Destiny 2: Warmind

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  1. Talous
    May 9, 2018
    0
    what was this? a DLC with so much propaganda that they forget to creat REAL CONTENT???? "oh, but they got so many bugs and weapons fix" YEAH, ITS A FIX, NOT A **** DLC!! 4 Missions DLC with NO TIME to care for the new character..... really bungie??
  2. vreynauld
    May 8, 2018
    3
    I don't know how they did it but Bungie managed to make an expansion that's EVEN SHORTER and MORE nonsensical than the previous one, Curse of Osiris. After a meager 3.5 hours of play, I had finished the entire main story, all the adventures, lost sectors, and post-story Ana missions. I had looted all the sector chests, unlocked five of the frequency loot crates, and finished the first twoI don't know how they did it but Bungie managed to make an expansion that's EVEN SHORTER and MORE nonsensical than the previous one, Curse of Osiris. After a meager 3.5 hours of play, I had finished the entire main story, all the adventures, lost sectors, and post-story Ana missions. I had looted all the sector chests, unlocked five of the frequency loot crates, and finished the first two stages of the end-game hand cannon quest I got. Even managed to complete an Escalation Protocol event even though the 6 of us who ran into the event were underleveled and supposedly undergeared for it. Barely killed the hive bosses by the skin of our teeth but if we're able to do it now, just think how easy it's going to be when we're power level 370+.

    As has been reported by Datto and others, the progression is slowed with this DLC with 340/345 (modded) as an initial soft cap at which point weekly milestones and end game activities are the only way to progress. I reached that 345 cap before even reaching the new max level cap of 30. All in under 3.5 hours. All that's left is grinding the same tired mechanics for weapon collections. The aforementioned hand cannon quest, for example: Kill Hive, Kill Cabal with the weapon, then kill yellow bar bosses with the weapon... we've done this multiple times before. Yawn.

    As for the story... In the second mission, you're told a new big evil is awoken. In the fourth mission, you're told that said big evil is so big and evil that it almost defeated the Warmind itself in the past. One mission later, you defeat the big evil with a spear. Well ok then. Anyone wanting a decent amount of lore, just keep walking. This expansion is just as ridiculously nonsensical as the rest of the game.    … Expand
  3. snufkin
    May 8, 2018
    0
    this expansion is absolutely a bad joke. it started awesome then you realize that after 4 missions you've finished it. i mean really bungie, are you that lazy? 4 missions? even the new exotics are recycled from d1. this so disappointing and i feel bad because i had a lot of hopes for this game. loved the first one, but this time bungie really screwed it.
  4. artimis
    May 9, 2018
    0
    4 recycled missions..? (even shoter then curse of osiris...)
    - recycled content
    - recycled locations - recycled weapons - recycled mechanics - still no new enemies - recycled strikes ( one being ps4 exclusive... and only 4 total...) - Enemy AI is still a joke... - forgettable story. ( fighting the hive again... really?) - eververse is still a problem... - rather buggy and    4 recycled missions..? (even shoter then curse of osiris...)
    - recycled content
    - recycled locations
    - recycled weapons
    - recycled mechanics
    - still no new enemies
    - recycled strikes ( one being ps4 exclusive... and only 4 total...)
    - Enemy AI is still a joke...
    - forgettable story. ( fighting the hive again... really?)
    - eververse is still a problem...
    - rather buggy and glitchy... (rushing content now?)

    It just blows my mind a studio like bungie with over 1000 people is turning out so little content and did not learn anything from curse of osiris. all the same problems exist (some worst), this should have been free, theirs no passion, contents still dull, still feels like a cash grab... not worthy of the "expansion". almost everything im saying is mirrored with curse of osiris. They should also be fixing destiny 2 before working on destiny 3. As i said before, games struggling and is in need of a massive overhaul and potentially new team. simaler to how final fantasy 14 1.0 became 2.0. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs0yQKI7Yw4
    highly unlikely though since activision and bungie are just riding out their reputation and milking their fans of what they have left. sad to see what bungie has become    … Expand
  5. Lian_Ruins
    May 12, 2018
    0
    "Haters gonna hate", they said, and probably it's true. But about this specific case, only fanboys with absolute no sense of criticism and happy to throw away their money for bad low quality contents can appreciate or say something positive about this DLC. Warmind is not a step forward, is just another half step turning on the same spot sold as a path to the Light. Unfortunatly, there are"Haters gonna hate", they said, and probably it's true. But about this specific case, only fanboys with absolute no sense of criticism and happy to throw away their money for bad low quality contents can appreciate or say something positive about this DLC. Warmind is not a step forward, is just another half step turning on the same spot sold as a path to the Light. Unfortunatly, there are a lot of people that really believe in this, and that's what is killing this franchise.

