Destiny 2: Lightfall

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Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 119 Ratings

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  1. Redemp
    Sep 2, 2023
    2
    9k plus hours into the franchise...... And this is what we get. Beyond worried for the final shape cause lightfall...... this is **** Hopefully bungie turns it around
  2. Clownsparade
    Aug 10, 2023
    0
    I just payed for 2 hours of a campaign of re-used content that's only there to access 4 FOMO based seasonal campaigns which also have to be payed and can not be played anytime I want but only during a few months- seriously? How is this legal.
  3. SilkyJohnson
    Aug 6, 2023
    0
    How the greats have fallen… This game series was my favorite of all time. You could be a robot space-cowboy(exo hunter). A thing I had imagined as a small child but didn’t realize until I had played the first Destiny game. With a gripping story, great characters, and the best voice acting I’ve witnessed in a game, it was a dream. Now - Destiny 2 resembles more of a mobile game or FortniteHow the greats have fallen… This game series was my favorite of all time. You could be a robot space-cowboy(exo hunter). A thing I had imagined as a small child but didn’t realize until I had played the first Destiny game. With a gripping story, great characters, and the best voice acting I’ve witnessed in a game, it was a dream. Now - Destiny 2 resembles more of a mobile game or Fortnite type game than the action packed looter shooter it once was. Lack of attention to PvP has killed this game for me. I would play 2-3 hours 3 times a week playing just crucible which is now unplayable in my opinion. I love the raids and dungeons (dungeons are now microtransactions) but even they are lacking now. I will not be purchasing the final expansion, it is the only expansion I have not owned and I’ve previously purchased all but Lightfall twice to be able to play on Xbox and PC. Rest in peace Destiny.… Expand
  4. donkeyGatorade
    Jul 29, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. More expensive than any other DLC but is the worst (except for Curse of Osiris).
    Opening mission was great then it just falls flat and HARD.
    Marvel level writing at best.
    2 brand new characters get introduced one of which is annoying at best and the other the one that was just killed off needlessly.
    Strand subclass was cool and somewhat balanced.
    Neptune weapons are just reskinned moon weapons (Seasonal weapons generally have more effort than that lmao)
    It amazes me how we went from Witchqueen to this...
    makes me worried since this was originally supposed to be the last dlc before Bungie decided Final Shape would be a thing.
    Lightfall is really just the fall of everything Bungie did right during Witchqueens year.    … Expand
  5. Althenor
    Jul 16, 2023
    0
    Fails expectations like Emperor Calus fails The Witness... Bungie lied about everything! Story is bad, new location is boring and pathetic, new super is useless, there's no dynamic campaign they promised. Basically speaking Bungie lost all creativity after splitting away from Activision-Blizzard.
  6. areyouanand
    Jun 27, 2023
    1
    More reskined items, no story questions answers. Entire campaign should have been a single mission.
    More items in store tho.
    Broke the server, goes off every other day.
    Absolutely not recommended for new player.
  7. Yelkcubnwahs
    Jun 25, 2023
    1
    If you piss on a dumpster fire to put it out, it's still a **** dumpster fire. @Bungie have lost all my respect, in every discord I have ever been in I have always heard the same **** bungie hates fun and will do everything to make their game miserable to play. ****
  8. domin0h
    Jun 5, 2023
    3
    It's not reeling you in, i'm a new player for destiny 2 and started with lightfall and to be honest, the story on neomuna is weird, cringy and the characters talk about themself like it's your first day at the office and they make half joke dialogues.. super cringy and weird.
    The story has no structure and no emotion.. huge dissapointment.
  9. otxoa1
    Apr 4, 2023
    7
    Worst story best gameplay
    F u whoever made this story ****
    So what the hell is the veil thing
    Why we have to protect it
    Neomuna people?
    Come on, we can't even face them, litterally.
    But still, it worth to buy.
