So after playing through Renegades, I can’t shake the feeling that what we got here is basically the size of an old season, just with a different price tag.
Think about it, short campaign, one seasonal style activity, an exotic mission, new weapons, seasonal grind structure.
All of this is about what we used to get for $10 in a season, not $40 for a full expansion. In the past, this kind of content drop would’ve slotted right in with Season of the Wish, Heresy, etc. The only major difference now is the price and the label “expansion.”
I’m not saying it’s bad content, the campaign was fun, the exotic mission is solid, and the weapons are cool. But the amount just doesn’t feel like an expansion. It feels like we bought a large season and it’s being stretched to last a year.
I want to support Bungie, I want Destiny to thrive, but value matters. If this is the future model, then expansions need more meat, or the price needs to match the content.
Would love to hear how others feel… am I alone in this?
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I thought the exact same thing. Renegades' campaign used almost the exact same seasonal structure but without the time gating. Early on it felt extremely similar to revenant when they removed time gating. Talk to someone, listen to a voice note right after talking to them, travel to the tower to listen to a phone call, travel to tharsis to listen to another phone call, travel back to where you started, etc. tons of busy work. This basically was a larger season, instead with star wars as its theme this time.