I just read grimiore cards. Suggests future story, info on the nine, the stranger and the Queen. Check it out

I have no problem with the story, as it relates to enemies, places, etc being thin and unfolding over the next ten years. That only makes sense, both from the perspective of Bungie wanting to pace themselves and the story, and from the perspective of you being newly awoken and the loss of information in the Collapse. I also am "ok" with the Grimoir distribution, although I'd much prefer a different, in-game distribution of the information, or at the least a better web format (quicker). My actual primary issue is the seeming lack of information on things that should be immediately apparent, and the already seeming inconsistencies, contradictions, and plot holes that have appeared - and I'm only at the start of Venus. Halo took several releases of games and books to get to the point where this started to be a problem, Destiny seems to be already there. Examples . . . am I the first Guardian in recent memory to be revived? One of several? The first of several/many? Or has this "revival" been going on for a while now and I'm just the most recent? We've got the Vanguard Guardian mentors in the city, so they've been there a while. But if all these Guardians have been running around for a while now, why didn't we know about Venus, the Reef, etc? These are things that should be known as soon as you get to the city and have talked to the Vanguards. Because there is talk of the golden age, then the darkening or whatever, a long "bad period", and now Guardians are going out again. At various places in the game and the grimoirs, I've seen mention of "1000s of guardians protecting the city", periods of no guardians, and then a recent "ghosts finding and reviving guardians" - and when each is set timewise isn't clear to me. I think where it really started bothering me was the story at the start of Venus. We just "re-discover" Venus (I've played it a couple times now, and the ghost clearly states the city/tower thought Venus was completely lost and the ruins are a surprise to him - adding to my above confusion about Guardians and when/where/what they've been doing). A few minutes later, robot hunter girl shows up and says go find the Black Garden. Floating Ghost suddenly knows about it (despite Venus being lost to us, from his previous comment, for 100s of years?), and knows we need to go to the Reef to find out more about it. Then we get to the Reef, and he responds when asked he has no idea what we'll find there. So we were standing one place we didn't know about before, but we knew to go another place we know nothing about to find out more about the first place we knew nothing about? And then to add insult to injury the Grimoirs say that the reason you can play as an Awoken is some have come back to earth, live there with us, and become Guardians - which says to me we should have at least some idea of what to find if we fly out to the Reef. And there is at least a limited transit/trade between the two. As a friend said, it feels like the various components were developed in isolation without a good overall story architect to make sure it all has cohesion.

This a introduction, a prologue since when do stories tell you much from the beginning, tell me when did a stephen king book tell you anything in the first chapter? Dont worry ill wait???

Its pretty dam easy

It's 100% trash [spoiler]Why the heck does some random Exo hand you her rare gun even though you've known her maybe 2 hours? #Logic #Hellaplottwist[/spoiler]

Story is easily the worst Bungie has ever done. 4 years on this? Really makes me wonder theyve been doing for 4 years, no joke.

Hopefully the link works........but read this and have your mind blown! (Sorry for any Sheldons out there (Big Bang Theory)). This story madee totally rethink the story of the game and got me really excited about what could possibly happen. Is the Traveler really a good guy or someone/thing we should be fighting to save?

While I hate the "Look at the Grimoire" excuse, it would be kind of neat if they added a library to the tower where you could read the cards. It's really kind of silly that you have to go to Bungie's site or use their app to view the card library, though overall I don't feel it adds much to the main lore, it just gives you some nice tidbits about things. It still doesn't tell you anything about how or why the Traveler came and/or what the darkness is and how the Traveler was nearly destroyed. If I'm supposed to believe some giant black mass of crap floating on the other side of the galaxy is somehow responsible for bringing down the Traveler and we don't get any explanation, I'm sorry but that's just BS.

...a giant sandbox that gives me a foundation to build the story of my own Guaridian(s) with just enough to jumpstart off of.

