Destiny 2: Shadowkeep

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  1. Franco5150
    Nov 21, 2019
    4
    Decent rekinned DLC for about $15, not $30. After the nostalgia wears off, the boredom will set in. Any worthwhile pursuits are locked behind impossible game mechanics for solo or casual players. Any fun cosmetics are locked behind an MTX store. Nothing new for returning players and nothing fun for new players.
  2. Kotwurschd1
    Oct 13, 2019
    2
    I haven't played the game since a month after it's launch. I've completed the Leviathan Raid, had a few exotics when I left. I recently came back after 2 years and I regret doing so. The game was lacking content at launch, but the loot-system was pretty decent. You'd actually have a chance of dropping exotics in activities. The current version of Destiny 2 has one major issue: It's grind.I haven't played the game since a month after it's launch. I've completed the Leviathan Raid, had a few exotics when I left. I recently came back after 2 years and I regret doing so. The game was lacking content at launch, but the loot-system was pretty decent. You'd actually have a chance of dropping exotics in activities. The current version of Destiny 2 has one major issue: It's grind. The unbearable amount of grind that needs to be done in this game is just insane. Almost all exotics are locked up behind ridiculously grindy quests. One quest can be tied to 10 or more tedious quests and the requirements for most of them are absolute insane. For example, there is a quest that requires you to win PvP matches, but once you lose a match, the progression will be lost. There are quest requirements that require you to do an absolute ridiculous amount of grind in a certain activity - and here lies the problem: The player has no freedom in choice. They force you into doing certain activities exclusively. It's becomes a chore and is simply not fun at all. I've been playing Shadowkeep nonstop since launch and I've yet to see an exotic drop. The only thing I did was the Deathbringer quest which was also tied to like 5-10 more quests. If grinding all day in tedious ways is fun for you, good for you, but people who have lives and also do play other games as well, aren't going to stick around for long. I decided to put this game down for good. This games grind is absolutely insane and on another level. If you thought Warframe is grind, wait to see what Destiny 2 has to show you.
    This game is a grindfest and it's grind isn't fun either. I'm really disappointed with this game. I'll need a cleanse by playing games that are actually fun and don't feel like a full time job now. Bye, Destiny franchise. You're unfortunately heading to the wrong direction. And it's also funny that barely one who played this game points the fact out that this game is heavily grindy. I'm also disappointed in the players of this game.

    As to the Shadowkeep DLC itself: You better save your money. It's a 2 hour campaign plus it's mostly rehashed content. Do you expect me to get exited for the moon when I played on Destiny 1's moon already back in 2014? Same goes for most of the exotics that they brought back to the game. You take the exotics away from the player only to make them grind the hell out for the same weapons. Some of them, like the Bad Juju also have been changed into uselessness. Bungie is the master of rehashing/reskinning old content and presenting it to you as something new. But most of the players seem to not get tired of that, which is kinda funny. I wish I could recommend this game, but in it's current state it's not worth it. It's too grindy and not fun anymore.    … Expand
  3. Ammboz
    Feb 27, 2020
    1
    Shadowkeep in itself was ok. The current season is ok but somehow low on content. the next dlc is - as far as the pve content goes AND the so far announced sandbox changes absolute crap. I do not recommend buying that season. Not that anyone cares but the idea to make loot obsolete WITHOUT significantly raising dropchances of superb loot is a asia grinders wet dream - but not the destinyShadowkeep in itself was ok. The current season is ok but somehow low on content. the next dlc is - as far as the pve content goes AND the so far announced sandbox changes absolute crap. I do not recommend buying that season. Not that anyone cares but the idea to make loot obsolete WITHOUT significantly raising dropchances of superb loot is a asia grinders wet dream - but not the destiny way. Ah well. Eyes up guardians.… Expand
  4. Antek
    Oct 19, 2019
    0
    Destiny is a fun game. Or better to say "was"...
    "Destiny The Collection" was a blast on PS4, Even much better than vanila Destiny 2 in all aspects: lore, world, game mechanics.
    But this "New Light" which arrived with Shadowkeep... While the shooting is still fun, there is nothing else left inside, and what's left is utterly broken. If I was a new player I would not get any idea what's    Destiny is a fun game. Or better to say "was"...
    "Destiny The Collection" was a blast on PS4, Even much better than vanila Destiny 2 in all aspects: lore, world, game mechanics.
    But this "New Light" which arrived with Shadowkeep... While the shooting is still fun, there is nothing else left inside, and what's left is utterly broken.
    If I was a new player I would not get any idea what's happening in this mess of a game world, which is now just a bunch of simplistic activities with no soul.
    Class progression was removed for some reason... New power level system is a slap to all veterans who grinded tens of hours...
    The only positive moment - it's is free on Steam...    … Expand
  5. muzmuz
    Nov 7, 2019
    4
    Shadowkeep is a bland, shallow, boring expansion to the Destiny 2 franchise with a campaign and story that is all levels of uninteresting.
  6. ADeadDeath
    Oct 16, 2019
    0
    O jogo fica de graça e vcs da bungie não dão qualquer compensação para quem já havia comprado o jogo antes pela blizzard. O mínimo que deveriam fazer é dar de graça essa DLC...
  7. Yaman1648
    Dec 11, 2019
    4
    Bad
    -Light on content
    -temporary content -lots of time gates and wasters (power, max carry items etc...) -New way to get dust is meant to waste time or open your wallet. -bad exotics. -armor 2.0 stats 1-9 has no effect(only 10/20/etc...), limited by elemental affinity. -armor 2.0 having to get new set for each season -can't unlock everything in artifact, have to reset to try new    Bad
    -Light on content
    -temporary content
    -lots of time gates and wasters (power, max carry items etc...)
    -New way to get dust is meant to waste time or open your wallet.
    -bad exotics.
    -armor 2.0 stats 1-9 has no effect(only 10/20/etc...), limited by elemental affinity.
    -armor 2.0 having to get new set for each season
    -can't unlock everything in artifact, have to reset to try new builds.
    -season 8 ending