  10. Icemanesp
    May 5, 2023
    1
    This franchise is really going downhill. Now they go from charging after a price increase for recycled content to raising the price again to be able to acquire season 2 and following and I am afraid that the content they will offer will be recycled from previous ones and rescue old Destiny1 weapons. Frankly no one can recommend this game and the only thing I can advise you is to stay awayThis franchise is really going downhill. Now they go from charging after a price increase for recycled content to raising the price again to be able to acquire season 2 and following and I am afraid that the content they will offer will be recycled from previous ones and rescue old Destiny1 weapons. Frankly no one can recommend this game and the only thing I can advise you is to stay away from this franchise that only wants your money and doesn't offer anything new or attractive.… Expand
  11. WaraWana
    May 4, 2023
    6
    I cannot be bothered to try to analyse what "went wrong" with this campaign and expansion. Especially after The Witch Queen expansion was so good, by comparison. Some good, but overall, the feel of this game is WAY too formulative now.
    Thank you for reading. Enjoy Gaming.
  12. Lordbit4735
    May 1, 2023
    0
    Worst FPS campaign ever... like alarmingly bad. If you already just play Destiny for the gameplay it improves a few, and regresses one, of its core gameplay mechanics.
  13. degtyarenko1305
    Apr 30, 2023
    1
    Банди альтернативно одареные разрабы почините свою игру
  14. TheSHChronicles
    Apr 25, 2023
    6
    Though it's not a bad expansion, it just doesn't bring enough new content to justify its price tag. If you're a die-hard Destiny fan, you'll probably still play or enjoy it, but if you're a more casual player, you might want to wait for a sale before picking it up.

    Our Full Review:
    https://www.theshchronicles.com/post/destiny-2-lightfall
  15. liberaet
    Apr 5, 2023
    2
    - The story is unbelievable and childish (we encounter cybernetic humans who we see for the first time, not knowing if they even want to kill us at first sight or not, and immediately spill all our plans to them in the first sentence. and become best friends with them after a minute of talking)
    - The way that characters speak or joke is also pretty stupid and childish (the ghost or Nimbus    - The story is unbelievable and childish (we encounter cybernetic humans who we see for the first time, not knowing if they even want to kill us at first sight or not, and immediately spill all our plans to them in the first sentence. and become best friends with them after a minute of talking)
    - The way that characters speak or joke is also pretty stupid and childish (the ghost or Nimbus in Neomuna)
    - The new location is pretty boring, just not exciting to play at all
    - The overall style of the game is inconsistent - there is a dark/gothic theme of the Hive, robotic race of the Vex, and then some characters look like in a cartoon (take a look at Shaw Han in the Cosmodrome when standing close to him)
    - Everything else in the game is the same as before, including the same season grind for the 20th time. Same running activities all over again just to get a nice-looking new armor and an ornament for the new exotic weapon (although we already have dozens of both armor and weapons, so another new one does not make a difference at all)
    - I wanted to see the group finder which was advertised for the expansion, but looks like it is only coming in the last season of the year, so together with social aspect being non-existent (zero chat going on anywhere), to assemble a group you have to actually go outside the game lol (website or mobile app)
    - It also looks like Bungie, the developer, does not even know what they want to do with their own game - they increased the health of enemies with the expansion, and then rolled it back after a month. So now it's back to being extremely boring where you just run through the activity killing all the enemies in one shot trying to complete daily missions (called bounties), and sometimes you shoot a rocket at them, but your teammates kill them faster than the time it takes your rocket to fly lol, so you have wasted a rocket and the ammo for it can be pretty scarce, which makes it all quite annoying

    So yeah, pretty bad. I wouldn't purchase or play if not for FOMO on the new armor and ornament for the exotic, so I will endure the mindless grind of the same boring activities (or give it up in the middle like already happened before)    … Expand
  16. apulido33
    Mar 20, 2023
    5
    My review will be condensed into 3 sections. Story, gameplay, and endgame.

    Story: Destiny 2 Lightfall story felt more like a montage of learning a new power to use against the antagonist of the story. Though there were nice messages about learning, such as " Flow with the current, not against it." Was the only message that stuck with me. The story was ill comparison to the last expansion    My review will be condensed into 3 sections. Story, gameplay, and endgame.