Why does no one understand that this was only an introduction to the world of destiny? If Bungie laid everything out at the beginning, what fun would there be in running through the game? There is more story to come, along with new weapons, armors, and multiplayer maps in future dlc's. It's already been confirmed

saying there is no backstory or anything is a completely invalid point. ffs people. what do you think grimoire is?? its not just a score, heres a small taste from the amazing story i have aquired.. Something hit us. Killed our Golden Age. Nearly wiped us out. Only the Traveler saved us, and at a shattering cost. The Speaker tells of a cosmic force that swept over us and caused the Collapse. Legend calls it the Darkness, the Traveler's ancient enemy, which hunted it across space. All we have left are questions. Centuries of debate gave birth to competing arguments on the nature of the Darkness and the Collapse. The Pujari Position describes the Darkness as a force with both physical and moral presence, an actualization of evil. Pujari art depicts the Darkness as a great storm, or as a change in conduct, a corruption that emerged from within and poisoned the Golden Age. Saint-14's Position argues that the Darkness was an invading armada, an alien force of incredible - but tangible - power. Some adherents believe that this armada sprang from species rejected or discarded by the Traveler for their sins. Ulan-Tan's Thesis considers the Darkness a necessary symmetry to the Traveler in a cosmic balance. In this view, the Traveler's goodness led it to sacrifice for others, and it is up to us to return this goodness by healing the Traveler. The Monist Position, or the Deflationary Position, considers the Darkness as a technologically sophisticated force, perhaps a post-Singularity intelligence. Adherents invoke information theory or contend that the universe is a simulation, allowing advanced intelligence to gain weakly acausal powers by bending the rules. The Acataleptic Clause claims that we are intrinsically unable to understand the Darkness. In many respects this belief parallels the Praxic Creed, which suggests that we should stop worrying about the nature of the Darkness and focus on resisting and defeating it. Certain positions - often labeled heretical - imply that the Traveler itself triggered the Collapse, or that it knew the Darkness was coming for it and hoped to use the Solar System as a sacrifice or a proxy army. The Binary Star cult is one notable example. --------------------------------------------------------------- Guardians are warriors forged in the Traveler's Light, a final hope in a universe falling into Darkness. Chosen from the dead by the Traveler's Ghosts, Guardians are those rare few able to wield the Light as a weapon. For centuries they have defended the City. But that defense cannot hold forever. Now, with the Darkness rising again, the time has come to retake our lost worlds. The Guardians who lead the way will save humanity - and become legend. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord of worlds, massive Jupiter and its moons must have been a cornerstone of Golden Age civilization. But the nature and extent of human presence there is now unknown. Old records refer to cities in ice and world-spanning oceans, but perhaps this is only poetry. The City's ships have rarely attempted any journey to Jupiter or beyond.

Tripmines! Don't... touch... them!

I pretty sure it's being put out episodically, and although I am against that method, it's been said that the next three chapters are upcoming.

It's not as bad as Titanfall, but it's pretty close. As I've been saying for a while now.... what story?

Lacking? I'd say the story for destiny was just flat out garbage... So garbage that it put me into depression knowing bungie wrote it

I LOVE the lore but the story was lacking but grim cards those are so interesting

The story was great i thought it was just short but u could just go do all the levels and strikes on hard and still get a bunch of crap for ur guy. There's sill a lot of crap to do in it just keep getting armor with better light on it and getting to a higher level. Still a lot of stuff to do plus the expansion packs r coming out and the iron banner is still coming out too.

Agreed...I think the gamble to make the Grim a sort of Hitchhikers guide, to increase immersion, was a bad one. I see lots of interesting things, but wish it was displayed in game a bit better.

Wait, there was a story?

Read the Grimoire. Read the Grimoire. Read the Grimoire? Read The Grimoire.

... Nonexistent and fails to make me care about what I am doing in this new world.

The story isn't finished for one thing.

Its the first. damn. game. How much story do you expect in the first game of a new IP?