    Ok
    -new dungeon fun but just not enough rewards
    -Nightmare hunts rewards are mostly aimed to improve doing activity itself
    -nightfall ordeal high level versions just take ages gets boring fast
    -transmog very limited

    Good
    -New raid
    -new strikes
    -guns    … Expand
  8. abvolt1
    Nov 15, 2019
    10
    Destiny 2 is a blast out of the gate thanks to its excellent gameplay and strong storytelling in the campaign and tons of content, the bosses are all interesting in their own way.The voice acting is fantastic, as a die-hard fan of Destiny I am very much enjoying Shadowkeep and returning to the moon also replaying Destiny 2 Forsaken.

    I say that Shadowkeep is an exciting new chapter in    Destiny 2 is a blast out of the gate thanks to its excellent gameplay and strong storytelling in the campaign and tons of content, the bosses are all interesting in their own way.The voice acting is fantastic, as a die-hard fan of Destiny I am very much enjoying Shadowkeep and returning to the moon also replaying Destiny 2 Forsaken.

    I say that Shadowkeep is an exciting new chapter in Destiny 2 and is absolutely worth trying and gives players a great sense of immersion in the gorgeous worlds.    … Expand
  9. Alrosalkarin
    Oct 28, 2019
    0
    Una porqueria de historia. Nada nuevo. Poquísimo contenido y repetido. Nerfeos que nadie pide. Muy caro. Y servidores malos.
  10. MadDawg
    Dec 1, 2019
    2
    What is there left to say? As a returning Destiny 1 player, I bought into the "New Bungie" hype,excited to play what I was hoping to be a great experience. But once again, I am disappointed by a lack luster DLC by Bungie. Charging $35.00 for re-skinned content is just absurd. Every major story line and encounter is re-hashed content with horrible game design. The shooting and graphics areWhat is there left to say? As a returning Destiny 1 player, I bought into the "New Bungie" hype,excited to play what I was hoping to be a great experience. But once again, I am disappointed by a lack luster DLC by Bungie. Charging $35.00 for re-skinned content is just absurd. Every major story line and encounter is re-hashed content with horrible game design. The shooting and graphics are still good but its all that is left of this once promising franchise.… Expand
  11. Glaederman
    Feb 27, 2020
    0
    The Director's Cut February 2020 Has made me for the First time want to quit this game. I played in D1 and one of the things I hated was having to get the same weapons again in a new XP just new name and same perks. Now you bring that back for D2 Shame on you Bungie
  12. dwupac
    Oct 9, 2019
    3
    We are into the second week of Shadowkeep and it's looking pretty boring I'm afraid. If I knew how many novelties they really brought I'd have never bought Shadowkeep. Well, they try to prolong the story and events and spread them out throughout seasons but seeing how thin that layer is I don't see much to be spread. This is seriously one of the worst expansions, I do believe last seasonWe are into the second week of Shadowkeep and it's looking pretty boring I'm afraid. If I knew how many novelties they really brought I'd have never bought Shadowkeep. Well, they try to prolong the story and events and spread them out throughout seasons but seeing how thin that layer is I don't see much to be spread. This is seriously one of the worst expansions, I do believe last season of annual pass had more content than this.