    Story: Destiny 2 Lightfall story felt more like a montage of learning a new power to use against the antagonist of the story. Though there were nice messages about learning, such as " Flow with the current, not against it." Was the only message that stuck with me. The story was ill comparison to the last expansion Witch Queen. Destiny 2 is currently in their 20th season, and is surprisingly a 6 year old game. Long time fans of the franchise already understand that Destiny story is convoluted, and usually buried in some lore cards usually known as grimore, but personally I just search up lore in YouTube channels such as MyNameIsByf. Lightfall story isn't delivered well, and left me with more questions than answers. After a few days of reading lore I can see the direction of the story, but this isnt acceptable way of delivering a story to an audience In video game. My biggest gripe of Lightfall is how poor the 2 new characters are. Their coverage felt very brief, and didn't really care much for them. Story definitely blended with the gameplay of strand, as the story revolved around the use of strand. Gameplay: Why change something , when you already good at something? Bungie can make a great fps game. Guns look great and feel great . You can feel how fine tuned this fps is compared to other games. This is their strong suit and surprisingly they can make it work for 31 years.The new super strand has to be used and no if or buts. Story is focused around learning Strand, so that's was the main focus ironically around a super. Bungie invested so much time in making strand and tuning their gameplay. I personally think they focused around gameplay this time around.The new super feels great and fun. Though this time around I felt the campaign still maintened a challenge, and see that player scaling is much better. Though I can see that over time the gameplay can get repetitive and eventually feel boring over time.

    Endgame: Funny enough I expected the endgame activities to be difficult but boy I was wrong. Raid content is supposed to be the toughest challenge in the game and be the only content to prepare for. I don't know if it's an illusion of being to experienced at the game that is 6 years old. Perhaps this is the view of long time fans of the franchise. The new raid in my experience was very easy as there aren't many mechanics involved. I could talk about Bungies raid structure for hours. The Root of Nightmares Raid is a great raid for new players of the game. Not so much for veterans since it isn't as challenging, but I understand what Bungie was doing to get more players to do this raid. My only gripe was that every encounter except the 3rd Planets encounter was the same. Heck the last raid boss is basically first encounter with a boss. The only endgame activities I found difficult are the exotic mission in Legendary mode and Legend-higher nightfall activies. Difficulty of raids usually come from the different roles players are responsible for. Since 2 people are required to do mechanics in the new raid people can 3 man a 6 player activity. Usually Bungie has 5-6 players split in doing at most 3 roles. Perhaps this is what the community asked for based on the last non-reprisal raid Vow of The Disciple. Since there are call outs of symbols that can have different interpretations, making the raid difficult. After this expansion i believe Bungie aimed to cater to not just veterans but to newcomers, and returning players of the franchise.    … Expand
  17. medrekagnu
    Mar 17, 2023
    0
    I have never played this game as I am on PlayStation but from talking with people on XBOX who have played this game and watched some gameplay
  18. sinlesssdemon
    Mar 16, 2023
    6
    Pretty decent DLC, its definitely better than Beyond Light and Shadowkeep. But the narrative is strange and unclear (Rohan and Nimbus are so stereotypical) . The new raid is awesome! Its easy, fast a picturesque.
