And by they I mean Bungie. (Destiny)

by Kahzgul, Friday, September 18, 2015, 17:40 (3450 days ago) @ Funkmon

People say the game has changed in some kind of fundamental way, but they're just wrong. TTK polishes the interface and how you interact with the missions, plus adds some story, but the game is still the same game it always was.

I think NOW people are starting to get it.

Actually, I think now Bungie is starting to get it. They've seen what we liked most about Destiny 1.0 and added way more of that to TTK. Everything has been adjusted to follow plots and stories and deliver challenges which are not simply "kill the mans." I am way more excited to get a drop that starts a quest that gives me a gun than I am to just get a gun. I have way more fun encountering bosses that have interesting mechanics instead of just being giant bullet sponges. And I have way more fun figuring out all of these relatively optional puzzles in the dreadnaught than I do in just a standard patrol elsewhere.

The core game is the same, but the design philosophy behind both the mission structure and loot / reward systems has fundamentally changed, all for the better.

It's not perfect yet, but it is a dramatic improvement over the initial launch of the game and has profoundly increased my overall enjoyment of the gameplay experience. I used to say that Destiny was 80% work for 20% fun, but since I got TTK it has been 100% fun, without exaggeration. I'm LOVING it.