Destiny: The Taken King

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  1. Tirah
    Sep 16, 2015
    4
    Destiny is a very polarizing game. You'll either love it or absolutely hate it.

    The technical side of it is pretty much flawless. Beautiful environments, great music, and some of the best controls I've ever seen. Exactly what you'd expect from the creative minds behind the Halo series. What really hurt Destiny was Activision's greed. In order to make more money, Bungie was forced to    Destiny is a very polarizing game. You'll either love it or absolutely hate it.

    The technical side of it is pretty much flawless. Beautiful environments, great music, and some of the best controls I've ever seen. Exactly what you'd expect from the creative minds behind the Halo series.
    What really hurt Destiny was Activision's greed. In order to make more money, Bungie was forced to gut the game and remove a significant amount of content to be sold as future DLC. What's left logically feels incomplete. The story barely makes sense, and many plot points are never resolved. Every single character is shallow and underdeveloped. What's their story? What is their goal? The game never tells you.But it's okay, pay $50 more and you may get a continuation of the story in the latest 'Taken King' DLC. I'm sure you'll love it, especially if you're like me and you already spent over $100 on the base game (I pre-ordered the Guardian Edition, which came with the first two DLCs for "free").

    There's plenty of missions, but they're all very repetitive and boring. Collect a certain number of items, kill some enemies, protect your little A.I. companion... and that's about it, really. If you ever hope to get any better gear, you'll be repeating these missions over and over and over again until you're absolutely sick of them. The endless grind doesn't feel rewarding or even remotely fun - and this is coming from a person who's spent the past 10 years playing World of Warcraft.

    As far as multiplayer goes, you can do the boring missions in a group of three players. But really, why would you even bother? There are also drop-in/drop-out public events. You're in the middle of one of your boring missions when suddenly a massive tank appears from the sky, and you and any other player nearby need to work together to destroy it.

    Then there are 3-player strikes (it's like WoW's dungeons), and these are actually quite fun. There's a handy player finder tool, so if none of your friends play Destiny, the game will hook you up with two more players. Some of them are pretty bad, though, and more than once did I have a player tagging along doing nothing or simply sitting in a corner, while the remaining two of us did all the hard work. You can report these slackers, but there seems to be no penalty for this behavior whatsoever.

    Destiny also has raids, which are basically strikes with larger fireteams and tougher enemies. Unfortunately, there is no player finder for these. You are forced to go to various websites and find your raid team there. It's inconvenient, and the number one reason why I've never done any raids. They're supposed to be fun, but I'll never know unless Bungie adds a player finder.

    PvP was Destiny's biggest selling point, and it seems to be the focus of its developers, seeing how pretty much every single event they've introduced since launch was all about PvP (the only exception was The Queen's Wrath). If you're like me and prefer PvE over PvP, you'll find this rather disappointing. If you love PvP, add 2 more points to my rating. Bungie is constantly tweaking weapons and trying to make PvP more balanced, so that's good, I suppose.

    And that's Destiny - the game that promised to be the next Halo, but bigger and better in every way. It could've been good if Bungie was allowed to do their work without Activision's interference. As it is now, it just feels like a desperate money grab. Despite all this, Destiny seems to boast an active fan base (if the official Destiny Facebook page is anything to go by), so the game obviously isn't all that bad. Just really, really flawed.

    If you're interested and you'd like to give it a shot, I recommend you wait for a few months until the game gets cheaper, or ideally wait for some sort of an "ultimate" edition, which will inevitably come out and which will contain all the DLCs for a few bucks.    … Expand
  2. GamerJustice
    Sep 18, 2015
    0
    This game is simply built on greed. Bungie used us as Beta testers and put lipstick on their pig. It's still a pig however, equating to a terrible value for veteran players. The taken king is extremely short, as many predicted. Bungie used to make games that were fun to play. They now make hype better than any developer in history.
  3. Cstriker01
    Sep 18, 2015
    1
    I am jaded. I bought Destiny day 1 and I was hooked in quickly. So much so that I didn't notice something occur during my play time.

    The gunplay is tight and amazing, a Bungie hallmark, and the world has amazing set design and effects with a top notch Sci-Fi high fantasy atmosphere, all things that I enjoy. I even was an Officer in Dads of Destiny and my team was one of the first tackle    I am jaded. I bought Destiny day 1 and I was hooked in quickly. So much so that I didn't notice something occur during my play time.

    The gunplay is tight and amazing, a Bungie hallmark, and the world has amazing set design and effects with a top notch Sci-Fi high fantasy atmosphere, all things that I enjoy. I even was an Officer in Dads of Destiny and my team was one of the first tackle the Vault of Glass. My family suffered however, I was hooked in the same I was hooked into WoW and other MMOs, but not being single anymore, my family was suffering from the amount I played in the evenings. Of course that is a choice but I have to state that the interval RNG and behavioral science in the game had me pulling the slot machine handle over, and over, and over again.

    This game is addictive with little content. Two expensive expansions with VERY little content compared to other DLC expansions for other games left me pissed off. Then they announced and launched the Taken King....a promise of improvement based on a LIE. Destiny that I bought day 1 was NOT what was promised to consumers. The depth was shallow, the "open world" was a joke, and ENTIRE story elements were cut to the floor for possible DLC. This is a big Activision tactic to snake money from gamers pockets, and they certainly DO NOT respect their customers (look at Call of Duty and a gaming engine developed in 1998).

    They added in the Taken King, patching a lot of things that were badly developed with the game, but at the price of the FULL DAY 1 GAME!!!! This is insane, you are selling promises from Day 1 that were never delivered, and those that bought day 1 Destiny are crapped on having to pay upwards of $180.00 ($60 Vanilla, $20 Dark below DLC, $20 House of Wolves, $60 The Taken King), while a new player just needs to pony up 60$. This is by far one of the worst business practices I have ever seen.

    Which is sad, I look at the content, and I am so tempted to pay up and dive back into the game, and the pull is strong! I love the art style, weapons, classes, and the new subclasses look so cool! But the feeling of being raped by Activision/Bungie is pushing me to be more prudent and logical with my money.    … Expand
  4. Captiosus
    Sep 16, 2015
    4
    Sigh… Where to begin?

    Leveling: Going into a legitimate, second year, expansion, I expected the 34-40 leveling to take a while. Especially since one of their key selling points for their digital collector’s edition was the inclusion of exotic class items that increased XP gains. Nothing could have been further from the truth. If you had 10 or more bounties ready to turn in and an XP    Sigh… Where to begin?

    Leveling: Going into a legitimate, second year, expansion, I expected the 34-40 leveling to take a while. Especially since one of their key selling points for their digital collector’s edition was the inclusion of exotic class items that increased XP gains. Nothing could have been further from the truth. If you had 10 or more bounties ready to turn in and an XP booster – either the class item or the Red Bull promotion item – you could literally go from 34 to 39 in 5 seconds of mashing the X button. If you had a full complement of 16 bounties ready to turn in, not only would you go from 34 to the new max level of 40 but also have enough XP to get a set of Motes of Light. They may have taken Light Level out of obtaining max level, but leveling still revolves around increasing your average Light score regardless of max level.

