Destiny 2: Beyond Light

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3.9

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 91 Ratings

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  1. nickojeda612
    Oct 15, 2021
    0
    I paid full price for this game and the first few dlcs so I was pretty surprised to find that it was all deleted and that there is practically nothing to do in the game. Not only do I feel robbed of my money but they took a good game and shat all over it. It's a shame but I doubt I'll ever spend money on Destiny every again. It's too bad that gaming companies no longer care about their customers.
  2. 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
  3. Geriglifico
    Nov 15, 2020
    0
    EDITED 14.12.2020: OK, now is even worse. Is not just they deleted content you paid for, but they don't care about content you paid for and IS IN THE GAME CURRENTLY. Forsaken is having lot of bugs, and so is Shadowkeep. Beyond light is 25% cheaper only a month after its release. Just ask why. You better spend your money in of the hundred better options available.

    Why a 0/10? Because, to    EDITED 14.12.2020: OK, now is even worse. Is not just they deleted content you paid for, but they don't care about content you paid for and IS IN THE GAME CURRENTLY. Forsaken is having lot of bugs, and so is Shadowkeep. Beyond light is 25% cheaper only a month after its release. Just ask why. You better spend your money in of the hundred better options available.

    Why a 0/10? Because, to me, Beyond Light adds absolutely nothing and remove almost everything. Please read more if you wanna understand why.

    If you are waiting for some free Beyond light content instead of the """old""" removed content, just forget it. Zero. There is barely nothing to do unless you pay. The worst thing (or the best, depending on if you have bought BL or not) is that there's not much more content for those who paid. I am not including Cosmodrome as new content, I mean, if you have D1 you can play Cosmodrome on it if you want to.

    Besides, if you started playing, like me, less than one year ago, you are gonna fell like the game itself is pushing you out instead of inviting you to keep playing, as all your progress have been suddenly deleted, and you won't probably see it anymore anywhere. That feels ridiculous.

    Summarizing:
    Free content:
    -Europa.
    -Europa local material.
    -New enemies
    -New strike if you used Vanguard strikes list. Otherwise, forget about the strike.
    -New Public event (if someone else start it, cuz you can't)
    -Introduction mission of story quest.
    -Some new weapons.
    -Some new armor? (Not sure about this one)
    -D1 Cosmodrome
    -Minor minor minor minor changes on new light mission and D1 Cosmodrome strike.

    Paid content (40$)
    -Free content
    -New storyline. (Looks like it is long but grind-based)
    -New strike.
    -New Raid
    -New Public event
    -New weapons.
    -New armor
    -Some exotic quests (or just quest)

    Removed content (xxx$):
    -A lot. It would take a lot of time and space to list all the removed content the same way I did with the new one.

    Extra garbage
    -Some weapons are not useful anymore as they cannot reach the new max light level.
    -Of course all the quests related to removed content have been removed too, but also new light quests on dreaming city and tangled coast. But I have got the Nessus new light quest, again.
    -Stasis is extremely hilarious in PVP, and you'll be frustrated. You'll be too in PVE, sometimes, when you start to see how, time after time, a lot of ice walls appear in front of you and block your movement or your shots.

    Why a 0/10? Because it's not possible to give negative ratings.    … Expand
  4. 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
  5. Warhawk115
    Feb 9, 2021
    1
    The relationship between Bungie and the Destiny playerbase has been a story of a dog and its owner for years now. Bungie likes to kick the dog until it cries then give it a treat and act like nothing happened. Well, I've been kicked for 5 year now. The Taken King was the last great thing to come out of Destiny (content wise). Forsaken was alright, cool lore additions, a good raid, andThe relationship between Bungie and the Destiny playerbase has been a story of a dog and its owner for years now. Bungie likes to kick the dog until it cries then give it a treat and act like nothing happened. Well, I've been kicked for 5 year now. The Taken King was the last great thing to come out of Destiny (content wise). Forsaken was alright, cool lore additions, a good raid, and above all an interesting destination that kept me coming back for a time.

