Turns out that even Bungie agreed with me... (Destiny)

by dogcow , Hiding from Bob, in the vent core., Tuesday, October 20, 2015, 14:27 (3418 days ago) @ Korny

http://kotaku.com/the-messy-true-story-behind-the-making-of-destiny-1737556731

I haven't read this yet, but thought people would like a place to discuss.

I've always felt that Staten was a pretty lousy writer, with overly grand, opera-style ambition that overrode a decent story or rich universe...

Jason Jones and others seem to have agreed. That said, the Warmind/Osiris-centric story sounds like it would have been awesome, but would have required at least another full year in the oven to avoid what we got.

The disaster/chrunch-time-hell that Bungie has gone through is management's fault, not Joe's. They shouldn't have let it get as far as it did before pulling the plug. I can't take the argument that they were kept in the dark because there was content being developed based on the story.

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Kotaku, The Messy, True Story Behind The Making Of Destiny - dogcow, 2015-10-20, 13:38
- Pretty much what we all suspected - Kahzgul, 2015-10-20, 13:59
  - Pretty much what we all suspected - dogcow, 2015-10-20, 14:16
    - Pretty much what we all suspected - Kahzgul, 2015-10-20, 14:33
- Turns out that even Bungie agreed with me... - Korny, 2015-10-20, 14:16
  - Turns out that even Bungie agreed with me... - dogcow, 2015-10-20, 14:27
    - +1 - slycrel, 2015-10-20, 14:56
      - +1 - Kahzgul, 2015-10-20, 15:11
    - My criticism of Bungie leadership & hindsight. - dogcow, 2015-10-21, 13:19
      - Size - Blackt1g3r, 2015-10-21, 13:37
  - So the solution was no story at all? - Avateur, 2015-10-21, 01:24
- Kotaku, The Messy, True Story Behind The Making Of Destiny - Fuertisimo, 2015-10-20, 14:17
  - Kotaku, The Messy, True Story Behind The Making Of Destiny - dogcow, 2015-10-20, 14:24
    - Kotaku, The Messy, True Story Behind The Making Of Destiny - Fuertisimo, 2015-10-20, 14:26
      - Kotaku, The Messy, True Story Behind The Making Of Destiny - dogcow, 2015-10-20, 14:27
        
        Kotaku, The Messy, True Story Behind The Making Of Destiny - Fuertisimo, 2015-10-20, 14:30
- Kotaku, The Messy, True Story Behind The Making Of Destiny - Cody Miller, 2015-10-20, 14:21
  - Kotaku, The Messy, True Story Behind The Making Of Destiny - MacAddictXIV, 2015-10-20, 14:24
    - Kotaku, The Messy, True Story Behind The Making Of Destiny - Cody Miller, 2015-10-20, 14:53
  - Kotaku, The Messy, True Story Behind The Making Of Destiny - Fuertisimo, 2015-10-20, 14:27
    - Kotaku, The Messy, True Story Behind The Making Of Destiny - Kahzgul, 2015-10-20, 14:35
      - Kotaku, The Messy, True Story Behind The Making Of Destiny - Fuertisimo, 2015-10-20, 14:42
  - Kotaku, The Messy, True Story Behind The Making Of Destiny - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-10-20, 14:42
    - Kotaku, The Messy, True Story Behind The Making Of Destiny - Fuertisimo, 2015-10-20, 14:46
      - I know the effects were. - INSANEdrive, 2015-10-20, 23:14
    - Kotaku, The Messy, True Story Behind The Making Of Destiny - Cody Miller, 2015-10-20, 14:55
      - Kotaku, The Messy, True Story Behind The Making Of Destiny - Schedonnardus, 2015-10-20, 15:16
      - Kotaku, The Messy, True Story Behind The Making Of Destiny - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-10-20, 17:16
        
        Kotaku, The Messy, True Story Behind The Making Of Destiny - dogcow, 2015-10-20, 17:32
        
