Destiny 2

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4.3

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1731 Ratings

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  1. chronoT
    Nov 28, 2017
    7
    I have to say I am a little surprised at the level of hate towards Destiny 2. Maybe it's because I received it for free with another purchase online or I haven't played much of the original Destiny, but I don't have nearly as much negativity towards it as man other reviewers do. Yes the game is grindy after completion and yes the itemization and overall customization is a little sub par,I have to say I am a little surprised at the level of hate towards Destiny 2. Maybe it's because I received it for free with another purchase online or I haven't played much of the original Destiny, but I don't have nearly as much negativity towards it as man other reviewers do. Yes the game is grindy after completion and yes the itemization and overall customization is a little sub par, but Destiny 2 looks incredible, runs completely smooth, and is continuing to offer a fun multiplayer/co-op experience with BattleNet friends. The music is enjoyable as well and matches up with the several different planets available to explore, which as stated are unique and very pleasing on the eyes. Combat is somewhat tedious at times but is very fluid, and although weapon variety is somewhat lacking the guns available are likable and fun to use. The story is not strong, rather mediocre, but with the continuation in DLC and the main focus not being the story I still think there is potential here because the world is mostly lively and fun to travel about. Overall I personally enjoy Destiny 2 but even though I was surprised at the negativity, after reading many user reviews I somewhat agree about the complaints in price and continued cost of soon to be released DLC, it would have been better if all the content was released at once.… Expand
  2. BestNoob
    Feb 18, 2020
    7
    Destiny 2 ist ein Spiel mit Atemberaubenden Landschaften, sehr guter Performance und Grafikqualität.
    Und bietet eine interessanten Story und viele Multiplayer Möglichkeiten.
    Andererseits bietet das Spiel wenig Inhalt ohne die überteuerten Erweiterungen und sehr unausgeglichene PvP Kämpfe und Spielmodi. Dafür ist es das einzige Spiel seines Genre welches Platformübergreifende    Destiny 2 ist ein Spiel mit Atemberaubenden Landschaften, sehr guter Performance und Grafikqualität.
    Und bietet eine interessanten Story und viele Multiplayer Möglichkeiten.

    Andererseits bietet das Spiel wenig Inhalt ohne die überteuerten Erweiterungen und sehr unausgeglichene PvP Kämpfe und Spielmodi.

    Dafür ist es das einzige Spiel seines Genre welches Platformübergreifende Speicherstände bietet, somit kann man jederzeit zwischen PC und Konsole wechseln.

    Für ein paar gute Spielstunden mit Freunden auf jeden Fall zu empfehlen.    … Expand
  3. sft
    Feb 23, 2021
    7
    Kismet.

    7.5/10 • Fun for about 300 hrs (I have 300+ on Battle.net), after that not so much.
  4. Hack
    Nov 24, 2017
    7
    The game itself is solid, it's well made from top to bottom and it's a lot of fun to play, the problem is there's nothing to do, once you reach around 265 power everything slows down, and very few of the activities will increase your power in any sort of timely manner which cuts down the worthwhile content considerably. Destiny 2 is a very frustrating game because I really do want to playThe game itself is solid, it's well made from top to bottom and it's a lot of fun to play, the problem is there's nothing to do, once you reach around 265 power everything slows down, and very few of the activities will increase your power in any sort of timely manner which cuts down the worthwhile content considerably. Destiny 2 is a very frustrating game because I really do want to play it, but I just feel like there's no point.… Expand
  5. SypherZ
    Oct 26, 2017
    7
    The game itself is fun, its also very beautiful.

    But, the UI feels like a console UI, so it feels like a port and i dont like it.
    The items and looting dosent feel meaningful like other action rpgs, hack and slash games or
    whatever.
  6. manuelgcg
    Nov 19, 2017
    7
    Destiny 2 takes huge step forwards with small steps backs when compared over Destiny 1.

    Pros - Beautiful cutscenes - GREAT weapon feels - Gorgeous graphics - Cool-looking classes and armors - Coherent story - Leviathan Raid - Intense 4v4 PVP, but... Cons -... having a group of 6 (Imagine that after finishing the raid, you want to do some crucible) makes you to kick out some    Destiny 2 takes huge step forwards with small steps backs when compared over Destiny 1.

    Pros
    - Beautiful cutscenes
    - GREAT weapon feels
    - Gorgeous graphics
    - Cool-looking classes and armors
    - Coherent story
    - Leviathan Raid
    - Intense 4v4 PVP, but...

    Cons
    -... having a group of 6 (Imagine that after finishing the raid, you want to do some crucible) makes you to kick out some members of your fireteam.
    - Lack of End Game
    - Exotics do not feel special anymore
    - Game drastically tuned down for casual gamers    … Expand
  7. KittyWhisky
    Nov 4, 2017
    7
    To entice new players to DESTINY 2 appeared a single company. It has a very nice video, but the story itself is very weak. Anyway the story in movies is often different, he in our history. And guardians that the loss of light for the entire game did nothing! For a story to pass the game, just not worth it.

