Destiny 2: Beyond Light

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Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 139 Ratings

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  1. MrDuvviss
    Nov 24, 2020
    9
    There’s been a lot of hate to this expansion in the matter of the two weeks and on a professional spectrum along with a personal, I’m upset. Many of the negative comments towards beyond light is due to “lack of content” and “is this it?” Type of comments. Beyond Light is a true sign of initiative from Bungie. They’ve really dived into the theme of building something up so effectively overThere’s been a lot of hate to this expansion in the matter of the two weeks and on a professional spectrum along with a personal, I’m upset. Many of the negative comments towards beyond light is due to “lack of content” and “is this it?” Type of comments. Beyond Light is a true sign of initiative from Bungie. They’ve really dived into the theme of building something up so effectively over time. In the first week, we discovered darkness and what exactly we could die with it along with learning about Clovis. Then when the raid launched, we found out there was so much more going on with Stasis, Clovis, and even the Fallen Houses. The raid as a matter of a fact has got to be one of if not the best bungie has made on a fun, exciting, action packed, loot filled, insane journey for every fire team to tackle. It honestly made me think back to when Kings Fall was launched. It was so hard for me and several teams but it honestly helped bring out the fun in it. Deep Stone Crypt has plenty of secrets, loot, challenges, and plenty more to entertain yourself with in the long run. All nuking a space station along with the fact of going into space to stop a fallen eco from rescuing Taniks was so badass.

    After Deep Stone Crypt was completed, so much was unlocked. The Clovis bray A.I, Lamment, New secrets to discover, new aspects, so much! There’s still even more to come as well which is insane to think about. The point is, time. Time is what an MMORPG Thrives on because it’s not a simple singlet player or once done, done forever game where everything is put on a platter in your eyes. You have to look around and discover things over time. I take into consideration some annoyance factors such as sun setting, not as many things but that leaves room for new things to come in. Better things. This is why I believe beyond light deserves more respect than some are giving it.    … Expand
  2. NuckMunzo
    Nov 25, 2020
    8
    Beyond Light is one of Destiny's best content offerings to date with a pretty good 4-5 hour campaign, satisfying new subclasses, a beautiful new destination on Europa, some of the craziest new exotic weapons, and one of the best raids Bungie has ever crafted in Deep Stone Crypt.

    *HOWEVER* If you were hoping for a major change to how Destiny 2 works in certain areas, like its infamous    Beyond Light is one of Destiny's best content offerings to date with a pretty good 4-5 hour campaign, satisfying new subclasses, a beautiful new destination on Europa, some of the craziest new exotic weapons, and one of the best raids Bungie has ever crafted in Deep Stone Crypt.