        Kotaku, The Messy, True Story Behind The Making Of Destiny - Cody Miller, 2015-10-20, 21:28
        
        Kotaku, The Messy, True Story Behind The Making Of Destiny - Ragashingo, 2015-10-20, 21:46
        
        Kotaku, The Messy, True Story Behind The Making Of Destiny - Cody Miller, 2015-10-20, 21:51
        
        Kotaku, The Messy, True Story Behind The Making Of Destiny - Ragashingo, 2015-10-20, 22:45
        
        Kotaku, The Messy, True Story Behind The Making Of Destiny - Cody Miller, 2015-10-21, 21:46
        
        Kotaku, The Messy, True Story Behind The Making Of Destiny - Ragashingo, 2015-10-21, 22:15
        
        Kotaku, The Messy, True Story Behind The Making Of Destiny - Quirel, 2015-10-22, 00:06
        
        Kotaku, The Messy, True Story Behind The Making Of Destiny - Cody Miller, 2015-10-22, 19:00
        
        Kotaku, The Messy, True Story Behind The Making Of Destiny - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-10-20, 22:52
- Heh. :) - Leviathan, 2015-10-20, 14:46
  - Heh. :) - Fuertisimo, 2015-10-20, 14:49
    - Heh. :) - Leviathan, 2015-10-20, 14:53
      - Remember when reporters had integrity and you trusted them? - Kahzgul, 2015-10-20, 15:03
        
        Remember when reporters had integrity and you trusted them? - Funkmon, 2015-10-20, 19:00
        
        Remember when reporters had integrity and you trusted them? - Quirel, 2015-10-21, 03:04
        
        Remember when reporters had integrity and you trusted them? - narcogen, 2015-10-22, 09:25
        
        Remember when reporters had integrity and you trusted them? - Funkmon, 2015-10-22, 10:13
        
        Remember when reporters had integrity and you trusted them? - Cody Miller, 2015-10-22, 18:57
      - Heh. :) - Fuertisimo, 2015-10-20, 15:31
        
        Heh. :) - Leviathan, 2015-10-20, 16:25
        
        Heh. :) - Fuertisimo, 2015-10-20, 16:31
        
        Heh. :) - Leviathan, 2015-10-20, 16:39
        
        Heh. :) - Claude Errera, 2015-10-21, 15:28
        
        Heh. :) - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-10-21, 15:41
        
        Heh. :) - Claude Errera, 2015-10-21, 16:14
        
        Heh. :) - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-10-21, 16:52
        
        Heh. :) - Claude Errera, 2015-10-21, 17:13
        
        Heh. :) - Robot Chickens, 2015-10-21, 17:24
        
        Thanks for the feedback :) - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-10-21, 19:02
        
        Heh. :) - Cody Miller, 2015-10-22, 18:52
    - Have you ever read Kotaku? - cheapLEY, 2015-10-20, 17:32
      - Kotaku is the National Enquirer of games news. - Funkmon, 2015-10-20, 18:55
      - Have you ever read Kotaku? - Fuertisimo, 2015-10-20, 20:44
      - I dunno about that - HavokBlue, 2015-10-21, 00:52
        
        I dunno about that - Ragashingo, 2015-10-21, 01:06
        
        I dunno about that - cheapLEY, 2015-10-21, 02:06
        
        I dunno about that - Schedonnardus, 2015-10-21, 11:51
        
        I remember deciding they were **** in 2009. - Funkmon, 2015-10-21, 02:10
        
        I remember deciding they were **** in 2009. - Kermit, 2015-10-21, 13:27
        
        ^^^ This ^^^ - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-10-21, 13:35
  - Heh. :) - Cody Miller, 2015-10-20, 14:59
    - Heh. :) - Leviathan, 2015-10-20, 15:01
  - Heh. :) - Ragashingo, 2015-10-20, 20:19
  - Well said. - INSANEdrive, 2015-10-20, 23:23
- Quote & Reply- Dump. - INSANEdrive, 2015-10-20, 23:09

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