    Story: Bungie heavily promoted the story of this expansion so imagine my surprise when the main story arc could be completed in roughly 3 hours. Oryx, the titular Taken King who is seeking revenge for his son, Crota, is shown to be a real bad ass of a boss in the intro cutscene. Yet he’s a complete push over from that point on. An entire defending fleet was obliterated by him but somehow our chump Guardians can manage to get into his Dreadnaught no problem. The final fight with Oryx is nothing short of laughable. The post-Oryx story missions – especially the chain that starts with the mission “Paradox” – are harder than the main story mission itself.

    And this is where the wheels really fall off the bus because the amount of recycled content used in this $40 expansion is nothing short of pathetic. During the main story alone, we’re sent through multiple pieces of old content rehashed; for example, being forced to run Chamber of Night backwards yet again. The front half of the raid from Dark Below is reused, as is the front half of Vault of Glass (again) in a secondary story arc line. There is even one mission where you literally do the exact same thing in the exact same place as the final boss fight in House of Wolves main story line – and Ghost even makes a direct comment about fighting in the same place. Quest chains with year old patrol missions as critical steps, running old missions backwards yet again… It’s almost as if Bungie is TRYING to troll people.

    But, the Dreadnaught! You might be saying. The Dreadnaught is new and a decent added area but, to be brutally honest, it’s really just four medium sized spaces that have a lot of empty areas connecting them. Exploration is fun, initially, but then it just becomes tiresome. In the main story, you only deal with the Dreadnaught three times. After the main story, you’re sent back to place patrol beacons which you then go back and get your own patrol missions from… No access to the sparrow makes it seem larger than it really is.

    Gear: Gearing took 10 steps backwards in TTK. There’s no consistency anymore. For example, the completion of the aforementioned Paradox post-main story arc provided a legendary armor reward. That reward was a measly 220 defense item, despite being a level 40 legendary. Statistically, it was inferior to level 38 rare armor. I got a better rare item from a Cryptarch Engram package when I went to turn in the quest. That same item from the faction vendor is 280 defense rating; earning the item from a drop could give the player an item with a rating anywhere between 220 and 300. This is all due to the new Infusion system: That piddly 220 item can be upgraded with the higher rated rare items by dismantling them and paying a cost of end game grind legendary marks, motes of light, and glimmer, in order to raise the stats. This has caused gearing to be all over the place, making little sense, with rarity and risk taking a back seat to total defense and attack stats (which are the sole items that determine light score and, thus, your ability to do more difficult things). Meanwhile, some legendary gear only has one perk while others have two. There’s almost no rhyme or reason to the gearing system now. And this doesn’t even get into the grindfest, especially if you want to upgrade your old year 1 exotic weapons and armor.

    Overall, the only real perks to this expansion are the few quality of life changes: The UI, the quest tracking, the bounty changesm and the new subclasses. Everything else is literally more of the same. I don’t understand these critic reviews because TTK falls victim to many of the same things that got critically panned in Destiny’s first DLC, The Dark Below, especially in terms of poor story and grindy gearing than penalizes long time players. Yes, they added more cutscenes, but that doesn’t mean they’ve made a better product. Far from it.    … Expand
  5. Blackout542
    Sep 17, 2015
    0
    TTK is another low quality money grab from Bungie and Activision. It's barely worth $30 only offering around 3 hours of new story content and then just having you run missions in the same areas over and over and over again. Go buy MGS5.
  6. atomkinder
    Sep 17, 2015
    3
    So far, not at all worth the $40 price. Trying to keep this objective: The game with the Taken King "expansion" does not live up to the expectations.
    - Depending on the player, the new story missions and Strikes can be very quick to complete. If you are a new player, you can start with the original story and the stories from the Dark Below and House of Wolves dlcs, which will add to the    So far, not at all worth the $40 price. Trying to keep this objective: The game with the Taken King "expansion" does not live up to the expectations.
    - Depending on the player, the new story missions and Strikes can be very quick to complete. If you are a new player, you can start with the original story and the stories from the Dark Below and House of Wolves dlcs, which will add to the play time, but it is still a short campaign with a mediocre, unengaging story. If you are a fan of games with a long and/or interesting storyline, I would recommend skipping Destiny altogether.
    - Bungie hyped strike-exclusive armor in their Twitch live stream: Only 3 pieces of armor per class across all Strikes. Similarly, preorder bonuses for the game were weak, "Uncommon" tier weapons, which is disappointing.
    - More content/activities have been taken away from the game than was added; this is not an expansion of the game. If you are buying the Collectors edition, or any other edition which bundles TTK with the base game, TDB and HOW dlcs, you are not receiving your money's worth, because all content previous to TTK is irrelevant now. Similarly, if you are a PVP player, be forewarned that without the Taken King, your options for PVP game modes has been severely reduced from what existed only a few weeks ago. On another note, the PVP activities are poorly balanced, with some weapon types and character classes being vastly superior to the others. Bungie has done nearly nothing to alleviate these problems.
    - Poor communication: across all sources, Bungie has failed to adequately communicate with the players and community, often providing misleading teaser information that ends up being a negative change. This has been a problem since the beginning, and will continue for the forseeable future.
    - You will need to be very careful about how you order the DLCs: With the Taken King dlc, you will not be able to play it on another account on same PlayStation, XBox, etc., and all previous DLCs _must_ be downloaded by the same PSN ID/Xbox ID as Taken King. Numerous people have been reporting issues with this, without any response from Bungie.
    - Nolan North: minor annoyance, but the new voice actor for the Ghost (a little companion which tells the "story" of Destiny) is incredibly annoying.

    Thanks for reading :)
    ~ Atomkinder    … Expand
  7. Thesomebody
    Sep 17, 2015
    0
    An overpriced expansion to the ultimate grind Fest! For 40$ you get better loot, new (and dull) maps and a much improved 2 hour long story.and don't forget the raids. What really ticks me off is how you locked out all the y1 players from content they already had and made all the loot they collected for the past year useless because they didn't buy the expansion.for me the expansion madeAn overpriced expansion to the ultimate grind Fest! For 40$ you get better loot, new (and dull) maps and a much improved 2 hour long story.and don't forget the raids. What really ticks me off is how you locked out all the y1 players from content they already had and made all the loot they collected for the past year useless because they didn't buy the expansion.for me the expansion made the experience a little better but I 's still a far cry from the scores critics are giving it.still what activision and bungie did is unacceptable and that's why they get a 0 even though no game deserves it… Expand
  8. SebbyMak
    Sep 21, 2015
    0
    Standard repetative garbage with bad business model. Die already along with COD, same game wit skinned garbage. Activision are horrific and leach on the stupid
  9. Stoppingpowerpr
    Sep 15, 2015
    1
    Bungie/Activison show the darkness of greed. Not only are people left with limited gameplay options without buying this overpriced nonsense, but the Story mode lasts a mere 6 hours.
  10. JustSteveWillDo
    Sep 16, 2015
    0
    $70 for DLC?
    $70 for DLC that costs $55 in the US?!
    $70 for DLC that if you don't buy you get locked out of most of the content you already purchased?!!

    This is hands down the worst act of money grabbing and customer abuse I've ever seen, it's so bad Activision should be under investigation by the ACCC.
  11. ColdHardFacts
    Sep 17, 2015
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Bungie does it again. They tell the consumer that its totally changing the game and it hasn't.

