How's Destiny 2 these days - Have not played since launch.

[Sev3nBelow]

I have 0 DLC purchased is this game worth coming back to ?

[GK | Leviathan]

You clearly didn’t find the game all to engaging at launch, games still ran by the same peeps, judging from the echo chamber that is this community nobody seems thrilled.

Judging off that I’d say don’t bother, or ya know try for free and find out yourself whichever one you prefer.

[lockwoodx]

Season of the witch was so meh I might skip season of the wish. Especially since it's going to be a boring solar season that focuses on radiant and rocket launchers.

[Lord Yoshi]

Game feels different than it was at launch. I liked the leveling back then and it felt like a mmo rpg, and now it feels like standard battle pass progression game. The combat feels great still and there are a lot of complexities added. I suggest watching a video. I had to watch 2 videos, and still need more time to learn it all again. l

[Skylers Meth]

Originally posted by Sev3nBelow:

Originally posted by trukr:

Let's see, you have no money invested, the game has free to play content that can be used to find out if you like it, and you ask random strangers on the internet if it's worth playing?

This is exactly correct. I have 0 DLC content. I dont know what I'm missing out on, perhaps you can enlighten me.

Like you I haven't played since launch and the last 50 hours i've put into the game has been very recent. I had no idea what i was doing at launch and found massive maps with barely anything going on and confusing navigation and questing.

I've only recently started playing again after purchasing legacy collection/ lightfall / forsaken etc and while the questing and navigation is still confusing x10 i am finding the seemingly endless amount of things to do and the gunplay rather like gaming crack. It seems far more refined than pretty much every fps game i've ever played and each campaign enjoyable, so long as you stay on track, which is sometimes easier said than done given the initially utterly confusing amount of individual campaign-centric unlocks and requirements needed to push forward through them.

It's ridiculous after spending around 90 bucks on top of my already missing original battle.net game account that looking around the various planet maps that there is stuff locked off because of season passes etc, but i can't deny this is a supremely addictive piece of software.

[Kamen Rider Mugetsu]

I played since day 1 on battle.net so i can say gameplay has been strongly improved.
Storywise you will be lost without Youtube catchup Videos.
Content wise, F2P is basicly just a Demo. for the rest you better open up your Wallet.

The "Light Powers " Solar, Arc & Void have been reworked same as the Armor system & are imo a great change
The Two new " Darkness Powers " Stasis(Ice Powers obtained by owning Beyond Light) & Strand(Thread or Manipulation of fate power, obtained by owning Lightfall) are pretty badass editions , but require owning two diffrent DLCs.

Having to buy also Vaulted(removed content) to get old Exotic Weapons & Gear is a just greedy practice, but hey thats Bungie Managment atm.

Raids,Dungeons (3 man raids) & "current" Season Content requires major investment (200 bucks if you wanna play everything)
Then you still have Strikes( mini dungeons at best) & Nightfall version( harder version of strikes) that net you some decent Gear.

PvP has been on a Downhill for the Last 2 Years & the Current Meta is just painfulll to play, if your not a Titan. Iron Banner has been boring for a long time & without good loot imo.
Trails of Osiris is still the premier PvP Gamemode, but as i said the Meta sux.

Gambit ( a mix of PvE&PvP) is Dead for even longer, then there is Dares which is basicly a Hoard shooter with diffrent enemy Types per Round (also get boring Real Fast).

Overall it IS a better game from where it Launched from, but Major Time & Money investment is needed to be able to fully Enjoy the game
Plus 70% of the cool outfits,Finisher,Sparrows & Ships are all Paid ( some even give slight advantages, looking at you skin for DMT)


So in Short you either stay away from this hell hole of greed & brainrot grind
or
You pay Up & can enjoy some great Gameplay with memorable Moments sprinked in between.

[Jake.Eun]

Originally posted by Kylito:

Yes. The game has improved MASSIVELY since launch. Practically none of the main issues from launch still reside in the game, it's a completely different world now. There is a lot of DLC, but most is very cheap and goes on sale a lot. You can play some content for free so you can get a feel for the general gameplay.

this is some pretty insane cope lmao

[Kylito]

Originally posted by -Millertastic-:

Originally posted by Kylito:

Yes. The game has improved MASSIVELY since launch. Practically none of the main issues from launch still reside in the game, it's a completely different world now. There is a lot of DLC, but most is very cheap and goes on sale a lot. You can play some content for free so you can get a feel for the general gameplay.

this is some pretty insane cope lmao

Is saying "the game has improved since Y1" cope? Seems pretty universally true.