    This issue I have with Beyond Light is that it DESTROYS the lore building and first-time-player experience. So many Strikes, Raids, Crucible maps and more were removed and all that's left in it's place is a shamble of a DLC. Not to mention, the "vaulting" of WHOLE DESTINATIONS is quite possible the most destructive thing a developer can do to a MMORPG.

    Bungie, I'm not coming back. No matter how many haunted moons you promise, I know I'll just get let down again.    … Expand
  6. Hemphiz1
    Feb 4, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Don't waste your money. It's an absolute drab of a play and overall depressing to even try… Expand
  7. FlareFL
    Jan 16, 2021
    4
    The game was turned into a trash heap: a bunch of cut content, a completely moronic sunsetting system introduced by the notorious Luke Smith, an almost complete lack of new content except for the planet Europe, where there is almost nothing to do, an imbalance with new abilities in PvP and an absolutely devil-may-care attitude of Bungie towards its players, especially in taking intoThe game was turned into a trash heap: a bunch of cut content, a completely moronic sunsetting system introduced by the notorious Luke Smith, an almost complete lack of new content except for the planet Europe, where there is almost nothing to do, an imbalance with new abilities in PvP and an absolutely devil-may-care attitude of Bungie towards its players, especially in taking into account wishes and also fixing existing problems in the game. Short verdict: I do not advise anyone to buy this game, as now it is absolutely not worth the money. Better buy Destiny 1 with all the add-ons - get a lot of fun and a full-fledged gaming experience, not like a pathetic stub from Destiny 2. In 6 years of playing this franchise, I have not seen its state as bad as it is now. Good luck to everyone and do not forget to value your time and spend money wisely.… Expand
  8. Husseindk
    Dec 30, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Disclaimer: English is not my 1st language so please forgive me for grammatical errors.
    I am a Destiny player since D1 ttk so i stuck with the game for quite a while. I bought the digital deluxe edition for 70€ with all seasons.

    I will start with everything positive about this DLC and end with the negatives.

    Positives:
    At first I really loved the new patrol zone called Europe and got pulled in by the story/campaign mission very quickly. I loved the story and how it was told. Europe is beautiful and the dynamic weather conditions are really cool and great, the music of Europe is also just great, you can "hear" the harsch weather if i have to describe it. The new strike is also absolutely great and the new exotics also are just awesome (especially that new raid rocket launcher). The loading times got faster for any activity which is a much needed and appreciated change, even on older consoles you can clearly see how much faster the game loads. The raid is great, thumbs up!

    Negatives:
    Story is unfortunately very short and as always way to easy, in every boss fight you basically get unlimited stasis supers, grenades and melees. You can melt them without even trying. The loot, there is none. There is 1 set of a couple of lackluster loot from Europe, all the good stuff you grinded for weeks and months are basically useless. They deleted more than half of all strikes and gave us 2 new, one of which is an old strike from d1 which they ported to d2. They removed a bunch of pvp maps while not adding a single new one. So the leveling to get to the needed power level is even more boring than ever as we have fewer strikes and pvp maps. Europe may be beautiful but it is empty, there is no reason to go out there to discover things as there is nothing. The main core issue for me is that there is next to no loot in a game based around loot. To give you an idea about how bad the loot lacking situation is, i can give you a good argument, which is that we basically have not a single LMG or a 140 energy Handcanon that are widely available to farm for. Then we got the start of season of the hunt, with the i believe it's called wrathborn hunts which is just boring, it's not fun, it's not interesting and the season of the hunt weapon set is actually one of the least "hunted" (see what i did there) loot there ever was in destiny, they are just awful. Same goes for the europe armourset, those are actually the worst looking armour sets I've ever seen in destiny. Let's talk stasis, it ruined pvp for many, it's was clearly not well planned and tested as stasis is so extremely more powerful in pvp so you are more or less forced to play it if you don't want to lose every game. Then we got pretty cool new exotic armour pieces, but guess what you'll be doing to get one, heroic lost sectors, over and over again. Also once again bungie show why they are known and notorious for being an environmental friendly company..... Just not in the positive way as they once again recycled much of stuff we had been doing for years, 1 of the new patrol zone is recycled, the raid boss is recycled (for the 7th time), public events on the planets are recycled, even this season specific pursued weapon is a reskinned 'beloved' sniper which is the exact same weapon but just with a longer zoom. The titans stasis super is a reskinned striker. Once again all the actually cool cosmetics are behind a paywall which is just absurd given the fact that i already paid for the base game back then, all dlcs after vanilla d2 and 70 Bucks for this dlc. All in all they cut away so much from the game but gave us not nearly enough to compensate that, especially the weapon sunsetting hurts my Playstyle the most. I really tried to love this dlc and support bungie but if i really have to give a final judgment about the expansion then it's a clear don't get it or wait until it's cheaper, it's simply not worth 70€, not even 30, maybe 20€.
    If you made it to here then I thank you for your time reading this review and hope that i helped you to make a decision    … Expand
  9. Stadianoob
    Dec 17, 2020
    7
    More Destiny. Faster load times. Wish factions and loot pool were added/increased.
  10. SlpBully
    Dec 15, 2020
    9
    this game is great def doesn’t deserve a 4 but the sunsetting mechanic is half baked and ruins good game.
  11. DamoUK
    Dec 13, 2020
    0
    Garbage. This game just gets worse and worse for people that want to play solo. Have to grant it to the developer an expansion that removes content is a novel idea.
  12. TheLeverage22
    Dec 7, 2020
    10
    Only for the raid