  19. Robin646
    Mar 13, 2023
    4
    Wanted to wait to review until the raid was out, so here we are. First of all, people need to stop with these dumb 0/10 ratings. Lightfall is not a 0. It's bad, but these ratings are all just spiteful, not fair. Lightfall starts off pretty good, with a nice cutscene, some intrigue and shock value, but once the actual gameplay starts, the quality drops instantly. They introduce this newWanted to wait to review until the raid was out, so here we are. First of all, people need to stop with these dumb 0/10 ratings. Lightfall is not a 0. It's bad, but these ratings are all just spiteful, not fair. Lightfall starts off pretty good, with a nice cutscene, some intrigue and shock value, but once the actual gameplay starts, the quality drops instantly. They introduce this new civilization, but they don't flesh it out. We see 2 characters throughout the campaign, one of which is the cringiest character I think I've ever seen in Destiny and that's it. We're supposed to care about saving them and Neomuna but they don't give us a reason to. It's all just go here, stop this, kill that and it's getting tiresome. They asked 50 bucks for a campaign you can finish in 4 hours, with a barebones filler story. D2's biggest issue is its storytelling. Look at Halo 2. It was made by the same studio, yet the quality of storytelling is not even comparable. There is no character development and they conclude most things in repetitive seasonal stories. The formula they use is flawed and needs changing. As for the raid, it is visually pleasing and has OP weapons. That's about it. The mechanics are boring and overall, the raid is way too easy. I'd argue that even Vault of Glass is more difficult than this. Now, some positives are Strand. It's a fun new subclass that I can see replacing Stasis for crowd control, and it's great for movement. The Exotics and Neomuna as a location are also good. There's quite a bit to grind for and the gameplay is solid as always, but the positives don't outweigh the negatives unfortunately. This entire expansion feels like it was cut in half. I'm convinced this was all supposed to be part of The Final Shape, but they just decided to split it in two so they can milk some more money from people. Overall very disappointing and I would not recommend buying it at full price. It's barely worth 30 bucks. I suggest waiting for a sale or buying from the known third party sellers… Expand
  20. Paulpgt
    Mar 13, 2023
    6
    This DLC is not as good as the Witch Queen, and I was expecting more from "the beginning of the end" of the light and dark saga in Destiny. The Story and narrative are a big let down, and even after all the side quests done, you're left with a huge amount of questions. But the gameplay is really good, strand is really fun and feel well balances with all of the other subclasses (not likeThis DLC is not as good as the Witch Queen, and I was expecting more from "the beginning of the end" of the light and dark saga in Destiny. The Story and narrative are a big let down, and even after all the side quests done, you're left with a huge amount of questions. But the gameplay is really good, strand is really fun and feel well balances with all of the other subclasses (not like stasis at launch). The overall content of the DLC including Raid, Events, Weapons and exotics is pretty good, even if Neomuna feels a bit empty. Get this DLC if you are a regular Destiny player, you cannot be disapointed, but if you're only interrested in the story, wait for the Final Shape, or at least for some seasons to come out.… Expand
  21. Zalabar22
    Mar 11, 2023
    3
    I've stopped playing completely and have lost all interest in Destiny 2. I decided to give Bungie a chance with Witch Queen only for Bungie to take whatever good faith they had built up with WQ (and the following MEH seasons) and throw it right back in the trash. The grind isn't fun anymore, the story and writing was awful, the weapons are reskins, the raid is underwhelming, a large swathI've stopped playing completely and have lost all interest in Destiny 2. I decided to give Bungie a chance with Witch Queen only for Bungie to take whatever good faith they had built up with WQ (and the following MEH seasons) and throw it right back in the trash. The grind isn't fun anymore, the story and writing was awful, the weapons are reskins, the raid is underwhelming, a large swath of cosmetics are locked behind the Eververse, and I'm sick of grinding out battlepasses for stuff that should have been in the game naturally. I feel like Bungie just wants me to keep dumping buckets of cash at them because of some made up of customer loyalty they think they've earned at this point and I'm sick of it. I've loved the series and the franchise since the alpha on PS4 but I don't think I can or will keep supporting this game or the Destiny series. For those who stick around I hope the series pays off eventually. Open up your eyes Guardians, it's time to move on.… Expand
  22. montero
    Mar 11, 2023
    0
    This DLC costs the same as ELDEN RING and delivers... nothing. You can watch the intro and the outro, and avoid playing the DLC. Total garbage.