    In DESTINY 2 wonderful music. In the beginning of the story, going through the    To entice new players to DESTINY 2 appeared a single company. It has a very nice video, but the story itself is very weak. Anyway the story in movies is often different, he in our history. And guardians that the loss of light for the entire game did nothing! For a story to pass the game, just not worth it.

    In DESTINY 2 wonderful music. In the beginning of the story, going through the mountain, direct your breath away from such wonderful music. So, the game looks quite nice.

    We all play in DESTINY 2 because of the gameplay. And great! Bungie always does a wonderful shoutarou mechanics. To shoot, use abilities is incredibly nice. Thanks gameplay game addictive. You are immersed in gameplay and don't notice that ****

    DESTINY 2 - a machine devouring time. It's fun to play. It would be interesting to participate in various PVE battles. PVP is very high quality. The game is addictive. DESTINY 2 is definitely very good. But apart from endless killing of mobs there's nothing in it.    … Expand
  8. Aether25
    Oct 27, 2017
    7
    Now by no means is Destiny a perfect game, to some it might not even be a good game. But it sure is a fun game, after the campaign... it's "story rich" Campaign leaves a lot to be desired, with it being only about 10 hours long, if that. The villain is actually rather bland, they could have done more with his inner conflict but chose to leave that out of the game? I don't know why, on theNow by no means is Destiny a perfect game, to some it might not even be a good game. But it sure is a fun game, after the campaign... it's "story rich" Campaign leaves a lot to be desired, with it being only about 10 hours long, if that. The villain is actually rather bland, they could have done more with his inner conflict but chose to leave that out of the game? I don't know why, on the surface he is a conflicted villain who wants to obtain the light the "right way" but then chose to do it by force... huh? He wanted to go against his teacher's teaching and then decides to just say screw it I'll do it the wrong way, very confusing. Also I think the only character I actually cared about in the campaign was the Cade and his trusty sidekick Colonel Chicken. I think the only game that I've beaten the story mode faster in was mortal kombat X (In one sitting) Destiny only took me two sittings. Campaign was quite lackluster.

    Alright now we are getting to the juicy goodness of Destiny 2. If you have a friend that plays PC, you better tell him/her to get this game right now, it is the best CO-op experience on the market with the PvE format, nothing comes even close to what Destiny 2 can do. The strike missions are the icing on the cake and the goal of all Destiny players to complete, the prestige mode is also a welcome challenge to the game that I hope to get to come day... Which leads me to my next topic... The grind... is very real, it might be the reason why the campaign was so short (maybe it was like a tutorial for the real game actually...). If you don't like grinding, just get out now, there is no game for you here. Those that do however, you are going to get such a rush when you get the one armor piece that you've been grinding for hours to find and when you get it, the feeling is like magic, for real, you feel like you're on cloud nine, there's nothing else like it in any other FPS.

    Okay, now time for the dumpster fire that is PvP, seriously, what were they thinking? Is the matchmaking run by baboons? How come In PUBG I can match up with nearly 100 players instantly, when in Destiny 2 it not only takes 2 minutes, but I get matched with three randoms vs a group of four in a clan... seriously? How is this even possible? And don't even get me started on the Aim Assist problem, come on really? If you need a controller to play a FPS on PC than why did you buy the game on PC in the first place!?!?!?

    *sigh* Okay, the rant is over. I have to give credit where credit is due to the developers of this game... Vicarious Visions, these guys deserve an award for bringing a game that was meant to be played with a mouse and keyboard to the PC, these guys have done a phenomenal job for making the PC version of this game beautiful, and I don't get enough credit for this achievement in video gaming history. From a technical standpoint, this is how a good game on consoles can be infinitely better on PC, thank you Vicarious Visions, for setting an example for the game development community.

    You may be pondering on the score of 7/10, and I was thinking about it myself... doesn't just mean that the game is average? Barely passing? It means both of those things, but it also means that there is room for improvement as well. Destiny 2 in it's current state is an average game but with incredible potential, so many things are locked behind closed profit doors. Will I probably open those profit doors? Yes, yes I will. Battlefront 2 is making steps in the right direction saying that ALL DLC will be free. I hope Bungie's dip in profits from the last Destiny show them that most of the gaming community will not stand for this kind of pay more to play more scheme, it worked with EA, why not Bungie? Come on guys, you are so close, just make the DLC free and everyone will play your game till the end of time. Just make the DLC free and this score will instantly go up 2 points.    … Expand
  9. Starvald
    Nov 7, 2017
    7
    I give this game a 7/10, because while the gameplay itself is fun, action packed and visually impressive (and it runs impressively well), the game has some pretty important shortcomings.

    First is the severe lack of many social features. Inviting your friend to a party requires way too many clicks and menu openings, that is, once you find out how to do it in the first place; the process    I give this game a 7/10, because while the gameplay itself is fun, action packed and visually impressive (and it runs impressively well), the game has some pretty important shortcomings.