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  13. KingRabbitPT
    Dec 5, 2020
    4
    Destiny Franchise with this $50 update ($40 Dlc plus $10 season pass) have fee arguments to convince. Once more the lack of content is very obvious and lets down all destiny hardcore gamers that see their dollars being robbed for a promise of a better future content.

    A couple of missions, one strike and one raid...that is it. With the cutted content, this tastes too little, too late...and    Destiny Franchise with this $50 update ($40 Dlc plus $10 season pass) have fee arguments to convince. Once more the lack of content is very obvious and lets down all destiny hardcore gamers that see their dollars being robbed for a promise of a better future content.

    A couple of missions, one strike and one raid...that is it. With the cutted content, this tastes too little, too late...and very short.
    Destiny has survived this long because all the fans always say: “next update will be the good one, the one Bungie fixes all issues”, mainly because of one aspect: Friends.
    Gamers want to login, join their mates and have some fun together, and they are willing to pay dor that to happen...as long as patience lasts, and it seems that it already started to fade for a lot of players.

    Destiny is not fighting for their future at this point, more for survival and the last cash-in before hope of the fans finally runs out.

    Europa as a new location is pretty, but rather empty, and with no new enemies.
    How long can tou kill the same targets hours on end, for all this years?

    Worth to wait for future news on destiny franchise, until then, maybe it is time to (for now) let tour ghost well stored away.    … Expand
  14. Reed618
    Dec 2, 2020
    8
    I haven't had much time to play but I've finished the story and almost hit the soft cap so I thought i'd add my feelings. I'm a D2 vet with over 700 hours at this point.

    Beyond light is enjoyable but doesn't really add anything new sadly. The new campaign's story is pretty generic. I thought eramis is pretty underwhelming. I was really hoping things were finally heading towards some    I haven't had much time to play but I've finished the story and almost hit the soft cap so I thought i'd add my feelings. I'm a D2 vet with over 700 hours at this point.

    Beyond light is enjoyable but doesn't really add anything new sadly. The new campaign's story is pretty generic. I thought eramis is pretty underwhelming. I was really hoping things were finally heading towards some major darkness developments but no... some of the fallen houses have allied against you... nothing overly exciting. The new lore about the stranger is super cool though and although I haven't tried the raid I suspect there's some cool story stuff there. Honestly expected a bigger opening though... I mean the darkness is spreading and a bunch of planets are just gone... really wanted to see some kind of epic opening cutscene but instead there's just some kind of comic style animation.