  23. reallifegaming
    Mar 7, 2023
    6
    Lightfall takes what the Witch Queen did well, and does not apply it. The customization of classes, the addition of fragments, the loadout customization and armor mods update are just great. Really, cue applause. BUT - the Witch Queen had feeling, lore, story, interaction, meaning behind what you were doing, and intertwined what we knew and made it better. Lightfall is just an update,Lightfall takes what the Witch Queen did well, and does not apply it. The customization of classes, the addition of fragments, the loadout customization and armor mods update are just great. Really, cue applause. BUT - the Witch Queen had feeling, lore, story, interaction, meaning behind what you were doing, and intertwined what we knew and made it better. Lightfall is just an update, not an expansion. It feels like seasonal content wrapped into a bow and you now have to wait for a year to get conclusions... That's not worth $100 imo. While the gameplay is still good, more fluid even, I believe the reasons for things implicated are not given which make for a tedious instead of rewarding experience.… Expand
  24. Shender
    Mar 6, 2023
    0
    Worst FPS campaign ever... like alarmingly bad. If you already just play Destiny for the gameplay it improves a few, and regresses one, of its core gameplay mechanics. Also you will enjoy strand i think. However if you were looking at jumping in for the first time don't. This was truly awful story telling. I can't put into words how disappointing this expansion is.
  25. Franco5150
    Mar 6, 2023
    0
    A huge fail in all aspects of gaming; story telling, character development, gameplay etc. None of it was delivered on a $100 DLC. I'm shocked at the sheer bad content produced and packaged as something that turned out to be the opposite, a hot reskinned, woke infused, socially engineered pile of garbage. Bungie has the astute rep for taking the money and running, congrats well done. OneA huge fail in all aspects of gaming; story telling, character development, gameplay etc. None of it was delivered on a $100 DLC. I'm shocked at the sheer bad content produced and packaged as something that turned out to be the opposite, a hot reskinned, woke infused, socially engineered pile of garbage. Bungie has the astute rep for taking the money and running, congrats well done. One thing to point out, Bungie has achieved it's main marketing goal, "Never Over Deliver."… Expand
  26. Fawazksa95
    Mar 6, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Destiny 2: Lightfall DLC Too bad I want my money back... Shame on you, Bungie… Expand
  27. canuck222
    Mar 6, 2023
    0
    Destiny's worst expansion and somehow this game has hit an all time low (just as they had so much goodwill and momentum from their successful Witch Queen release). Bungie pulled the wool over everyone's eyes with this one and delivered such a slap in the face to the fanbase. The writing is undefendable and the new area is small and has zero detail. It looks like an N64 world but with HDDestiny's worst expansion and somehow this game has hit an all time low (just as they had so much goodwill and momentum from their successful Witch Queen release). Bungie pulled the wool over everyone's eyes with this one and delivered such a slap in the face to the fanbase. The writing is undefendable and the new area is small and has zero detail. It looks like an N64 world but with HD textures. And not to mention there are literally only two inhabitants on the entire planet that you can see. The streets and buildings are all empty (and Bungie's poor excuse to explain why its empty does not make this emptiness alright and if anything it is insulting to the player audience). I seriously have no idea where Bungie spent their time and effort because it was definitely not here. The trust I had toward Bungie has been shattered.… Expand
  28. vaknonirke
    Mar 6, 2023
    10
    我歌唱火焰，在我的眼睛周围，他们永远不会害怕，就像敌人奔向太阳
  29. rokkogirda
    Mar 5, 2023
    10
    This game lives up to the hype. The world concept and art are some of the best I've seen in a decade, and the performance optimization is nothing short of miraculous for a startup company founded to make this game. The gameplay is also a well rounded FPS action game that is reliably fun.
  30. nespofurda
    Mar 5, 2023
    10
    Nice dlc, the best dlc in my entre life please do more contente like this destiny
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

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  1. GameSkinny
    Aug 3, 2023
    70
    The Destiny 2 Lightfall expansion trips at the starting gun and falters almost the whole way through.
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  2. Oyungezer
    Apr 10, 2023
    80
    There's no doubt that Lightfall is not the best expansion, but it's far from being the worst, thankfully. If I had to formulate it, it's the arithmetic average of Beyond Light and The Witch Queen. We're used to Bungie going back and forth like a Mehter Company, which is exactly why I haven't given up hope for The Final Shape.
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  3. GameSpace
    Apr 3, 2023
    50
    Destiny 2: Lightfall was off to a great start but quickly fell flat due to a plethora of problems, including bugs, convoluted plot, and more.
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