    First is the severe lack of many social features. Inviting your friend to a party requires way too many clicks and menu openings, that is, once you find out how to do it in the first place; the process is too long and complicated for something that could be as simple as a chat command. Besides that, there is simply no local/region chat, no custom channels, and no channels for specific purposes (like a lfg chat), there is only a team and fireteam (party, essentially) chat. Furthermore there is no way to browse active clans ingame. These problems all exacerbate the issues I will be getting into next.

    Second, after reaching the endgame you will quickly reach a point where the only content that makes sense for you to do, requires you to be in a group. Inconveniently, there is no matchmaker for this content (nightfall strikes and raid). This in itself is not catastrophic, but it would have been nice to have a matchmaker. The real problem lies in the fact that not only is there no matchmaker, there is also no way to actually assemble a group for it ingame, no lfg channels, no lfg player status, nothing. To actually assemble a group, you need to use one of various third party tools. Personally I was tempted to join a clan at this point, to have some more consistent endgame options. You can join a clan through the rather archaic method of applying through a website. However upon joining a clan i realized that there is no clan chat, and thus discovered my clans discord channel. In the end, as a casual player, joining a clan turned out to be more or less joining a lfg channel, however even for that i have to tab out of the game.

    Playing through the endgame is an appealing idea to me, however I am not nearly committed enough to the game to jump through all those hoops for the chance on a good time, when I can just play other games instead.

    I found the game to be worth the box price, but no more. The game itself is fun, but severely gets in the way of you enjoying it after a certain point. If you think you might enjoy it, i would suggest you buy the base game with no season pass or whatever, and dont buy any silver either, untill you have completed at least one nightfall strike. At that point you should well be able to determine if you want to invest the effort to get into the real endgame, and, potentially, put more money into it.    … Expand
  10. MarcinW
    Jan 7, 2018
    7
    Didn't play D1 on console, so D2 is an completely new experience for me.

    +Great art, backed by a well optimized graphics engine, +Simple but solid, fps story, that just works, backed by deep lore, +Memorable, well voice acted characters, +Comic relief quest givers on 2 planets(a great addition to generally serious tone of the game), +Great gunplay. +Music -Lack of social    Didn't play D1 on console, so D2 is an completely new experience for me.

    +Great art, backed by a well optimized graphics engine,
    +Simple but solid, fps story, that just works, backed by deep lore,
    +Memorable, well voice acted characters,
    +Comic relief quest givers on 2 planets(a great addition to generally serious tone of the game),
    +Great gunplay.
    +Music

    -Lack of social features(chat), really cripples any form of teaming up,
    -No matchmaking for endgame content/ the guided games take to longto set up,
    -For the repetitive endgame to work it needs to have choosable dificulities, right now the game is too easy for it to be enjoyable.

    Overall a recommended game for someone searching something different on PC. A good blend of PvE + co op and PvP. Usually it's all PvP + forced SP campaign.

    If your like this game and want more The Division from Ubisoft is a similar type of game.

    Based of ~60h of play time.    … Expand
  11. PokemonStyle
    Nov 16, 2017
    7
    + Great shooter mechanics and PvE combats
    + Amazing soundtrack
    + Pretty good visual design ( EDZ for example ) + Very nice PC optimization ( on my pc it feels great, not sure about everyone else ) - One of the worst PvP combats in AAA games for the last years - Very careful and mediocre singleplayer campaign - There is no chat clan right in the game Destiny 2 is a very good game,    + Great shooter mechanics and PvE combats
    + Amazing soundtrack
    + Pretty good visual design ( EDZ for example )
    + Very nice PC optimization ( on my pc it feels great, not sure about everyone else )

    - One of the worst PvP combats in AAA games for the last years
    - Very careful and mediocre singleplayer campaign
    - There is no chat clan right in the game
    Destiny 2 is a very good game, but from my point of view it doesn't feel like a complete sequel for the first Destiny.    … Expand
  12. RetroWarrior
    Dec 10, 2017
    7
    I normally don't post game reviews, but seeing all the 0 or 10 reviews I'm hoping that people can see what I feel is an honest review. I played Destiny 1 from the very beginning all the way to the end and picked up Destiny 2 for PC on release. I also play Warframe and consider Warframe and Destiny to be completely different games; it’s like comparing Devil May Cry to Call of Duty.

    Pros    I normally don't post game reviews, but seeing all the 0 or 10 reviews I'm hoping that people can see what I feel is an honest review. I played Destiny 1 from the very beginning all the way to the end and picked up Destiny 2 for PC on release. I also play Warframe and consider Warframe and Destiny to be completely different games; it’s like comparing Devil May Cry to Call of Duty.