    - Story as usual super short (had one catchy moment when you saw the pyramid for the first time).
    - New activities:
    - Nightmare hunts - short uninspired strike there's no point in doing harder versions, and the introduction of harder modes take up 3 slots on a Shadowkeep Roadmap...
    - Vex Offensive - fun first couple of times, except there's 0 randomness, Menagerie was much more innovative and fun.
    - Almost no new Exotics and no new guns! There's absolutely nothing exciting to grind for ...well, if grinding for armour mods for the second time excites you there's that.
    - And.....
    ......
    that's it, seriously, there's nothing fun to do after just 2 days, that is really sad. You can grind for re-skins of Osiris weapons if you want...That was supposed to be all free Bungie style addition to the game. Well, it seems they don't have much to offer after all.
    I feel like this game that is supposed to last 2 more years is centered towards New Light players with all new Eververse Microtrasaction store which received the biggest update it seems.

    I wish I never played Destiny 2, swooped in right now grabbed 25$ Forsaken bundle and had a real blast, and tons of content for cheapz, instead I've paid 220$, OMG I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT and feel like and absolute IDIOT half the time. Truthfully, only FORSAKEN was worth the money. The rest I feel like an idiot 200$ wtf Mom.....    … Expand
  13. Abomlol
    Oct 5, 2019
    6
    It's the Moon and little else. If you've played Destiny 1 it'll be familiar in a less than enthusiastic way. Like most destiny expansions, Shadowkeep will have you visiting old planet areas for current expansion quests.

    The expansion as a whole leaves much to be desired
  14. turitz
    Oct 15, 2019
    0
    It's time for me to give my opinion to Destiny again.

    Shadowkeep has made some Problems of Destiny better but it hasn't fixed them as a whole. Gear 2.0 is good, but not great, I like the modding aspect but the Random Stat Rolls are just meh, I would like to see more of Armors that have just one or two stats high but right now every armor ist like max 18 points per stat what makes it    It's time for me to give my opinion to Destiny again.

    Shadowkeep has made some Problems of Destiny better but it hasn't fixed them as a whole.

    Gear 2.0 is good, but not great, I like the modding aspect but the Random Stat Rolls are just meh, I would like to see more of Armors that have just one or two stats high but right now every armor ist like max 18 points per stat what makes it hard to build ur charakter like u want to.

    Pvp and Gambit are still just no fun. The matchmaking is still not good, the netcode is one of the worst I have seen so far in a Shooter Game, there still Supers that are just way stronger than others. I'm not good at Pvp and that's why I need equal skill players in the enemy team but it's most of the Times just being crushed what makes it hard and time consuming for me do to the pvp challenges.

    The Gameplay is still fun

    Shadowkeep doesn't add much, the Story is short, not a lot of new Weapons, I know that they want to add new content to shadowkeep over the year but right now I feel like it's as bad as Curse of Osiris.

    The Vex Invasion Saison is ok, it has more stuff in it than shadowkeep right now, thats why I recommend to buy the Season pass for 10$ instead of shadowkeep.

    And with that as a whole I feel unsatisfied again with the evolution of destiny. It's getting better but the improvements are just way too slow    … Expand
  15. Renzokuken
    Oct 5, 2019
    3
    Ok, I'll try and avoid major spoilers, but to be honest the plot is so thin here it may well prove impossible.

    Shadowkeep is the inevitable outcome of destiny players begging for the return of nostalgic content from the first game. This expansion is (if you're a long term destiny player like myself) almost entirely derrived from content you've already paid for. The campaign consists of    Ok, I'll try and avoid major spoilers, but to be honest the plot is so thin here it may well prove impossible.

    Shadowkeep is the inevitable outcome of destiny players begging for the return of nostalgic content from the first game. This expansion is (if you're a long term destiny player like myself) almost entirely derrived from content you've already paid for. The campaign consists of a handfull of missions where you traverse locations on the moon you already visited in the first game, every single boss is a reskinned "nightmare" version of bosses we've already fought, this includes the final boss, almost all of the non-story related loot I recieved was Forsaken loot or older. The campaign is plot bare, incredibly short, answers no real questions and has you doing sidequest tier "kill X enemies with Y gun" style sidequest content for armour pieces for a good half of it's duration.

    When Bungie said we were going back to the moon, I expected some reuse of maps, what I didn't expect was almost the entire expansion (that we've unlocked so far) to be recycled content. It's completely unacceptable for bungie to resell us content we've already paid for.    … Expand
  16. Talisa
    Oct 6, 2019
    2
    An expansion that somehow manages to go in all the wrong directions.

