Bungie Thinking About Lord of the Rings-Sized Narrative for Destiny, Activision Says

Destiny 2 should start 40 years later, when the earth has been mostly won back, and many territories have been recaptured on the moon, Mars and Venus. You start with a different character who has a more likeable and funny ghost (still voiced by Dinklage, but explain it away by saying the ghosts adapt to their guardian's personality because it provides solid tactical and even emotional support). Also add the following new worlds:

Ganymede- Jupiter's moon, very similar to earth.

Io- Jupiter's moon, a volcanic hellish world that has regressed to rubble since humans left it at the end of the golden age.

Enceladus - Saturn's moon, humans turned this giant snowball into a thriving water world, but it is turning back into a giant ice ball. Giant geysers riddle the icy parts of the surface.

This is very interesting..... never before have i heard of planning a narrative after the release of the game. They should have figured out what they wanted to do for the narrative before releasing the game, especially since what we currently have introduces us to this universe for the first time, and the narrative almost seems nonexistent

Bungie,

Please hire scripters before releasing any further material.

Thank You

I think it's a good sign that they have planned out the future of the franchise and narrative. I don't see the universe of Destiny measuring up to Halo in terms of lore due to the nature of the game, but I hope its got some substance to it.

Nice. Hopefully it is as big as Halo!

so many claims so many awards so much hype....for a game thats not even out yet

"Bungie has a ten-year plan in place for Destiny, Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg says"

I'll only buy the game if it comes with a "bobby kotick approved" seal.

Would be amazing, but it wont happen if that Destiny is the ground base game and then they just keep adding to it via expansions, like WoW for example. Instead of making sequels and sequels like COD.

"Bungie Thinking About Lord of the Rings-Sized Narrative for Destiny"

Surprise, every paying player can be Frodo Baggins and save the world a good 1000 times.

To give them a bit of credit maybe if hes comparing Destiny to the Peter Jackson 'The Hobbit' trilogy he might be in the running.

That wizard Gandalf he came from the moon!

If the story sucks and doesn't leave me satisfied while at the same time wanting more, this is the last Destiny or Bungie game I buy. Halo was a piece of shhh and I really don't know what to expect from Bungie this time.

I know its not a subscription-based model but that expansion coming in December needs to be free. I've said it before and I'll say it again - don't split up the community so quickly.

Until its confirmed that its free, I am not buying. This holiday, sales will be huge. People dont want to get the game and then discover they already need to pay more just to keep up so soon after its released.

Not to mention, 10 year timeline? If a new paid expansion gets released every few months, no one would get this game in 2-3 years since it would cost hundreds of dollars to catch up.

I just want more clarification on how expansions will be handled, which is something I think they already should have provided.

Perhaps this is poor wording on Gamespot's part. I don't think Bungie means they have created a masterpiece akin to LOTR, but that the story is long and expansive like LOTR, Star Wars, etc.

Well no shyt, their contract with Activision leaked last year. This is not news to anybody.

It is widely known (and predictable) for them to milk this dry with copy paste content, it's Activision after all.

Does it put anybody else's teeth on edge when Bungie compares it to the Tolkien works?

How about self-aggrandizing less and working to give it a great story and material to keep folks engaged? Stop trying promote it as a literary classic and make sure that your servers are up to the first-day load.

I enjoyed the Beta and have it on pre-order and I am interested to see how long this game/series can move forward.

Just stop with the marketing drivel.

jmo

It's still funny they compare this IP with the likes of Lord of the Rings and StarWars; it won't probably last 3 years...

the hype is working

I'll be missing out at launch

magnificent hype.

Big talk from the story shown so far. I mean Moon Wizards? That is awesomely bad in kinda a good way, but what little of the story has been shown seems generic, and awful.

and it will accomplish this with 20 lvls and 30 something 10-15 minute long story missions that can be completed in a few days? hah yeah good luck bungie. buy pre own then return within the week and I'll never pick up your game again. It'll be like a thought that I had once but forgot ever existed.

used bin in 3 months.

Tolkien spent his entire adult life creating the worlds, cultures, religions, and races of Arda. It was left unfinished as he carried it to his deathbed, yet, Bungie is going to "do something similar" in ten years? Get lost. You don't have a simulacrum of the imagination that Tolkien did.

Honestly I'm really excited for this game and can't wait to play it with some friends. But this is ridiculous "Last year, Bungie COO Pete Parsons said Destiny has the potential to << LINK REMOVED >>and sit on people's shelves alongside popular works like Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, or Star Wars." Come on guys, that's arrogant as hell.

It's nice that they plan to create a complex lore similar to...Halo- BUT!- Never, Ever compare this comparative smut to the sanctity and grandeur that is The Lord of the Rings! Blasphemy!

I just didn't see anything that indicated this world is set up for that kind of deep story. All I saw was another "Oh no a big bad space alien is coming to kill us! (hey what's this ancient stuff hidden on the moon?)" story.

A few things they'll need to make this game last 10 years

It has to be amazing and full of things no one has seen before, World of Warcraft and Eve are good examples.

Free content is a must, they can't release a paid for DLC every few months (first is due 2 months after release!). Again look at WoW there have been 3 paid for expansions in 10 years (1 more coming in November) and these expansions have been massive but there have been constant free content adds

They need to release it on PC, no way in hell will there be console gamers playing this in 10 years time, a large proportion of initial crowd will have moved on to other things by the end of this year and their servers will be ghost towns by the end of 2015.

Of course when they say they want it to last 10 years they actually mean the IP and not this first release, expect Destiny 2, 3, 4, 5...... over the next 10 years, with at least 3 paid for expansions for each release.

So, let me get this straight...

Their last franchise was an epic quest to destroy a ring of power and their new one is like Tolkien?

I'm pretty sure they spent more money on the marketing than on the actual production of the game. I'm very skeptical right now of this game....too much hype. Titanfall and Watchdogs were super overhyped...they were pretty run of the mill games.

well thats pretty lame, i dont want to wait a decade to conclude a story