Destiny 2: Beyond Light

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3.9

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 91 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 26 out of 91
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 91
  3. Negative: 53 out of 91

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  1. CHARLY0786
    Nov 11, 2020
    6
    Very short and repetitive, doesn't add up.
    Europa is beautiful, dinamic weather is vivid, but in the end nothing really changed from previous dlc, the story is very short with out thrills or emotional moments, characters are shallow and not interesting at all, new stasis ability are not very fun to use and there is no difference using it between the 3 different classes.
  2. PeLLi
    Nov 11, 2020
    5
    Beyond Light is very much hit and miss. Europa is easily the best part of the expansion, it's absolutely stunning! Story was decent enough, but was really short and basically feels like Forsaken lite without a Dreaming City-style arc to bolster it. New subclasses are good fun in PVE but have made PVP near unplayable. Performance has improved massively on PS4, though it was expected sinceBeyond Light is very much hit and miss. Europa is easily the best part of the expansion, it's absolutely stunning! Story was decent enough, but was really short and basically feels like Forsaken lite without a Dreaming City-style arc to bolster it. New subclasses are good fun in PVE but have made PVP near unplayable. Performance has improved massively on PS4, though it was expected since they vaulted so much content. Biggest disappointment is that there is very little new loot to earn at the moment (especially considering how much gear was sunset and removed). I found it quite funny that they stated this expansion would be between Taken King and Forsaken in terms of content, but right now the expansion has less content than Rise of Iron did. Super disappointed, just gotta hope there is more we just don't know about or hasn't been released yet, but I have my doubts.… Expand
  3. illeniux
    Nov 14, 2020
    5
    As a long time Destiny fan, this expansion does answer the questions we had from D1 (well most of them anyway) PvP is a broken mess because of Stasis, did they not test PvP at all before releasing Beyond Light? Please take Stasis out and make it a PvE only subclass or AT LEAST attempt to make it balanced. What angers me the most about the DLC is that Bungie took away two years worth ofAs a long time Destiny fan, this expansion does answer the questions we had from D1 (well most of them anyway) PvP is a broken mess because of Stasis, did they not test PvP at all before releasing Beyond Light? Please take Stasis out and make it a PvE only subclass or AT LEAST attempt to make it balanced. What angers me the most about the DLC is that Bungie took away two years worth of content that most of us paid for, but couldn’t add the same amount or close to enough content? One strike? Really? So dumb, the recycling of strikes and patrol zones IS NOT new content, it’s just bringing back what shouldn’t have been removed in the first place. The loot pool is hilariously small now to the point that getting the same gun/armour piece 5 times in a row is more common than a cold, why sunset weapons that we had to pour several hours into earning? Waste of our time. The campaign, while initially strong quickly turned into a “go here, kill stuff, kill boss, go there” structure again, Bungie you have been working on Destiny for years but you still can’t make another mission formula? It’s really old and boring. The main villain is cool but the boss fight was so pathetic, stop killing off the main villain of an expansion, it’s not good so please stop.