    When they made the claim that it would be as much content as the original vanilla release, I was soo excited to see much needed change. The story mission addition..is 8 quests. It took me about 4 hours to get from 34-40. All the "new content" is either old content rehashed or entirely in the dreadnaught (other than the mission where you go to get the stealth drive.)

    The taken Do look cool but there really isnt much to them if you're a) older then 12, or b) if you are remotely intelligent. The mission where you kill oryx is a joke.

    The 2.0 update in preparation for the taken king made handcannon stability not even matter like hardlights range stat. Thorn needed to be adjusted, so did TLW but gimping every one and/or reducing magazine size..cmon bungie.

    The dreadnaught although huge..is bland and everything looks the same the second time around. We got 4 planets in vanilla release. Now we have a big boring ship where most of the new content drags us to. The new strikes are simple if you know how to stay out of fire/ electricity or how to avoid mobs clearly charging you.

    Rift seems fun..if you have a team. I played 15 games or so and if your team sucks you spend the whole time being rambo with the rift while everyone else is playing it like clash. Atleast they added the mercy rule.go bungie!

    The change to how light works is kinda cool but I'm not a huge fan of the upgrade armor and weapons change. Atleast you have a halo sword now though*swish swish*. I Do appreciate that players who don't play much can attain max level because before it was heavily swayed towards players who can grind endlessly to get their legendaries/exotics.

    For the people complaining about not being able to ascend their old legendaries and exotics...get over it. No game developer in their right mind is going to preemptively kill their new content. The lockout dilema on content Y1 players who haven't purchased ttk..that's crap. My hearts go out to you!

    Some of the new pvp maps have a ton of access points for controlzones but there is also a ton of places to fall off the map which is just annoying.

    The legendary expansion giving you both previous dlc's , ttk and destiny for 60 $ when year 1 players already payed 60 $ for destiny and 30$ for the season pass is definitely a slap in the face to the loyal    … Expand
  12. Erald
    Sep 16, 2015
    1
    For God's sake!! Look at the score of the users and then the score coming for "professionals". This is absurd, almost a 9 and the players think the expasion deserves a 4.

    ACTIVISION IS PAYING FOR THAT SCORE!!
  13. beegie_b
    Sep 16, 2015
    2
    Well isn't that lovely, I gave TTK a 3.0 originally, and spoke about how Activision as a whole was setting a bad precedent for the gaming industry... The review was the top 'most helpful' user review... and what a surprise my review has been removed!

    A legitimate review of the TTK, by a customer who had a lot of love for the franchise previously. *tin foil hat goes on* I guess being    Well isn't that lovely, I gave TTK a 3.0 originally, and spoke about how Activision as a whole was setting a bad precedent for the gaming industry... The review was the top 'most helpful' user review... and what a surprise my review has been removed!

    A legitimate review of the TTK, by a customer who had a lot of love for the franchise previously.

    *tin foil hat goes on* I guess being a top review that sheds a negative light on the game is worth removal on metacritic these days. So much for user feedback.

    This is sad indeed.

    Thankfully, the internet caches this website so I could pull my review from the dead.

    As an addition: piss off whoever deleted this review. You can't silence people legitimate opinions about a product. I'm reducing the score of TTK (which should be a 3/10) to a 2/10...

    Here's the original review:

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    I used to be a huge fan of destiny, I played the game for over 900 hours since day 1. Hell I even played both the alpha and the beta.

    But, it's time to stop.

    The business model promoted by Activision is a detriment to the gaming industry. It's already been confirmed that the story of Destiny was scrapped a year before release (check out the lawsuit of Marty O’Donnell vs Bungie if you don't believe me).

    Activision has turned what should have been an excellent game, into a cash grab, designed to get players hooked with finely tuned drop rates so that they spend just enough time hunting for gear (which mostly sucks anyway) so that they can start it all over again with the next DLC.

    The DLC is NOT WORTH THE PRICE. This is all content that was already seen by players since the original release of the game. The only reason it's getting shipped to you as DLC is because Activision's marketing team thought their customers were too stupid to understand the depth of systems and story that the original vision of Destiny had.

    Now they're finally starting to give back what was already made over two years ago, but reworked to fit in the 'new' crap story. All for the small fee of $120 for year 1 players.

    How can anyone with any sense stand by and accept this dick slap to the face? If you spend money on this crap and you're a year-1 player, you are a sheep. Activision is laughing at you. You do not think for yourself.

    There are tonnes of games on the market that provide you with way more content, way better storytelling, more compelling systems, and better player interaction than Destiny. But idiots will still spend their money for one simple reason: addiction. This game is designed to be addictive, not fun, but addictive. All you're doing is chasing a carrot, looking for your next fix, which is a terrible loot drop that you probably will only use a handful of times. All to repeat the cycle again, until activision decides to lock you out of more content unless you pay them another $20-$40.

    Stop being a sheep.

    The ONLY things going for Destiny are:

    - Raids
    - Gunplay / Combat

    That's it.    … Expand
  14. SWERY_51
    Sep 17, 2015
    0
    Honestly good, but a way too expensive. This is what we were deserving from Destiny D-one release. Now we have to buy it at full price, i feel cheated...
  15. ItGoesInAndOut
    Sep 16, 2015
    0
    The single biggest rip off in the history of computer games, as a year 1 player I have been screwed by bungie yet again, basically the upgrade expansion for the taken king cost the same as the whole game plus all expansion packs for someone who has never played it before, way to look after your loyal fanbase bungie.

    As for the taken king itself, its short, repetitive, lots of content    The single biggest rip off in the history of computer games, as a year 1 player I have been screwed by bungie yet again, basically the upgrade expansion for the taken king cost the same as the whole game plus all expansion packs for someone who has never played it before, way to look after your loyal fanbase bungie.

    As for the taken king itself, its short, repetitive, lots of content from the previous expansions are taken away and your hard earned weapons are now useless.

    But the biggest disgrace is that for players like myself who bought the weapons pack, you are given green uncommon weapons that are worse than the weapons you already have, I really hope bungie gets in to some sought of legal trouble for this, As it is the most misleading thing I have ever seen in a game, and this is coming from someone who actually liked the game.

