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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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As an outside observer (360 beta to TTK hardmode player who got a PS4 and doesn't feel like dropping another $60 to keep playing), I have to say that Rise of Iron has a very...Activision/Hollywood feel to it. And that's not a compliment. Besides the rehashing, besides the core gameplay loop remaining largely unchanged, and even besides the price point that I don't really agree with, Rise of Iron comes off as largely generic and uninspired to me in every way possible (music, story, design, etc etc). The magic (literally and figuratively) just doesn't seem to be there with this one, and I think that the magic is what really keeps Destiny going. It's probably just because it was largely unscheduled and supposedly done by a team that's not as involved with Destiny 2 as the others are, but still. I hope anyone that's unsatisfied learns from this (wait for reviews, watch footage before you buy, avoid the "first special snowflake" bait), and I hope that those who are satisfied...well...remain satisfied for as long as possible I guess.