    Pros
    -Visually a beautiful game. I often find myself just stopping and admiring the scenery.
    -The gunplay feels really good. I love first person shooters and everything about shooting feels really well done to me. Yes, it is very upsetting for my rocket to barely miss the enemy because he lifted his arm up, but great that it’s not just one big hitbox where the enemy is.
    -It’s fairly easy to progress. There aren’t any random modifiers on items; if you and a friend both find the same gun they will be the same gun. No hoping for the best rolls on a drop; once you’ve got the item, you’ve got the item. Evens the playing field, no more complaining that your teammates doing better with the same weapon because they have better modifiers on theirs.
    -For Destiny 1 players: you can fast travel to select locations when doing patrols. Definitely beats running around the whole area just to get to a certain area. I was really happy not having to run around the dreadnaught all day to alternate between Court of Oryx and finding all the calcified fragments.
    -Destiny 1 had an upgrade system where you had to “level up” your items and required additional materials to unlock the upgrades such as relic iron and spinmetal. You could find and collect these resources spawned in random nodes on planets, by doing patrol missions, or by turning in a special currency called legendary marks. If you loved having a large variety of items like I did you would be farming a lot just so you could actually use your items to their full potential.
    -You can actually get emotes from bright engrams which you get when you level up. In Destiny 1 if you wanted a specific emote your only choice was spending silver, which cost real-life money.

    Cons
    -Features from Destiny 1 didn’t make it into Destiny 2(yet). I’ve heard it was because that once Destiny 1 was released the team who made it went straight into development for Destiny 2 and a different team did the rest of the content for Destiny 1. Strike specific loot, choosing the pvp mode, replaying story missions/strikes at will, daily heroic story missions, and secret patrols are all missing from the game at the moment just to name a few. They’ve recently reintroduced heroic strikes again with the first dlc; no scoring, medals, or modifiers though.

    -Pretty much no customization for abilities compared to Destiny 1. You get two skill trees for each subclass. Destiny 1 had many nodes you could mix and match with to create a more unique playstyle with for your character which also affected your stats. In Destiny 2, you can only change your stats via your armor.
    -No general chat and the ability to receive whispers is disabled by default. Makes it pretty difficult to find groups if you aren’t dedicated to searching for groups.
    -You can’t buy specific weapons/armor from vendors besides 1 item during faction rally. You’re at the mercy of RNG for most items in the game now. No more buying hung jury to wreck PVE content.
    -The story isn’t very engaging in my opinion. At least it was better than Destiny 1 where the story upon release was just a mess.
    Neutral(These can be seen as pros or cons depending on the players)
    -Pvp is much more teamplay focused than Destiny 1. The amount of players in a pvp match was also lowered from 12 total to 8 total so it also feels a lot slower to me.
    -Shaders are a single use item that you individually apply to gear to change its color. Similar to Chroma from Destiny 1. Some people complained about this system but I love it. I play about 8 hours a week and I have a ton of shaders. Since they can be individually applied I can make myself look like a great neon rainbow of colors. The only shaders I miss from Destiny 1 are Glowhoo and Ascendant Plane.
    Some other notes
    -Destiny 1 had the same amount of strikes on release as Destiny 2. It really sucks that you can’t choose to play individual ones and play through them at random; but it is the same amount as Destiny 1 on release.
    -To me, the game is the most fun when you play with your friends. I enjoy challenging myself and soloing the nightfall and the raid entrance; but I really have the most fun doing patrols, strikes, and pvp with my buddies. There’s not a whole lot for solo players in my opinion but that is kind of blanket statement; I think most games can be fun when you have friends to play with.

    Too long; didn’t read
    -Destiny 2 is more casual friendly than Destiny 1. No grinding for hours a day every day.
    -Gunplay and visuals are great.
    -Not a lot of content for more dedicated players.    … Expand
  13. FeralMonkeyMAgi
    Jan 14, 2018
    7
    A decent game; outstanding visuals and sound, voice acting improved from the first game, more missions (though variety can become an issue) and combat mechanics are solid - it 'feels' good to shoot things and the horde type enemies are fun to engage with.

