - Cody Miller, 2015-09-10, 18:18
        
        Wiping away the past - Leviathan, 2015-09-10, 23:55
- Wiping away the past - INSANEdrive, 2015-09-10, 02:47
  - Wiping away the past - cheapLEY, 2015-09-10, 03:21
  - Wiping away the past - Kermit, 2015-09-10, 13:53
- An amazing meal! - MartyTheElder, 2015-09-10, 19:46
  - Now we know why GoPros are so popular. - dogcow, 2015-09-10, 19:49
    - And Instagram! - Cody Miller, 2015-09-10, 19:54
  - Let's see the video. - Funkmon, 2015-09-10, 19:55
    - #NotMySock - CyberKN, 2015-09-10, 19:56
      - There's a difference. I haven't yet MADE the video. - Funkmon, 2015-09-10, 19:57
  - Laughed during a meeting I was totally paying attention to - Xenos, 2015-09-10, 20:28

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