    *HOWEVER*

    If you were hoping for a major change to how Destiny 2 works in certain areas, like its infamous grind, you may want to hold off on purchasing the expansion.    … Expand
  3. xcylo
    Nov 16, 2020
    9
    If you're a destiny fan, absolutely get this expansion. It adds a bunch of great new weapons and exotics, the surprisingly fun stasis abilities, and a whole bunch of new lore. If you're new to the series and not sure if you should check out Destiny, this is the perfect time to do it with the game essentially being soft-rebooted here. The last several years of content have been removed orIf you're a destiny fan, absolutely get this expansion. It adds a bunch of great new weapons and exotics, the surprisingly fun stasis abilities, and a whole bunch of new lore. If you're new to the series and not sure if you should check out Destiny, this is the perfect time to do it with the game essentially being soft-rebooted here. The last several years of content have been removed or sunset, massively simplifying what was becoming an increasingly inaccessible game. If you previously didn't like Destiny, well... you still won't.
    But as far as the looter shooter genre goes, this is the game. Bungie has years of experience in making some of the most influential shooters of the last 20 years, and all that skill and love comes into play here. The game feels great, load times are massively improved after the vaulting of stale content, and there's a whole lot of new places to explore and adventures to go on. For the first time since perhaps the launch of Destiny 2, we finally have an expansion that really feels like it's moving the universe forward on both a mechanical and narrative level.    … Expand
  4. EhFrost
    Nov 12, 2020
    10
    Epic bosses, good storyline, new subclasses, huge amount of new weapons and armor, great new destinations (Europa and Cosmodrome) and masterpiecie music. All and more means great game and hundred of hours spent in it. Dont forget that more content is coming already. So i would give this game 9/10 if i would be a reviewer but i am huge fanboy so im giving 10/10. Se you guardians!!!
  5. iamotto
    Nov 12, 2020
    10
    Really happy with Europa, and there's still tonnes to do after 2 days. The darkness subclass is the main draw, but there are a few cool new weapons. If you're relatively new please ignore the raging hardcores..
  6. LLT79
    Nov 16, 2020
    10
    Honestly this is a great expansion and the hate it gets is so unjustified. Alot of stuff got removed which isnt the best but it was done so it could get recoded and eventually added back which bungie themselves said. I didnt expect them to replace everything and they didnt which was fine because I still found this expansion great. The story was amazing. The new loot added, although itHonestly this is a great expansion and the hate it gets is so unjustified. Alot of stuff got removed which isnt the best but it was done so it could get recoded and eventually added back which bungie themselves said. I didnt expect them to replace everything and they didnt which was fine because I still found this expansion great. The story was amazing. The new loot added, although it wasnt a lot is great. Stasis is fun but annoying in pvp but overall fun. The new lighting makes the game look visually stunning, the new weather system looks and functions great, the new exotics are cool and creative,and theres even more that we havent discover yet and I cant wait. This dlc is light years better than shadowkeep and was honestly so close to hitting forsaken level it just needs a few more pushes. For a company working from home this is amazing and I cant wait to see what they can do when they are back full time in a the studio for witch queen or light fall.… Expand
  7. Ludovycus
    Nov 12, 2020
    9
    What a DLC!
    The DLC massively improves the UI aspects of the game and the new subclasses are a lot of fun. I understand why people are complaining about that they removed most of the old planets and locations. I do however not care about this. The story was really good and the new weapons and armor look and feel amazing. No complaints about this DLC whatsoever. Big ups to Bungie.
  8. max3max