    Boring & short campaign. Awful experience for new players. Removal of levels for said new players and they just throw you into the middle of it. The same boring endgame loop that has existed since the start with very few improvements. It honestly baffles me how this can continue each expansion. Even the cash shop    An expansion that somehow manages to go in all the wrong directions.

    Boring & short campaign.
    Awful experience for new players.
    Removal of levels for said new players and they just throw you into the middle of it.
    The same boring endgame loop that has existed since the start with very few improvements.

    It honestly baffles me how this can continue each expansion. Even the cash shop is still awful and greedy despite them getting away from Activision.    … Expand
  17. Max_Justice
    Oct 7, 2019
    4
    A lot of people keep saying that the game is "Better than it was 2 years ago" and that they fixed what was wrong with it. Let me be clear, they've only fixed one thing since release and that's moving shotguns, snipers, and fusion rifles to the secondary and primary slot. To be fair, this is a great change. But that's how it was in Destiny 1, so congratulations to Bungle there for beingA lot of people keep saying that the game is "Better than it was 2 years ago" and that they fixed what was wrong with it. Let me be clear, they've only fixed one thing since release and that's moving shotguns, snipers, and fusion rifles to the secondary and primary slot. To be fair, this is a great change. But that's how it was in Destiny 1, so congratulations to Bungle there for being exactly where you started.
    Now let's go to the things they haven't fixed. Gear progression is number one for me because it is why I quit 2 years ago. Instead of chasing interesting gear, you are chasing an imaginary number called power level. There's nothing inherently interesting about a number to determine how powerful you are but until you near max power level, that's all you have to chase. And it's extremely boring. On top of that, "Powerful gear" is still a thing where you can upgrade your gear until you hit a wall and then have to open powerful engrams to get gear with higher numbers, which have weekly lockouts. So now your power number, which isn't even interesting in the first place, has a weekly lockout preventing you from progressing. Awesome.
    I really can't stress enough how dumb the power level is. Bungie, it's just a number. It's not some cool weapon, or some sick powerful armor. It's a number. How disappointing

    On top of that, the way you level up is still the same as it was on release: world quests. yaaaaay. To be fair, world quests are kind of fun at first. Then you get annoyed with the repetition and the fact that many of the f2p newbies don't know how to do them. I'm also pretty sure the rewards for heroic and normal world quests are the same now so what's the point of the heroic version?

    On top of that, there's still no matchmaking for nightfalls and for anything other than normal strikes. You need to use third party software like discord for that. What's truly amazing is that there is already a matchmaking system, why not just use that? The fact I need to go to my web browser to find people to play with is baffling.

    Armor 2.0 is terrible. Remember when I was talking about how bad the power level was for determining power? Well Armor 2.0 fully embraces the power level as now armor pieces are just some power number additions that have mod slots. There's nothing special about armor now, in fact people are using their power 750 old gear because it's better. Obviously it's better, because it has useful stats on it (not just a meaningless power number) Which leads to my next point:

    Mods are useless. I remember when someone was saying at launch how cool it would be if they made the modding system more like warframe where the mods actually gave good buffs. But they don't. The buffs are boring as well. A little damage resistance here, some recoil reduction there. Seriously who TF cares? Give us something interesting

