"I haven't touched Halo 5 and Destiny is to blame" (Destiny)

by cheapLEY , Thursday, October 29, 2015, 16:43 (3408 days ago) @ CruelLEGACEY

I was just getting ready to post this.

I thought it was interesting, as well, as I too have felt the same thing. Yesterday I jumped on in Destiny with the intent of only getting my Armsday packages (Suros dis-43 with Full Auto, yes!), but soon found myself launching the daily. I had to force myself to quit after that and start up Halo 5 instead. I'm glad I did, as I had a ton of fun earning my ranking in Team Slayer.

It's not that I don't want to play other things, it's that Destiny's pull is so strong. I am glad that Halo 5 gives me a good reason to stay away for a bit, though. Maybe it'll give me enough strength to stay away long enough to finally finish the Witcher 3 . . .

I hadn't seen that Jason Jones quote before, which is very interesting, and it definitely sounds like they've accomplished that goal with Destiny. As we've discussed ad nauseam, maybe they've succeeded too well. For me, Halo has certainly always had that pull that kept me coming back, but in a way that felt more healthy than Destiny sometimes feels. Don't get me wrong, I play Destiny because I really enjoy it, but I have to admit that there is a small baseline of unhealthy addiction and unwillingness to stop playing for fear of being left behind that's not necessarily a good thing.

Anyway, interesting article.

As a sidenote, I listened to the RUL podcast this morning, and it was great. It was too short, but good. (: It sparked some interesting thoughts for me, so there will probably be a post coming from me over at HBO about it.