    The Story Campain is short (only 4-5 Missions which one is used as a Strike 'cos Bungie is lazy), horribly narrated (seriously, it's awful) and lack of both originality and personality. Pretty said since in 4-5 Missions we see characters of the Lore and Deep Lore of Destiny like Ana Brey, Rasputin, Xol and Nokris, not exactly some random guys found behind a corner. Bungie's Narrative Team accomplished to create something even worse then the Curse of Osiris. After killed the misterious figure of Brother Vance and the Legendary Warlock Osiris, they killed the last, but actually not last Warmind (Charle Magne, anyone?), Ana Brey and even a Worm God, Xol, and the bnanished son of Oryx, Nokris. Congrats.

    DLC's contents are weak. The Progression System is been slowed down, which is good actually, but the way they did this is simply stupid and makes almost all activies boring and frustrating. Strikes are now more difficult, true, but just because enemies have became bullet sponges whic is not fun, 'cos forces the players to shot even more the half of a ammo-magazine against one single basic mob. Again, Strike's Loot is a joke with nothing worththe time spent to accomplish it.

    The new End Game Activity it's nothing but a Public Event capped since the beginning at maximum difficulty that requires more then nine players to accomplish it. Problem is the fact that you can't call nine people in your team, so you must wait and hope to find enough people to do it.

    The new Raid Lair offers nothing good but what remains of the original raid loot pool that is been divided among three Raids. Again, Bungie is lazy.

    And Eververse, of course, still that damn Eververse with Microtransactions.

    Last but not least, there are actualy some good improvements like the new vanguard Loot System, Crucible seems more enjoyble now and Shaxxx offers good loot too, and other stuff. Cons: all this stuff arrived too late. Bungie is too slow to make pathces and fixes, and that's what is killing this game more then everything,    … Expand
  6. ofek1
    May 13, 2018
    3
    Bungie needs to hire real writers. I can't stand the cringey, high school level story telling anymore. To think this company made halo...
  7. exorless
    May 12, 2018
    2
    Another big disappointment from Bungie and the last stab to the destiny series, on the other side the graphic and music are still stunning but with the max 5 hours of new content for I belive 20dollars when sold separately, that's just so ridiculous. It's even f*cking shorter than COS.
  8. cenobyte85
    May 16, 2018
    6
    The grind to complete all the side quests are at least more engaging and nowhere near as tedious this time around. Everything else though, you won't be surprised when you discover your disappointment.

    Once again, Bungie gave poorly executed expansions for their 1st year content. Why do they always wait until year 2 to start releasing DLC that's actually worthwhile? - Taken King, Rise of Iron?
  9. Zalabar22
    May 12, 2018
    5
    C'mon Bungie, we all know you can do better then this... Destiny 2 is in dire need of end game content and this half effort DLC really just isn't cutting it.
  10. PGamingNews
    May 13, 2018
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. THE GOOD:
    Exotic weapons feel special again with the 1.2 patch.

    There are more things to chase for in the end game, like:
    - Getting max light-level is much more difficult (385)
    - Collecting data and nodes on Mars to unlock curtain loot
    - Ranked PVP in Valor and Glory

    The new Raid Lair "Spire of Stars" is fun and challenging to do, which will ensure that players need to spend more time to master this raid.

    THE BAD:
    The campaign takes 1,5 hour to finish and It contains 5 missions with 2 of those are strikes. The story line introduce 3 legendary characters that just gets thrown in your face with no build up to who they are and where they came from (Ana, Nokris, Xol).

    There is a new game mode called Escalation Protocol which you can do with 9 guardians. However, Bungie has not taken any effort to allow players to get a team of 6-9 guardians together in a fireteam to play this new mode. Instead, you can make only up to 3 members and hope the other 6 join you in the public space on Mars.

    The new weapons are from Destiny 1 that Bungie is reselling or re-skins from the base Destiny 2.

    PVP Matchmaking is still not fixed (solo players vs. clan groups)

    THE VERDICT:
    If you own the expansion (most of you), it is worth checking out this DLC and you might like the grind for a few weeks. However, do not expect any major improvements from where we were 7 months ago.

    If you do not own the DLC, it is not worth your time and money to jump in again.