    Overall, do not buy this expansion, spend the money on something else. Wait for it to come on sale, but if you do buy it… please don’t play PvP, for your own sake. Bungie, you screwed up big time.    … Expand
  4. Huaweijeg5ufhh
    Nov 16, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Bungie, у меня к вам вопрос: почему так плохо!? Я всячески вас оправдывал, говорил мол "Destiny 2 Beyond ligth это - Destiny 3". Вы думаете что ограничение по уровню силы на броне и оружие это хорошая идея? Ваша игра как произведение прекрасна, но как игру вы её портите. Пусть вы вырезали старый контент, но зачем лишать людей их оружия, мы его фармили, а вы решили ввести отварные новые. Стазис, он сломан. Я как ПВПешер предлагаю сделать гранаты стазиса менее сильными. Из плюсов хочу отметить, то как получается новая экзотическая броня, Европа и лорная составляющая. В этом году была система сезонов, вы, цитирую "мы рассмотрели свои ошибки в этом году" и судя по тому, что вы рассказали о сезоне "охота"вы ничего не изменили. Я всё ещё люблю серию Destiny, но доверие к вам подорванно!… Expand
  5. cappy2895
    Nov 12, 2020
    7
    Love europa, like the new story and the ability to wield the dark, enjoy the new generic changes and looking forward to the new raid. Bit concerning that the armour I've grinded after 2.0 to eventually be sunset, bit pointless to me.
  6. Serginho07
    Feb 22, 2021
    5
    Люблю Destiny. Но бесконечный гринд просто выводит из себя. Когда оставалось еще всего каких-то жалких 10 уровней в боевом пропуске, я уже просто не мог в это играть, тупо перегорел. И это благо, что у меня еще Shadowkeep пройден не был, хоть там сюжеткой себя занял. Но дальше, больше ничего, кроме бесконечного, однообразного гринда игра больше ничего предложить не смогла, увы и ах. ЭтоЛюблю Destiny. Но бесконечный гринд просто выводит из себя. Когда оставалось еще всего каких-то жалких 10 уровней в боевом пропуске, я уже просто не мог в это играть, тупо перегорел. И это благо, что у меня еще Shadowkeep пройден не был, хоть там сюжеткой себя занял. Но дальше, больше ничего, кроме бесконечного, однообразного гринда игра больше ничего предложить не смогла, увы и ах. Это печально. Bungie, ну пожалуйста, ну постарайтесь вы уже накoнец.… Expand
  7. ggh4212
    Nov 18, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. (End of BL Campaign Spoilers) I'm going to go out of my way to make my opinion heard to hopefully bring about real change with Bungie and the way that things have been going on since their split with Activision and the previous two expansions. Firstly, would I recommend Destiny 2 as a whole? Yes, since Forsaken the game has gotten so much better than it was at launch and now it is free completely to pick up. However, with the vaulting of content in Beyond Light, almost all of the free content has been wiped out of the game. It's worth noting I have many, many hours in both Destiny games because I love the gameplay, loot, raid experience, etc. that Bungie RARELY fails to deliver on. This is sadly not so true here. In this DLC we have lost so much content, and it hasn't been replaced with content that is fun. The story to Beyond Light, definitely solid and a little weaker than Forsaken and Taken King, but it is not at all as poorly told as Shadowkeep. Things end on a cohesive and somewhat tragic note as we see Eramis betrayed by both the light and the dark. It's honestly sad and I hope that in the upcoming raid, she has some part to play. The one thing that I've always hated about Destiny expansions is the fact that in D2, most antagonists in the DLC's stories, aren't in the raids. Why is this? Moving on from story. Gameplay is still very good and the main reason I constantly come back to Destiny after all these years. The thing that needs the most improvement by far, is stasis. I played through the story solo and there is some shameless story length padding when the power level of every mission will be higher than you unless you want to grind powerful drops in order to hope to be close enough to do the mission. Now, back to my problems with stasis. Considering almost every mission excluding Glassway as I was not too underleveled to do that) is incredibly higher power level than you, getting hit with stasis, to put it bluntly, **** sucks. If you get frozen then you have to hold a button to get out of it, but it damages you. WTF? I'm already frozen and being shot at, meaning I'm taking damage. How are you going to go and make me take more damage from trying to be granted the ability to move again? Remove this please, Bungie. All that aside, my first playthrough was **** miserable, as I played on launch day, struggled on the missions, as mentioned, hated using the same Forsaken blues that didn't change, etc. In conclusion, Bungie, bring back the **** you vaulted. Optimize the game better for consoles instead of removing content as a way to fix it. Clean up the code. Add more strikes, more crucible maps, more gambit maps, and no more of these high power level missions that excede mine by a **** load. The loot pool is just as boring as it usually is for me in D2 because, quite simply, and factually so this can't be debated by fanboys and girls alike, the pool is just older weapons and the 30 new weapons. Almost 3/4 of your guns and armor have been removed and it was not a good idea. You've been able to pull this off in the past because there were so many weapons and it wasn't a permanent and consistent plan to remove people's guns that they spend time grinding for. The lack of planets is very hard to avoid noticing. This content may not have been your greatest, but it was ours. WE **** PAID FOR IT. We never payed for it to be removed and replaced with quite simply, not enough content. You should not remove 4 planets from the game and replace it with 2 reskinned ones from D1 and 1 new planet. There isn't enough content there to replace that which we lost. Same with the raids. Please Bungie, bring back all of the planets, raids, strikes, weapons, armor, and quests. I still love you guys and this game as it was apart of my childhood and is apart of me now. 6.5/10. Here are all the points listed in terms of how I came up with this score.
    1- The soundtrack is **** incredible as always.
    2- Europa and it's weather is also **** incredible. I loved experiencing it the first time around.
    3- The campaign was very close to the lore and I felt hardly any disconnects.
    4- The stasis abilities are amazing and I can't wait to get the new aspects and fragments for it to make them even more fleshed out.
    5- The Salvation's Grip and its associated exotic quest were such a blast to go through and the weapon is so much fun to use.
    6- A bonus point to hopefully encourage Bungie to get rid of sunsetting, and make Witch Queen and Lightfall the best expansions that Destiny fans and devs alike have ever seen.
    .5- This would be 7 points if it weren't for the fact that they removed over $40 of content and replaced it with what is $20 and sold it as $40. Also, the season pass and microtransactions that are half-assed and don't even look good until an event comes around.    … Expand
  8. HeartStrong07
    Nov 22, 2020
    6
    Okay, but not worth any of the special edition prices. Not a lot of new weapons and the new weapons are pretty boring and uninspired.
  9. Split_Decay
    May 15, 2021
    7
    DELAYED REVIEW

    When you play a franchised game for as long as I have, you go through its entirety. From the rocky launches and balancing issues, through to the well praised level designs and activities. There is a scope that being a new player will never quite understand, that visible progression of change that only veteran players can really see. Beyond Light is that progression of    DELAYED REVIEW

    When you play a franchised game for as long as I have, you go through its entirety. From the rocky launches and balancing issues, through to the well praised level designs and activities. There is a scope that being a new player will never quite understand, that visible progression of change that only veteran players can really see. Beyond Light is that progression of change.

