EDIT: Yes, the edit is going up here. There appears to be some confusion as to what my thread is about. Please, do not just read the title and respond. Read the thread. I absolutely hate it when people say this. Why? Well, it's because the Grimoire is not actually in the game. There's no real sense of "lore" in Destiny because I have to not only find these cards in game, but I also have to leave the game (disconnect myself from the experience itself) to find out why I'm shooting and killing thousand upon thousands of enemies. Honestly, I really enjoy playing this game. To me, Destiny is [u][i][b]not[/b][/i][/u] a game with a great story. In my opinion, Destiny has a lackluster story with even worse storytelling. I mean, people are free to enjoy the story if they want. I won't claim that my opinion is a fact. However, I simply can't find it in my heart to defend this game's story missions and their design. I feel like I'm just shooting Vandals, Dregs, Shanks and Captains because The Speaker says "They're evil. Kill them." You know what I mean, right? Like, I'm never told why I'm fighting the Darkness or why I'm defending a "city" that I can't even enter. The Speaker is all like "Yo, I can tell you, but that'd ruin the Grimoire, you know? Do you want me to ruin the Grimoire?" And, honestly, the Grimoire isn't much help. Why should I read it? I've spent days and days playing this game, and I still have yet to be told by any NPC why I am serving the freaking Traveler. For all I know, the Traveler and Humankind both started a war with the Hive, Fallen, Cabal, and Vex and they got seriously owned. It was like if Iceland were to challenge Russia. Also, why was I chosen? When we got to safety, why didn't my Ghost tell me why he was looking for me specifically? See, it's this kind of lazy storytelling that makes me rate the story portion of this game poorly. I like Destiny for what I think it is. It's a grindy, repetitive and tiresome battle to "become legend." I like the feeling I get when I luckily get awesome loot. I don't care about the story. I think the story was the weakest part of this game. I like the endgame. I know it's repetitive. I know that we all expected more from Destiny, but I can handle the reality of it. I expected something far different and I was very disappointed initially. However, I got over it. After grinding the story, I never really looked back. I thought the cut scenes were pretty good for the most part (even though they all dodged the question "Why?"). I just thought it was a pointless story in general. Beating the Heart of the Black Garden yielded no change. The Tower is the same. The game is the same. Why did I do all of that? Everything to do with Destiny's story and "lore" is vague. I deem it to be a pointless waste of time. The next time you want to defend the story by saying "read the Grimoire!" just... don't. I shouldn't have to disconnect myself from Destiny's world to understand it. That's not storytelling.