    As for removing planets and activities.. i've done that stuff an insane amount at this point so... don't really miss it. I hope they add in the whisper and zero hour along with the prophecy dungeon though. Sunsetting weapons kind of sucks... I mean the combination of sunsetting with losing playable content isn't ideal. I have most of the exotic weapons in the game though so as long as they aren't affected it's not going to ruin the game for me.

    Reaching the hard cap seems tougher.... as far as I can tell they've removed the weekly flashpoint, powerful gear for story missions, nightfall, strikes, raids and multiplayer... the only powerful drops I can see are for bounties.... do I really have to run bounties for like 15 different vendors to level up? It sounds so boring and makes so much of the content feel pointless. I hope this is temporary. I can't see myself sticking around for the season if bounties are the only way to gain power.

    The campaign endgame is much stronger than shadowkeep's with extra missions and I appreciate the addition of a couple of new enemy types like mechs. The addition of stasis is fun too. I like europa as a destination but it's weaker than the moon and much weaker than the dreaming city.

    Overall it hasn't reignited my love for destiny 2 but I've enjoyed what i've played. Hopefully more d1 content like old raids make a comeback this year. It could make the seasonal content more entertaining.    … Expand
  15. 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
  16. peteys
    Nov 23, 2020
    9
    id give it an 8.5 / 9 solid addition to one of greatest games. Very strong foundation for further expansions
  17. 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.
  18. engineofruin
    Nov 22, 2020
    0
    Bungie popped champagne bottles when they left Activision because their main goal was to become even more greedy. Bungie want a seat at the table of EA as they charge their loyal fanbase 40 dollars (and an extra 10 dollars for the season) for the absolute bare minimum. A looter with no loot, a game gutted of your paid content as Bungie have their hands out for more money, literally nothingBungie popped champagne bottles when they left Activision because their main goal was to become even more greedy. Bungie want a seat at the table of EA as they charge their loyal fanbase 40 dollars (and an extra 10 dollars for the season) for the absolute bare minimum. A looter with no loot, a game gutted of your paid content as Bungie have their hands out for more money, literally nothing new to experienced outside of a terrible 2 hour campaign and 1 singular strike and a store full with microtransactions and broken promises.....when Luke Smith said no more armour in the store how long did that last?? Oh yeah...one season. Bungie should be ashamed of themselves and the more people praise this the less you will get in the future the more you pay. Disgusting.… Expand
  19. Daveee_19
    Nov 22, 2020
    1
    It is bad and it makes me sad
    For the people who don't want to read my whole review: Do not buy it under any circumstances! Invest the 40 Euros in a good game and don't fall for Bungies trailers and vidocs!
    Beyond Light looked promising, I thought this DLC will be just like Forsaken or even better (A new Destiny experience). After the roadmap was released and I watched the interview    It is bad and it makes me sad
    For the people who don't want to read my whole review: Do not buy it under any circumstances! Invest the 40 Euros in a good game and don't fall for Bungies trailers and vidocs!

    Beyond Light looked promising, I thought this DLC will be just like Forsaken or even better (A new Destiny experience). After the roadmap was released and I watched the interview with Luke Smith I realized that the hype for the new DLC was for nothing. Of course Covid-19 makes things harder and that they have fewer developers was also clear but that they deliver so little content for the same money as Forsaken is a rip-off!

    This review is only about Beyond Light. Some people said to wait, because the new season will bring the whole content. The Season is not part of the DLC and you have to pay 10 Euro extra. Spoilers: The season is just like the others before (3 exotics, 10 legendarys, some story missions, boring wrath born hunts that feel like patrol missions where you have to kill a boss)

    Let's talk about the bad things first because they clearly overshadow the good things:

    -The story is just a Forsaken 2.0 (kill barons to kill Uldren, kill lieutenants to kill Eramis)

    -The Empire Hunts are only small Strikes (There are only 3 hunts that get boring quickly. But you have to play them to get ahead with Varikis-System, which works just like the obelisks, Seraph Bunker and Prism converters. Very innovative)

    -Europa has little to offer (Lost sectors and public events are nothing new and quickly become boring. However, I think that with time more secrets will be discovered, which fill Europe a bit more)

    -Many bugs and overpowered new stasis focuses at the beginning in PVP not in PVE (September 22 would have been the actual release! Bungie what have you done in the 2 months, bug fixing and fine-tuning definitely not!)

