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  1. Sep 20, 2016
    2
    Another Rehashed content DLC. Don't buy into this gambling simulator, it has no longevity as usual and adds nothing meaningful to the game just like the other DLC. Nothing new here.
  2. Sep 20, 2016
    1
    Short dlc for 30$
    reskins, total reuse of old locations, only one strike and short story
    Lot of technical problems on launch
    Bungie are you serious?
  3. Oct 1, 2016
    0
    Destiny is a perfect example of a video game where the developers have made every bad decision possible. If you look back at the community's opinion on when Destiny came out there was one thing - THERE WASN'T ANY CONTENT. And that's the problem with Rise of Iron. It doesn't add enough content.
  4. Nov 18, 2016
    3
    The only thing making this game a 3 is the crucible. And not just the crucible but trials of osiris. This is the life blood of this game. And really the only reason a lot of us come back up the game. Raids are fun the first couple of times but after that it's just utterly repetitive. Strikes.......... who enjoys doing the same handful of missions over and over and to add insult to injuryThe only thing making this game a 3 is the crucible. And not just the crucible but trials of osiris. This is the life blood of this game. And really the only reason a lot of us come back up the game. Raids are fun the first couple of times but after that it's just utterly repetitive. Strikes.......... who enjoys doing the same handful of missions over and over and to add insult to injury they release "new" strikes that are just the old strikes ran in reverse............ and they have you pay money for that. Not to mention all the new weapons that get added every dlc... that are just re skins of the old weapons, and the enemies are just re skins of each other. The story to this game as well through the missions is by far gold.... I still have no idea what it's about or if we're the good guys or not or who any of the characters actually are or what there roles are... I just know I can buy stuff from them in the tower and xur shows up on the weekends. With the amount of money most of the players have put into this title for the extremely short lacluster dlc's hoping each one would be different but aren't surprised when they aren't........ We could of bought a few great games. Expand
  5. Sep 26, 2016
    4
    This should have been the same price as the year one DLCs ($19.99) as the content of it is roughly the same and continues to pad content through recycling. All told, Rise of Iron adds about the same amount of total content that The Dark Below added to Year 1 Destiny back in December 2014 for $20 less. Even the "new" PvP mode is just a copy/paste of Call of Duty's Kill Confirmed mode.This should have been the same price as the year one DLCs ($19.99) as the content of it is roughly the same and continues to pad content through recycling. All told, Rise of Iron adds about the same amount of total content that The Dark Below added to Year 1 Destiny back in December 2014 for $20 less. Even the "new" PvP mode is just a copy/paste of Call of Duty's Kill Confirmed mode.

    Rehashing two of the original year one strikes, reintroducing Gjallarhorn and Khovstov as quests, once again focused on the Cosmodrome; Everything about this expansion feels like a fan-service love letter to year one players more than anything else. Don't get me wrong, I've always liked the Cosmodrome but we've been tooling about here killing the same crap now since the open beta back in summer of 2014. There was a genuine chance here at expanding the content with a new enemy and some real story behind the Iron Lords but instead we got a 5-story mission joke of an arc with yet another vague enemy that "converts" an existing enemy type.

    Light level increases have become excessively grindy above level 350+ (which Bungie admits in the patch notes is by design [to-wit: heroic/nightfall drops and engram decryptions are only are slightly higher than current light level half the time when above level 350). I haven't yet been in the raid as I'm light level 358 and still stuck in the current grind of: Heroic Strike/Nightfall Strike, get Legendary Marks, infuse gear endlessly, repeat ad nauseum. This light level grind is so tedious that I find myself missing the old year one issue of "forever 29'. At least then I knew I could still raid and do nightfalls and be effective even if I was missing that one piece to push me over to level 30. In Rise of Iron I can literally spend several hours running strikes and spend several dozen legendary marks just to move up one light level point.

