Alright, so we already know that the story of Destiny was something huge and complex back when Joseph Staten was still involved, and since then the game's plot has just been reworked into oblivion. Now since the Grimoire Cards are essentially the remnants of that masterpiece, the fact still remains that [b]NONE OF THAT IS ACTUALLY IN THE GAME.[/b] I don't care how awesome Nathan is as Cayde-6, a voice actor who plays his part with flying colors does NOT a story make. In fact when I gave my own review for TTK I actually gave it a rating of Nathan Fillion because, let's face it, without him the whole damn thing would've just tanked and I think you know that. *Looking at Bungie* The biggest gripe I have with Destiny's story, aside from it being bare bones and practically non-existent, is how friggen cliche it is. I mean Light vs. Dark, you don't get anymore cliche than that. That's like super basic. I enjoy stories that make you think and leave an actual imprint on you. And reason I'm bringing this up is because I randomly decided to watch something on Hulu that I had been meaning to watch for years now called Revolutionary Girl Utena, the Movie. Quite literally the whole thing was nothing but allegory and metaphors which played into a plot that leaves you feeling confused yet enlightened at the exact same time. (Warning you ahead of time, its a head trip) Simply put as I'm sitting there taking like a half hour alone to just process everything I had just watched, I glanced at my computer and creative thoughts just started to flow. The Traveler is thought to be the Light and the Guardians are born from that to fight against the Darkness. But what if this isn't true? When a Guardian is brought into the world, they start off as a corpse left behind from the Collapse, and a Ghost revives the body that no longer possesses memories and that person is basically reborn. Now, "SUPPOSEDLY" there were survivors and the Traveler somehow managed to stave off the darkness and now protects the Last City. Here is where my thoughts start to come in... What if the reality is that no one actually survived the war? What if the Traveler being found and ushering in a Golden Age is all just a fabrication? The Earth was no longer able to sustain the burden of Humanity. Technology continued to advance and the average life span increased. There was a Golden Age, a time of innovation and exploration. But it was soon followed by darkness... Wars broke out over diminishing resources and land. Exos were created during this time to reanimate the dead soldiers, to keep fighting a thought to be never ending conflict. But it did eventually end, with no winners to claim victory. The fallout (Ha~) left their worlds in total ruin. Facing the inevitable fate, they devised a means to survive. They created a mass reservoir of living data, a thriving network which contained all of their accumulative knowledge and memories. Then...they died... Leaving behind a massive sphere possessing an imprint of every remaining survivor. Everyone lived on within this false reality, this astral illusion. It soon formed into a collective consciousness known today as the Traveler. However, there were some who could not be contained. Some souls that were too strong willed to be fooled by this lie. And so, the Traveler thought to distract them... These souls, these individuals who possess a powerful will, are the Guardians themselves. The Traveler seeds their awareness into a new vessel, taking a corpse and recreating their flesh while striping them of all memory. They are given a new world to live in, and a common threat to fight against. All of it a lie, all of it a distraction from the real truth. That civilization ended long ago and that now Humanity exists within a prison known as God, the new Ruler of this world. The Speaker knows this, an extension of the Traveler used to misdirect the Guardians while the Ghosts serve to keep close watch on their actions. In this sense, Light is the illusion, it is a fantasy which blinds those who gaze into it. Meanwhile, Darkness is the harsh truth, the reality that we and our world died long ago...no more than a fleeting memory... I want the Destiny story to be something deep like that. I had all kinds of other thoughts regarding the alien races and such as well but I figured this was already getting long enough and I don't feel like getting cut off mid-explanation. But yeah, there's my feedback on what I'd like to see happen for the game's plot. Obviously not specifically what I have written, but something that actually gets you thinking and has deeper meaning than just "Light vs. Dark." [b]EDIT: You know, come to think of it I didn't realize just how screwed up that would be too. I mean think about it, the Crucible? How PvE is setup like a grind and players are just on a never ending hamster wheel with no real meaningful goals? Its funny, when I was writing this it didn't hit me until JUST NOW how what I have here literally breaks the 4th Wall with how this game is designed. Like we the players ARE in fact the Guardians and the game itself is what the Traveler has presented us with so as to waste our time and distract us from the truth. Holy Crap, I promise I'm not high, LOL![/b]