First we have to take a look at each term and their meaning in terms of gaming and its culture. Let's start with RPG: RPGs do mean Role-Playing-Games, but using the reasoning that just because you play a role makes it an RPG, which is simply untrue. With that same argument, then 99% of all games out there would be considered RPGs. In reality, an RPG needs the following requirements: -Leveling -Customization -Loot -Questing -Illusion of choice within the narrative -An immersive plotline Destiny does not feed the last three of those, and only has the barest of elements which are just the generic aspects of RPGs. Now for MMO: An MMO means Massively-Multiplayer-Online, and if you just take it as that, then just like with RPG then all modern games will fit into that, even games like Call of Duty and Halo which are certainely not MMOs. An MMO is typically branded for games such as WoW where you can have many players within one area at any given time, and Destiny does not hit that goal in the slightest. At most, you can have 16 people in an isolated bubble area, but you really only see about maybe 6 or 8 (at most) people unless you are in the tower. The social interaction between players is something that is also expected of for MMOs and with only being able to wave, point, dance, or sit with other players definitely means for a lacking experience in that regard. Just because a lot of people can play online in a game at one time does not make it an MMO or even Halo 2 would be classified as that. Destiny would fit best in the subgenre of First-Person-Shooter where it has Role-Playing-Game elements, in otherwords it would be an FPS with RPG elements. Think of it like the game Rage which also had skills and unlockables in addition to a loot system, just that unlike with Rage you can go into co op with your friends and have a chance of seeing people in what would be more considered as living-load-screens.

I wouldn't say destiny is an rpg anymore than halo was, you define the look of your character, but that's it, you aren't making choices or affecting anything as the story is totally linear, thus your not really role playing anymore than you were as the master chief in halo. and the max users you get is 16, whilst there's no definition of massively multiplayer, I think you'd struggle to justify that (though I have played mmos with 32 person map limits), at most it's a multiplayer online first person shooter, that said it does incorporate rpg elements like levels and gearing, and there's heavy elements of traditional mmos here too, so I wouldn't say your right, or wrong, to call it an mmorpgfps.. the game has bit of an identity crisis, it works in some cases, but in others (eg, loot system) it does feel kind of awkward

and whats massive about destiny?

No.

It might be both of those, MMO and RPG, in definition but it fails in the execution at both. I never felt attached to my character, and part of that was the lack of any real skill tree that I was in control of or that made me make any real decisions when it came to the growth of my character. And while it is true that there might be massive amounts of players online at one time, the fact that I can see 15 others in the Tower, and far less on the maps inside of the game, makes it feel very small and almost the same as a single-player game. Outside of the strikes most of the time in the game (patrol, missions, etc...) is spent as a solo player. Even if you have a fireteam of 3 players, that really is just Co-op play.

Not enough content for Mmo, shoot it's not even open world. Also you are hardly interactive with other players. As for RPG, not enough lore/story to even merit that as well. This game is in the shadows of everything but other fps games

It's not massive either, the most number of people you see at a time is like 10 just standing around at the tower

Destiny is missing wayyyy to much content to be considered an mmo or an rpg

[quote]in which a very large number of players interact with one another within a virtual world[/quote]Destiny doesn't have this. It's not an MMO.

There are like, two people in an open area at any one time. That is not massive. It is tiny. It is a TMORPG

"Massively multiplayer online" *waves to those two random people as they quickly disappear into the distance* guess it's back to being the only one doing these public events..massive indeed

This game is about as massive as a ducks arsehole.

Nope. Bungie said it's not. So it's not.

this game could have been tremendous...instead it's just blah....i keep thinking about the original vision of destiny and all that could have been. that game could have become legend....instead we get this watered down version that while playing when my GF says "honey i need you to help with blah blah blah" i have not problem dropping the controler. i was really looking for a reason to break up with her and the original vision of destiny was the basket i put all those eggs into. don't get me wrong for some reason i don't understand i keep playing it over and over agian at the same time thinking "wow this is really boring" or "what is the story/reason behind this particular event i'm doing". remember grape drink and grape juice look the same and sometimes taste the same but they are not the same formula. right now destiny is grape drink and the original vision is the grape juice i salavate for.

[quote]players interact with one another within a virtual world.[/quote] Yeaah but they don't unless they're match-made together, and even then the interaction is limited to being melee'd if you're not moving with the team..

Yeah!!!! I agree.

Who cares?