    All in all, it's enjoyable. Play the free demo first to decide for yourself.
  14. AnOddParadox
    Jan 21, 2018
    7
    This game has so much potential that is caught up in complete B.S. Once you beat the main game the game feels kid of empty. The bosses are too easy (especially the final boss in story mode). The multiplayer feel kind of lack luster. But the good things are the things that keep me playing. The controls, the optimization, the gameplay. The point of making the boss fights easier are to makeThis game has so much potential that is caught up in complete B.S. Once you beat the main game the game feels kid of empty. The bosses are too easy (especially the final boss in story mode). The multiplayer feel kind of lack luster. But the good things are the things that keep me playing. The controls, the optimization, the gameplay. The point of making the boss fights easier are to make it more accessible to newer players which I understand and somewhat appreciate especially if I'm looking for a chill experience. But why not add difficulty selection like the first game? That is one of the biggest things for me. If they added that this might be an eight but for now it is a seven. Buy this game when it is on sale or when it is worth buying full price.… Expand
  15. Xirhanna
    Feb 2, 2018
    7
    You know, this game was a lot better than I thought it would be. Graphics were great and the story was pretty ok. Competitive mode isn't very much fun and the game is kind of repetitive but it was easily dealt with. Destiny 2 shouldn't have such a negative response but the publisher/developer or whatever has really started to being... not the nicest of people. That's a warning.
  16. Vargas78
    Apr 4, 2018
    7
    Coming from a PC gamer, i found core gameplay decent, reminds me a bit of the old halo games but with open world areas and other players. Graphics and music are also good. But it's a bit low on features and social options are minimal. I got the game on promotion and think it was a decent deal at that price but at full price i'd expect a bit more. So i give it a 7, which is good but notComing from a PC gamer, i found core gameplay decent, reminds me a bit of the old halo games but with open world areas and other players. Graphics and music are also good. But it's a bit low on features and social options are minimal. I got the game on promotion and think it was a decent deal at that price but at full price i'd expect a bit more. So i give it a 7, which is good but not great, because i do find the gameplay fun for the most part but it could have done more to build on the first game (which i never played, but i hear it was very similar).

    So to conclude, i liked the PVE/co-op gameplay but I didn't enjoy the PVP having to play people many power levels above me. PVP felt kind of similar to overwatch but not as good due to less balance, variety and smaller sized engagements.    … Expand
  17. EzCheezy
    May 23, 2018
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Destiny 2 is very fun and I feel the coolest part about it is the pathways. Now I don’t know if I just got ultra-mega lucky, but the direction you go is very natural and they flow very well. I’ve been to 15-16 different cross-roads and only one of two ways you move will be the right way. But it’s almost, by instinct, you know which way to go, it’s very natural and feels complete. The thing about Destiny 2 is the progression is really sped up and you get stuff pretty rapidly depending on how much you play.

    The progression system is very speedy as if the developers were afraid players were going to get scared off by the lack of acquiring weapons and armor, you know cool stuff that makes the game interesting. Some of the weapons are even recycled back to you with just more damage, most of the time they have the same name.

    The story is pretty good, but however there are some missions that repeat themselves over and over and they get stale. By repeated missions I mean the same type of combat and objectives, it gets more interesting towards the end of the game. The main repetition is the enemies, unfortunately the developers haven’t realized that giving an enemy more health does not make the combat harder. If anything it makes the enemies bullet cushions and it always just makes them more annoying to fight.

    The exploration is fantastic and there is always something to shoot and fight and murder. The best part about Destiny 2 is that there is barely any down time at all, and that makes up for most flaws. Every corner you turn there will most likely be an enemy trying to blow your face off.

    Now let’s talk about visuals, they are AMAZINGLY GORGEOUS. Seriously at the beginning of the game there is a part where you see the trapped traveler and its caged light in the distance, and holy sh*t is it beautiful.

    The amazing part is the unreal, unnecessary amount of detail put into these destroyed forgotten environments.    … Expand
  18. HAG3N
    May 2, 2019
    7
    If taken as a whole, there is very little technically wrong with D2. So why does it tank in reviews? 2 main reasons really(IMHO):
    1, its competent but bland.
    2, Bungie have alienated the D2 fan-base with some pretty shady practices. Maybe this was due to it's former partnership with activision, as appears to be the case. Firstly, let me just say I'm not going to needlessly drag a game    If taken as a whole, there is very little technically wrong with D2. So why does it tank in reviews? 2 main reasons really(IMHO):
    1, its competent but bland.
    2, Bungie have alienated the D2 fan-base with some pretty shady practices. Maybe this was due to it's former partnership with activision, as appears to be the case.

    Firstly, let me just say I'm not going to needlessly drag a game because I personally feel let down by it. Game play is fluid and reliable. It is a vast sandbox with plenty to see and do, for the newer player - and there in lies one of the problem. It is a big, glitzy and glamorous experience, as any AAA game on the market. However, whilst doing everything well, there is little that jumps out and "wows" you.

    One area that flops entirely is: Comms. You would think that a game that requires you to team up with other players for 70% of the content, would have some well thought out communication system? Well no. Bungie has opted for an extremely ill thought out, or more likely a safe, approach. To avoid the possibility of anyone saying anything that might upset anyone - they've gagged everyone. Want to team up? Good luck doing that in the anti-social "social hubs". You will need to do any comms through a third party app like discord. And this is a massive deterrent for the newer player. All of this content, and they're locked out of it. If by some chance you do find and active clan, more often than not, they will already be established and direct noobs to one of the discord LFGs(looking for group), because they won't be able to inflict damage in raids etc, until above a certain light level. Putting usable communications alone would have done wonders for the game.