    Nov 18, 2020
    9
    If you’re a hardcore d2 player that finishes everything, you will completely run through the campaign. The campaign story has got to be the best one yet since all other campaigns are pretty random including d1. The reason why I put a 9, was because I’m taking into account just the DLC, I am not including sunsetting because that was just collateral damage that pretty much hit beyond lightIf you’re a hardcore d2 player that finishes everything, you will completely run through the campaign. The campaign story has got to be the best one yet since all other campaigns are pretty random including d1. The reason why I put a 9, was because I’m taking into account just the DLC, I am not including sunsetting because that was just collateral damage that pretty much hit beyond light pretty hard and is tanking the reviews and I would agree with you, if u don’t like the DLC but giving low ratings for a DLC that came out after sunsetting isn’t the DLCs fault but instead Bungie’s for poor game management. The pve with stasis feels amazing, the story is excellent but extremely short (2-3) hours and the stasis in pvp is an absolute mayhem and is 10/10 when u freeze someone and the 0/10 when u get frozen cus it makes u feel like auto closing the game. If I purely base the DLC, it would be a 9/10 but because sunsetting really **** over a lot of weapons, I would have to rate it a 7/10 if it includes sunsetting. Price tag is a little bit hefty ($40 includes no seasons) would recommend to the average player and dedicated players. If you play a little bit here and there it wouldn’t be worth paying $40 and you would most likely feel ripped off.… Expand
  9. jiaasjen
    Nov 19, 2020
    10
    New stasis subclass is awesome. Been looking forward to having Darkness abilities for forever. I play this game religiously. #TeamDarkness
  10. ReBOOting
    Nov 16, 2020
    9
    Many people are review bombing this expansion for being many things. Weak, uneventful, empty, and just horrible all together, however i think the community needs to back off. First off, i want to talk about vaulting and sunsetting, where we have seen this done before. D1 had many instances of sunsetting weapons and even some vaulting. This concept is not new to the destiny universe, whereMany people are review bombing this expansion for being many things. Weak, uneventful, empty, and just horrible all together, however i think the community needs to back off. First off, i want to talk about vaulting and sunsetting, where we have seen this done before. D1 had many instances of sunsetting weapons and even some vaulting. This concept is not new to the destiny universe, where suddenly people are against it. Next, we come with how people are comparing this expansion to forsaken. Forsaken was a huge update for destiny 2, and was made in completely different circumstances compared to beyond light. This is the first bungie only expansion destiny has recieved and for a solo attempt, this is a great expansion. Forsaken had huge content due to assistance from teams like vicarious visions, which is currently unrealistic to expect from beyond light, where bungie is flying solo. Not only that, bungie has stated that this expansion will kick off with the season 12 event and the launch of the deep stone crypt raid. Its been annoying to me seeing the **** from the community. Not only this, but the loss of pvp maps and gambit maps isnt a huge deal breaker. While yes, theres a big portion of the community that plays pvp, it ultimately makes up such a small percentage of what destiny really is. Id prefer tons of cooperative PvE mechanics than tons of PvP maps and gamemodes, because thats what destiny is: a cooperative looter shooter.… Expand
  11. juliocosta
    Nov 15, 2020
    10
    Pessoal na boa parem de mimimi por conta terem tirado as coisas, vai ser tudo rotativo, sempre vão reaparecer e eles estão atualizando a engine nas nas coisas retiradas
  12. Shaxxathun
    Nov 13, 2020
    10
    Bravo Bungie! Excellent addon. Definitely the prettiest addition that have happened to Destiny 2 since Dreaming City. Europe looks amazing, the storyline is interesting, and the new subclasses look very fresh and interesting.

