Destiny 2: Lightfall

 PC
User Score
2.2

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 119 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 119
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 119
  3. Negative: 94 out of 119

Review this game

  1. Your Score
    0 out of 10
    Rate this:
    • 10
    • 9
    • 8
    • 7
    • 6
    • 5
    • 4
    • 3
    • 2
    • 1
    • 0
    • 0
  1. Submit
  2. Check Spelling
view
per page
  1. xDelphos
    Mar 3, 2023
    10
    Lightfall was never suposed to be the end of the saga for Destiny's story, so it leaves us with more questions than answers, as any good and intense story should! Amazing expansion, marvelous gameplay, the new classes in special, a great game even better!
  2. Rednew
    Mar 4, 2023
    10
    The expansion isn't that bad, a bunch of crybabies trash talking about it, doesn't make sense.
  3. nespofurda
    Mar 5, 2023
    10
    Nice dlc, the best dlc in my entre life please do more contente like this destiny
  4. 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.
  5. 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
  6. Maser
    Mar 3, 2023
    9
    It is destiny, you get exactly what you expect, 10/10 gameplay, 10/10 graphics, 12/10 fun, 2/10 story.
  7. Sortable
    Mar 2, 2023
    8
    Strand is the best subclass I ever played, campaign fell a bit rushed but its was solid
  8. BWG7
    Mar 2, 2023
    8
    While recognizing the issues with the massive tonal shift in story after The Witch Queen, Lightfall still provides some solid moments, good (and, occasionally, great) content, and gameplay segments that are fun and engaging.
  9. szszl
    Mar 3, 2023
    8
    Pretty solid DLC. It didnt meet the expectations - the hype was huge but overall gameplay is really nice. I like the changes to difficulty level and new modding system, it really refreshed the game for me. The only downside is the story which is pretty dull in this DLC but it doesnt matter that much.
  10. 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.
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  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. emperortyping
    Mar 3, 2023
    5
    Gameplay is fine, bungie have that figured out by now. Strand seems fun although the grind to unlock it all is offensive. Neomuna is alright, bit bland and not great to navigate but not terrible.

    But man, the narrative.... I admit I might have had high expectations but they completely screwed it. This could have been their big moment in storytelling but it felt like 2 flashy cutscenes    Gameplay is fine, bungie have that figured out by now. Strand seems fun although the grind to unlock it all is offensive. Neomuna is alright, bit bland and not great to navigate but not terrible.

    But man, the narrative.... I admit I might have had high expectations but they completely screwed it. This could have been their big moment in storytelling but it felt like 2 flashy cutscenes sandwiching an 8 hour strand tutorial.

    Not been this disengaged since shadowkeep.    … Expand
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. Drexxel
    Mar 2, 2023
    3
    Strand is the most underwhelming thing I have ever played. It's bad when you get to use the new and amazing power and it actually maks just the basic combat 10 times harder. No grenade so you have to grapple into close range....annnddd your dead. It's part of the story too so you HAVE to play it. Story is atrocious..... Doesn't develop any of the new characters and then expects you to careStrand is the most underwhelming thing I have ever played. It's bad when you get to use the new and amazing power and it actually maks just the basic combat 10 times harder. No grenade so you have to grapple into close range....annnddd your dead. It's part of the story too so you HAVE to play it. Story is atrocious..... Doesn't develop any of the new characters and then expects you to care when something happens to them. Osiris has turn into a cry baby old man who is just constantly throwing a tantrum for no reason. Did all the good writers in the world die? Not to mention there is only 8 main missions..... This isn't an expansion, it's maybe a seasons worth of content. I'm sick of them saying quality of life improvements is content..... It's NOT. I wanted to be fair. Once I finished the campaign strand has a lot of potential. It's just during the campaign especially the legendary difficulty it is complete trash.… Expand
  21. Benzant
    Mar 5, 2023
    3
    Death to Sony, death to the backstabbers of bungie death to Playstation, destrucción Destruction of everything related to playstation
  22. brewe
    Mar 1, 2023
    3
    (Spoiler free, goes over the Campaign, Combat/Gameplay, Strand, and the New Location. TL;DR at the bottom as well)

    Campaign: 1/10. This is arguably the worst campaign for a destiny expansion I have seen yet. Maybe this is because Lightfall came right after Witch Queen (arguably the best dlc), but I seriously can't think of the positives that came out of this campaign. It starts off with    (Spoiler free, goes over the Campaign, Combat/Gameplay, Strand, and the New Location. TL;DR at the bottom as well)