    One final point: The new "social space", Iron Temple, is functionally useless once you finish the quests because it lacks faction vendors, vanguard and crucible vendors, and even the new Cryptarch won't give you packages for rep level gains. You still have to go to the Tower for ALL of that (plus the shipwright and gunsmith). Added bonus: The voice over work for Lord Saladin reminds me of old 80's cartoon voice overs - not the top tier stuff like Peter Cullen but knock off work like the guys who did voice work for MASK or Go-Bots. (Yes, I'm old.)

    The only reason I bother playing now is because most of my friends still do. I'm already burning out on this grind and it's not like I've been sitting here playing 20 hours a day every day since launch like some folks have been doing. The one thing that could have kept me engaged was the Archon's Forge (which is the new version of Taken King's Court of Oryx) but the design of the key system is so punitive (and the rewards so lackluster) that it's difficult to find anyone there or anyone interested in bothering.
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  6. Sep 26, 2016
    0
    destiny is not a game, it's a huge pile of garbage. Everything is wrong in this game. Bungie are a lazy bunch of guys who just want make money the easiest way possible: for exemple: the rooster of the game is very poor, and the only idea of Bungie: just change the skin of the ennemy... that's all... The first raid was interesting... but all the others are really poor in comparison. (2destiny is not a game, it's a huge pile of garbage. Everything is wrong in this game. Bungie are a lazy bunch of guys who just want make money the easiest way possible: for exemple: the rooster of the game is very poor, and the only idea of Bungie: just change the skin of the ennemy... that's all... The first raid was interesting... but all the others are really poor in comparison. (2 hours to complete the rise of iron... what a shame)... So their only reply: push the difficulty.... Brillant.... Expand
  7. Sep 23, 2016
    3
    Story was short but not sweet. Completed main quest line in under two hours. I don't get how they can charge $30 for this with such a lack of content. Unless you REALLY want to see the Raid, do not buy. Rise of Iron is arguably shallower of content, depth and meaning than The Dark Below was. Which, by the way, TDB had more of a story than RoI. Save your money.
  8. Sep 25, 2016
    1
    An update that is OK but that should be free. Seriously, look at what Rockstar did with GTAV, all online content is good and free.

    I just hope that Destiny 2 will not follow this way, or it's gonna be without me.
  9. Oct 28, 2016
    0
    Just another disappointing addition to a very flawed game. Sadly I feel like Destiny still hasn't lived up to the initial hype, and certainly hasn't delivered on even the promises of the vanilla Destiny. At some point there needs to be a cohesive story line, some type of character arc, or character development, and NEW locations that don't just reuse the same spawn points and maps thatJust another disappointing addition to a very flawed game. Sadly I feel like Destiny still hasn't lived up to the initial hype, and certainly hasn't delivered on even the promises of the vanilla Destiny. At some point there needs to be a cohesive story line, some type of character arc, or character development, and NEW locations that don't just reuse the same spawn points and maps that we've been burnt out on for a year. I bought the game day one, so the buy in to keep from having content removed from the game is now VERY steep. Really poor tactics, and a disappointing direction for game development in general. I can still go back and play my nintendo/sega/xbox games from way back and never have to worry about content being stripped if I didn't continue to buy up. Sad that purchasing a game now, means you are essentially renting content. Expand
  10. Sep 24, 2016
    3
    Ugh. I was very excited and bought the expansion when the first gushing reviews came out.

    Looks like bungie's marketing team did a great job paying people off... for $29, this is not a steal but theft. The new story is great in principle, but poor in execution - recycled content, a very short narrative arc, finished in just a few hours with no real conclusion, full of cliches, tropes
    Ugh. I was very excited and bought the expansion when the first gushing reviews came out.

    Looks like bungie's marketing team did a great job paying people off... for $29, this is not a steal but theft.

    The new story is great in principle, but poor in execution - recycled content, a very short narrative arc, finished in just a few hours with no real conclusion, full of cliches, tropes and absolutely pointless missions.

    It's more like HOW than TTK, and I don't mean that in a good way.