    PLEASE DO NOT BUY.    … Expand
  16. Weister
    Sep 16, 2015
    0
    To Sum it up you got to pay 80€ to be able to buy Taken king for 40€ more. That makes 120€ ! And if you dont havethe money or dont want to spend it, your stuck with a very limited version of the game. The thing is that nearly everything interesting you could do being high level, has been transferred to the taken king and is now inaccesable.
  17. ascedentevil
    Sep 17, 2015
    0
    Destiny. Destiny has had ups and downs. Anyone who isn't new to Destiny will know that the main mechanic of the game is to grind; which provides hours of frustratingly addictive game play. There is no doubt that destiny is a great game with a great concept behind it and Bungie have done a great job.
    That is, until they made the Taken King. For a ridiculous price of £39.99 you can download    Destiny. Destiny has had ups and downs. Anyone who isn't new to Destiny will know that the main mechanic of the game is to grind; which provides hours of frustratingly addictive game play. There is no doubt that destiny is a great game with a great concept behind it and Bungie have done a great job.
    That is, until they made the Taken King. For a ridiculous price of £39.99 you can download this 'DLC' from the Playstation store. Yep, £40, even though the RRP is $40 (or £26) and for this you get; two hours of story and leveling to 40, 1 new area, 4 new strikes a handful of PVP maps and PVP game mode and some bizarre new gear mechanics, which really isn't a lot if you think about it.
    What's that? You don't want to but it? well, good luck playing anything else then because Bungie/Activision in their infinite wisdom have locked out 90% of the game so that if you don't buy it, you are reduced to playing nothing at all. you literally will be reduced to 10% of the things you've spent 100% of your time doing.
    Oh, here's another thing; remember all that gear you spent hours and hours grinding and swearing and crying trying to get? well, that's all useless and obsolete now; expect to replace it all with green stuff.
    Essentially what I'm getting at here is; Bungie are making everyone pay £39.99 to unlock everything that they've already payed £85 for and have sprinkled on some DLC to try and cover it up.
    I've played the taken king for probably about 10 hours now and I am right back at running around the maps, waiting for things to spawn so I can kill them and then rinse and repeat the process. If you haven't brought it yet; don't. It is in no way shape or form worth £40. It isn't worth £20. Don't support this, don't believe the hype because this is a waste.
    Oh, the ghost sucks even more now too.    … Expand
  18. Truth99
    Sep 15, 2015
    1
    Pointless Expansion, should have been called The Taken Kontent for locking all the main game content unless you buy the DLC. Bungie has failed us completely
  19. Brainlicker
    Sep 16, 2015
    0
    I am one to always try to find the best in everything and have been gaming since Nintendo first launched and this is by far the biggest insult to gamers. I liked Destiny when it launched but through each change and update it kept becoming a different game from what I purchased. Then came the DLC which in today's world I guess is just a given. Now.....now they want to drop more content atI am one to always try to find the best in everything and have been gaming since Nintendo first launched and this is by far the biggest insult to gamers. I liked Destiny when it launched but through each change and update it kept becoming a different game from what I purchased. Then came the DLC which in today's world I guess is just a given. Now.....now they want to drop more content at damn near the price of another full game? For what? Another area? A few more guns, etc? Not worth it. If they knew this was going to be a ten year plan like they say then why not actually plan it out and give the players the full plans for those ten years. Why not have made it a FTP model then? Other games with similar models have worked without alienating their fan base. Awful. Just awful.… Expand
  20. Blamo
    Sep 15, 2015
    0
    The content is an improvement over that found in the base game of Destiny. Unfortunately you have to buy the game twice to unlock it. Furthermore, Bungie has stripped the original game of what little content it has to force players to pay more money to get back the content they already paid for.
  21. artimis
    Sep 15, 2015
    0
    This game and the expansion is nothing what it promises. Its the same grind over while other games have gotten it down better. While it may be a tiny improvement it is not worth the $40 price tag this DLC is asking for. Especially when the content and story are just not their. Bungie and Activision really show their greed with this one. sad to see what activision has turned Bungie into.
  22. Reph3at
    Sep 16, 2015
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Hype bomb again. The story is mabe slightly better than vanilla. Still, it's only 8 missions, which take places on vanilla maps, warlock stormcaller quest is on... blind watch. We have mission in crotas end raid. Personally I find this DLC a) pay2play b) slap to Y1 players c) totally not worth it's price. The pre order weapon pack is just a green piece of **** Definetely don't buy.… Expand
  23. Trivecta
    Sep 15, 2015
    2
    Over hyped garbage, everything is rehashed and a money grab just like the other DLC's except this one costs TWICE as much. Why is this DLC even 20$ extra dollars when it doesn't even add more content than the previous DLC's? Bungie has went from my favorite video game devs to my most hated ever since Destiny happened.

    *Don't buy this DLC unless you like playing a gambling simulator for    Over hyped garbage, everything is rehashed and a money grab just like the other DLC's except this one costs TWICE as much. Why is this DLC even 20$ extra dollars when it doesn't even add more content than the previous DLC's? Bungie has went from my favorite video game devs to my most hated ever since Destiny happened.

    *Don't buy this DLC unless you like playing a gambling simulator for gear that doesn't even matter. Where is the end game? Save your money and just buy a BETTER game.*    … Expand
  24. Anatamize
    Sep 15, 2015
    0
    This is pretty hilarious for an expansion. $40 is a lot of money. I got through the "6-9" hours of promised story content in 2 hours, and then was left to complete a myriad of quests I've already completed.... Rehashing same areas with reskinned areas. Many Quality of Life changes although the fact Bungie never even fixed the price for UK peoples and locked content out of Free players isThis is pretty hilarious for an expansion. $40 is a lot of money. I got through the "6-9" hours of promised story content in 2 hours, and then was left to complete a myriad of quests I've already completed.... Rehashing same areas with reskinned areas. Many Quality of Life changes although the fact Bungie never even fixed the price for UK peoples and locked content out of Free players is despicable.… Expand
  25. Ecto1
    Sep 15, 2015
    4
    The Taken King is decent enough, hell, its definitely Destiny's best expansion... BUT, I feel ripped off that I had to pay $70 just for the DLC... I already own Destiny and Expansion 1&2... I would have thought guys like me would be able to buy the taken king cheaper, as we already spent $120 on the rest of destiny... But now, we (in Australia) get charged $70 JUST for some new stuff!?!The Taken King is decent enough, hell, its definitely Destiny's best expansion... BUT, I feel ripped off that I had to pay $70 just for the DLC... I already own Destiny and Expansion 1&2... I would have thought guys like me would be able to buy the taken king cheaper, as we already spent $120 on the rest of destiny... But now, we (in Australia) get charged $70 JUST for some new stuff!?!

    The content is good (compared to Expansion 1 & 2), the price is not. Should have rather spent my money on MGS: V...    … Expand
  26. Kyoshuki
    Sep 15, 2015
    4
    You literally get the game that you have already bought a year ago with two codes for DLC that you have already got and another little code for the supposedly life-changing Taken King. I've tried to justify the marketing strategy for this game but it's painfully obvious that the people in question are using this title to exploit the community into wasting their money. Now, let's say youYou literally get the game that you have already bought a year ago with two codes for DLC that you have already got and another little code for the supposedly life-changing Taken King. I've tried to justify the marketing strategy for this game but it's painfully obvious that the people in question are using this title to exploit the community into wasting their money. Now, let's say you love The Taken King; you've bought everything related to Destiny in the past year and you've put over 100+ hours into the game: you know for certain that you'll love the new expansion as well. But does it justify the price? Honestly, the answer is no.

    Now let me tell you why:

    You can get to level 40 in literally 2 hours. You do the new raid for the week, a few nightfalls, which I think will be a lot of fun... but after a week of casual playing... what is left to justify the price?

    If, on the other hand, you are new to Destiny, then congratulations! You've got an amazing deal with all the Year 1 content available to you on launch of The Taken King. But for existing players... well, let me just say that it's a slap in the face -- you get the original game that you already have, codes for content that you've already played... and all that you are left with for your hard-earned money is another code for The Taken King.