    FINAL SCORE: 3
    This is just because there is finally a certain level of grind in the end game    … Expand
  11. LokiDante
    May 25, 2018
    0
    Getting under the coat of activision was the worst thing ever to happen to the leftovers of bungie just as this dlc proves yet again how miserable and lazy content gets flushed out. "Real" new content gets hidden behind a new paywall again this fall and they will probably charge 40$ for a new "expansion" just like with their first installment, this game and the doing of the developers areGetting under the coat of activision was the worst thing ever to happen to the leftovers of bungie just as this dlc proves yet again how miserable and lazy content gets flushed out. "Real" new content gets hidden behind a new paywall again this fall and they will probably charge 40$ for a new "expansion" just like with their first installment, this game and the doing of the developers are just a plain insult to every gamer who has more than 2 brain cells working.

    Pros:
    - knowing never to buy anything ever again from this sellout company

    Cons:
    - EVERYTHING recycled and i mean everything (Strike-Misssions, Missions and even goddamned weapons)    … Expand
  12. DonkeyBrains
    Jun 11, 2018
    0
    Destiny 2 is soul-less empty void. I've tried so hard to find a shred of enjoyment with this game and it's expansions but there simply nothing there. Even if Warmind had a sufficient amount of content (which it most certainly doesn't) it wouldn't change how much of an unbelievable bore this expansion is. Don't give this expansion a second thought
  13. sp4rkst0rm
    May 9, 2018
    0
    2 reused story missions claiming to be strikes, and one ps4 exclusive new strike. Same mindless cover shooting. Story is meaningless and vapid, just as the "expansion" before it and the base game. Progression is still artificial and softcapped. Wouldn't be worth your time even if it had been free.
  14. mikerbyrne
    May 14, 2018
    1
    Story is decent but short. Two of the three strikes are retreads of missions and the third is a PS4 exclusive. Most of the guns are reskins and there are a few new exotics but most are just D1 returning weapons. The expansion is another low effort mess from Bungie and they should be ashamed. As a 2000+ hours D1 player I can tell you this is the last time I buy a Destiny expansion.Story is decent but short. Two of the three strikes are retreads of missions and the third is a PS4 exclusive. Most of the guns are reskins and there are a few new exotics but most are just D1 returning weapons. The expansion is another low effort mess from Bungie and they should be ashamed. As a 2000+ hours D1 player I can tell you this is the last time I buy a Destiny expansion. This should have been given away free given how poor the first expansion was. Avoid and move onto another game.… Expand
  15. canflipper
    May 9, 2018
    2
    In short:
    very very little new content.
    4 strikes. And some of them are missions... TERRIBLE STORY 1h and 30 min campaing Lots of buggs and glitches so far on all platforms Recicled content of Destiny 1 which got taken away and then, well put back under a payed DLC More microtransaction features Super small new map. Its more a compression than an expansion All the exotic weapon    In short:
    very very little new content.
    4 strikes. And some of them are missions...
    TERRIBLE STORY
    1h and 30 min campaing
    Lots of buggs and glitches so far on all platforms
    Recicled content of Destiny 1 which got taken away and then, well put back under a payed DLC
    More microtransaction features
    Super small new map. Its more a compression than an expansion
    All the exotic weapon tuning which are positive things arent exclusive of the DLC, so we should not consider the sandbox changes as nice feature of DLC even if both DLC and exotic tuning came on the same update.

    Good thing: new public event    … Expand
  16. BigGayBenji
    May 10, 2018
    1
    Shorter than Tyrion Lannister, 2 "strikes" that are re-runs of missions, story all over the place, worm 'god' easier to kill than Randall the Vandal. I gave it 2 because the scenery and music are still good, as are the basic mechanics of this game but if I hadn't bought the season pass I wouldn't have played this tripe. No way I'm touching anything this studio makes again. Sad, I pouredShorter than Tyrion Lannister, 2 "strikes" that are re-runs of missions, story all over the place, worm 'god' easier to kill than Randall the Vandal. I gave it 2 because the scenery and music are still good, as are the basic mechanics of this game but if I hadn't bought the season pass I wouldn't have played this tripe. No way I'm touching anything this studio makes again. Sad, I poured 3000 hours into D1 but Bungie took away all the magic and just put out their hands for cash. Shame.… Expand
  17. BeyondLogic
    May 10, 2018
    4
    I defended Destiny even though it wasn't that good. I defended the positive changes they made to it and held out hope. I enjoyed 2 for it's story and all that promise finally being realized. I now have no reason to defend a broken franchise any longer. This dlc isn't as bad as curse of Osiris but i'm not saying it's great by any means. the best part is a scavenger hunt on the new mapI defended Destiny even though it wasn't that good. I defended the positive changes they made to it and held out hope. I enjoyed 2 for it's story and all that promise finally being realized. I now have no reason to defend a broken franchise any longer. This dlc isn't as bad as curse of Osiris but i'm not saying it's great by any means. the best part is a scavenger hunt on the new map (aka old mars map with some ice) and sick changes to some of the weaker exotics. Considering the exotic changes aren't even part of the dlc i'm left with even less to recommend. If you haven't bought D2 yet just wait till fall and hope for the best.