    I'd strongly suggest staying away from this latest expansion, it's an expensive rip-off.
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  11. Sep 23, 2016
    0
    Meh boring just like usual same re skinned enemies of the fallen. Crucible still doesn't feel as good as halo when (BUNGIE WAS MAKING HALO) and also the campaign is super short and nothing pops. Launched only with one strike which was really disappointing. I will do the raid this weekend and update my review score if the expansion is actually worth playing.
  12. Sep 24, 2016
    4
    Don't buy rise of iron unless you want to be disappointed. The story really lacks anything interesting at all, I cant even remember the names of the characters (nor did I care for them) and I finished the crappy story in around 2 hours. It is insulting that this is something worth £25.
  13. Sep 20, 2016
    0
    Terrible and rehashed game with nothing substantial on offer. I guess if shilling continues, then they have no problem putting out shallow content for a quick buck.
  14. Sep 27, 2016
    1
    So much hope and hype was behind ROI that it failed to captured the magic of TTK. It took a year to develop a reskin of The Fallen and less then a hour to rip off the fans of the series. That's how long it will take you to finish the campaign. The new artifacts are a nice addition, but it is an afterthought. The side quest are meaningless and non beneficial. BUNGIE has repeatedly buriedSo much hope and hype was behind ROI that it failed to captured the magic of TTK. It took a year to develop a reskin of The Fallen and less then a hour to rip off the fans of the series. That's how long it will take you to finish the campaign. The new artifacts are a nice addition, but it is an afterthought. The side quest are meaningless and non beneficial. BUNGIE has repeatedly buried what soul the story had and ROI has put the tombstone over the grave. If you're thinking the story thus far will be revealed more think again. Not only is it even more fragmented but it has become so vague that there is no mention of The Traveler at all. How about that for a plot twist. If there was an award for worst story line ever manifested in the history of gaming, Destiny is number 1 on that list.

    The new raid, Wrath of The Machine was not very thought out either. Luke Smith has really disappointed being the lead over ROI. Not only is it more disappointing then Crota's End but it has one of the worst design mechanics in Destiny. It's Rift with a chopped up Archon Priest in closed quarter combat arena. The boss itself poses zero challenge and the raid itself feels like a really long strike. Even more cumbersome, quality control has really fallen short this time around. Wall breaching through the raid should not have escaped quality control. Quality control department must not exist at BUNGIE HQ. The raid in itself reflects how poorly everything in ROI represents.

    The only spec of fun are private matches that should have been installed since vanilla. However, it's a little too late since the overall experience has really depreciated with more old weapons such as the Party Crasher returning. What a way to make the game refreshing when all BUNGIE can do is recycle weapons over and over. However, if you want the new and improved weapon minus the old perks you have to grind it again. Genius move BUNGIE! Perhaps ascending old gear was too convenient or too complex for BUNGIE to achieve. Maybe it was easier just to add it to the loot table with a new light level and call it a day. There's been so much unbalance and lag in PvP that it's now the norm. Nothing has changed and it's expected to be this way. BUNGIE won't budge from their stance on the weapon META so get used the ever revolving door.

    This game is the largest bait and switch BUNGIE has ever accomplish. The move to current gen was suppose to improve the overall experience of Destiny but be ready poor graphics overall with an added grain effect. Imagine playing on new gen console with legacy consoles graphics. Of course we are told that it was not intended however why would it exist in the source code? Reskin weapons, reskin enemies and reskin mission is not new content. It's called bait and switch. This should have been a $10 expansion because that's all it's really worth. There is nothing even enjoyable that at this point in the game that it's better left to sit in re-development for another 3 years. By then maybe BUNGIE can finally make a complete game and a coherent story line.
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  15. Sep 28, 2016
    0
    Garbage. Complete garbage. Bungie's first and only love was Halo, and after Microsoft kicked them to the curb their only goal was to make a quick buck, and that's this game. An absolute cash grab filled with Halo assets.
  16. Oct 3, 2016
    0
    short story just for 30$ us , reskins and reused locations, easy raid, problems with the launch, just prefer to wait for destiny 2 instead to buy this lack dlc, what happened with Bungie? short answer "Activision"
  17. Oct 10, 2016
    0
    "я тебя слепила из того что было" это то что банжи сделала в этом длс да и в прошлых в принципе тоже, играл 7 дней , та же муть что и два года назад...

