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Edited by Enrique Shockwave:
1/7/2016 11:55:49 PM
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Official Non-Official Destiny Review:
Gameplay: 6 / 10
Story: 5 / 10 (2 out of 10 if the lore/grimoire is excluded)
Raid Mechanics: 4 / 10
Community: (-10) / 10
[b] Artwork: 11/ 10 [/b]
Edit: Music 11/10 (Always adds to the immersion and helps keep us behind the 4th wall. Bungie, my hats off to you.)
As an aspiring game artist I will say that the game is -blam!-ing beautiful. I remember the first time looking at all my gear on my 47" HD screen and I was awestruck. The detail on the fabrics and textures and just everything was amazing. The world and the artwork that makes up Destiny makes the game very immersive if you let yourself fall behind the 4th wall. The other day I had my Turtlebeach headset on and I was on Venus by the endless steps and there's this waterfall all the way out in the background that you would hear get louder the closer you got to it. It's small details like this that I really appreciate in games nowadays when everything is so focused on boom explosion action constant stimulation shit.
But as a a person aspiring to work in the gaming industry, the rest of the game makes me sad a lot of the times and I wouldn't play it anymore if I didn't play with the friends that I do.
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I feel the same way buddy. Good luck with your career in gaming.
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I'm surprised that you didn't appreciate the gameplay more. Say what you will about Destiny, but the visceral feel of shooting every weapon in the game is unmatched by every other shooter that I've played. Unless you're referencing to some of the other, less featured aspects of gameplay.
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Edited by Enrique Shockwave: 1/8/2016 4:07:28 AMI have issues with patrol being lackluster. There is rarely ever a time where you're on patrol and you find something you haven't already seen. There are so many caves that lead to dead ends for no reason. It would be nice if there were more to explore and more to find for people who are into that. I have major issues with the level/damage scaling; Why should I grind to max level if level 5 enemies at the cosmodrome can bring my shields down? The RNG is terrible, the people who perform worse than the rest of the team tend to get the better rewards (i.e. legendary drops). I remember Bungie saying they re-worked the algorithm for drops so that raids tend to drop the stuff you need more often - that does not seem to be the case. I didn't get my very first raid helmet until AFTER hard mode dropped. The content gets recycled and there's hardly any alternate ways to accomplish any mission/quest/raid etc. There are some alternate paths such as the paradox and lost to light alternate endings, but they are usually locked behind a time gate. The story is locked behind a grimoire which requires a 3rd application to access. Grimore should be accessible in game, at the very least at a Tower kiosk. The fact that fireteams are restricted to 3 really bugs me; either 2 or 4 people has always been the traditional co-op player amount. Having to return to orbit to join a fireteam really bugs me. Having weekly locks on endgame gear really bugs me - if I want to grind out 4 raids on one character to try and complete my set I should be able to, it's my time that I'm sacrificing. I mean the list goes on..
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You forgot something [spoiler]Music 11/10[/spoiler]
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Yes! Right on! I did forget that and the music is phenomenal as well. Will add an edit :D
