Destiny

#79
#79
Limited access to the Moon missions is live now. I lost my PS4 to my daughter (she loves Bungie games), so I haven't spent much time playing it. Thankfully she is getting the white PS4 Destiny bundle for her birthday.
 
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#80
#80
After playing the beta I feel that the game is fun, no doubt about it. However I'd be lying if I didn't admit that the game isn't quite as ambitious as I had hoped it would be, especially considering all of the ridiculous hype for this game.

1.) "Orbiting" all this is, is a fancy loading screen. I see where you can buy new spaceships but what's the point? You can't fly them. The only purpose to buying them is to give you a different ship to look at while your game loads. It would be different if you could actually fly your ship manually and each ship give you different abilities, or at least let us be on board our ship and walk around during orbit, but you're basically just stuck watching it orbit while your mission loads. Same with the "sparrows." I bought 2 different sparrows and honestly, they all felt exactly the same in terms of handling. The only point to upgrading from what I could see was purely aesthetic.

2.) Enemies aren't all that diverse. Yeah I get that they are the "Fallen" but I was hoping to see more than the same 5 or 6 variants over and over. Also, why are they ALL on foot? Couldn't they have put some of them in military vehicles? Couldn't they have put some of them riding on some kind of beasts? And while we're at it, why couldn't they have given us more diverse vehicle types? Besides the sparrow, where are the military vehicles like in Halo? Jeez, Halo has warthogs, banshees, tanks, mechs, etc. You mean to tell me that ALL we're going to be able pilot is a flipping speeder bike?

3.) Character creation is too limited. No height or body type adjustments. No facial hair options. Limited "stock" face types with no ability to adjust anything.

4.) Not enough exploration involved IMO. I don't think EVERY mission should be based around combat. Just for the sake of variety, couldn't we have some missions sprinkled here and there that are purely based on exploration and discovery?

5.) Very little emphasis is put on story. It's like we're not even supposed to care what the back story is with this game and how our actions effects it.

6.) No dual weapon wielding?

I dunno, I guess what I was hoping for something more like Skyrim set in a sci fi universe. However to me, this is just another FPS wrapped in a different presentation package. Maybe the full version will contain a whole lot more than what the beta is allowing us to see and do. This game is supposed to be a 10 year commitment from Bungie so maybe there will be much much more in store for us.
 
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#82
#82
I think Destiny will continue to grow into a much more expansive game. I think they'll definitely expand creation. I think they'll also add more exploration-type missions. I really wish they'd add the ability to manually fly your ship into space, have space battles, fly to different planets.

But I agree that this game could get stale real fast. It definitely felt like another Halo to me.
 
#83
#83
Some of the complaints are pretty legit, but some are a little too early to make off a Beta. I think Destiny is going to do a great job into tricking a lot of people into playing a MMO. I think the MMO aspect is what is hurting the story side, but I am reserving judgement until I play the game as a whole. That said I never was that impress with the story in Halo, so I never had high hopes for the story.

Sith Vol said:
I think Destiny will continue to grow into a much more expansive game. I think they'll definitely expand creation. I think they'll also add more exploration-type missions. I really wish they'd add the ability to manually fly your ship into space, have space battles, fly to different planets.

But I agree that this game could get stale real fast. It definitely felt like another Halo to me.
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I get the Halo feeling too, but it allows me to scratch that Halo itch with it's PVP without buying a XBone.

kwebbvols2344 said:
I really enjoy it but I think a lot of people will be bored after the first few weeks with it.
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We are not talking about TitianFall. I am willing to bet while some may grow bored of it, Destiny will have very long legs. That is not even considering the expansion packs coming out later.

Brave Volunteer said:
4.) Not enough exploration involved IMO. I don't think EVERY mission should be based around combat. Just for the sake of variety, couldn't we have some missions sprinkled here and there that are purely based on exploration and discovery? .
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Did you play the Moon missions on Saturday? That was the highlight of the Beta for me, and it really scratched that exploration itch. I think after the Alpha and Beta we have seen enough of Russia. Also you can use other vehicles in the game (used the Pike on the Moon mission, and I bet you will see the Interceptor).
 
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Vol Karma said:
Did you play the Moon missions on Saturday? That was the highlight of the Beta for me, and it really scratched that exploration itch. I think after the Alpha and Beta we have seen enough of Russia. Also you can use other vehicles in the game (used the Pike on the Moon mission, and I bet you will see the Interceptor).
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No unfortunately I missed that window.