    -your friendly defeated gaurdian    … Expand
  18. Sirum
    May 9, 2018
    0
    What a pitiful developer Bungie has become. They have managed to bungle their way through not only the base game but the 2 DLC's which are lacking in content, imagination and excitement. This is more of the same, a Destiny Lite that produces the same sleep inducing gameplay and narratives that are associated with Bungie.

    The only pulses this will raise are those who have a full blown    What a pitiful developer Bungie has become. They have managed to bungle their way through not only the base game but the 2 DLC's which are lacking in content, imagination and excitement. This is more of the same, a Destiny Lite that produces the same sleep inducing gameplay and narratives that are associated with Bungie.

    The only pulses this will raise are those who have a full blown addiction and have literally zero interests that involve leaving the house. These people will likely drink the kool aid and lavish it with praise only to turn full circle within 2 months and lambaste all involved with making it.    … Expand
  19. frankwild
    May 10, 2018
    1
    gave it a 1 for the amount of hours it takes to complete. Am i the only one mad they sell me the same content 2 times already? Bungie isn't a studio to trust anymore, they lost it all. Don't waste your money on this garbage
  20. ArgusLVI
    May 9, 2018
    0
    Bery bado. A 2 hour long campaign that explains nothing about the main antagonist, a poorly implemented grind and a metric crap ton of reused assets truly make Warmind a faithful adherent to the Destiny tradition of mistake after mistake.

    In awe of the stupidity of the people at Bungie. Absolute morons.
  21. qq163555
    May 10, 2018
    0
    Totally not worth any penny for this **** work. The seasonal pass is totally joke at all.
  22. LukeSmithsCakes
    May 10, 2018
    0
    This game is absolutely amazing, best dlc ever, you should buy it ASAP. We've worked really hard on it and want you all to throw money at the screen. Go on, don't be jerks
  23. Leoprechaun
    May 9, 2018
    3
    What can i say? I have been playing this dlc for about two days and im already sooo bored. Destiny 2 is just a shadow of what it could have been. Shame.
  24. TobyG
    May 13, 2018
    0
    absolute garbage from start to finish and with only 2 hrs game play (not worth the money at all) and once again absolutely no play testing has taken place I have picked up 84 sleeper nodes and only 28 have registered as well as 52 heroic strikes using the sh1tty ikelos hand cannon only 3 registered I officially give up on all bungie games and swear to never buy another of their games.
  25. ryudoshi
    May 9, 2018
    0
    The story is less than 2 hours, even shorter than curse **** LUL. A strike locked to PS4 only. Same old issues still apply, stop giving this people money holy ****
  26. QACritic
    May 9, 2018
    5
    9 months of development time and the content that we got is a bit of a joke for a large studio.
    There are 5 story missions and 2 of those are backtracking thorough the same map (that you will be exploring later on) and one mission is a public even + a lost sector with a bit better enemies in the lost sector. There is the raid lair and the new strikes are the more interesting story    9 months of development time and the content that we got is a bit of a joke for a large studio.
    There are 5 story missions and 2 of those are backtracking thorough the same map (that you will be exploring later on) and one mission is a public even + a lost sector with a bit better enemies in the lost sector. There is the raid lair and the new strikes are the more interesting story missions.
    The enemies are the same old hive just a bit of a change and cabal that are the same as before. The new Mars patrol area is small, for comparison it does not feel much larger than Titan with 2 landing zones and a bit extra to the side. The only positive here is the user initiated Escalation protocol.
    PvP still feels like [insert whatever bad adjective you prefer].
    Another positive is the changes to the Exotic weapons the do feel exotic but I am guessing it will not make much difference. The replay value of the new content is still very low (as the base game) and considering the end game is just that what is the point of doing the same thing you have been doing for the past 4 years. The story is very poorly told with some bad writing and the lack of new enemies is very annoying.
    The main thing you will get with this DLC is more grinding to reach 385 light level which has been slowed to a crawl with more obstacles just for the sake of having obstacles. What used to give progress has been nerfed to the point of not worth doing eg. 0-2 point increase on 2 peaces that means at worst no progress or at best about 0.5% per weak, assuming you do not get a duplicate. Thanks but no thanks, that is like a death by a thousand cuts.