    -Sunsetting was done badly (Bungie made hundreds of weapons and armor useless and only introduced a few new ones)

    -The new loot is missing (25 new legendary weapons have been added, if you count the reskinned iron banners and trials weapons, that's not even half of Forsaken's!)

    -No new vendor refresh (Bungie can't even create new armor and weapons for the Crucible, Gambit and Strikes)

    -All destinations, except Europa, are dead (Still the same loot and the same activities since D2 launch. There is no reason to visit Nessus and other planets)

    -Powerleveling is boring (The system has to be renewed from scratch: Playing the old Strikes for the hundredth time is annoying. Mtashed talked about this in his review)

    -PVP and Gambit don't get any new content (PVP is one reason why I still play Destiny 2 after 3 years, because it brings alternation from the other PVE activities. Gambit was left to die, I hope they don't do the same with PVP)

    -Eververse is still a problem (Bungie wanted the Eververse content to be accessible by playing activities. Last season you could get the Eververse armor in the dungeon and this season the new eververse armor is back in the store for real money! Bungie is **** with us)

    The good things in Beyond Light:
    -Europa is a huge destination and looks pretty good

    -The raid will probably be good (this time without reskinned armor like in Shadowkeep...wow)

    -Storytelling has been improved (cutscenes that tell the story are always good)

    -Stasis is fun in PVE and the fragments and aspects are a welcome innovation

    -You don't get the exotic armor for free, you actually have to do something to get it

    After 3 years of Destiny 2, a Destiny 3 should have come, but for some reason Bungie decided against it. The release of Beyond Light clearly shows that the separation from Activison was a bad decision... Bungie lacks innovation and the will to develop something new that the game desperately needs.
    I think after 3 years it is time to move on. I have lost all hope and trust in Bungie.    … Expand
  20. StonerMo1000
    Nov 21, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. There are plenty of positives but also a good amount of negatives, I still think it is slightly better than shadowkeep but I'll have to wait and see how the month plays out to make a full conclusion.

    The positives:
    The campaign is pretty good and the post campaign missions are actually amazing which surprised me, the post campaign mission where you go to a fallen city was really cool and the missions with the stranger that gives her some character development was also pretty good but I was confused as to why we didnt get this in the main campaign, Eramis was a great villaing but Drifter and Eris do nothing which was very disappointing. I would have liked for Mithrax to have a much bigger role than just being mentioned because he is quite an important character in the lore currently so that was a bit disappointing.
    Europa is great, looks good no surprises there bungie always deliver in destination (except for some like Mercury). The Cosmodrome was a nice nostalgia hit at first but was a bit disappointed there were no addons to it like in the moon.
    The legendary/master lost sectors are absolutely fantastic, great content loop for solo players. Great way to farm specific exotics when you are not with your clanmates. I hope they do this kind of revamp with strikes which is what I was hoping for hearing they were adding adept weapons to trials.
    It hasnt come yet but I can guarantee you the raid will be good, the lore with clovs bray is already sick so I already know the raid's going to be good. It always tends to be Bungie's forte so no worries there unsurprisingly.
    Stasis in PvE is really cool, I like the new subclass tree. In Bungie fashion they didnt just make a tree instead they did their own in between thing which isnt perfect but its certainly better than the normal **** D2 subclass tree, I look forward to them changing the other light subclass trees
    The exotics are really cool and I like the direction they are going with them since Shadowkeep. They seem to be making exotics weapons and armour that actually feel exotic, they feel different rather than them just being legendary weapons/armour that a slightly decent thing. cool stuff

