Not impressed. More armchair psychology from another gaming hipster shitting on Destiny.
Jesus -blam!-ing christ, Destiny is fun so -blam!-ing what? Why do people feel a need to make it out to be "Wait! Destiny isn't actually fun you're being tricked!"
Seriously, this video describes the first couple of weeks of destiny. Sure, there is some addictive quality the first few weeks when you're getting new gear. But it doesn't explain why people keep playing. I have nothing to grind for and neither do many others. Why do I keep playing then? I guess this "journalist" isn't aware of the fact that all the RNG part of Destiny is essentially gone since House of Wolves. Everything has a specific way of being acquired. Hell, the three new exotic guns are guaranteed drops on PoE 35. All the other stuff is bought with armor and weapon cores which are also guaranteed drops.
This "analysis" is very naive and shallow. I keep playing because the game is FUN. Here's a thought: maybe the addictive part of Destiny is the fact that it's a SOCIAL game. People keep playing because it's the best cooperative game out right now.
Another thing he tries to squeeze in there is that Destiny is "full of DLC." TWO -blam!-ing DLCs all year and it was all content DLC. No character skins, no pay 2 win gun packs, no shortcut passes. The Taken King is the start of year 2 and is shaping up to be more like Destiny 2 than a DLC. I'd rather have that for $40 than the a yearly CoD or Assassin's Creed rehash for $60.
In the end, this comes down to another butthurt hipster upset that Destiny isn't an 8 hour shooter with 3 hours of cutscenes that you play for a week and move on. Somehow it's a bad thing (or "unethical") that Destiny is a game that is worth playing long term and remains fun.
According to your profile, you don't even play the game. But I'm talking about new weapons. With each iteration Bungie has made RNG less prevalent and it's nearly nonexistent in HoW.
Lol don't play the game??? 400 hours and I bought the game in may? Three 34 characters, finished all aspects of the game except 9 gold chests, own most exotics, but not a gather whore like most, Defeated skolas, play pvp just a little because it sucks, and I don't play the game?
You like to contrast and compare
.....I think the fellow makes a very confining argument, and to dismiss this so easily may mean you need to take a deeper look at how you view the game. Addiction in gaming is a fairly serious issue affecting tons of people, who just don't see it coming. You have to ask yourself why you keep playing a game with no content.
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