Destiny, a game made by Bungie after they departed from their Halo series... With much game hype, its hard to see why people dont like this game, but that begs the question, "Does Destiny live up to its hype?"... Destiny was released on September 9th 2014, and features a class based FPS MMORPG like game format, which the former (FPS) Bungie is so famed for making in thanks to Halo, now to the whole thing. Class System... Titan: This class features your basic super soldier like hero, from Master Chief to Marcus Fenix, its your soldier at its most basic. Hunter: For those with nostalgic memories of post-apocalyptic games such as the Fallout franchise, this ones for you! Sporting less armour than the Titan counterpart, but still looking manacing in its own right, baring light armour with generalized bandages around the hands and wrists, leather like armour, a hood/cloak, and a complimenting gasmask like helmet, this class brings out that "End of the world" in this game! Warlock: For your own purposes of futuristic sci-fi mage guys and gals, this is your slice of heaven. With some of the more unique looking abilities, and ranged attacks, this class seems to be the most "far out" class. Overall: With the classes being told, you might wonder "which is the best?" and after countless hours of playing, beta and full game included, my thoughts, and many others, cannot point to any which one. While all armours vary in aesthetic appeal, none are truly different in protective quality, be it the Titans heavy knight like armour, the Hunters sleek armageddon ready leather suit, or the Warlocks heavy bathrobes, they truly dont make any difference right from the start, as every beginner armour of any class has the same armour value. Races. Accompanying the 3 classes are 3 races. Human, Awoken and Exo. Humans are obvious, you, me and hopefully your next door neighbour are all a part of this race. Awoken are very human like, minus skin colour and glowing eyes. They apparently in game fluff are/were Human, hopefully Bungie will elaborate on this end more. But they are generally blue, have glowing eyes and are more angular, akin to an elf, minus height and pointy ears. Exos are robotic synthetics, pretty cool. They have a metallic voice in-game and are more unique look wise. Overall... There's no race with specific advantages and disadvantages. Its a level playing field, this possibly can aggravate some gamers, but hey, "its fair". Gameplay. Gameplay is smooth, aside from the occasional "loading" point if you are zooming about on your personal jetbike. However one may experience a "error" which will instantly disconnect them from a mission or PvP match. Combat. Combat is fluid, with fast paced shooting, melee and abilities. Wether you use a huge hand cannon (huge futuristic revolver) or an LMG, you will feel on top of the world... Or you'll get clobbered horribly by a blindsiding enemy who grows a brain and outflanks you, either way. Missions. Missions combat wise, again, run well. The only complain worthy part is the "Darkness Zones" and ill elaborate. Many times have me and strangers fought through countless enemies and got to the final room in a DZ, in which respawning is disabled, or at least you either wait 30s or hope an ally can revive you, if your team dies, time to restart, anyway, we are running through, get to the last room, fight the boss, 2 of 3 of us die, and as we kill that boss BAM! A random enemy shoots the last person in the head, killing him, time to restart. Other than the few chinks in the machine combat wise, the story is quite interesting, however vague it is. I can, and in very sure its guaranteed, another game (Destiny 2?!?) will come out, and elaborate on the races, history of this dark time in the game, and add more places to explore. OVERALL FINAL ANALYSIS With a fair environment, free flowing combat mechanics, reasonably sound multiplayer experience (be it co-op or PvP) and cool aesthetics this game easily achieves a bare minimum 8/10. Other notes: Destiny generally to my experience, has incredibly kind social atmosphere, that is to say, nice people. This included, makes a very enjoyable playing experience, as people are ACTUALLY willing to help total strangers, make fireteams with them, and help out with those big boss battles you might get snagged on! Thanks for reading guys and gals, have a good one!
By daBrokenFace | Review Date: Sep 13, 2014 | X360
Very repetitive game. Do the same thing over and over. See the same areas over and over. Many enemies are just bullet sponges, that is the only challenge you will encounter. The story is lame and leaves many questions un... Read Full Review
The Gamespot review nails it. Destiny offers a nice but inaccessible environment, a terrible story, and repetitive gameplay. Actually, it doesn't even offer a terrible story -- it really has no story. A terrible story wo... Read Full Review