    Negatives:
    Stasis in PvP, its bad. If you're a PvP players, skip this expansion you wont enjoy it. I'm a PvE player so it doesnt concern me too much. It broken beyond broken, the main issue is there's no counter to the freezing which makes it blatantly unfair.
    The lack of weapons. This is the one everyone is talking about, not only is there a lack of content but the sunsetting makes it worse. I think sunsetting can work even in a game like Destiny so I was onboard with Bungie's decision IF they added way more weapons than in Shadowkeep. Well, that didnt really happen. Maybe they spread out the weapons throughout the seasons to stop content droughtss. If thats case, then they need to tell us instead of staying quiet. But even then it still would have been **** to not get those weapons in a 40 dollar (excluding season of the hunt) expansion
    No strike revamp, more specifically no strike specific loot or any reason to run heroic strikes. This is more of a criticism for a lack of something rather than them messing up but its been long awaited and they havent done it. There is currently no reason to run heroic strikes, only for bounties. Add some strike specific loot to the heroic strikes and then add adept strike specific loot to the nightfalls.
    The campaign could have been a bit more expansive with the fallen story. There is a lot of drama currently in the lore with the tension between the house of light and the house of salvation so I was so disappointed Mithrax and the house of light didnt get a shine, such a massive missed opportunity. They could have had a really cool fallen civil war story line which would have added a lot of needed drama that Destiny doesnt do enough in its campaigns but when it does it usually makes it a succesfull campaign like in Forsaken.

    Overall, if you are a PvP players I would skip this expansion but if you are a player that likes the Destiny campaigns or like grinding for weapons then I would recommend it but just know this is not as good as forsaken but it is slightly better than shadowkeep in my opinion. this is really a 7.5, there seems to be a lot of 0/10 which just makes no sense as well as 10/10 which also makes no sense. these reviews are filled haters and fanboys, I woudnt pay attention to those 0/10 or 10/10 people, I thought I'd give a reasonable take, hope this is helpful.    … Expand
  21. Dexter358
    Nov 18, 2020
    1
    Stasis is cool but that’s it. Very few new weapons, less content, same world loot drops that are already sunset...
  22. peslak
    Nov 18, 2020
    0
    What is this exactly? Bungies split with Activision was supposed to be a steer in the right direction, this seems completely the opposite. I purchased D2 on launch day, the deluxe edition that was promised to contain all the DLC. There was no truth in that. I ended up paying nearly $100 to date for additional DLC not including beyond light and the new "season pass". The game separatesWhat is this exactly? Bungies split with Activision was supposed to be a steer in the right direction, this seems completely the opposite. I purchased D2 on launch day, the deluxe edition that was promised to contain all the DLC. There was no truth in that. I ended up paying nearly $100 to date for additional DLC not including beyond light and the new "season pass". The game separates itself from other mmorpg's and is a unique experience within itself, a really fun one. This is what mustered me to keep opening my wallet to them. When cross save came to light, I jumped at the opportunity to be able to play with my character on my PC. The one blockade that stood before me was that all the DLC you had bought prior does not follow. Yes, I indulged into buying all of their DLC content two times over. Eagerly excited for this hyped up expansion "Beyond Light", I did as I always do, research videos spotlighting & reviewing new content. Beyond Light has very little to offer for the price point of $40, in fact they should be the ones paying you for this new update. A whole lot of previous DLC content has been removed. Whole planets, strikes, missions, weapons, etc. They have implemented sundowning which renders all of your previously obtained items basically useless. That perfect rolled gun you spent hours upon hours getting, that 300k kill count you have on your favorite gun? Useless. 3 hours of new story mission content and all throughout you obtain randomly rolled items from old content. What else is there to say about this? This is a horrible DLC and unfortunately they have decided this new DLC is the new "base game". I don't recommend anyone spend their money on this. Its really unfortunate that when it comes to Destiny, the game makes you feel like you need to purchase new DLC's to be on the proper path in-game. No one should have to buy this content if they dont wish to keep enjoying the game as it was.… Expand
  23. setanta15
    Nov 18, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. In short: they removed a lot of items and gear, planets and missions. They gave back a lazily crafted, half-assed and uninspired insipid 3hourish lacklustre storyline involving nothing anybody would ever remotely care about.