    З,Ы, ОДНИ СТРАЙК!!!! ОДИН СТРАЙК ДОБАВИЛИ..... я офигеваю
  18. Sep 27, 2016
    2
    Second worst attempt by Bungie, right behind The Dark Below. Anyone who has actually played the game will tell you that its another reskin of the same old things. Cinematics are not entertaining, story is true Bungie narrative, which is "go figure it out yourself" and the price of $30 usd for a 1 hour campaign is the greatest bait and switch ever achieved. The time lock content is anotherSecond worst attempt by Bungie, right behind The Dark Below. Anyone who has actually played the game will tell you that its another reskin of the same old things. Cinematics are not entertaining, story is true Bungie narrative, which is "go figure it out yourself" and the price of $30 usd for a 1 hour campaign is the greatest bait and switch ever achieved. The time lock content is another poor excuse for running out of creative ideas. Even the raid felt like a desperate attempt to be complex. It was really short lived and easily conquered with a low light level. This is the 4th installment and still no story behind the Traveller and let alone you, as the chosen Guardian. Bungie has failed yet again and only time will tell how many more attempts they will get at making this "experiment" ,as they claim, successful. Seriously though, why are we even fighting anymore?

    Bottom line, vets will get it because its something to do for a month. The rest, skip it because it feels like playing The Dark Below all over again. Not worth the money to grind for another Hopscotch Pilgrim or Ill Will that was earned 2 installments ago. Unless you like grinding for the same weapons you already have then go ahead and bore yourself.
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  19. Sep 24, 2016
    0
    This game was terrible on release date and it's terrible now. Seriously, what is remotely fun about playing the same levels over and over and over and over just to grind for better gear. This game is an unfun, unfinished joke.
  20. Sep 20, 2016
    0
    All Bungie wants is more money! After 3 expansions this content was supposed to be in the regular game don't waste your money a lot of the same enemies are even a re skin!
  21. Sep 23, 2016
    0
    There is nothing to see or do here that hasn't already been done. I really hope bungie. works on another project than destiny 2 because destiny was a failure and they could do much better. Honestly stop trying to make a game that doesn't have an identity. Stop trying to make mmos and bring us back to the glory days like halo.
  22. Sep 25, 2016
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. deficiente, pobre y reciclado, la raid es aburrida y facil y no justifica el precio, el contenido es pobre y no ofrece lo que promete,, como siempre venden solo humo Expand
  23. Oct 15, 2016
    2
    This has ensured I never buy another Destiny game/addon/dlc. Same enemies, same locations, just give them coloured uniforms and add some snow. What a ripoff.
  24. Sep 29, 2016
    4
    The lack of real level up suck. Making a game to make sure Pvp it viable and put a limits of Gear-up kill the game for me. Making the game by level down the rest of it, It's not away to do good game. And the fact, you can't gear more then one off exotic and one def exotic, it lame.... Because right there you have the opportunity to do real customisation and blend option power.
  25. Sep 30, 2016
    2
    my friends got this dlc(mostly my friends) both new and old players. that are solid players of this game. they played it the first week. and simple played a different game the next week. their where surprise on how much re used content was in the game and some really nasty bugs that are showing up right now. how bad the grin is now . for mostly worthless stuff. they really felt this wasmy friends got this dlc(mostly my friends) both new and old players. that are solid players of this game. they played it the first week. and simple played a different game the next week. their where surprise on how much re used content was in the game and some really nasty bugs that are showing up right now. how bad the grin is now . for mostly worthless stuff. they really felt this was a money grab dlc . i choose not the get this dlc due to them.(over 10 hard core players). you can tell with the reviews on what this issue are. Expand
  26. Oct 1, 2016
    1
    Destiny ROI uses the least effort to obtain the maximum profit and there is nothing wrong with that but with this DLC they fooled around with fan boys way too much. Who loves the game will still defend it no matter what and bought the dlc and those are the core base to be exploited. The DLC is mainly a reskin of foes. It only has 4 original missions, that top in 45 minutes of gameplay, 1Destiny ROI uses the least effort to obtain the maximum profit and there is nothing wrong with that but with this DLC they fooled around with fan boys way too much. Who loves the game will still defend it no matter what and bought the dlc and those are the core base to be exploited. The DLC is mainly a reskin of foes. It only has 4 original missions, that top in 45 minutes of gameplay, 1 original strike and a new raid. The trial of osiris map its not original since they used an old PVE map. The plaguelands are nice but lack of depth and after a week they will become boring. Bungie and activision had the opportunity to develop maybe the best MMO scifi game ever but instead maximized the profit to a limit that its almost like taking advantage of zombie players that will give their coin no matter what. Shame on you activision/bungie for ruining such potentials that were expressed with the taken king expansion. With this type of aggressive marketing better wait for the reviews of destiny 2 from serious reviewers before buying the game. Better stop preordering videogames. Expand
  27. Oct 1, 2016
    3
    The 10 year plan sucks.... I'm out.