    It's all so very disappointing. : (    … Expand
  27. L1BERTINE
    Sep 15, 2015
    3
    If you have never played Destiny before you will Enjoy the Taken King, Bungie's --mostly successful, ad hoc attempt to hang some flesh on a skeleton of a game. The FPS mechanics are solid and the game looks great. It's a pretty lobby shooter with a bit of a shallow MMO experience to it. Most will get sick of the repetition and grind and end up playing PvP and a few select Raids orIf you have never played Destiny before you will Enjoy the Taken King, Bungie's --mostly successful, ad hoc attempt to hang some flesh on a skeleton of a game. The FPS mechanics are solid and the game looks great. It's a pretty lobby shooter with a bit of a shallow MMO experience to it. Most will get sick of the repetition and grind and end up playing PvP and a few select Raids or scheduled events.

    For those that have played before. It quickly turns into a grindfest (again). Level cap of 40 can be reached in under 2 hours of play (for those at level 34 -the previous cap) and those that did not purchase the Taken King appear to be locked out of a lot of content.

    TTK is more of the same from Bungie/Activision. I have only been this disgusted with a video game publisher once before and I've been around since Atari. Bungie sold their soul and allowed their vision of an Epic game/universe to be reduced to a confused mess. TTK makes it better but it is way too little, too late.    … Expand
  28. rdmiller77
    Sep 15, 2015
    4
    I have to start by saying I've had a lot of fun with Destiny so far, been playing since the start of December, 2014, and it's been pretty satisfactory. But TTK is disappointing. First, they screwed a lot of things up with the 2.0.0 update that prepared for TTK, and now that the game is out, all my old gear and weapons are pretty much useless, and they really havent came up with anythingI have to start by saying I've had a lot of fun with Destiny so far, been playing since the start of December, 2014, and it's been pretty satisfactory. But TTK is disappointing. First, they screwed a lot of things up with the 2.0.0 update that prepared for TTK, and now that the game is out, all my old gear and weapons are pretty much useless, and they really havent came up with anything new. They're design team dropped the ball again as far as the aesthetics of the gear goes. And to have gear that I really liked and put lots of time in to get, then to have it nullified and then forced to use new gear that I don't like........that REALLY sucks. So the whole Taken King thing has left my a little disconcerted. Because of they're decision on how to carry this game on to year 2, and they're constant need to dictate the way the game is played, I'm not sure how much longer I'll play. Not that it matters to them, they already have my money. As it stands, unless it gets better as I play it more, the Taken King expansion is not very good. i give it a 4, my grief for all my old gear won't allow me to rate it any higher.… Expand
  29. commando41
    Sep 16, 2015
    4
    The fact that they still use the old re-hash method i.e. making you go through content you already went through a thousand times over but backwards really just sets the tone as to things to come. Three xpacs from now we will have to go through the Dreadnaught again but upside down.
  30. adsbikes
    Sep 15, 2015
    0
    Seems like the rest of the original game that should have been released all at once. A lot of reused places and enemy's. A little better story but not by much. New ghost voice is still terrible. If you worked hard in year one and don't get this then your screwed and basically cant play anymore. If you do get it you get a few new events and all your gear you collected is worthless now. AsSeems like the rest of the original game that should have been released all at once. A lot of reused places and enemy's. A little better story but not by much. New ghost voice is still terrible. If you worked hard in year one and don't get this then your screwed and basically cant play anymore. If you do get it you get a few new events and all your gear you collected is worthless now. As far as pre order bonuses such as the suros pack was a rip off. Not only do you have to spend in game currency to acquire them they are obsolete if you already played the game beyond level 30 which most people have. Overall i think Bungie has some explaining to do.… Expand
  31. BaconMage
    Sep 16, 2015
    0
    Looking at this as purely DLC, not the game as a whole, this is not in my opinion worth $40. Aside from that I'm glad I waited this time for reviews after being slighted twice by Bungievision. Destiny: The Taken Content only further reveals what the vanilla game should have been from the start. If Bungie doesn't at some time come out in a press release saying how sorry they are and what aLooking at this as purely DLC, not the game as a whole, this is not in my opinion worth $40. Aside from that I'm glad I waited this time for reviews after being slighted twice by Bungievision. Destiny: The Taken Content only further reveals what the vanilla game should have been from the start. If Bungie doesn't at some time come out in a press release saying how sorry they are and what a mistake they made by teaming up with Activision I will swear off ever buying anything produced by Bungie again. I've already done so with Activision. They "used to" make good games, now they only make marketing schemes to rip off players.… Expand
  32. vreynauld
    Sep 22, 2015
    3
    More bait-and-switch half-truths from Bungie.

    "We heard player feedback and are reducing the grind." WRONG. The grind is worse than it ever has been, especially with the infusion system, the change to legendary marks, and the change to the light level. "You no longer need light to reach max level." Technically true and yet oh so meaningless. Being level 40 means jack all because    More bait-and-switch half-truths from Bungie.

    "We heard player feedback and are reducing the grind."
    WRONG. The grind is worse than it ever has been, especially with the infusion system, the change to legendary marks, and the change to the light level.

    "You no longer need light to reach max level."
    Technically true and yet oh so meaningless. Being level 40 means jack all because what matters is your light score. What generates your light score? An average of your defense and attack stats. With raid gear, what's the highest light score? Currently 310. Put a decimal point before the third digit and you'll see this system is just a new coat of paint. We're still REALLY hovering around level 29-31, it's just presented with a different number system.

    "You no longer have a cap on the amount of marks you can earn in a week."
    Again, a half truth and veiled lie. Once you get past the missions you get after finishing the main story, most of which give one-time rewards of Legendary Marks, you can REALISTICALLY only earn 240 marks in a week. Mark rewards are now limited per account rather than per character, and are capped at 15 per day for the daily story, 15 per day for the daily pvp, and 30 per week for your weekly heroic strikes. Beyond what you can earn, you can obtain more Marks by dismantling Legendaries, but only 3 to 5 Marks at a time. In short, we went from having 200 Vanguard and 200 Crucible marks per character per week to 240-ish Legendary Marks per account per week, more depending on how many legendaries you dismantle. Same song and dance, different line of BS from Bungie.

    The counter argument will be that you don't need to buy stuff from the vendors, which is largely true. Since gearing has become a flustercuck of the highest order, with gear drops and engram decryption determined by your average light score, it's possible to get rare items that completely outclass exotics and legendaries. As such, it makes the 280 gear on the factor vendors mostly pointless unless you're going for a cosmetic look. I currently have a 297 blue sniper rifle equipped; compare that to my 290 exotic scout rifle. You'll need lots of those Legendary Marks to infuse (upgrade) your weapons and armor. Infusing your gear is the new grind. But, hey, at least we can keep a piece of armor we happen to like for the entire expansion if we want, so I guess that's a plus. If you want your old exotics back, that's 150 marks per exotic plus needing to re-level them yet again. That's if they even felt compelled to upgrade the exotic you're looking for into year 2.

    A lot of these user reviews praise the story and post story content. The only thing I can think is that they must be shills because the main story is a laugh and can be beaten in about 2.5 hours tops and continues to make minimal sense. Cayde-6's narration is the only saving grace of the whole thing. The missions following the main story are largely designed around old systems, specifically patrols and public events. The ENTIRE Taken War story arc is nothing more than short survival missions that lead into public events which are literally copy/pastes of House of Wolves' roaming wolfpacks. Only now it's with Taken Lieutenants and Champions. Variks offers a mission chain that requires killing 900 Fallen across three planets (Thin the Pack). The VAST majority of the missions after finishing the main story are rehashes of old missions and raid areas, nothing more. Even the main story arc, despite adding the entire new zone, is guilty of spending about half its time in old mission areas and year 1 content.

