When I was 9, I had a free eye exam courtesy of the public school system. The test administrator was a nice woman who asked me to peer into a tiny shrouded screen and tell her when the rabbit became too small to see. I replied, "What rabbit?". It was quickly determined that I needed corrective lenses.

I remember the first day I received those lenses. I was riding home from the eye doctor with my dad and exclaiming, "Oh my gosh! I can see the individual leaves on all these trees!". It was like seeing the world in HD. My dad still remembers that day as well.

Today, after playing Destiny for a year on last gen, I played Destiny on current gen, and had the same experience. Destiny is beautiful - and all I had time to see was the Tower, all decked out for the Festival, and the inside of the Dreadnaught as Junior and I played the Nightfall before school (side story: we never got time to play last night because the download took so long. Lesson for my children: next gen graphics = more opportunities to practice patience.)

Acolytes and Knights have green hues on their faces; never knew that. That Darkblade fellow actually fades out of view like a sandman. Huh, cool trick. Ammo boxes are actual boxes with writing on them. My belt has bullets on it. And I'm wearing... feathers?

I can't wait to see the planets and Moon, as well as my favorite enemy, the Fallen. I think I might play through the entire story again - slowly, taking it all in. I've been accused of sightseeing more than once on last gen. Pretty sure I'll be guilty of it even more now.

And in a moment reminiscent of my youth, Junior, playing on Mars, exclaimed, "wow, this is a whole new area!" It took us a few minutes to figure out that, no, it was just the Rubicon Wastes, but the scene looked completely new.

Now I know how my dad felt.