    It's taken 2 years to get Destiny to a point where it still feels rather barebones and bland. The shooting feels great, but everything around it just sucks and feels hollow. That amazing story you were hoping for from the Halo guys isn't there still, the big expansive varied environments still aren't there. Any interesting gameplay isn't there, all
    The 10 year plan sucks.... I'm out.

    It's taken 2 years to get Destiny to a point where it still feels rather barebones and bland. The shooting feels great, but everything around it just sucks and feels hollow. That amazing story you were hoping for from the Halo guys isn't there still, the big expansive varied environments still aren't there. Any interesting gameplay isn't there, all you still do is shoot waves of enemies, the Raids are the only thing that tries new stuff, only the online structure around the game is so antisocial, your only way of doing them is having friends who also play.... none of mine do.

    Basically I wanted that intro video at launch, instead we got this empty cartoony feeling looter shooter... where none of the loot is interesting and you spend the whole time grinding. Bungie think think it's acceptable to recycle content over and over and charge £30-60 for it.
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  28. Oct 4, 2016
    1
    Same poor excuse of content that Bungie have been putting as little effort into as possible for the past 2 years just rehashed once more.

    Same bad gameplay, no new features.
  29. Feb 6, 2017
    4
    This DLC is hot garbage. I cleared thru it in about 1.5 hours. The concept is rehashed, the maps are ones you've already played, just with some snow and technological effects everywhere. In standard style practically nothing is explained and it's over before you realize it.

    I rather enjoyed The Taken King, but this DLC is every reason vanilla Destiny was boring.
  30. Feb 14, 2017
    2
    When I bought this game, I I kinda enjoyed it. I bought it because Halo fan always said Bungie was a good developer. Destiny has never been able to tell a consistent story, and we're 2 years into it. Bungie is also the frustrating developer I've experienced. They literally take forever to address significant issues in both pvp and pve, and when they finally do response they make radicalWhen I bought this game, I I kinda enjoyed it. I bought it because Halo fan always said Bungie was a good developer. Destiny has never been able to tell a consistent story, and we're 2 years into it. Bungie is also the frustrating developer I've experienced. They literally take forever to address significant issues in both pvp and pve, and when they finally do response they make radical and irrational changes that make you question if they play their own game. It's like they don't care about making the game fun, fixing the lag that plaques game matches, or balancing out the weapons. And all chances that happen as a result of pvp affect pve. The game also has exotics, which Bungie always nerf into the ground. The average exotic weapon is a hindrance, rather than a game changer. You will always find a non-exotic primary or secondary that perform better. Expand
  31. Mar 13, 2017
    0
    For $30 "Expansion" Rise or iron feels more of a sloppy cash grab update. Copy and pasted guns, content, game play, old locations, and even more reskined enemies. Literally the same stuff different day. Still a mediocre story (about 2 hours long). The "expansion" Pack which is more of a patch should have been free. barely any new content and the content we got is copy and pasted literally.For $30 "Expansion" Rise or iron feels more of a sloppy cash grab update. Copy and pasted guns, content, game play, old locations, and even more reskined enemies. Literally the same stuff different day. Still a mediocre story (about 2 hours long). The "expansion" Pack which is more of a patch should have been free. barely any new content and the content we got is copy and pasted literally. Feels more of a cash grab sadly which is why im giving it a fat O/10 Expand
  32. Oct 16, 2016
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Uninspired mechanics, reskinned guns, community is a disaster, same old formula in the crucible, still no matchmaking for the raid, no matchmaking for the raid cause this game sucks ass, and etc etc.

