A fantastic looter-shooter that had a really bad start, but has since grown and developed into the single best looter shooter out their. If you've haven't played Destiny (Or haven't played in a while) this is as good of a time as any to experience it.

Pros:
- Shooting and Movement, both are extremely well done and feel good. Guns have a nice level of "stickiness" and have a good feel (regardless of weapon type) and the movement systems always make you feel like your in complete control. If you play long enough theirs a weapon type that will “click” with your own personal tastes.

- Weapon Variety: Weapon types range from Auto Rifles to Hand Cannons, SMG's to Swords and provide tons of different ways to play.

- Enemy Variety: Each enemy faction feels distinct from each-other, from the imposing might of the Cabal to the eerie Taken, and all require (somewhat) different tactics to take down.

- Class Diversity: Each of the 3 main classes (Titan, Hunter, Warlock) feel distinct from one another and bring their own flavour of combat.

- Customisation: With weapons having a wide variety of perks and armour being high amount of variables to play with, with enough time investment you can craft yourself a fun gameplay build that really speaks to you. Coupled with a robust amount of earn-able (and purchasable) cosmetics, its very easy to make yourself stand out from the crowd visually and gameplay wise. If you enjoy the idea of “deckbuilding” then you will love the way Destiny handles its build crafting.

- Sound and Visuals. The Artstyle is vibrant and eye-catching, while the sound design is on point, with gun sounds being punchy and distinct while the soundtrack has tons of bangers to treat your ears to while you slay.

Neutral:
- Content: While theirs alot of it, most of the "good" content (Such as most of the raids, dungeons, seasonal content, and story missions) are locked behind a paywall so F2P players can only really experience a very small slice of the game (though that small slice is still very good). If you decide to buy into the games multiple expansions however, your in for some really good stuff. If you choose not to buy anything though, be prepared to be experiencing only a fraction of the games true potential and content scope.

- In-game store and MTX: While I hold the opinion that the MTX offerings in Destiny are pretty reasonable, most people see the store as overly intrusive. The in-game store is very rarely in your face about things (unless theirs a in-game event or you don’t own a particular piece of content such as a expansion) and you can earn tons of free store cosmetics by simply playing the game and earning Bright Dust (The in-game earn-able currency that lets you buy a weekly-rotating stock of store items) but getting said Dust can be quite a time-consuming grind. Though the upfront cost to own all the gameplay content (Expansions and content packs) is very expensive, but depending on how much you play its very easy to make it worth that cost.

- The Destiny Content Vault (DCV): Its a very controversial thing that Bungie decided to do, which is to "vault" older pieces of content when newer content is added to the game (at the time of writing they will be vaulting a open world area and a 5 hour campaign with the launch of the Witch Queen expansion). This has led to a overall smaller game, but its also of a much higher quality (as what is actually playable is always relevant in some way). The pro's and con's of this are something you will have to decide for yourself if you ever decide to buy into any of Destiny's expansions, but for me as someone who has played Destiny 2 since its initial release, I feel the pro's far outweigh the con's as it has led to one of the best years of in-game playable content (and story) to date.

- PvP, while the base PvP is fine enough on its own, if you try to engage with any form of high end PvP it can quickly become a exercise in frustration. The PvP sandbox is currently the most balanced and varied its ever been, but its tempered by the fact that it has a high skill ceiling. If your a new player I would highly advise avoiding PvP-related content until you've have developed a solid understanding of how the game plays, since even joining the most casual of modes can easily lead to intense distain for the game as a whole, being nigh constantly destroyed by players who (potentially) have spend thousands of hours mastering the game's mechanics and have crafted finely-tuned PvP gear setups. The Gambit game mode (a PvEvP mode) also falls into this problem, with the PvP portion of the mode being immensely influential on a matches outcome, to a point where it can be immensely frustrating.


Bad:
- Onboarding new players: While the introduction to the game is solid (and basically a 1:1 redo of the intro mission from D1) after that your basically left to your own devices to figure out most of the game. And if you start the game as a F2P players you really don't have any story content to play thru to get introduced to the story. So unless your being guided by some experience players be prepared to be doing alot of outside reading to properly understand the game, its various mechanics and systems, and its lore and ongoing story.

- Difficulty in PvE content: While the gameplay on your end is quite satisfying, difficulty as a whole on the whole is quite low. About 90% of the content in the game can be easily accomplished with starter gear, so improving yourself beyond that just makes it completely faceroll. Challenge only really presents itself once your make your way to into content such as Raids, Dungeons (F2P's can experience one of each) and Nightfall Strikes, but for those pieces of content you have to ether bring friends, or seek out others via LFG Discords or other similar tools.

Overall, the game is in the best state its ever been. If you can persevere thru a lackluster new player experience, build a collection of cool loot, and read up/watch some YT videos on the lore and ongoing story of Destiny, you will be treated with the definitive looter-shooter experience that is (in my opinion) unmatched.

