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originally posted in:MSXL
7/7/2014 4:26:53 PM
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The Destiny Beta
It starts on July 17th on Playstations, and July 24th on Xboxes. Sadly, I'm always going to be in the "haha-you-get-your-content-later" Xbox club, but that's fine. We're getting close, ladies and gentlemen! I cannot wait to finally own a shiny new Bungie game again! Let's use this thread to discuss the beta when it's out, and to link up for co-op funtimes if needed.
Also, if I hear one more person bitch about Peter Dinklage's voice work I'm banning them. ;)
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I had an awesome time playing this Beta. On all Halo games I played multiplayer 95% of the time. I really did not give a damn about the campaign. It just felt boring to me. But with Destiny that changed I had a great time on campaign and multiplayer.
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1 ReplyThis game has been great; exactly what I wanted: an MMOFPS/RPG without the NEED to go in with other people if you don't want to (barring Strikes of course, but I'm used to PUGs for dungeons from my WoW days). The lone-exploration is wonderful, and is made BETTER by venturing out with others. A counter-note to that last bit, a lot of people playing the beta are -blam!-ING terrible. <ahem> Also, the Moon mission that I was able to do was probably the most fun mission and most intense I've played in a really long time. Very refreshing, I'm glad I didn't miss it. I think my favorite thing about the game so far is that the story isn't served to you all at once. You know some important tid-bits, but they really focused on the discovery aspect. Can't wait for the real thing.
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Game is phenomenal, and September 9th can't come soon enough. The game is digital crack. :)
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1 ReplyExcited to try the Beta; didn't think I'd be able to but someone gifted me a code. Huzzah!
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So I played about 3 hours of the beta last night with Pyroman... half the time was spent looking at the incredible skyboxes and finding chests with disappointing loot in caves. We didn't even care. This game is fantastic. The AI is better than Halo games IMO, and while I'm still getting used to the shooting, I also recognize that your weapons are crap when you first start (recoil, muzzle climb, etc). While we were roaming around in the huge Russia area, half-sticking with our mission goals, a random group event started up. It involved a drop-ship dropping enemies at specific drill points on the map. A blue waypoint appeared that anyone in the current map could have ran/driven to to help out. You had to protect three different points from the invading enemies, but each subsequent point happened in a different area, one after another, and there was a time limit. Him and I were level 4 and having some trouble, when out of nowhere this level 8 came flying in and saved our asses. The three of us beat the event at a gold level (probably due to how quickly we complete it), and thanked him by bowing/saluting before he drove off. It was amazing. This game is 100% an MMORPG, but without that crowded feeling of having to line up to wait for things to spawn, and with the cool feeling of coming across other fire teams on the main map, or even individuals, and helping them out. When you get to the "dungeons," any non-fire team people without will teleport out of your instance, and you are on your own with your fire team members. It all is incredibly seamless and slick. I've been waiting for a good new MMORPG, hopefully with controller support, since SWTOR, and it looks like Destiny is going to scratch that itch quite well.
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2 RepliesWasn't excited for Destiny in the slightest. The art style (the way the characters look), and seeing people like Joe and Marty leaving, really put me off. Then I watched Ash55 playing the Alpha for 8 hours straight, and I got completely sucked into it. I now 'get' the game. It's not as simple as campaign, co-op, dungeon and multiplayer, there's much more to it. There's still a lot that I personally don't like (calling a gun in the game 'Super Good Advice' is cringe-worthy to extreme), but I'm going to be pumping in a lot to this game, because the co-operative elements are going to be insanely fun. The AI isn't as good as Halo, the guns have terrible names, Peter Dinklage sounded bored out of his skin (Bungie said that it was just test recordings), but the gameplay saves it. This is a game where co-op is essential to it being fun in my opinion. If you have the people for it (I do!), then you're going to be playing it quite a lot. If you don't, I strongly suggest you find reliable people - two others for a fireteam of 3. Playing the beta on 360, but I'm getting the white PS4 Destiny bundle in September. :)
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1 ReplyThere's a chance I might be getting a beta code from someone so I might be on. In other news, I can't find anything on this website anymore
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Xbox gets it on 23, actually
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3 RepliesCan you ban them to the moon, where the wizards came from?