    If you skip this DLC you will not miss much. If you skip playing Destiny 2 for the next 4 months you will not miss much since most of the content can be done under 10 hours.

    Lesson learned: Never per-order based on past experience since the past does not predict the future. I thought Bungie would keep what they learned in Destiny 1 instead they have gotten worse and lazier.    … Expand
  27. RUNaPUFF
    May 10, 2018
    0
    This new DLC includes three (3) story missions that, collectively, could be played in less than an hour. You pay $20 for this DLC alone. Bungie needs to die.
  28. Darkmoon_Ninja
    May 10, 2018
    0
    Yet another disappointment from Bungie. Nothing new or exciting about this shameless cashgrab dlc. I guess to say anything good about it is that it's pretty and has good music, but that's it. Avoid at all costs, it's not worth five dollars, let alone twenty. Bungie doesn't care about their games anymore, just about how much money they can squeeze out of people.
  29. BigggBoiii
    May 11, 2018
    2
    I have put many hours in Destiny 1 and i thought the game was flawed but it steadily got better with each "expansion". After playing Destiny 2 and both the "expansions" I can say that bungie either doesn't give a f*ck anymore, or they are too stupid to listen to their audience. Charging money for a terribly boring and horribly acted story that was only four missions long was a deal breakerI have put many hours in Destiny 1 and i thought the game was flawed but it steadily got better with each "expansion". After playing Destiny 2 and both the "expansions" I can say that bungie either doesn't give a f*ck anymore, or they are too stupid to listen to their audience. Charging money for a terribly boring and horribly acted story that was only four missions long was a deal breaker for me. All the other changes such as the exotic reworks would have been a free update with any other game. I am beyond confused as to why people would give this "expansion" a 10/10. I really hope these people are just trolls because this was such a sh*tty add on to an already flawed experience. I love the universe and I believe this game has so much potential but I don't believe bungie will ever utilize it to it's full potential. I strongly recommend that you don't buy this.… Expand
  30. theodornyanners
    May 9, 2018
    0
    Sum up of new DLC
    4 story missions
    Reskins that is about it nothing really in-depth in this dlc it feels more like free content then a paid DlC you would think with a 1000 people on Bungie staff they could make more then 4 story missions which might i add was horribly written no context for why the worm god xul was on mars for whatever reason and why did xul die so easy wasnt xul like    Sum up of new DLC
    4 story missions
    Reskins
    that is about it nothing really in-depth in this dlc it feels more like free content then a paid DlC you would think with a 1000 people on Bungie staff they could make more then 4 story missions which might i add was horribly written no context for why the worm god xul was on mars for whatever reason and why did xul die so easy wasnt xul like one of the god thats created oryx? and oryx was built up for his expansion while xul was like hey guys im here kill me. Ana bray no reason for her to be in story aside form back story bs which they dont even tell you might i add and well it really could of been anyone hell i would of taken the stranger from destiny one, and the literal first reward you get in the story was re skinned weapons. to sum this is all up they give you no story before the warmind to even care about the characters like really atleast in taken king they built up the main baddy while in this expansion it was hey go kill xul 2 story missions later also the boss fights in the story were repetitive bull Shiet like ooooo the boss goes immune and summons enemies wow so creative and innovative but instead of 3 phases of the same bull shiet you get four wow and the last boss threat equivalent is that of a single thrall poking you like wow xul god of what ever. well im just disappointed with this dlc that is all for the price they ask and what you received does not equal value simply and they still have the nerves to keep everversve in the game while charging for crap DLC. i got some game recommendations for you folks :Rainbow Six Siege: :God of War PS4 only: and ive played destiny 1 dont say i haven't i put 2000 hours in it so i know what to expect    … Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

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  2. Mixed: 20 out of 25
  3. Negative: 0 out of 25
  1. Gamers' Temple
    Jul 9, 2018
    65
    Warmind is an incremental improvement over Curse of Osiris, so those looking for an expansion that really adds something significant to Destiny 2 will have to pin their hopes on Forsaken which launches in September.
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  2. Edge Magazine
    Jun 21, 2018
    60
    Much remains to be done, certainly, but after a dire six months, Destiny is, at last, back on track. [Aug 2018, p.104]
  3. Gaming Nexus
    Jun 15, 2018
    70
    Unlike Osiris, which was completely missable, I would recommend playing Warmind if you got it. Go ahead and jump in and give it a try. There is good fun to be had with the new exotics and masterworks, a grind to keep you busy a few hours per week. The game is better and this is the first real sign that the Year 2 expansion might finally turn the corner and make Destiny 2 something like the game Destiny 1 left off with.
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