First order of business: What's with the blue folks?

Well, out in the wild, they appear to talk with gunpoint.

The gameplay last night didn't show us any of what I was hoping to learn about Destiny. In fact, it seemed to mostly gloss over details and just show us action. I s'pose action is what they were trying to sell, but I'm not buying just on that alone. I wanted to see some competitive multiplayer and a bit of the first scene of the campaign.

Overall, the gameplay footage probably undersold what (I hope) destiny actually is. If it was the whole story, it felt too similar to Borderlands.

We as fanboys have to be careful to temper our expectations, I know, because we aren't going to get another Halo 2, and if we did, we'd complain that it was just another Halo 2. Still, my appetite for details is not sated.

First order of business: What's with the blue folks?

I love Halo 2, but I would never use it as an example of excellence (it was a production and technical nightmare), but it was awesome nonetheless.

I gave us some indication of story events, public events, quirky floaty friends, and the Fallen in all their glory.

Honestly, once I found out it for sure it wasn't coming out this year, I wasn't surprised it was just gameplay. Story trailers will probably come a lot closer to launch.

We as fangirls have to be careful to temper our expectations, I know, because we aren't going to get another Halo 2, and if we did, we'd complain that it was just another Halo 2. Still, my appetite for details is not sated.

Am I the only one who thought that Halo 2 was one of two or three diamonds on an otherwise plain and rocky crown?

Besides, Destiny is still more than a year out until release. I kept my expectations firmly in check and was spoiled with a very sweet tease. I couldn't - and wouldn't - ask for any more.

We as fanboys have to be careful to temper our expectations, I know, because we aren't going to get another Halo 2, and if we did, we'd complain that it was just another Halo 2. Still, my appetite for details is not sated.

Hah! I just have to comment that... it was Halo 2 that ruined the series for me :D But I was totally super snowed in on Halo 1, having explored pretty much every square inch of it, hacking it to pieces. I can rant on for two hours about this, but I'll do that if someone wants me to ;P A small detail is that I have played Halo mostly for the campaign, didn't spend much time in multiplayer.

A 10 minute gameplay demo is a lousy place to show interesting world stuff, hopefully we get more during the press interviews and demos.

FWIW, we know there's more that isn't being mentioned, we know there is more player customization, ship customization, etc. We know there is competitive multiplayer, but we haven't been told what it is yet.

The blue guys are the one of the three playable races, some kind of ghost human.

This was the gameplay reveal. They weren't going to go through a list of features since they were trying to show us the game, which they did quite well.

It was some what scripted sure, most demos are. The key points for me were seeing the detail they have in the environments, the new graphical/lighting engine shining marvelously, and the "feel" of combat which seems to be very Halo'y but with magic now instead of grenades.

The people joining on the fly was a nifty part of the demo as well and is telling of how they plan to integrate co-op in sans menus.

Story bits.. I mean we have to give Bungie some credit here. They aren't going to reveal really anything detailed until closer to launch and I personally trust this company to deliver a compelling story. We know there are several different factions and a mysterious giant sphere hovering over Earth... things will be explained as they should. I personally do not want to know very much because then it treads into the movie-trailer-showing-too-much territory.

Only thing I wished was touched on is competitive multiplayer. That will be explained soon. What makes me excited is actually seeing their work! It's been so long since Destiny was rumored and announced. Great to finally see things in action!

Destiny as a game is difficult to show off in 5-10 minutes. I agree what we saw wasn't THAT spectacular. The best part of the experience is how you interact with the world and other players. We only got a tiny taste of that.

Also yes, I'm hoping there's a PvP competitive mp

The gameplay last night didn't show us any of what I was hoping to learn about Destiny. In fact, it seemed to mostly gloss over details and just show us action. I s'pose action is what they were trying to sell, but I'm not buying just on that alone. I wanted to see some competitive multiplayer and a bit of the first scene of the campaign.

Overall, the gameplay footage probably undersold what (I hope) destiny actually is. If it was the whole story, it felt too similar to Borderlands.

We as fanboys have to be careful to temper our expectations, I know, because we aren't going to get another Halo 2, and if we did, we'd complain that it was just another Halo 2. Still, my appetite for details is not sated.

First order of business: What's with the blue folks?

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