[AgeOfBacon]

Recycled seasons and activities, and multiples craps and tricks to slow you down, so the little content they propose last longer.

[Titus Cerviel]

these day's warframe or six days in fallujah are better games to be playing

[marathoner]

Do not waste your money or time on this game. I've been playing destiny 2 on and off since release, i've almost 1k hours on steam, and a lot more from when the game was on battle.net. Destiny has always had its ups and downs throughout the years, from content droughts, to streaks of ♥♥♥♥♥♥ design choices (static rolls on every gun lol), but also golden periods. During these 'golden periods' Destiny 2 was hands down the best game i've ever played. Unfortunately for the aspiring player, those eras are long gone, with imo the last great age of destiny 2 ending with the activision split during season of opulence (2019). Everyone bashed activision, claiming that they were holding the franchise back from its true potential. I have to admit I was one of the vocal majority advocating for activision to skedaddle. Since then, it's been nothing but a steady decline in quality, and customer-focused business practices. Destiny has never been more greedy, and Destiny has never had worse content. The game just FEELS like ♥♥♥♥ to play when you compare it now to what we used to have. Everything is about currency now. Don't make the same mistake as me. Spend 1500 hours learning the guitar, or violin or something. Feel free to keep up with the game, though, as I have, and as I will be doing until the Final Shape releases. I'm only looking forward to that though so I can finally see the end of this story that I have been invested in for almost a decade now. Bungie? Go ♥♥♥♥ yourself. Or do better. We both know you won't.

[Typhir]

Even without any DLC, you have access to the Prophecy dungeon, three returning raids from Destiny 1 (Vault of Glass, King's Fall, and Crota's End). You can still reach max power level (currently 1810) on a F2P account. You also have partial access to Crucible and Vanguard playlists; Competitive and Trials of Osiris are locked to the current expansion, and strikes are fully available from the randomized playlists, but you cannot select a specific strike if it is tied to an expansion (i.e Glassway is tied to Beyond Light, but it can come up in the random Vanguard playlist)

However, you will not have access to the two Darkness subclasses (Stasis from Beyond Light and Strand from Lightfall) or any of the campaign storylines.

You will be unable to play any of the dungeons (3-man content) outside of Prophecy and any raids (6-man content) tied to any of the expansions. If a Nightfall strike is tied to an expansion, you will not be able to launch that activity.

Moreover since the Witch Queen, Bungie has decided to sell dungeon access keys separately from the expansions, so you will need the Witch Queen Dungeon Key from the in-game store to get access to Spire of the Watcher and Duality; and the Lightfall Dungeon access key to get access to Ghosts of the Deep and whatever the next dungeon that is coming next season will be.

Storywise, you will only have access to the very short New Light story that barely explains anything. You'll have missed out on a ton of seasonal stories at this point, so the best way to get caught up is probably watch a Destiny lore youtuber.

IMO, the F2P content is decent taste of what the game has to offer gameplay-wise, but it gives a very poor introduction to what the story and world of Destiny actually is about. It really should be noted as more of an unlimited free trial of the game than F2P.

[Mingdug]

I was there at launch as well. I have bought all previous DLC since I have already played the base campaign, the three year 1 DLC and Forsaken which were all amazing but those are all deleted now which makes it difficult to get into.

If you could care less about the story and you have friends who'd love to play it then I'd say sure if you're willing to pay for all the expansions. The gunplay is still very impactful and fun as it ever was, PvP is still fun as long as you stay away from those people who love meta stuff and just play it casually just using stuff you like, its got PvP modes other than deathmatch too.

If you do care about the story or don't know if you'd like it into what its become, its sad to say that you just shouldn't play it. Watching a youtuber play it or explain the story works sure but this is a video game its better when you play through it and the whole experience is lessened a ton if you just watch someone else.

[trukr]

Originally posted by Mingdug:

I was there at launch as well. I have bought all previous DLC since I have already played the base campaign, the three year 1 DLC and Forsaken which were all amazing but those are all deleted now which makes it difficult to get into.

That's not entirely accurate or fair. The Forsaken campaign and the Tangled shore are gone, sure, but much of Forsaken is still in the game. This is why there is the Forsaken pack. Dreaming city, Last Wish, Shattered throne, blind well, ascendant challenge, patrols and public events etc in the Dreaming City are all still there. Much of what made Forsaken great is still in the game.

[Bono my tyres are gone]

I'd hard pass if I were you

[RED]

save you wallet and time game is not worth playing coming from someone with over 2000 hours split between ps4-5-and pc i would not recommended.