A fantastic looter-shooter that had a really bad start, but has since grown and developed into the single best looter shooter out their. If you've haven't played Destiny (Or haven't played in a while) this is as good of a time as any to experience it. Pros: - Shooting and Movement, both are extremely well done and feel good. Guns have a nice level of "stickiness" and have a good feel (regardless of weapon type) and the movement systems always make you feel like your in complete control. If you play long enough theirs a weapon type that will “click” with your own personal tastes. - Weapon Variety: Weapon types range from Auto Rifles to Hand Cannons, SMG's to Swords and provide tons of different ways to play. - Enemy Variety: Each enemy faction feels distinct from each-other, from the imposing might of the Cabal to the eerie Taken, and all require (somewhat) different tactics to take down. - Class Diversity: Each of the 3 main classes (Titan, Hunter, Warlock) feel distinct from one another and bring their own flavour of combat. - Customisation: With weapons having a wide variety of perks and armour being high amount of variables to play with, with enough time investment you can craft yourself a fun gameplay build that really speaks to you. Coupled with a robust amount of earn-able (and purchasable) cosmetics, its very easy to make yourself stand out from the crowd visually and gameplay wise. If you enjoy the idea of “deckbuilding” then you will love the way Destiny handles its build crafting. - Sound and Visuals. The Artstyle is vibrant and eye-catching, while the sound design is on point, with gun sounds being punchy and distinct while the soundtrack has tons of bangers to treat your ears to while you slay. Neutral: - Content: While theirs alot of it, most of the "good" content (Such as most of the raids, dungeons, seasonal content, and story missions) are locked behind a paywall so F2P players can only really experience a very small slice of the game (though that small slice is still very good). If you decide to buy into the games multiple expansions however, your in for some really good stuff. If you choose not to buy anything though, be prepared to be experiencing only a fraction of the games true potential and content scope. - In-game store and MTX: While I hold the opinion that the MTX offerings in Destiny are pretty reasonable, most people see the store as overly intrusive. The in-game store is very rarely in your face about things (unless theirs a in-game event or you don’t own a particular piece of content such as a expansion) and you can earn tons of free store cosmetics by simply playing the game and earning Bright Dust (The in-game earn-able currency that lets you buy a weekly-rotating stock of store items) but getting said Dust can be quite a time-consuming grind. Though the upfront cost to own all the gameplay content (Expansions and content packs) is very expensive, but depending on how much you play its very easy to make it worth that cost. - The Destiny Content Vault (DCV): Its a very controversial thing that Bungie decided to do, which is to "vault" older pieces of content when newer content is added to the game (at the time of writing they will be vaulting a open world area and a 5 hour campaign with the launch of the Witch Queen expansion). This has led to a overall smaller game, but its also of a much higher quality (as what is actually playable is always relevant in some way). The pro's and con's of this are something you will have to decide for yourself if you ever decide to buy into any of Destiny's expansions, but for me as someone who has played Destiny 2 since its initial release, I feel the pro's far outweigh the con's as it has led to one of the best years of in-game playable content (and story) to date. - PvP, while the base PvP is fine enough on its own, if you try to engage with any form of high end PvP it can quickly become a exercise in frustration. The PvP sandbox is currently the most balanced and varied its ever been, but its tempered by the fact that it has a high skill ceiling. If your a new player I would highly advise avoiding PvP-related content until you've have developed a solid understanding of how the game plays, since even joining the most casual of modes can easily lead to intense distain for the game as a whole, being nigh constantly destroyed by players who (potentially) have spend thousands of hours mastering the game's mechanics and have crafted finely-tuned PvP gear setups. The Gambit game mode (a PvEvP mode) also falls into this problem, with the PvP portion of the mode being immensely influential on a matches outcome, to a point where it can be immensely frustrating. Bad: - Onboarding new players: While the introduction to the game is solid (and basically a 1:1 redo of the intro mission from D1) after that your basically left to your own devices to figure out most of the game. And if you start the game as a F2P players you really don't have any story content to play thru to get introduced to the story. So unless your being guided by some experience players be prepared to be doing alot of outside reading to properly understand the game, its various mechanics and systems, and its lore and ongoing story. - Difficulty in PvE content: While the gameplay on your end is quite satisfying, difficulty as a whole on the whole is quite low. About 90% of the content in the game can be easily accomplished with starter gear, so improving yourself beyond that just makes it completely faceroll. Challenge only really presents itself once your make your way to into content such as Raids, Dungeons (F2P's can experience one of each) and Nightfall Strikes, but for those pieces of content you have to ether bring friends, or seek out others via LFG Discords or other similar tools. Overall, the game is in the best state its ever been. If you can persevere thru a lackluster new player experience, build a collection of cool loot, and read up/watch some YT videos on the lore and ongoing story of Destiny, you will be treated with the [i]definitive[/i] looter-shooter experience that is (in my opinion) unmatched.