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originally posted in: Destiny DLC Poll (Votes are needed!)
10/30/2014 2:03:03 PM
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Agreed on all points. I'm tired of hearing the "ripped off" whining. Because EVERY player who's been gaming for any lenght of time has made a BAD game purchase. A game that you thought looked good, but you played it once...and it left you flat, or it just wasn't what you were hoping for. That's life. That's not getting "ripped off". That's just having made a bad decision. Trade it in....learn your lesson and move on. Even worse are the complaints of people who seem to expect an endless stream of new things to do for less-than-a-tank-of-gas. When most MMO players are shelling out monthly subscription fees...and still aren't getting that. But the biggest problem Bungie faces with Destiny is that they are trying to combine two types of games----an idea that works well----but that attract VERY different types of gamers, with VERY different personalities, and VERY different expectations. Those complaining about the "story" are FPS gamers who want a clear, simple, scripted narrative like the single-player campaings they are used to. Not realizing that this doesn't work well in a open-world, MMO style game. Those complaining about the "lack of cotent" are MMO/open-world gamers who want the freedom they are used to...but dont' realize that this doens't work in a game built around an on-line FPS mechanic. As the disastrous rollout of the most recent raid patch showed, FPS are VERY UNFORGIVING of even minor programming mistakes. Because only a few milliseconds makes the difference between a happy gamer...and one who is quitting because the game is unplayable. But then anything that seeks to "fuse" different things like this....goes through this. Because people compare the result to what they are familiar with...rather than looking at this new things on its own merits. So Destiny gets compared to Borderlands...even though BL doesnt' take place in a persistent world. It gets compared to Halo when Halo didn't have to deal with a persisent world, an open world OR with RPG character progression. Destiny get's compared to MMOs...when I can't think of any MMO that has to contend with the programming difficulty and space requirements of creating ---and maintaining----a FPS play mechanic. But all in all. Destiny is a very good game. Just a game that was never going to live up to the mountain of disparate expectations that got heaped upon it.
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  • Appreciate your input. Like I stated, I don't post often so opinions on how I post are great, pretty good when someone agrees on all points...I was just writing what I was thinking while I was typing, lol. Again, thanks for your input and opinion, I also agree with your examples...very good sir!

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