I don't think it works like that. Critic's scores don't really matter as much as you might want them to. Does anyone still play Halo 3? Probably not a lot. A ton of people bought the game and played it when it first came out, but it died off rather quickly. I don't know if Destiny is the same way or not, but Destiny has a "reason" even if it's shallow to play it everyday. Halo 3 didn't. It was just for funsies. That may be why it was such a good game. You could play it until you didn't want to anymore, and it was over. Destiny won't end, it can't end, and it wants you everyday of your life. It's Destiny! Comparing these two games isn't really fair. After all, Halo 3 had almost no progression of any kind. It had zero RPG elements. You simply can't compare this game to Halo in that respect. The best comparison is Borderlands, which never peaked my interest at all. Halo 3 could be compared to CoD maybe, but then again, a ton of people play CoD all the time. Halo 3 is just outdated, and was outdated when it came out. I hated the story as well. Halo CE had a decent story. Halo 2 and 3 had terrible stories, and this is because the original team was largely gone. Or because it was a sequel, and sequels always suck.