    *SPOILERS BELOW*

    Ok when Saladin shows up, I thought it was cool but in the end he ends up to be a boring bland character.
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  33. Dec 9, 2016
    1
    die already so we can get Destiny 2.0
    Boring crap with recycled assets, just like they always do, I couldnt bare to play any longer than a few days. so sad
  34. Oct 3, 2016
    1
    Destiny ROI is nothing more than the swan song cash ramp to a failed IP. I was a Year One player and when they revamped and retooled the leveling and made you leave behind all those weapons that were useless in Year Two was a complete injustice. Not giving you the opportunity to port over one weapon per character that you created. It was even worse when they started to recycle Year OneDestiny ROI is nothing more than the swan song cash ramp to a failed IP. I was a Year One player and when they revamped and retooled the leveling and made you leave behind all those weapons that were useless in Year Two was a complete injustice. Not giving you the opportunity to port over one weapon per character that you created. It was even worse when they started to recycle Year One weapons and made you level them up again. It is sad they brought back the Gjallarhorn to try to bring back players or get Year Two Players to stay on the premise of the fabled Gjallarhorn. I could give 2 sh*#@ about the that Rocket Launcher. The Vex Mythocast, Nechrochasm, The 4th Horseman, Thorn. Those were guns worth bringing through out the expansions from Year One. I wasted my money and Bungie and Activision will never get another dime from me Expand
  35. Aug 8, 2017
    1
    cost is not worth it. base game = $60, first two dlc's $40, taken king $40, rise of iron $30 = $170 game (w/ microtransaction revenue too btw). some fun games that are ftp and survive solely on microtransactions. if you plan on purchasing destiny 2, then plan on $180 and $X for whatever other imaginary currency they invent to reduce the amount of mind numbing grinding for gear. you couldcost is not worth it. base game = $60, first two dlc's $40, taken king $40, rise of iron $30 = $170 game (w/ microtransaction revenue too btw). some fun games that are ftp and survive solely on microtransactions. if you plan on purchasing destiny 2, then plan on $180 and $X for whatever other imaginary currency they invent to reduce the amount of mind numbing grinding for gear. you could buy +3 games for that. additionally, those loyal fans who paid the iron price are then further insulted by "bundle prices" designed to entice new players and keep up their "mau" numbers. people say it's like buying a new game's worth of content. they're right the cost compares, but unfortunately not the content. the base game had 6 classes like 20 story missions (albeit with little story or rewards) multiple strikes, and a challenging raid that took the very best players in the world 10hrs and over 1600 deaths to run for the first time. does this dlc even give 50% more content than house of wolves or the dark below as the cost would suggest? in general i'd say it's on par with the house of wolves in terms of content but not cost. Expand
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72

Mixed or average reviews - based on 66 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 66
  2. Negative: 0 out of 66
  1. Feb 10, 2017
    70
    Rise of Iron breathes new life into a game that was starting to get old. This expansion pack is filled with enough new contents and modes to keep players engaged again.
  2. Games Master UK
    Dec 4, 2016
    74
    There's not a lot here, but it's still worth gearing up your Guardians for. [Dec 2016, p.68]
  3. Dec 1, 2016
    60
    How much you care about these stories varies, and ultimately depends on how much you’re willing to invest to get there. Like Destiny as a whole, Rise of Iron has moments of legend, sandwiched between repetitive, forgettable tasks.