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5/6/2020 12:14:01 AM
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Where is the story that so many of us are craving?
I've been playing D2 since year 1. I've enjoyed every minute of it, but the state of the game in seasonal content has been giving some disappointment. With Saint XIV, there were story missions in addition to the Sundial, but this season with the Rasputin content has fallen short for me. The endless bunker repair with no new idea of why we should be continuing the process has filled the game with much more tedium than was in it before. The Warmind DLC was some of my favourite content in the game, and it saddens me that things have fallen into Bounties: The Game. With thirty days left in the season, I'm hopeful for something else to come through, but the delivery of story has been lacking in this season. We've had no story mission unique to this season.
Lets talk about pyramid ships. How long can we go as players with just hints of these things? The payoff for this is going to really determine where the state of the game goes. If things fall short with them, I think it will kill the game. They have been teased since the end of year 1, but we've been delivered nothing incredibly substantial.
I guess what i'm trying to express is that Destiny's story is one of its most fascinating aspects. The gameplay has always been smooth (aside from a few bugs, but what game is without bugs), and it feels really good to play this game. The current fan base seems to me to have more interest in the story of the universe we're in and protecting than bringing back a relic from destiny 1 like trials of osiris.
This game can be so much more if the focus can clarify itself. All of the lore is incredible, and it feels like we just don't know where to focus on. The devs need to take a risk here and push the story in order to truly take the focus back. Make this the game we imagined when Bungie split from Activision.
I will keep playing this game, but it will become increasingly difficult if the story continues to be neglected.
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2 RepliesEdited by Auronio: 5/7/2020 10:13:36 AMStory content is the vital spark of the game. The rest are mechanics despite of being awesome mechanics (I love the jump-and-run-gunning experience even though I personally suck at jumping...). A lot of story is hidden in lore text of weapons/gear and a significant piece in news text. It's not bad at all and more like reading books in several pieces/at first glace unconnected story chapters. Very tessallated. I wished Bungie were able to get more of that stuff at least into video cut scenes if not story parts engaging players but I assume that's ruled out due to a lack of resources. Also I wished many of the already available parts would be utilized better. European Aerial Zone, Dungeon Maps etc which could be utilized for PvP (or new PvP modes? 3 teams against each other?) or additional heroic adventures stuff like that. Having said that I believe it's still great and I have just grabbed the Red War from Amanda in order to run through the story again. Having started only with Forsaken and not being a veteran D1 player I was anyway overwhelmed by the initial difficulty (starting with PL 1 that time) and couldn't be bothered running the stories (neither Osiris/Warmind/Forsaken) on any of my 2nd/3rd chars. Now running on my Titan again against Hive and Cabal and whosoever. And yes of course - it's easy-peasy now with my high level Titan with all the armour, exotics, running with Blast Furnace/1k Voices etcetera, but you know what? So entertaining. Seeing things and understanding so much more now the 2nd time I couldn't grasp when I started (who? what? where? puzzled...!) when I was struggling with new game mechanics and simply surviving. Content/story which now makes so much more sense. And helping me a lot to bridge the time of content drought. So if I'm allowed to make a recommendation. Pick a story from Amanda or Forsaken and play through the story again if you haven't. It's pure fun. Take care everybody. [url]https://www.bungie.net/en/Explore/Detail/News/48809[/url] [url]https://www.bungie.net/en/Explore/Detail/News/48825[/url] [url]https://www.bungie.net/en/Explore/Detail/News/48813[/url] [url]https://www.bungie.net/en/Explore/Detail/News/48812[/url] [url]https://www.bungie.net/en/Explore/Detail/News/48506[/url] [url]https://www.bungie.net/en/Explore/Detail/News/48504[/url] [url]https://www.bungie.net/en/Explore/Detail/News/48439[/url] [url]https://www.bungie.net/en/Explore/Detail/News/48438[/url] [url]https://www.bungie.net/en/Explore/Detail/News/48437[/url] [url]https://www.bungie.net/en/Explore/Detail/News/48436[/url] [url]https://www.bungie.net/en/Explore/Detail/News/48435[/url] [url]https://www.bungie.net/en/Explore/Detail/News/48434[/url]
