There isn't a D1 or D2 style. Its just that in D1 you have three years of accumulated weapons and armor, representing a very wide variety of design ethics. So there is pretty much something there for every taste. I know in my case there are gear sets that I liked the look of...and others that I really didn't care for. Where as in D2, basically everything is designed around what was the style of the base game. Curse of Osiris only added one Vex-themed armor set per class....and Eververse added a second one. As usual, The Faction armor sets are "reskins" of Vanguard and other sets in the game. What you probably don't like is the fact that (with the exception of the Iron Banner sets) everything in Destiny 2 is designed around European plate armor styles from the late Medieval period..... ...and all the wepaons (minus the EDZ weapons) are designed around the styles of the various FOUNDRIES. So all the foundry weapons from a particular foundry all have similar styles so that they are readily identifiable as being from that foundry. Suros weapons all have graceful curves and sort of look like fish or marine animals. Haake has a very 21st Centry ("old school" in the Destiny Universe) **tactical** look. Tex Mechanica has a very late 19th Century ornate look. In that everything is silver plated and intricately enfraved. Omolon has a minimalist and "futuristic" look with lots of curves and rounded edges. While the EDZ weapons also have a 21st Century look. But focusing on European (especially Russian) firearms rather than the American look of Haake. I think this art-style was a good choice given the narrative choices that D2 made: The Tower and City were attacked. We lost our Armory.....we had to fight back with whatever gear we could find. Hopefully as D2 progresses the design ethic of gear will become more varied. The CoO was certainly a fresh look. But there just wasn't enough of it added to the game to make a noticeable dent in the lootpool.

It's no competition. The guardians look like crap in D2. Even the ugly crap armor from Infinite Warfare looks better. Bungie couldn't even get that right in this game. What scares me is that someone thought this suit of armor was a worthy addition to the guardian wardrobe. Ouch.

No brainer D1. In D2 the look of my characters was just depressing. Think clowns crossed with tramps.

D1.

I miss being a space cowboy instead of a space ninja. I logged on d1 the other day and was surprised how much taller my guardians looked too.

I absolutely hate all the armor choices in D2. Why did they make everything so big and/or boxy? I play a Titan most of the time. It’s a female. She looks like a man. Giant shoulders. Unfortunately the slimmest armor I could find was Season 1 Eververse stuff. What I have on her now is just the best I could do. Who in the world is designing the armor over at the studio? My Warlock does not want a winter coat. My Hunter is the only one that I’m kind of okay with. But even they need help. Either skin diving pants or ones that are so damn baggy I feel like my butt crack would be showing all the time. I played a little D1 today and loved how good my armor looked on my Titan. She still looks like she can kick ass, but you can tell it’s a female.

D1 all the way for the Titan and warlock armor. Titans now look like American football players, while warlocks are plain ugly(except maybe the Leviathan gear).

I miss the way my girl hunter stood in the inventory screen and the old dance and sit animation. Only thing that bothers me more than anything else

I like the shader system a lot more in D2

I prefer D1 for my warlock, but I like what they did with titans & hunters in D2.

Go play Destiny 1. I still play it, most of my friends still play it, it's still alive but it's heart is barely beating.