    If we talk about the scale, Europe is simply huge and full of various technocratic surprises like< for example, old Clovis Bray laboratories etc. Cosmodrome - to    Bravo Bungie! Excellent addon. Definitely the prettiest addition that have happened to Destiny 2 since Dreaming City. Europe looks amazing, the storyline is interesting, and the new subclasses look very fresh and interesting.

    If we talk about the scale, Europe is simply huge and full of various technocratic surprises like< for example, old Clovis Bray laboratories etc. Cosmodrome - to me, as a player who has not played the first part, this location has always seemed like something very cool but unattainable, and now I can really visit it!!! And the fact that I myself am from Russia adds some magical charm. Hats off to the talent of your location designers.

    In the context of PVP - of course, stasis subclasses and their abilities are a little unbalanced, but that's to be expected. No complaints.

    In general, as a big fan of the game and a veteran of the second part, playing from the release on PC and XBox, I am very pleased. Great addon.

    I sincerely do not understand the general vine of the majority of players who, after 2 hours of playing, shout that there is no content, and so on. In reality, Destiny 2's biggest problem is a toxic community that is always unhappy with everything.    … Expand
  13. Chipi24
    Nov 12, 2020
    8
    Great new destination (Europa) and well, we all know the Cosmodrome, the original Destiny 1 first destination and how awesome it is. The Cosmodrome is the new tutorial, and that couldn't be better.
    Europa's Beyond Light campaign is, without any spoiler, amazing and the Stasis and the Darkness, the Fallen, boss fights do feel AMAZING and make you feel how strong is the boss and how epic is    Great new destination (Europa) and well, we all know the Cosmodrome, the original Destiny 1 first destination and how awesome it is. The Cosmodrome is the new tutorial, and that couldn't be better.
    Europa's Beyond Light campaign is, without any spoiler, amazing and the Stasis and the Darkness, the Fallen, boss fights do feel AMAZING and make you feel how strong is the boss and how epic is the fighting. But about boss fights, there's something that I dont like and it's the way you end them, just to make you feel powerful...
    This DLC has brought some *light* to this Game community as it's seen a huge raise of players and as soon as you finish the main campaign, you have tons of things to do, just what you expect from a game like Destiny 2.
    The new Stasis subclass makes you feel the power of Darkness and it does feel innovative and *strong as ice*. You can "build" with Stasis and so, you can meet new ways to parkour and new ways to reach out your objectives.
    We have to see what we get from the Seasons now!    … Expand
  14. Clone-Code10
    Nov 12, 2020
    10
    If you don't like Destiny, you still won't. If you do however, especially the lore and PvE aspect is amazing in Beyond Light. Load times (at least on PS4) are greatly improved with the new systems and the lighting looks better than ever! If you have an issue with lack of new loot, that might be a problem but I personally don't mind because the introduction Stasis is amazing and makes up for it.
  15. Patti200219
    Nov 26, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. All the people complaining about how their favorite gun being gone knows nothing about game design or balance. The game was getting too large and had too many op weapons. With this new dlc it gives the game life and hope for the future. The new raid guns are AMAZING and the new exotics are some of the best we have seen in a while. The new stasis subclass is great and is better now that they have released some patches . The removal of some guns has helped pvp quite a bit and I am starting to see new guns being used. If they don't change the system the game will get bland and boring. The steps Bungie has taken ensures that the game will get updates frequently and keep things balanced. The loot pool will get bigger over time we already have a pretty dissent loot pool as it is with lots of weapons feeling viable in end game content. The new raid is rewarding and challenging and some new content on Europa with a story that I am actually interested in makes this one of my favorite destiny dlcs of all time. Keep on crying about your weapons being gone and I will enjoy the game like a regular person. (PS all the salty people are warlocks don't listen to them)… Expand
  16. Austrim
    Nov 12, 2020
    8
    유로파라는 맵은 상당히 공들여 만든티가 나지만 번지는 아직까지도 rpg가 가져야할 편의성을 많이 간과하고 있다. 날씨가 바뀌고 바람에 참새가 영향을 받는 등에 기존 행성에서는 볼 수 없었던 신선한 것들이 추가되었지만 수동마커의 부재. 빠른 이동 이동수단이 있지만 이제는 바뀌어야 할때가 왔다.

    번지는 증명해야 할때가 왔다. 데1이 쌓아올린 것들은 데2에서 내려놓기만을 반복했고 많은 행성들을 삭제하고 기존 템들을 폐기처분 하는 등 살과 뼈를 모두 내주었다. 게임은 좋은 형태로 가려고 하고 있지만 그것은 기존 데스티니 팬층을 기본적으로 우려시키게 만든다. 번지는 변화할 때가 됐다. 맵에 추가가 아닌 유저 편의성쪽으로    유로파라는 맵은 상당히 공들여 만든티가 나지만 번지는 아직까지도 rpg가 가져야할 편의성을 많이 간과하고 있다. 날씨가 바뀌고 바람에 참새가 영향을 받는 등에 기존 행성에서는 볼 수 없었던 신선한 것들이 추가되었지만 수동마커의 부재. 빠른 이동 이동수단이 있지만 이제는 바뀌어야 할때가 왔다.

    번지는 증명해야 할때가 왔다. 데1이 쌓아올린 것들은 데2에서 내려놓기만을 반복했고 많은 행성들을 삭제하고 기존 템들을 폐기처분
    하는 등 살과 뼈를 모두 내주었다.
    게임은 좋은 형태로 가려고 하고 있지만 그것은 기존 데스티니 팬층을 기본적으로 우려시키게 만든다. 번지는 변화할 때가 됐다. 맵에 추가가 아닌 유저 편의성쪽으로
  17. Friendlyelites
    Dec 9, 2020
    10
    Ignore any review prior to December 2020. Beyond Light is a perfect Destiny expansion, it has all you could possibly ask for. People have review bombed this expansion because they're pissbabies upset about developmental choices for the game at large. Not because any of the content in this expansion is bad, because none of it is. Beyond Light has the best story experience in Destiny, one ofIgnore any review prior to December 2020. Beyond Light is a perfect Destiny expansion, it has all you could possibly ask for. People have review bombed this expansion because they're pissbabies upset about developmental choices for the game at large. Not because any of the content in this expansion is bad, because none of it is. Beyond Light has the best story experience in Destiny, one of the best raids ever released in the series, an amazing new destination chock-full of ongoing developments and secrets to uncover, and finally a supreme selection of Exotic weapons and armor that every player will find enjoyment from.