    Bad faith season passes and content drops: really gets my blood boiling. I am older and have the disposable income to buy a game or two, when I want unwind with friends. But, when some kids has saved up for D2, only to find themselves having to shell out more, every few months. Because the game has adopted a "games as a service" model. Isn't exactly fair to them. They don't pay? They get locked out of new content, and cannot progress to the levels those who paid do. And several months down the line, when Bungie release content that they do want and can afford? Well... they have to buy the other junk content first. This is what I mean by shady practices. I'm not going to get into the Eververse fiasco. No, D2 screwed it's player base 3 months after launch with the "curse of Osiris" release, and saw the numbers tank. It was garbage, that very few liked, on a lonely desolate tiny map with no redeeming features. Since then there have been some great content releases, but the damage was done.

    Since the "curse of Osiris" fumble, most content releases have been tepid at best; mainly centering around cheap PvP maps. Bungie still haven't got the message about D2 PvP. Many other free to play games do PvP much better. They have also become a victim of their own massaged figures. Those that play D2 for PvP and or Gambit modes, are a tiny percentage of players, and youtubers/streamers, showcasing their skills. Most players(and all solo players) don't care for going into a PvP map to get fragged by a team, or pro team, sitting "team shooting" them from across the map - and only play these modes because they are forced to complete their weekly milestones. Yet, Bungie, seeing the player count on PvP, think that this is a popular mode. IT IS NOT BUNGIE. It's an awful "click fest" on a cramped map, that you have told them they need several hundred kills on, for a quest step. But, because they are solo queuing, and getting team shot, takes them forever. Bugie then takes these "forced attendance" figures, and thinks, "they must really like PvP, we'll give them more". They don't! They're hostages lol. Making death match levels for doom and quake(years ago) was something we did over night to play with mates the next day. The assets already exist, you just plug them together, test it, and bingo - free content. We didn't take 3 months and charge each other £20 for it. It's lazy, and an insult to paying customers. Remove the need to play PvP for these quests, and you will see the real numbers.

    Most of the players today are wanting to explore the world, find new stuff, Lore, and love the story. They can clearly spot when a character from the lore has been shoe-horned in as an excuse to provide a low effort, cheap, recyclable content to charge extra for. You ask them to solve some amazingly difficult, and well thought out puzzles in raids etc(that Destiny does better than anywhere else), but think they can't see this? I hemorrhages players, and is exploitative to the younger player. Don't rob kids for heaven's sake. Then have the cheek to harp on about equality, diversity, and inclusion. You cheapen those meaningful terms for profit.    … Expand
  19. Solarka
    May 22, 2019
    7
    Destiny 2 is a solid shooter. Shooting these guns feels good (although they lack variety), the surroundings, as well as graphics, are AWESOME (probably the strongest aspect of the game).
    It is a good shooter, but its a bad service. It is positioned as a game for hundreds of hours, but it doesn't have so much content to actually fill those hours. After completing the story, the side    Destiny 2 is a solid shooter. Shooting these guns feels good (although they lack variety), the surroundings, as well as graphics, are AWESOME (probably the strongest aspect of the game).
    It is a good shooter, but its a bad service. It is positioned as a game for hundreds of hours, but it doesn't have so much content to actually fill those hours. After completing the story, the side missions, probably some lost sectors, trying out PvP, playing though every raid (maybe even a couple of times)... there is pretty much nothing to do. Running around the open environments randomly killing enemies doesn't count, simply because it is too boring for such a shooter. And all the things listed are generally completed within around 30-40 hours. Buying the expansions can prolong that by another 20-30 hours (that is inaccurate). However, that is not enough to get fun for hundreds of hours.
    Another issue is plot. And here i'm talking about both the main story, and stories for side missions. You can forget about the latter - it's simple "the enemy is doing something bad there, go there and kill everyone". The main plot can be rated 5/10.
    All in all, it is a decent science-fiction Doom. Nothing more.    … Expand
  20. Shimmeywill
    Apr 9, 2020
    7
    A decent time waster with friends for mindless shooting. Setting, characters and world design is unbelievably bland. Dialogue is either cringe or passable. A really forgettable experience overall. Would not play this if not with friends. Graphics are nice though and gunplay is solid.
  21. deno724
    Sep 15, 2019
    7
    First, i didn't play destiny. This is the first destiny game i played. I didn't buy the game for its story, this is why i gave 7 points. I liked looting for the first 20 hours, then i got bored and deleted the game. I remember that the boss fights were very easy and there were a little monster types. But even so the game is fun.
  22. moonlaba
    Jan 17, 2022
    7
    대체재가 없다지만 심한 부분은 정말 이래도 되나 싶을 정도로 망가져있는 작품. 하나밖에 없는 루트슈터 MMOFPS라지만 다르게 생각하면 여지껏 유일하게 살아남았다는것만으로도 그 완성도만큼은 인정해야될듯.
  23. Rick444
    Oct 18, 2020
    7
    Feels like a online halo or a halo ripoff...which is a good thing, and it feels like that because it was created by halo creators. For a new person to the franchise it feels like a mix between the division and mass effect Andromeda Or mix between Warhammer and halo etc etc
  24. Svetlendrius
    Jun 19, 2020
    7
    A good jerking party game, with some kind of plot and a little pumping. Not interesting pvp.
  25. DAN2EL
    Aug 14, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It was an immersive game, and the directing was also good. When Uldren Sov killed Cayde, I played the game with the only mind to kill him. It was the best game I've ever played. When this game is on Battlenet. As I moved on to Steam, my love for the game fell when I and my freshmen became similar, and I couldn't kill enemies in one shot who didn't have to care.… Expand
  26. Pizzexx
    Feb 19, 2022
    7
    간만에 복귀를 하려했더니 과거의 영광은 점부 창고행이라니..
    1인칭 루트슈터 장르중 이만한 게임은 앞으로도 찾기 힘들것같지만, 구매한 컨텐츠가 없어진다는것은 돈주고 산 유저입장으로는 이해불가하다.
    I was going to come back after a short while, but the glory of the past was going to the clerk's warehouse... It seems difficult to find a game like this in the first-person root shooter genre in the future, but it is incomprehensible from the point of view of a paid user that    간만에 복귀를 하려했더니 과거의 영광은 점부 창고행이라니..
    1인칭 루트슈터 장르중 이만한 게임은 앞으로도 찾기 힘들것같지만, 구매한 컨텐츠가 없어진다는것은 돈주고 산 유저입장으로는 이해불가하다.