    To me Beyond Light is a fundamental masterpiece, not the most flamboyant or remarkable, but fundamental. It’s created a new form of Destiny 2, expanded and reworked functions to give a better playing experience. From the change in menu UI, concrete narrative refinement and a consistent loot pool to live up to its looter shooter title.

    Though with all this, it has taken sacrifices. One namely is the “Sunsetting.” It was a topic of high dispute, and in some ways it still is. The idea was solid, cashing out your primary loot from yesteryear to invest in more up to date and better quality gear. Though the idea was not the problem, more so the implementation.

    Since a particular piece of gear can last 4 seasons, what’s the incentive to discard your old gear prematurely. Why go hunt new stat rolls when your old gear is going to suffice for a fair few months. I’m very much for and against sunsetting, but I don’t see it being much of an impact, which makes it a wasteful feature.

    In terms of Beyond Light itself, I have enjoyed the new subclass abilities, the new location and story arc. I love the revival of old friends and sparrowing through the snow coated landscape of Europa. Though persistent in giving us more things to explore and do, Destiny 2 is still the same grind fest it has always been for some time.

    Sometimes the time we put in, does not always reward you with equal reward. Sure you can hoard bounties and play the game that way, but for me that got boring, often ending my session after just an hour. I have said this many times before, but core activities like strikes, crucible even gambit, need to deliver more XP gains.

    As a solo PvE player, strikes back in the original Destiny were my endgame. Mainly because they suited solo play, and the hunt for those exclusives was fun and exciting. Even before the days of the skeleton keys, not knowing if you’d get the drop was the reason I kept coming back. Fast forward to present Destiny 2, and those once fun and enjoyable playlist strikes, have lost all their shine.

    In ending then, as much as Beyond Light brings about a new age and to many a new beginning. Some aspects are still being outshined by the former 7 year old instalment. In many ways Destiny 2 embarks in quality, but leaves a lot to be desired, Beyond Light just enforces this.    … Expand
  10. TG148
    Dec 1, 2020
    6
    Destiny 2 Beyond Light is an expansion that does sooo many things wrong but also does soo many things right.

    With the sunsetting of the majority of the guns and armors, there is a real and very noticeable lack of loot. There is no vendor reset and guns from previous expansions and DLC will the majority of the loot drop. The quests to unlock the rest of your stasis abilities it    Destiny 2 Beyond Light is an expansion that does sooo many things wrong but also does soo many things right.

    With the sunsetting of the majority of the guns and armors, there is a real and very noticeable lack of loot. There is no vendor reset and guns from previous expansions and DLC will the majority of the loot drop. The quests to unlock the rest of your stasis abilities it incredibly grindy and poorly thought out. Despite the obvious lack of new guns to earn in a “looter shooter”, with some of the “new” guns being simple reskins of previous guns, Bungie still has the audacity to fill the Eververse Microtransaction store with a slew of brand new weapon skins, sparrows, ships and more. Destiny 2’s Stasis, although fun in PVE, completely breaks PVP, making it the ONLY viable subclass. Bungie has either not comprehensively tested stasis in the crucible or has and elected NOT to do any balance tuning of the new subclass. Although, I suspect this will change in the upcoming weeks as Bungie finally begins to roll out sandbox updates. And although the new load time and performance update are wonderful, there is still a plethora of bugs and server issues.

    Now, despite the plethora of negatives, Beyond Light is the most "Destiny" expansion in a very long time. The music, the art, the environment is an absolute home-run, knocked it out of the ballpark. Europa and the Bray Tech Facilities are some of the best environments that Bungie has crafted. The lore has been expanded into readable books in the game. The music, oh my the music is absolutely wonderful! There is a real sense of renewed exploration as we venture onto a brand new planet and unlock brand new powers with unique new mechanics. Beyond Light puts the "space magic" back into Destiny, I really feel a sense of awe and wonder as I explore Beyond Light.

    Despite its many problems, Destiny 2: Beyond Light is an incredible addition to the game. I just wished that there was more loot to chase.    … Expand
  11. Stadianoob
    Dec 17, 2020
    7
    More Destiny. Faster load times. Wish factions and loot pool were added/increased.

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 16
  3. Negative: 1 out of 16
  1. GameMAG
    Dec 30, 2020
    70
    Destiny 2: Beyond Light is not a revolution in the gameplay department and world of Destiny 2, but it can pleasantly entertain you for a while – basic shooter formula of the game still works perfectly.
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  2. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Dec 14, 2020
    80
    Come for the change of scenery, stay for the change of abilities. Even if you don’t usually enjoy the grind, you should end up warming to this chilly package.[Issue#183, p.97]
  3. 3DJuegos
    Dec 6, 2020
    80
    Beyond Light presents itself very much in the same fashion as the previous couple of Destiny 2 expansions: rough, but extremely lovable. No one can blame you for crying over your sunset Mountaintop or the inability to run the Menagerie, sure, but hey, there’s a bunch of really cool questlines ahead, a fantastic whole side drama for the Clovis Bray family and a really fun raid experience. So, at the end of the day, that’s just how Bungie makes content.
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