    Easily the 2nd best Destiny release period, and considering it's predecessors that's no small feat. Don't skip the lore or you're illiterate and I'll make fun of you online.    … Expand
  18. mergenn
    Nov 12, 2020
    9
    Although the launch was quite rocky, putting that aside lets review the actual expansion itself. 2 New locations; Europa and The Cosmodrome(From D1, but new to D2).

    This next part is free to play, but since this is what new players will experience first starting this expansion, I will talk about it for a bit. I played through the campaign for new players, this takes place on The    Although the launch was quite rocky, putting that aside lets review the actual expansion itself. 2 New locations; Europa and The Cosmodrome(From D1, but new to D2).

    This next part is free to play, but since this is what new players will experience first starting this expansion, I will talk about it for a bit. I played through the campaign for new players, this takes place on The Cosmodrome. The experience for new players has improved by a lot. It's a lot less confusing than before, they did a great job on the game design here. This is the time for new players to jump in and experience D2.

    The average player that doesn't rush through the missions should take about 5-6 hours to get through the main campaign. This might seem a bit short, but there's plenty of stuff to do afterwards (hunting exotics, hunting stasis customization items, and more)

    Environments are stunning, new enemy types, ~10 new exotics, new subclasses/abilities, new ways to customize subclasses, dynamic weather and much more. I tried out the supers on Warlock and Titan, and they are very unique and a lot of fun. Although it seems like they do not have a lot of depth at first, later you can unlock ways to customize your stasis subclass. The way to customize stasis is superior to how the original subclasses are customized, there's a lot more freedom.