    The new stasis powers, arguably the only thing this expansion gave, are not quite as wonderful as expected. They suffer, in large part, due to being broken beyond reason in crucible. Nothing makes you feel like a winner like doing the same irritating tactics to others.

    New Hunts: I have found 2 options here. The first is it'll take about 3-5min of not even remotely trying to kill because they're so damnably easy. The second is that the major boss will teleport away endlessly and hide which turns a 3min mission into a 20 minute "get back here!" Shout-a-thon from a knight-dropped circle.

    New exotics: Did you like the chaperone when everyone else was wielding it against you because you didn't want to do the Guardian kill quest? Great news, Duality is basically the same thing and it's catalyst requires more guardian killing.

    New exotic (No Time to Explain): do you like the way bad juju refills it's mag, boosts it damage, and generates your super? Then you won't care about the scuffed version that after 10 precision shots summons a small shooty beside you for 15sec. It refills(ish) on precision/against slowed or frozen but the super gains from juju just put this to shame.

    New gear: LOL. The Lure; okay, meet the reason it's got a 1-star and not 0. While the hunts are garbage that the devs should hang their heads in shame about (and no remote detonation on stasis grenades? Why, lemme make it go boom), the lure is actually an excellent addition. Not because it leads to these trash-tier hunts, but because you can weed out which mods you want that will drop FROM the hunts.

    TLDR; don't waste your money or your time on Beyond Light because right now this xpac is bordering on Beyond Saving.    … Expand
  24. Lee133444
    Nov 18, 2020
    1
    This game deserve to die now, worst expansion ever made for a video game. Bungie **** on players and their game
  25. 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
  26. Keifereef
    Nov 18, 2020
    1
    We paid for most of this stuff before! Come on bungie give us some real new content!
  27. Sl1m_UA
    Nov 18, 2020
    1
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  28. SlipsID
    Nov 17, 2020
    10
    Играю в судьбу с 2014 года были у неё и взлеты и падение , палений больше конечно но суть не в этом, после последних сезонов вообще ушёл играть в другие игры , надежды не было что будет лучше. Ко всему прочему ещё и 40гб контента вырезали в общем думал что игра умерла окончательно . Однако крупица надежды ещё кое как тлела в моем сердце и решил сделать предзаказ . После старта нового длсИграю в судьбу с 2014 года были у неё и взлеты и падение , палений больше конечно но суть не в этом, после последних сезонов вообще ушёл играть в другие игры , надежды не было что будет лучше. Ко всему прочему ещё и 40гб контента вырезали в общем думал что игра умерла окончательно . Однако крупица надежды ещё кое как тлела в моем сердце и решил сделать предзаказ . После старта нового длс по старой традиции 3 часа пытался войти в игру, и когда все же это получилось был очень сильно удивлён и рад , банжи смогли вернуть веру в эту франшизу и сново захватить мое внимание,, контента гора, построение сюжета в разы лучше всего что было до этого , медленно но верно игра стала лучше , надеюсь в дальнейшем будет ещё лучше , по факту 8/10 это если адекватно , ставлю 10/10 что бы хоть немного поднять рейтинг , ибо 4/10 это не оценка этой игры и этого длс если смотреть честно .… Expand
  29. LifeLongGamer8
    Nov 17, 2020
    0
    The story is amazing, post story content gives you a lot of awesome lore. And Europa is just a next gen destination. People give this a bad review because theyre mad at sunsetting, and thats valid. BUT this was suppose to be destiny 3, you were suppose to lose everything and start from scratch, I give this a 10/10 not just for how great the content and story for this DLC is, Im giving it aThe story is amazing, post story content gives you a lot of awesome lore. And Europa is just a next gen destination. People give this a bad review because theyre mad at sunsetting, and thats valid. BUT this was suppose to be destiny 3, you were suppose to lose everything and start from scratch, I give this a 10/10 not just for how great the content and story for this DLC is, Im giving it a 10 because its really setting up a strong base for the next gen to expand off of.… Expand
  30. getwokegobroke2
    Nov 17, 2020
    0
    Very very underwelming. Short, boring and shallow. Simply not worth the time.
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  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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