    I was going to come back after a short while, but the glory of the past was going to the clerk's warehouse...
    It seems difficult to find a game like this in the first-person root shooter genre in the future, but it is incomprehensible from the point of view of a paid user that the purchased content disappears.    … Expand
  27. karmasleeper
    Nov 19, 2017
    6
    Destiny 2 is a game with a weak single player experience, weak main story, underwhelming gunplay, but entertaining cooperative and PvP content. Unfortunately, that good stuff comes all at the end game and you'll have to dredge through the 5-7 hour story to get there.

    Destiny 2 plays like a cross between Borderlands and Halo. It's a story driven shooter with repetitive level design,    Destiny 2 is a game with a weak single player experience, weak main story, underwhelming gunplay, but entertaining cooperative and PvP content. Unfortunately, that good stuff comes all at the end game and you'll have to dredge through the 5-7 hour story to get there.

    Destiny 2 plays like a cross between Borderlands and Halo. It's a story driven shooter with repetitive level design, samey reskin enemies, and randomized loot. As you progress through the game, you'll travel freely between different planets in the solar system. Each location has an open world area with public events and side quests. When you start a story mission in these areas, it's instanced. When you reach level 20 (max level), you'll return to these same areas to complete daily and weekly activities and challenges for randomize loot rewards. This can all be done cooperatively or solo and none of it presents any real challenge to a seasoned FPS player.

    Player movement and enemy animations/behavior is very similar to Halo. Jumps are long and floaty as if there's low gravity. What's disappointing is character movement doesn't factor into class abilities or combat with one or two rare exceptions. It's simply there to serve as a way to navigate weak platforming sections. Enemies will sometimes juke to the side or drop a shield, but this doesn't increase their threat to the player. It only serves as an annoyance to increase the time it takes to kill them. Most enemies seem to fire the same slow moving energy projectile weapons. While enemy factions are thematically different in appearance, it quickly becomes clear they are just different models for the same type of enemy with similar abilities. Weapons variety seems weak. There's a sufficient variety of weapon types, but not a lot of options within those categories. Many weapons simply feel like reskins of weapons in the same category with no sufficiently differentiating characteristics.

    The story is incredibly weak and predictable. Having not played the original Destiny, I had no grounding for who the main characters were or why I should care. The writing for character dialogue vacillates between self-important melodramatic posturing and hipster tier cringe (I'm looking at you Cayde-6). All I could gather from the story is that Guardians are religious zealots who worship a giant sphere which has visited earth and granted some people magical powers and immortality. In short, the Cabal did nothing wrong.

    End game content and PvP are pretty fun. Strikes are Destiny's version of raids where you and other players go through much more challenging levels and boss fights to get better loot rewards. Revisiting some of the open world story mission areas to do side quests is sometimes entertaining, too. Doing these gives you tokens you give to a local story character for, you guessed it, loot rewards.

    Destiny 2 is not worth full price especially considering there are going to be at least two paid DLC expansions. If all you want is a good coop game with your friends, Destiny 2 isn't a bad choice, but it may not have long term value for you. Don't buy it for the story.    … Expand
  28. inverted720
    Oct 25, 2017
    6
    This is a passable mediocre shooter. (no spoilers)

    I'll start by saying this might be the best PC PORT from console I've ever played. Day 1 launch is perfectly smooth, and no hints of bugs. The presentation here seems Blizzard influenced, which is to say the presentation of this product is flawless. No small feat in today's market! The engine looks amazing and delivers high FPS with no    This is a passable mediocre shooter. (no spoilers)

    I'll start by saying this might be the best PC PORT from console I've ever played. Day 1 launch is perfectly smooth, and no hints of bugs. The presentation here seems Blizzard influenced, which is to say the presentation of this product is flawless. No small feat in today's market! The engine looks amazing and delivers high FPS with no loss in frames on my 1070gtx at 1440p.