    Campaign: 1/10. This is arguably the worst campaign for a destiny expansion I have seen yet. Maybe this is because Lightfall came right after Witch Queen (arguably the best dlc), but I seriously can't think of the positives that came out of this campaign. It starts off with this awesome cinematic, then goes straight downhill from there. There are way too many plot holes throughout the plot. New characters are extremely forgettable and based off tropes that a middle schooler would write for a character. It's not even that you don't care for them, its that you aren’t given any time or motivation to care about them because of how the campaign was constructed. For me personally, I cared infinitely more about the guns I would get from. The entire campaign struggles with tone. It tells you about how dire the straights are for the guardians, but doesn't actually show you it at any time apart from the opening. It tells you all of these things, but when it tries to show you, you feel like you missed a cinematic or something as it just doesn't make sense. Lightfall tries to come across as a war story, but it really lacks any feeling of a war story at all. I wanted to feel that despair going into the climax for this part of destiny with the next expansion, but I really don't feel any at all. Calus is also extremely underwhelming. How Destiny went from Savathun to Calus in terms of the quality of an antagonist is stunning as Calus is so incredibly boring. Even Osiris suffers from bizarre writing in Lightfall. Also, the plot is hardly explained. Why are you in this new area? What exactly are you trying to get? Where is everybody else? Why exactly is it important that you get this? Etc. It gives players way more questions than answers going into the most important major expansion. It makes me incredibly worried about "The Final Shape". I hope the same writing team isn't in charge of that.

    Combat/Gameplay: 7/10. This is the strongest point of Lightfall. Much like Witch Queen, legendary difficulty is exactly how challenging it should be. Crafting is also much improved as you no longer need to extract any pattern. I do dislike the new armor system as it feels like a more boring version of the old elemental system, but this can be adjusted. If you only play destiny for the gameplay / loot, then you will not be disappointed.

    Strand: 5/10. Strand feels pretty fun to use, but it's really weak right now. The grapple, the most fun part about strand, takes an extremely large amount of time to come off cooldown, even when you use it to grapple around. Why grappling on walls and using grapple in combat share the same cooldown is beyond me from a game designer standpoint. Other cooldowns are way too long as well. This will likely be fixed, but still is incredibly disappointing as Strand does feel fun if you ignore these issues. Additionally, YOU DON’T UNLOCK STRAND UNTIL AFTER THE CAMPAIGN. Yes, you use it at times during it, but you can't make a build with it or anything. That would make the campaign so much more bearable if you could fly around on your grapple hook during the campaign, but they prohibit you from doing that for some reason. Bizarre choice.

    New location: 1/10. What was advertised to be a cyberpunk city instead feels like a bright wasteland. It is so incredibly empty. No citizens, hardly any enemies, it's just a bland futuristic dump that has no personality. You hardly even get to explore it until after the campaign. Whereas Savathun's throne world makes you uneasy and gives you suspense, the new location makes you want to open up a different game.

    Overall: 3/10. Incredibly disappointing campaign that leaves me worried for the climax of this story in Destiny. Although the combat is awesome and strand is fun (albeit limited currently), it can't make up for the nonsensical story I was told in the campaign. It tried to tell a lot of different stories at once (War story, Strand, setting up for the climax), but ended up leaving you with only questions. If you play Destiny for the content or combat, and just want to shoot guns, then you won’t be disappointed. However, if you are looking to get this for the campaign and new location to explore, I would consider a different game, or waiting for a sale, or some patches.    … Expand
  23. nmill99
    Mar 1, 2023
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Worst writing since D2 Y1. Didn’t explain a thing. Buddy and I were constantly confused, and didn’t know what the veil was.

    Combat and gameplay was okay. Strand is just OK. Can’t recommend to anyone not in the fence. Don’t think the raid will redeem this at all.    … Expand
  24. Kevvaks2
    Mar 2, 2023
    3
    One of the worst expansions this game has seen with wonky storytelling. 100$ down the drain for the the deluxe edition, buy the standard edition if you want to play the expansion and get the strand subclass.
  25. 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.
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. TriinBro
    Mar 3, 2023
    1
    This Dlc is absolute disappointment. The plot is literally bull**** most of cinematics make no sense and pve legendary campaign, that suppose to be hard, is a piece of cake. Quite a while (for 5 years) I was pre-ordering every D2 dlc but after that, after Bungie spoil every meaningful thing into the trash and made another one "Thing that the most important" with that Vail I will never buyThis Dlc is absolute disappointment. The plot is literally bull**** most of cinematics make no sense and pve legendary campaign, that suppose to be hard, is a piece of cake. Quite a while (for 5 years) I was pre-ordering every D2 dlc but after that, after Bungie spoil every meaningful thing into the trash and made another one "Thing that the most important" with that Vail I will never buy anything this company creates.

    Sry for poor English, not my native    … Expand
  30. Marko1312
    Mar 2, 2023
    1
    One of the worst games i ve ever played..trash story,trash gameplay...if i could i would give this game minus five
prev
Page:

Awards & Rankings

25
#25 Most Discussed PC Game of 2023

Critic Reviews

All reviews »
Metascore
66

Mixed or average reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. GameSkinny
    Aug 3, 2023
    70
    The Destiny 2 Lightfall expansion trips at the starting gun and falters almost the whole way through.
    Read full review
  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.
    Read full review
  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.
    Read full review
See all critic reviews »