    The *NEW* strikes are actually very decent, as they have improved mechanics and the bosses aren't as bullet spongy. But there are only 4 of them (3 if you're on xbox). The rest of the strikes in rotation are largely the same except they now have Taken mobs thrown in them. But you're still going to be sick of killing Valus Tu'arc on Mars.

    The new PVP maps are pretty much the same design as the last. The new mode, Rift (Destiny's attempt at One Flag CTF) is hit or miss depending on which map you get and heavily promotes spawn and rift camping. Tiresome after a few matches.

    TL;DR Bungie did it again with the half truth bait and switches. The only solid changes are the new strikes and the new interface. But don't be fooled, most "Quests" are glorified bounties, and most of those - especially after the main story - are little more than patrols and public events. The main story barely makes any sense, Oryx is a joke, the Dreadnaught is a bore. Enjoy the next year of Legendary Mark grinding so you can keep your light score maxxed out - which is really no different than year 1's system, just with a new spit shine.

    For $40, I expected better. This is barely more than the content added by TDB alone. Save your money for any number of better games coming out this year. If you need to shoot other people in the face in competitive PVP and want to do it in space, wait for Battlefront.    … Expand
  33. Wurstbaron
    Sep 15, 2015
    0
    the storytelling got better; the amount auf story you get for your money isnt woth a buy..... so **** greedy **** sooner or later they take the throne of EA
  34. The_Frozone
    Sep 17, 2015
    1
    Is Destiny aiming for the weak minded? (Behavior psychological pay wall model)

    he more and more we see that Destiny has to offer. The higher the pay wall rises. Is this a video game payment model of the future? Buy the game on day one and be able to play it for a year? Buy it later you will need to crunch in for the pay wall. Sure I you know from the start it can be like that. A    Is Destiny aiming for the weak minded? (Behavior psychological pay wall model)

    he more and more we see that Destiny has to offer. The higher the pay wall rises. Is this a video game payment model of the future? Buy the game on day one and be able to play it for a year? Buy it later you will need to crunch in for the pay wall. Sure I you know from the start it can be like that.

    A delayed payed subscription model. Ok, if one knows it from the start.

    But the ethical disgrace is that Destiny is using behavioral psychological models to keep you hooked for enough time to then pop in the next pay wall.

    If you are true to yourself and played the last year do you agree to this list?:
    - You leveled up quickly and it has been rewarding.
    - You caught yourself staying up later (playing more) than you wanted.
    - Your urge to play decreased as soon as you hit the "Reward Wall" had nothing more to do.
    - You farmed materials/weapons/armor that are now worthless
    - You wished the story of Destiny made sense
    - You are constantly wishing for more

    These elements are used by behavioral marketing matters, for Casinos for Gambling.

    Definition of Gambling:
    Gambling is the wagering of money or something of material value (referred to as "the stakes") on an event with an uncertain outcome with the primary intent of winning additional money and/or material goods. Gambling thus requires three elements be present: consideration, chance and prize.

    The main three elements are true to the game system of Destiny. So sure you will feel hooked, it is designed to do so. It is a unethical cash cow of a whole new level. But we the gamers decide if we want this to be our AAA gaming future. So decide now!

    https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/154182451/0/0    … Expand
  35. dhlk1
    Sep 16, 2015
    1
    I honestly feel cheated with this expansion. Don't get me wrong, I thought the new campaign was a good addition to the game, but the new leveling system and now worthless year 1 items had me regretting that I spent 60 bucks on this. First of all, the new leveling system isn't my favorite. It's not terrible, but it requires a lot more hours of boring grinding. The new infusion system alsoI honestly feel cheated with this expansion. Don't get me wrong, I thought the new campaign was a good addition to the game, but the new leveling system and now worthless year 1 items had me regretting that I spent 60 bucks on this. First of all, the new leveling system isn't my favorite. It's not terrible, but it requires a lot more hours of boring grinding. The new infusion system also isn't my favorite. You have to dismantle a weapon of the same slot and it has to be more powerful than the one you want to upgrade. I did this to only have the weapon upgrade by a mere 4 damage. Secondly, the countless hours I put into grinding to get raid weapons and exotics are all meaningless now. The year one legendaries and most of the exotics are now completely pointless. I spent good money on the other expansions to have this BS happen. I worked hard for my items and now they aren't relevant anymore. Bungie, you have failed me again. I'm done with destiny and I'm never buying a product from you again.… Expand
  36. Dicky
    Sep 15, 2015
    1
    These expansions have all been woefully limited in content and rehash the same stuff over and over again.
    This is just more of the same. I put endless hours into this game but eventually just realized it was the same crap over and over, with increasingly unjustifiable prices for so little content.
    After reading the court case for the musical genius Marty O'Donnell I understood why    These expansions have all been woefully limited in content and rehash the same stuff over and over again.
    This is just more of the same. I put endless hours into this game but eventually just realized it was the same crap over and over, with increasingly unjustifiable prices for so little content.

    After reading the court case for the musical genius Marty O'Donnell I understood why Destiny was what it was and the expansions. Marty objected to Activision slicing up the game, changing the score and having say over major design decisions. When he complained he got shut down and eventually fired. They tried to steal his equity holding in Bungie and bonuses, holiday pay etc but the greedy bastards lost and Marty won.

    These expansions contain the intentionally withheld or unfinished bits of the game. Activision at the start demanded regular large DLC and the game had to be sliced up to satisfy their greed. The mechanics, music, gameplay are amazing, but Activision and the heads at Bungie have done a great job destroying what could have been great.    … Expand
  37. Lutallo
    Sep 15, 2015
    0
    Whilst the new cutscene and area is nice, this DLC is exactly the same as the last ones. Ridiculously overpriced, extremely short on content, boring as hell and grind friendly. Getting to the maximum level is as easy as turning in 8 bounties. The "story" as bungie call it, can be finished in about 2 hours.
  38. Wiiwillrockyoup
    Sep 17, 2015
    0
    Paying a total of $160 (Not including the $60 released of TTK, that's just a slap in-the-face) for this entire game (thus far) is first a joke, and second an abomination. You STILL receive barely a lick of a decent story, you STILL receive grind-happy gameplay, and you STILL receive poor structure and undaunted praise from Activision shills. Not to mention to internal problems Bungie hasPaying a total of $160 (Not including the $60 released of TTK, that's just a slap in-the-face) for this entire game (thus far) is first a joke, and second an abomination. You STILL receive barely a lick of a decent story, you STILL receive grind-happy gameplay, and you STILL receive poor structure and undaunted praise from Activision shills. Not to mention to internal problems Bungie has had over the past three years that deter me from throwing more shekels at them, nor the fact that Activision justifies it's greedy decisions in ill-mannered attempts at reclaiming a fanbase that literally never existed.

    Destiny: The Taken King is but the latest chapter in a failed series from a company that has bent over to another corporate giant, after leaving the soft grip of another that loved it unconditionally... what makes it all the worse, though, is the fact that Bungie had consistently gloated about now being bound by Microsoft anymore... so how do they justify what Activision has done to their third and final act?    … Expand
  39. Noob4eK
    Sep 17, 2015
    0
    DLC=Game?) No Bungie! JUST NO! I do not understand what needs to be bastards to do so with your fans ? I think like you ! Good thing I did not buy this game because of reviews of my friends.
  40. gameworm
    Sep 16, 2015
    1
    Reskin enemies, recycled same areas from vanilla destiny, 1 hour of content called expansion which is a lie, there is only 1 raid you get from this expansion and it is not worth a jaw dropping $40 alone. as for the legendary edition it is a good deal for $40 that is why i give this game a 1.