    And now for why this game is mediocre. First off the game basically plays itself. It is the most entry level shooter I could imagine a modern release being. It plays at about the Doom 2 level of difficulty. Kill things fast dodge left and right, use your abilities. Far too many of the enemies are mindless Zombies who are often un-cleverly spawned into the world, essentially right in front of you with a teleporter beam.
    The second problem is the loot and level systems. These are very simplistic, and the numbers make extremely minute differences on gameplay (Youtube these issues if you disagree). The 1-20 leveling system should have just been removed entirely. It serves as a 20 level skill stagger tutorial system that gets disposed of in 10 or so hours of game play never to have any use ever again unless you start a new character. As far as loot goes, there is just nothing to grind for as everything has been balanced so heavily you won't be getting any advantage over other players through item drops. It's hard to get excited about a vanilla loot system. I understand that an intricate loot system creates unbalance, but again where is the fun in everyone having access to all the same stuff?

    Lastly despite all the hullabaloo about the countless hours of story in Destiny 2, IT ISN'T COMPELLING! It is all cinematic to the 10th degree, told so that anyone including those with the most extreme attention deficits can follow along. The dialog is so cringe worthy you will have to confront yourself with why you aren't doing something productive.
    I've said this in other reviews, but these crazy over the top cinematics the AAA developers keep putting in their games aren't necessary. If you have an incredibly clever well-written story to tell at 100 decibels, by all means use it. But if you are including it just to check boxes it will look sloppy no matter how artistically you glide and swivel the camera around the terrible terrible lines and overused movie memes.

    In brief summary, you might enjoy this game if you want a great looking super casual shooter with RPG-ish elements and a 100 decibel 1000 milligram energy drink slammed story that will melt your face off.    … Expand
  29. Smuggly
    Nov 21, 2018
    6
    I received this game for free and I am glad I did not pay for it. Its neither good nor bad, but a solid MEH! Its a competent shooter, worth playing through the campaign once. However this game has no soul, it's a by the numbers game using a completely safe game design as not to offend anyone which has resulted in a boring repetitive game.
  30. Indrigis
    Oct 29, 2017
    6
    Destiny 2 could have been so much more if the developers actually looked at the game and decided "This is too exotic for the PC crowd". It's good it got released but none of the critic reviews mention how alien it is at it's core.

    The graphics are good, the music is awesome... The rest is kind of meh. First big problem with the game is that the social part is almost absent. There are    Destiny 2 could have been so much more if the developers actually looked at the game and decided "This is too exotic for the PC crowd". It's good it got released but none of the critic reviews mention how alien it is at it's core.

    The graphics are good, the music is awesome... The rest is kind of meh.

    First big problem with the game is that the social part is almost absent. There are two hubs where people can hang out but there's no global chat or local chat on the planets (something you could use to tell new people how to make an encounter heroic, for example). No group finding interface at all (although not too much content is available at release and there is no reason to choose a particular strike because they all give rewards from the same pool). The developers seem to be of a "It doesn't matter what you're farming, if you're farming" mindset.

    And the second problem is that the game offers nothing in terms of gameplay that has not been done better before it. Borderlands did the RPG/FPS part much better with more unique skill trees, a better variety of weapons and enjoyable platforming. Any MMORPG did the mass multiplayer better. Lots of games did story better.

    So the only thing that remains is a multiplayer RPG/FPS. And to be good at that Destiny just needs to be much more multiplayer-friendly. Assuming you're doing campaign/all the good exotic quests and have no friends who also bought the game, you'll spend about two thirds of your time alone.    … Expand
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 36 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 36
  3. Negative: 0 out of 36
  1. Cubed3
    Feb 6, 2018
    70
    While Destiny 2 has a solid foundation and a robust story campaign, its endgame content feels a little lacklustre. The sandbox doesn't have a whole lot of depth, and plumbing each of the hub worlds for secrets doesn't feel that rewarding. Grinding Public Events, Raids, and Strikes with friends is definitely a lot of fun, but there's a huge disconnect between content being cleared and your character strength increasing. There's still a lot of room for Destiny 2 to grow but, for now, it's still got a few kinks to work out.
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  2. CD-Action
    Jan 10, 2018
    95
    In a nutshell, Destiny 2 for PC is the same outstanding game we played on consoles, but even more enjoyable thanks to spectacular visuals, masterful optimization and much more suitable controls. [13/2017, p.75]
  3. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 2, 2018
    80
    Play this great shooter with your friends, it pays off. Then it will offer hours and hours of great fun without the stereotype. But be prepared the endgame will thoroughly test your patience and willingness to grind. [Issue#280]
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