I cared about Destiny, but what I was seeing up to that point was causing me to be unsure whether to dive right in and accept it, or not.

I think I'm comfortable with my choices right now. Each piece of Destiny will have to earn the price I have to pay for it.

After watching The Devil's Lair vid, I am in a solid meh stage. Very ambivalent feelings towards the game right now. Not caring to even be in the Beta.

When I first saw TITANFALL, I became very excited to play it. A year later, that excitement is still in me a month and a half after launch. I don't have that same excitement for Destiny.

Destiny looks gorgeous and I'm 95% (down from 100%) sure I'll buy it, but I'm far less sure it'll hold my attention for very long. Maybe it'll be like poorly fitted clothing that has to be worn-in before you can really enjoy it.

Patricia Hernandez on Kotaku wrote almost exactly how I feel about Destiny.

I know the topic is old but I thought I'd better comment.

I'm no longer ambivalent towards Destiny. I am looking forward to getting it and playing with my buddies.

I'm still waiting for a Digital Pre-order option and have no plans to buy DLC ahead of time.

The game is growing on me.

Agreed. Not as excited to hear about multiplayer combat because I already know Bungie rocks at all of that, but I definitely want to see it and hear about the finer details. 32 player battles, maybe? Or would that be too nuts, even for Destiny? lol

It seems they're keeping numbers down for the public event side of things (around 7-9ish from what I gather), and though this doesn't necessarily correlate directly into competitive multiplier, I wonder if similar philosophies will be applied.

Less can be a tighter experience. Less mess and outright chaos. More immersion.

I'm guessing around 16-20 myself, maybe less. Though a busier competitive multiplier based somewhere within the city would put interesting narrative emphasis on the guardian presence there.

If anything, it strikes me more akin to the Armies of the Dark/the Leveler from Bungie's 'Myth' series. Both employ an army of myriad hostile creatures, both end a golden age (in the case of the Leveler, repeatedly), both have a hostile, linked relationship with a foe (Traveler/hero that defeats the Leveler is fated to become the Leveler 1000 years later, etc.)

That, and both are laying siege to a last city at the start of their respective games (Last City/Madrigal).

Destiny was conceptualized as a fantasy game, so it makes sense that they would borrow from Myth.

However, the fact that Bungie has used similar elements before makes your theory more credible. Thanks for sharing!

I was somewhat disappointed by the latest "news". Just not enough meat to sink my teeth into, which many of the games journalists seemed to agree.

One thing I heard that was interesting to me was Deej say this:

"PvP, competitive multiplayer, whatever you call it when guardians come together in a very separate activity and decide who is the toughest guy in The Tower is something that we are going to invite you to experience and to play at E3 -- that’s what I can tell you today.

In terms of how many people that experience involves, or how many people you have on your team, or how many people that you have to battle, these are all questions that we will answer at E3."

Seems like they're really holding things back for E3. Can't wait!

Agreed. Not as excited to hear about multiplayer combat because I already know Bungie rocks at all of that, but I definitely want to see it and hear about the finer details. 32 player battles, maybe? Or would that be too nuts, even for Destiny? lol

One thing I heard that was interesting to me was Deej say this:

"PvP, competitive multiplayer, whatever you call it when guardians come together in a very separate activity and decide who is the toughest guy in The Tower is something that we are going to invite you to experience and to play at E3 -- that’s what I can tell you today.

In terms of how many people that experience involves, or how many people you have on your team, or how many people that you have to battle, these are all questions that we will answer at E3."

Seems like they're really holding things back for E3. Can't wait!

They showed the bread and butter run and shoot they're offering and that was the thing I was least curious about. I'm confident that it'll be feel amazingly smooth and satisfying when I pick up the controller, so what I got out of this was, WOW it looks amazing, and all the assorted little details about enemies, their abilities, the UI, and guardian abilities (that Titan charge...).

So I'm basically as excited as I have been, but I feel for the journalists that are flying out to Bungie every now and then to get a spoonful of awesome with a heaping of "can't talk about that".

Destiny is absolutely still a buy for me just for the art direction alone.

That, and both are laying siege to a last city at the start of their respective games (Last City/Madrigal).

After watching The Devil's Lair vid, I am in a solid meh stage. Very ambivalent feelings towards the game right now. Not caring to even be in the Beta.

When I first saw TITANFALL, I became very excited to play it. A year later, that excitement is still in me a month and a half after launch. I don't have that same excitement for Destiny.

Destiny looks gorgeous and I'm 95% (down from 100%) sure I'll buy it, but I'm far less sure it'll hold my attention for very long. Maybe it'll be like poorly fitted clothing that has to be worn-in before you can really enjoy it.

Patricia Hernandez on Kotaku wrote almost exactly how I feel about Destiny.

I hear you, but I'd rate my excitement as what about it was before today (meaning Bungie's got a new IP--AWESOME! They always offer new things that are better than anyone's offered before.)

The main thing that I'm gobsmacked by is how beautiful the game is. Amazing eye candy. The other stuff I really care about can't be shown, though--the story, how the game feels when you play it, how I feel when I put the controller down.

Fortunately, a test drive is on the horizon. How lucky for us that there is a test drive, huh? After that, most of this prejudging won't matter.

About graphics--I've been thinking about this, and part of what has me thinking about it is the remastered edition of The Last of Us, which I will probably buy because (1) I can afford to and (2) I adore that game. It's an amazing game in lots of ways, but it's amazing graphically ... on the PS3. How much more amazing can it be graphically? It can be better, but when will we get to the point where there are no additional pixels that our eyes can detect? Will the generation of consoles after this one be able to entice us with better graphics?

We've all seen games (cough, Halo 4, cough) where graphical fidelity was their strong suit. I want something else. I think game developers are going to have to get creative to entice us. I have hopes that Bungie (and others) can meet the challenge.

OK, done. I guess that's a side-effect of growing up on dial-up internet. I just don't watch stuff on the computer.

So far, I guess I'm underwhelmed. Bungie is going to make a nice shooter and the universe they craft is going to be fun to explore, but I'm not sure that I'm looking for a shooter.

Powers look great, but I'm bored to tears by the weapons. They all look like archetypes we've seen before, and the lack of alien weapons doesn't bode well for a diverse sandbox.

I mean, if you're going to give us a pump-action shotgun, at least make it a Moe Special.

Another bonus for me is going to be vehicles. I want there to be a Warthog, something that accommodates the whole fireteam. And maps to use them in, something on the scale of Mass Effect's planet missions.

Bungie keeps saying "Wait and see", so I guess I shall.

However I after reading most of the articles and watching the videos, the world of Destiny is very much a place I will want to spend my time.

I don't want a game that run 1000 mph like Titanfall (which is a great game but I'm already tiring of it).

I've seen a couple comments from people (who claim) to have access to some sort of Alpha build and they all seem to pity (not in a condescending way) those of us who don't yet see the scope and ambition of the game.

I think E3 will be a big hit, but I think a MP reveal before-hand would be great to prep players.