    If you want to support a game where their developers think you are just a number, this is a game    Reskin enemies, recycled same areas from vanilla destiny, 1 hour of content called expansion which is a lie, there is only 1 raid you get from this expansion and it is not worth a jaw dropping $40 alone. as for the legendary edition it is a good deal for $40 that is why i give this game a 1.

    If you want to support a game where their developers think you are just a number, this is a game for you.    … Expand
  41. MedicatedBias
    Sep 18, 2015
    4
    Final judgment: 4/10 collectors edition for new players; WORTH IT. year one players...wait for black friday or the next major expansion. this will only satisfy you for a month max. half a month if you are a regular player. To expensive, not enough NEW and compelling content. As a stand alone dlc, not worth 40$ maybe 20, not 40.

    1: reused assets for major parts of game. INCLUDING    Final judgment: 4/10 collectors edition for new players; WORTH IT. year one players...wait for black friday or the next major expansion. this will only satisfy you for a month max. half a month if you are a regular player. To expensive, not enough NEW and compelling content. As a stand alone dlc, not worth 40$ maybe 20, not 40.

    1: reused assets for major parts of game. INCLUDING CAMPAIGN MISSIONS!! (LAZY!) also THE TAKEN ARE JUST RESKINS of old enemies, with a few cool new tricks and mechanics.

    2: Campaign Story is very basic. Bad guy wants revenge for dead son. No depth, no backstory for Major characters. No successful or meaningful attempt to give the destiny universe any soul. The final boss battle vs Oryx is underwhelming and after killing him, no decent rewards are given. Very shallow. Is destiny INCAPABLE of making a compelling story? or did all the writers that wrote HALO leave?...Oh wait..

    3: The dreadnaught is just another empty playing space that offers nothing but re-spawning enemies. Just like vanilla destiny. Looks great yet offers nothing more compelling than killing the same mobs of enemies that you will get bored of after a few hours. Novelty wears of very quickly.

    4: Strikes have improved with some new mechanics. This is a good thing. However NON of the bosses are given any tangible back story within the campaign so once again your just killing this oversized boss with no emotional or logical attachment. Boss battles have improved, no longer stationary infinite health bullet sponges. Strikes have greatly improved, (best part of dlc thus far)

    5: Light system is gone! GREAT now we can have what bungie originally promised us, a choice in what armor we want to wear and not what armor we HAVE to wear.

    6: Yet to see raid. VOG is the only decent raid, Crota's end was not that great.    … Expand
  42. capthavic
    Sep 16, 2015
    0
    Considered renting just for the hell of it to see if the changes had made the game worth coming back...too bad you can't do that! You have to rebuy the base game and previous two expansions just to get the third one (and yes TTK is nothing but another glorified expansion) but only the base game is on a disc. You have to redeem codes for the rest, meaning its impossible to access TTK on itsConsidered renting just for the hell of it to see if the changes had made the game worth coming back...too bad you can't do that! You have to rebuy the base game and previous two expansions just to get the third one (and yes TTK is nothing but another glorified expansion) but only the base game is on a disc. You have to redeem codes for the rest, meaning its impossible to access TTK on its own physically or digitally. So basically a poke in the eye of anyone who bought the game at launch and already own the previous expansions. Whats even better is people are facing locked out/crippled content if they haven't bought TTK even if they already paid for it with the previous expansions.