Don't get me wrong, I still enjoyed the beta and I'm going to buy the game. I just feel like (based on the beta) the game isn't quite as ambitious as I had hoped it would be. I love open world games like Elder Scrolls, Fallout 4, etc. I was just sort of hoping this game would combine the open world RPG/Exploration of those titles with the shooter elements of Halo. Only we'd get to do it on multiplle planets and do space exploration/combat while traveling from planet to planet. After playing the beta, Destiny feels way more like a straight up shooter than it does RPG/exploration. Then again, maybe we're just seeing so little in the beta that it's hard to judge.
 
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I dig that, but in the end the roots of Destiny is a FPS mixed with a MMO. I would love to see a MMO FPS that is truly open world like a Skyrim too. Destiny is closer to Phantasy Star Online crossed with Halo and Borderlands.

Shame you missed the Moon missions cause after playing so much Russia it is what sold me completely on it. Bungie said that the Moon is their smallest destination and I think we've only had a small taste of how big Destiny is.

My biggest gripe is the weapons. Each type feels the same just with a better attack rating.

I played the Halo 3 Beta back in the day (by buying the first Crackdown), and all it was 2 multiplayer maps. So kudos to Bungie for putting out so much content in this beta.
 
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#89
#89
Getting closer and closer. With the scarcity of good SEC games this weekend (Yes, there are good non-SEC games being played), I would love for Destiny to already be out.
 
#90
#90
Want some Led Zep with your Destiny? I get a Guardians of the Galaxy vibe from this whole commercial.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZyQK6kUdWQ[/youtube]
 
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No escaping...

[youtube] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_7prdLqWVA [/youtube]
 
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#92
#92
Some Destiny content codes being passed around:

Go to Bungie : Code Redemption to redeem your codes.
CODE 1: YKA-RJG-MH9 (WARLOCK)
CODE 2: 3DA-P4X-F6A (HUNTER)
CODE 3: MVD-4N3-NKH (TITAN)
CODE 4: TCN-HCD-TGY (RIXIS)
CODE 5: HDX-ALM-V4K (OLD RUSSIA)
CODE 6: 473-MXR-3X9 (HIVE)
CODE 7: JMR-LFN-4A3 (MOON)
CODE 8: HC3-H44-DKC (GJALLARHORN)
CODE 9: 69P-KRM-JJA (THE TOWER)
CODE 10: 69P-VCH-337 (DUKE MK.44)
CODE 11: 69R-CKD-X7L (THE HIVE: OGRE)
CODE 12: 69R-DDD-FCP (VALLEY OF THE KINGS: MARS)
CODE 13: 69R-F99-AXG (THE FALLENS)
CODE 14: 69R-VL7-J6A (RED DEATH)
CODE 15: 69X-DJN-74V (CABAL)
CODE 16: 6A7-7NP-3X7 (VENUS)
CODE 17: 6A9-DTG-YGN (VEX)

Also FJ9-LAM-67F
 
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Vol Karma said:
Some Destiny content codes being passed around:

Go to Bungie : Code Redemption to redeem your codes.
CODE 1: YKA-RJG-MH9 (WARLOCK)
CODE 2: 3DA-P4X-F6A (HUNTER)
CODE 3: MVD-4N3-NKH (TITAN)
CODE 4: TCN-HCD-TGY (RIXIS)
CODE 5: HDX-ALM-V4K (OLD RUSSIA)
CODE 6: 473-MXR-3X9 (HIVE)
CODE 7: JMR-LFN-4A3 (MOON)
CODE 8: HC3-H44-DKC (GJALLARHORN)
CODE 9: 69P-KRM-JJA (THE TOWER)
CODE 10: 69P-VCH-337 (DUKE MK.44)
CODE 11: 69R-CKD-X7L (THE HIVE: OGRE)
CODE 12: 69R-DDD-FCP (VALLEY OF THE KINGS: MARS)
CODE 13: 69R-F99-AXG (THE FALLENS)
CODE 14: 69R-VL7-J6A (RED DEATH)
CODE 15: 69X-DJN-74V (CABAL)
CODE 16: 6A7-7NP-3X7 (VENUS)
CODE 17: 6A9-DTG-YGN (VEX)

Also FJ9-LAM-67F
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Are these same codes able to be entered by all people? Or first come first serve?
 
#97
#97
Target Cartwheel app has Destiny for 10% off on Tuesday only. However, apparently it's also limited to first 20,000 people who put it in their "list".

Also, 5% from REDcard will stack onto this deal. So, 15% off on a brand new game.
 
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