    Its too early to talk about endgame, since the raid will come out in a bit more than 1 week. But it's looking very promising so far. There's also lots of stuff on the roadmap planned, so we haven't seen everything this expansion has to offer just yet. Definitely recommend picking this dlc up.    … Expand
  19. mgzy89
    Nov 16, 2020
    10
    Beyond light is a great expansion for destiny 2, Europa, the new planet looks and feel amazing, the new exotic are great and the UI/UX improvement is live changing. Yes, a lot of old content has been removed, But first, I prefer that over a new begging in destiny 3, and second, Bungie announced they will return it in later years, due to improvements that can defiantly be seen on the EDZBeyond light is a great expansion for destiny 2, Europa, the new planet looks and feel amazing, the new exotic are great and the UI/UX improvement is live changing. Yes, a lot of old content has been removed, But first, I prefer that over a new begging in destiny 3, and second, Bungie announced they will return it in later years, due to improvements that can defiantly be seen on the EDZ and Nessus, the two planets that staid.
    Stasis is great, and even though it feels a bit OP in PVP, I think that it can't fully replace some of the benefits the light power give, due to the fact that it is more CC less damage focus.
    All in all, i got a great feeling about this year, and I hope I'm not wrong    … Expand
  20. LeMustach
    Nov 17, 2020
    10
    Good expansion. Really brought the game a fresh start. Dont hate give it a chance
  21. Pluto3001
    Nov 18, 2020
    10
    For me personally Destiny is the greatest game I have ever played. I've put more than 2k hours into this game and bought all the DLCs and don't regret anything.
    However Beyond Light has been received relatively poorly. And while I can understand why people are upset about the games state I just can not, not give it a 10 out of 10 because this is my review and not someone else's. However if    For me personally Destiny is the greatest game I have ever played. I've put more than 2k hours into this game and bought all the DLCs and don't regret anything.
    However Beyond Light has been received relatively poorly. And while I can understand why people are upset about the games state I just can not, not give it a 10 out of 10 because this is my review and not someone else's. However if you are new to Destiny don't buy Beyond Light yet. It's really not a bad DLC, the story is pretty good, Stasis is a lot of fun and Europa is amazing. But I would recommend to try the free to play part of the game because maybe you don't like how Destiny feels or something and I don't know if you will be satisfied with the stuff you get for the 40 Dollars you will have to spend to get Beyond Light. But still
    I have bought the Digital Deluxe Edition for 70 Dollars. And so far I have absolutely no f-ing regrets!    … Expand
  22. exquiser01
    Nov 19, 2020
    8
    Story is kind of meh. But there is a lot of stuff to do. The activities are fun and there is enough to grind for, at least at the start.
    The new map is awesome looking and I normally don't like snow-levels. The cosmodrome is nice to have for a D1 player. A good amount of humor in the conversations.
    The new class and super are awesome, just because its new. Hoping for a good raid and not    Story is kind of meh. But there is a lot of stuff to do. The activities are fun and there is enough to grind for, at least at the start.
    The new map is awesome looking and I normally don't like snow-levels. The cosmodrome is nice to have for a D1 player. A good amount of humor in the conversations.
    The new class and super are awesome, just because its new.
    Hoping for a good raid and not getting bored too early.    … Expand
  23. call363
    Dec 1, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'll try to hit as many points as I can with this without spoiling much, however I can't promise their won't be spoilers moving forward. I like this expansion. It's not the best Destiny 2 expansion, but it's still pretty good. A few of the gripes I've seen are weapon sunsetting and the DCV. However, I don't agree that that should be judged in Beyond Light. This is a Destiny issue, it has nothing to do with Beyond Light. Did they mess up? Yes. But that's an issue that should be disconnected from Beyond Light. I loved the characters of this expansion. The Stranger and Variks were really good, Eramis was good, and over all this expansion had good character moments, by Destiny standards at least. Drifter and Eris were a bit wasted, but that's not too much of a loss. Stasis is really fun to play around with, but I understand the PVP side of things can get frustrating. I don't play a lot of PVP, so I can't complain too much. The story over all was fun and enjoyable. Shorter than Forsaken, but that is to be expected. Lost Sectors finally have a use other than one off quests. The end game content was descent AFTER the worlds first race. Speaking of which, I have not played the raid yet, but from what I have seen, it looks really good. Atraks-1 should have been the final boss instead of Taniks, but that's only nitpicking. The content over all was good, but maybe not enough to justify such a big purge of things. Over all: I understand why people are angry, but I think the sheer amount of good content is enough to make me happy. Sunsetting and DCV are not a Beyond Light thing. It's a Destiny thing. This could have happened during any expansion, it just so happened to happen with this one.… Expand
  24. MesonicBelt6357
    Sep 20, 2021
    10
    To start well over %60 of all content was deleted, but the campaign was good experience as it allowed for the use of darkness. I will say it did have its downsides as it was a bit of a grind to finish but that's barely a negative as you gained XP and light to prep for the raid. Speaking of the raid no DLC is set in stone until the raid has come out and just like shadowkeep this was what ITo start well over %60 of all content was deleted, but the campaign was good experience as it allowed for the use of darkness. I will say it did have its downsides as it was a bit of a grind to finish but that's barely a negative as you gained XP and light to prep for the raid. Speaking of the raid no DLC is set in stone until the raid has come out and just like shadowkeep this was what I defined as the endpoint of the DLC as leveling was difficult and the raid was harder, but the rewards were perfect as the raid wrapped up beyond light and gave us more insight on what was to c9me.… Expand

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 13 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 22
  3. Negative: 2 out of 22
  1. Gaming Nexus
    Jan 4, 2021
    70
    Destiny 2: Beyond Light is worth the investment for existing fans of the genre and franchise. Otherwise, the best way to experience this expansion is through Game Pass on Xbox or PC.
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  2. Gamer.no
    Dec 18, 2020
    80
    Beyond Light is approaching the quality of both Forsaken and The Taken King.
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  3. Game Revolution
    Dec 7, 2020
    40
    Beyond Light is the first note in a dirge for Destiny 2, and major steps need to be taken by Bungie to fix the issues caused by sunsetting and content vaulting. But regardless of what Bungie’s next steps are at this point, it’s difficult to feel excitement for any future expansions given the direction Destiny 2 is headed in.
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