When did Destiny lose its way?

[Sergeant117]

The Destiny Universe used to be full of such mystery and horror based on a Sci Fi/Medieval fantasy world with space magic. Remember when all we wanted was to defend earth and reclaim our lost glory?

Its not only lost that original aesthetic in favor of a more cartoonish "monetizable" one.

But also dragged the story writing in the same direction. With poorly written melodrama and a larger focus on other "People" With our characters simply watching everybody make poor decisions around us, silent and uncaring.

But now i'm watching Thomas the Tank engine fly through a Star War battle. I'm aided by the aliens that nearly wiped out humanity. With my new friend the silver surfer with all the poorly written MCU dialogue i'd expect. In a city straight out of Thor ragnarok

Where did it all go wrong? What am i playing?

The mystery is gone, The darkness isn't scary. The traveler is lame. And the dialogue hurts my brain.

I'm tired. Its all so silly.

[Kopejka]

I mean the game has been out for almost 10 years, it can't be always mysterious mystery and stagnation.
The story progresses, some people don't like it and it's fine.
This would have happened sooner or later.

[Sergeant117]

Originally posted by Kopejka:

I mean the game has been out for almost 10 years, it can't be always mysterious mystery and stagnation.
The story progresses, some people don't like it and it's fine.
This would have happened sooner or later.

In a way i agree with you. But i for one didn't expect to still be fighting the same exact enemies. And for the world itself to be the weakest part

[Kopejka]

Originally posted by Sergeant117:

Originally posted by Kopejka:

I mean the game has been out for almost 10 years, it can't be always mysterious mystery and stagnation.
The story progresses, some people don't like it and it's fine.
This would have happened sooner or later.

In a way i agree with you. But i for one didn't expect to still be fighting the same exact enemies. And for the world itself to be the weakest part

Yeah seems like we will be fighting color variations of the same enemies till the very end now.
And I really want to like the world they are giving us but sometimes it's hard and I don't know why. Maybe my expectations are too high or someone's underperforming somewhere.

[ASR@Feynman]

I 100% agree with Seargent117. I would add that it is now horribly complex and it must be getting more and more difficult for the Devs to "keep on top of it all".

I think the world design suffers because of the need for content, the adding of new abilities.
I the new worlds / cities created and too simplistic in their design, these large shapes and colours (compare to the EDZ).

I did enjoy the Witch Queen :)

ps Did anyone else think that when the witness moved towards the traveller in the cut scene it was like looking at a little steam train ;)

[:Critical_Incident:]

Haha - every comment I make regarding MY OPINION that Destiny´s downturn TO ME began with it "woking up" (pseudo politics) with turning Osiris gay in the last, and the combination of male charcater models with female movement patterns in the current DLC get deleted. Let´s see if this one gets through Steam´s thought policing.

[MattaClark]

Destiny changed because Bungie changed. Vanilla Destiny 2 was already a big departure from D1, much more "designed by committee" to appeal to a wider audience. Strongly recommend watching this to see how Destiny lost it's way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiDbv7nftM8

[Kimahn]

destiny never had a direction. it had a good writer and an ever optimistic player base. "the game has so much potential" was litteraly our mantra. they slowly changed their storytelling to fit more to modern audiences, at least the one conveyed by the loud minority on internet. they expanded without expanding the game and as their economical model sank to the abyss of non ethical and consumer friendly they conpensated by creating a foundation and affirming their political position on everything. except video gaming ethics.

at this point i'm pretty sure the writers are mocking us, the whole expansion is the embodiment of the "glass case of emotion" meme

i'm pretty sure the whole playerbase that really saw destiny grow to be this abomination is now loyal to from software and dream about the next armored core or the elden ring DLC

[Pocahawtness]

Lightfall is just a bad extension to the story.

[Mez Koo]

Originally posted by :Critical_Incident:

turning Osiris gay in the last,

Osiris and Saint have been gay for years.

[Pocahawtness]

Last week.