    All in all, this whole steam release has been as disappointing as the original release. The game is good for about 8 hours of fun, and since it took me about 24 hours to download it I'll say that it's not even worth downloading    … Expand
  18. Zeev
    Oct 3, 2019
    1
    The new UI system is a mess, if you are a new player and buy an expansion, for example "Forsaken", you have no clue how to start its questline.
    When googling for it you get old articles for the old version.
    Only after asking on the forums you understand how to start the questline.
    What a pile of garbage.
  19. Patti200219
    Oct 1, 2019
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The servers being down day one was bad but once I got in was blown away by the story and the moon. The moon remains similar to destiny 1 but with more areas and changes. Giant red towers and huge cracks in the moon make it stand out from other planets in destiny 2. The story is good from what I have played. Your guardian actually talks!! They FINALY introduced the triangles that you see at the end of the original campaign in D2. The weapon changes and super changes are also great. Titan is actually a good class to play now and not useless because of the bubble buff (aka weapons of light). I would say if you liked destiny 2 or 1 before you will really like shadowkeep. Also people leaving 0 ratings for the servers being down STOP you haven’t even played the story you can’t rate a game if you haven’t even played it… Expand
  20. SoulWar
    Oct 11, 2019
    5
    Shadowkeep is a fail.
    Armor 2.0, new raid, new weapon its all trash. I see the sunset of a once good game.
    Welcome to capitalism from Bungie.
  21. ugaaa5
    Oct 5, 2019
    0
    Do NOT buy this DLC. Campaign is terrible and short, and the rest is mostly recycled content.
  22. z2ocky
    Oct 1, 2019
    10
    This is an amazing addition to the game and it seems that bungie is taking a step in the right direction. Giving this a 10 to help balance the tests who don't know how to review games properly.
  23. dislexicpotato
    Oct 1, 2019
    7
    If you weren’t interested in Destiny before, this ain’t gonna tickle your fancy. However the content in this expansion is very polished and enjoyable overall, even if it does still feel very same-y.
  24. Sentinal
    Oct 1, 2019
    10
    Shadowkeep is a great expansion to Destiny 2. If you may not have liked destiny 2 before, you might like it now if you have played D1. The moon returning is a great addition to an already massive game. If you are complaining about the servers, just wait. Bungie will announce when the servers will be back online. This is a destiny 2 expansion btw, so if you feel like dissing D2 go write aShadowkeep is a great expansion to Destiny 2. If you may not have liked destiny 2 before, you might like it now if you have played D1. The moon returning is a great addition to an already massive game. If you are complaining about the servers, just wait. Bungie will announce when the servers will be back online. This is a destiny 2 expansion btw, so if you feel like dissing D2 go write a review for that.… Expand
  25. Xvalence
    Oct 1, 2019
    10
    Everything about this expansion is amazing good job Bungie well deserved I have played destiny 1 for about it’s launched and destiny 2 aswell I have to say they have build the game back up since they left a snake company like Activision I’m glad they listened to their fans destiny will be a game for generations to come even if you’re a newcomer or a veteran the destiny community is one ofEverything about this expansion is amazing good job Bungie well deserved I have played destiny 1 for about it’s launched and destiny 2 aswell I have to say they have build the game back up since they left a snake company like Activision I’m glad they listened to their fans destiny will be a game for generations to come even if you’re a newcomer or a veteran the destiny community is one of the best gaming community to be part of we all help each other out and make sure everyone is enjoying their experience with the game I have to say this expansion did really well I can’t wait for what’s in store for us Bungie… Expand
  26. fenix_revolt
    Oct 14, 2019
    8
    Haven’t played it since Forsaken. Pretty good experience since. Since I need at least 75 characters i wrote this extra stuff
  27. Seanysean05
    Oct 1, 2019
    10
    Amazing, first story unbelievable. They’ve clearly worked so hard making it and yeah it’s brilliant
  28. CrazyCam
    Oct 2, 2019
    0
    Completely recycled content. Feels like I'm playing Destiny 1 again. The game is still fun and mechanics is still very good, and the loot system change is nice. But like there is nothing that is new to justify paying for it as not just a DLC.
  29. nermack
    Oct 14, 2019
    0
    Very bad game. There is nothing new. It's all just reskinned for full price with pay to win throw in for free players. Now that it is f2p everyone cheats since even if you got banned you just make a new free account. Stay away from this trash. There is nothing new from destiny 1. Nothing.
  30. DrugOfGods
    Oct 2, 2019
    9
    For those saying this is "recycled content", I strongly disagree. This is "recycled" in the same way that a movie sequel featuring many of the same locations and characters is "recycled". Destiny has some excellent content that has been left behind in the past, and this expansion seeks to build on that foundation while setting the stage for future content. The story, visuals and gameplayFor those saying this is "recycled content", I strongly disagree. This is "recycled" in the same way that a movie sequel featuring many of the same locations and characters is "recycled". Destiny has some excellent content that has been left behind in the past, and this expansion seeks to build on that foundation while setting the stage for future content. The story, visuals and gameplay are excellent.… Expand
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Feb 28, 2020
    80
    A slightly smaller but still great addition with wonderful atmosphere and a collection of new activities. A must-play for Destiny players and a good reason for everyone else to jump onto the “Destiny Train”. In the case of PC version, it is also on Steam. [Issue#299]
  2. Edge Magazine
    Nov 10, 2019
    70
    Shadowkeep delivers on our expectations, giving us more of the things about Destiny we like, while reminding us that nostalgia ain't what it used to be. [Issue#139, p.106]
  3. Softpedia
    Oct 22, 2019
    75
    It's a pity that all these great changes are overshadowing the core content of the Shadowkeep expansion, but I can't say I'm surprised. For newcomers to the universe, Destiny 2 will be quite overwhelming, while veterans of the series might not find enough reasons to buy the new Shadowkeep expansion unless they really want to check out the new raid and all the gear it drops. But I'm leaning towards “wait for sale.”
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