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9/26/2016 7:12:37 PM
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A Week into Rise of Iron, reviews are getting pretty grim.
Not even a full day after Rise of Iron launched, I posted a thread about [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Post/213338532?sort=0&page=0]Early Reviews for Rise of Iron.[/url]
Normally, the "professional" reviewers and YouTube/Twitch Streamers give a game developer about two weeks or a month of glowing "this developer can do no wrong!!!" reviews before the "new DLC shine" wears off and the flaws start getting reported on. Not so with RoI. Not even a full day had passed and reviewers were already reporting on the flaws and mismanagement about this DLC.
Well, now we're almost a full week into Rise of Iron, and the reviews aren't getting any better.
Here's a well written review from Steven Strom at Ars Technica about his [url=http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/09/destiny-rise-of-iron-impressions-the-thin-road-to-destiny-2/]Rise of Iron Impressions and the thin road to Destiny 2.[/url]
It's most definitely [u]not[/u] a glowing endorsement.
But, he does detail the issue many people are having with not only Rise of Iron, but most all of Destiny's DLC's as they have launched, the constant re-skins, small content, but Bungie charging a premium price for sub-par amounts of content.
Personally, I couldn't have described this situation better, nor can I find better words than his in his worry about Destiny 2 with the way Destiny has been mismanaged so far.
But I would like to hear the Community's thoughts on this. So please, discuss.
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22 RepliesEdited by kellygreen45: 9/27/2016 2:26:39 PMMy thoughts? Why do gamers act like a "good game" is something that will appeal to every one and every taste. NO FORM OF ENTERTAINMENT DOES THAT...and no one (but gamers) even EXPECTS that. Destiny is a loot-based game. Loot-based games are about GRINDING. You defeate enemies....to get gear that makes your character more powerful. You then use that gear to defeate more powerful enemies to get even MORE powerful gear. Rinse and Repeat. Bottomline: If you are a person who has a "high need for novelty"; gets bored or restless easily; or prefers to play a story-driven or goal driven RPG like Witcher or Fallout 4...... DON'T PLAY LOOT-BASED GAMES. THEY ARE NOT THE GAME FOR YOU. In loot-based games, the END-GAME IS THE GAME. The story/campaign is just something you play through to GET YOU to the end-game. Which is grinding for the items you want, putting together the character builds that you want....and min-maxing those builds. Then the next expansion drops....the gear is obsoleted...and the PROCESS starts all over. ...and if you can't enjoy that PROCESS. Then don't play these kinds of games. If you can't be happy endlessly chasing after that carrot. GO. PLAY. SOMETHING. ELSE. THIS. GAME. WILL. NEVER. MAKE. YOU. HAPPY. NO. GAME. LIKE. IT. WILL. Ever. What it is SUPPOSED to be, This game is in a very good place right now, and Bungie (for being relatively new to this kind of game design) is making a LOT of very good decisions in managing the game.