    Said it before but I'll say it again that Destiny as a whole has been a huge disappointment. There are worse games to be sure, but Destiny is bad because it had so much potential that was wasted due to either poor direction or outside meddling from Activision. They squandered any faith I had in Bungie to put out a worthwhile experience and made it so I won't even consider anything of theirs except as a rental or at a deep discount. I may have missed out on TTK but I'm okay with that, and I shouldn't be.    … Expand
  43. plyer
    Sep 15, 2015
    0
    Worst game I have ever played. The game is basically a grind-fest and the Taken King does nothing to change that. Basically Bungie has made a few new weapons and a couple new missions and is forcing players to buy it by making all of the existing gear and weapons obsolete.
  44. Warrenk
    Sep 15, 2015
    0
    This game is easy to fall into, and the expansion improves a lot of problems I had with the vanilla game. Leveling is EASY, and there's a great quest system now. The story is better, but there are still so many gaps I can't really understand why I'm playing. What are my motivations, what is Oryx's deal? Why don't I just leave for another solar system and start over? Halo has a complexThis game is easy to fall into, and the expansion improves a lot of problems I had with the vanilla game. Leveling is EASY, and there's a great quest system now. The story is better, but there are still so many gaps I can't really understand why I'm playing. What are my motivations, what is Oryx's deal? Why don't I just leave for another solar system and start over? Halo has a complex story with complex character motivations - why doesn't this? While this expansion improves the game SO much, it still falls short of a complete game.
    I'm looking forward to the day that Destiny has flushed out what it wants to be, and the game isn't just a grind fest. I ended up pretty disappointed that I spent money on this.    … Expand
  45. cinemajase
    Sep 21, 2015
    0
    The random loot system, the replaying of levels over and over again, the absent storyline in the game I could stand because I had a lot of good friends to play with and that was really what was most enjoyable about this game, but after the release of the Taken King expansion and the launch of Year 2 of Destiny, I've had enough. The launch of the 2nd year of Destiny pretty much reset theThe random loot system, the replaying of levels over and over again, the absent storyline in the game I could stand because I had a lot of good friends to play with and that was really what was most enjoyable about this game, but after the release of the Taken King expansion and the launch of Year 2 of Destiny, I've had enough. The launch of the 2nd year of Destiny pretty much reset the entire game, even for players who spent the entire last year grinding to get the best gear in the game by devaluing it and ensuring that if you did want to progress in the game, you had to play along and ditch all that old gear for the new gear. If that statement is confusing, here's an example: say you're playing a game like Skyrim and you've progress all the way through the game and gotten the best loot in the game, best armor, best weapons, etc. Then, an update is released that you must use in order to keep playing the game, that resets the value of all the loot in the game so that the weapons you find initially are more powerful than end game weapons you had to work for. And you don't have a choice in the matter. Either you use the update or you can't play. Sound upsetting? Welcome to Destiny and the Taken King.… Expand
  46. PAA1
    Oct 9, 2015
    4
    You keep on circling the same places, again and again and again and again.
    After completing the story, and reaching the max level 40 - all you keep on wondering for light, armour, weapons....
    Random quests, raids, yet nothing productive at all...
    its like never ending circle, which reaches nowhere....
  47. Tego
    Sep 27, 2015
    2
    I have all the expansions and still having fun with the game. But, the greedy strategy of Bungie is not gonna make me pay for the coming expansions.
    An online game must be continuous. Limiting the before content for the players is unacceptable, huıge mistake. Disrespectful.
    And new missions in old maps, seriously ??
  48. Steven105
    Oct 21, 2015
    1
    In my last review I had forgotten to mention that xurs new item he sells called "3 of coins " is totally rigged. I had gotten a primary exotic engram to drop from a boss using a 3 of coins item so I turned it into the cryptarch and got a 290 hawkmoon , and a week later I had finally gotten 2 primary exotic engrams to drop from a boss from the strike playlist so I turned them into theIn my last review I had forgotten to mention that xurs new item he sells called "3 of coins " is totally rigged. I had gotten a primary exotic engram to drop from a boss using a 3 of coins item so I turned it into the cryptarch and got a 290 hawkmoon , and a week later I had finally gotten 2 primary exotic engrams to drop from a boss from the strike playlist so I turned them into the cryptarch and POOF! both of them turned into hawkmoon .......really?! I tried to give this 3 hour "expansion" another chance but im just so burned out on this game . Bungie is having a hard time managing this game, they try to fix something every week but when they do fix something they ruin 6 other things in the process and not to mention that destiny is unplayable without buying the taken king . this is a secret pay to play subscription , im done with this title ive already sold it and got 9 whole bucks for it! I know 9 dollars is way to generous for destiny , anyway this game is a marketing scam don't buy it , I suggest buying metal gear solid v the phantom pain.. or save your money for fallout 4 which comes out next month , I guarantee you fallout 4 will destroy this repetitive trash of a game called destiny . Another rigged casino made from greed , troll on bungie .… Expand
  49. CrashPoint
    Sep 19, 2015
    2
    Destiny 2.0: The Taken King is a must-buy---but for all the wrong reasons. Bungie has made a massive mistake with this game; if you already owned Destiny before this came out, and simply don't want the expansion, then the game is essentially cut off at the knees. If you did not own Destiny (like those who sold their copy after the disappointment of the initial game, you now have to shellDestiny 2.0: The Taken King is a must-buy---but for all the wrong reasons. Bungie has made a massive mistake with this game; if you already owned Destiny before this came out, and simply don't want the expansion, then the game is essentially cut off at the knees. If you did not own Destiny (like those who sold their copy after the disappointment of the initial game, you now have to shell out another 60 dollars for "Destiny: The Taken King Legendary Edition", which includes the original game, the two initial expanions, and the titular Taken King expansion. The 60 dollar price point might be considered a steal if you did not own any of the game's parts. If you want the Taken King as just another expansion, it will cost you 40 dollars; double the price as the previous expansions, with slightly more content. Without the Taken King, you are capped at Level 34; not enough to wear any Exotics and most Legendaries, and most Crucible Faction gear is now off limits until Level 40.
    Sporting few changes to the overall game (such as Nolan North, of Uncharted fame, as the new voice of the Ghost, new items and armor) with an added total of 4 hours of storytelling (not counting the already released expansions), 40 dollars is far too overpriced for something as meager as this. The 2.0 update, which was before the Taken King was even released, added more overall content than the actual expansion.
    Destiny is a quick, clean game now; and it is leaving the slow players in the dust. And those players will not take this lightly.    … Expand
  50. Albechico
    Sep 18, 2015
    2
    Was the new story better? yes was it worth $40 no. I feel that they should never call something new when it's the same missing just running it backwards. but the biggest issue here is they take away more then they give. there has been three DLCs and we really can only use the latest one. All of the other content(Bounties) have been removed and all the gear that you worked for has beenWas the new story better? yes was it worth $40 no. I feel that they should never call something new when it's the same missing just running it backwards. but the biggest issue here is they take away more then they give. there has been three DLCs and we really can only use the latest one. All of the other content(Bounties) have been removed and all the gear that you worked for has been reduce in effectiveness with out chance to advance just so that you have to start from starch to make it seam like it takes longer to level. this will be my last time buy anything from Bungie and I was a big fan when they did Halo. Good job Bungie.. trust is lost.… Expand
  51. TimmytheGamer
    Sep 18, 2015
    2
    Just another sham of an expansion. Six to eight hours of new content? No thanks. I should have learnt my lesson with the first DLC packs. I'm done with this title.
  52. kenmil
    Oct 23, 2015
    3
    Spend a few hours lifting your character from Level 34 to level 40 and what is left ? Nothing whatsoever. One raid, which requires 6 people, but there is no matchmaking, so unless you have 5 friends at the same level, who are prepared to spend 4-5 hours straight playing the raid, forget it. Oh, and all those weapons and armour you worked so hard for are now mostly useless. This game hasSpend a few hours lifting your character from Level 34 to level 40 and what is left ? Nothing whatsoever. One raid, which requires 6 people, but there is no matchmaking, so unless you have 5 friends at the same level, who are prepared to spend 4-5 hours straight playing the raid, forget it. Oh, and all those weapons and armour you worked so hard for are now mostly useless. This game has run its race and it's time to move on.… Expand
  53. PoopStorm
    Sep 19, 2015
    1
    Well, I only have myself to blame.

    I use to own the original copy of Destiny and got burned out quickly, just grinding away. I swore that I was done with destiny, but my simple mindedness got the better of me. I fell for the hype, it made me believe that this time, it would be different, it will be better. Just like a battered ex, I bit the hook and went back. What did I expect? I am    Well, I only have myself to blame.

    I use to own the original copy of Destiny and got burned out quickly, just grinding away. I swore that I was done with destiny, but my simple mindedness got the better of me. I fell for the hype, it made me believe that this time, it would be different, it will be better. Just like a battered ex, I bit the hook and went back. What did I expect? I am thinking that Activision are paying for reviews, because from my first hand account, this expansion was not all that, and definitely not worth the price, especially for 9 hrs of story.

    Honestly, things did seems different, for a short while, but after the story was done, there was nothing more. Yes there was some improvements, but not enough to make this game enjoyable or keep me playing or to say that the experience has been changed. Grinding still occurs.

    So to sum it up. Don't let the hype fool you, and be weary of these "credible" news sources. If you have been playing this for the long haul, I can you sticking to it again, however, IMO, this is not worth it for people thinking of returning or new people interested in the game.    … Expand
  54. MoneyMaker
    Sep 20, 2015
    0
    i paid $40 bucks for the new content, today played 6 hours and i finished it totally except for the raid, anyway the raid will be beated on less than one week for sure, and then what !? $40 bucks for this !? basically i paid $20 for fix the game with 2.0 patch and $20 for the "new" content, very disappointing, im feeling frustrated, pissed and abused right now, dont believe the hype, isi paid $40 bucks for the new content, today played 6 hours and i finished it totally except for the raid, anyway the raid will be beated on less than one week for sure, and then what !? $40 bucks for this !? basically i paid $20 for fix the game with 2.0 patch and $20 for the "new" content, very disappointing, im feeling frustrated, pissed and abused right now, dont believe the hype, is only marketing, dont support this kind of **business**… Expand
  55. playzthegame
    Sep 21, 2015
    0
    Destiny at its core is a solid game with great shooter mechanics and beautiful levels. The first year offering of the base game and expansions 1+2 was a mixed bag of interesting ideas but poor execution, however if you choose not to upgrade to the newest expansions you could still play your original copy of the game minus the newest story missions and raids as well as most of the pvpDestiny at its core is a solid game with great shooter mechanics and beautiful levels. The first year offering of the base game and expansions 1+2 was a mixed bag of interesting ideas but poor execution, however if you choose not to upgrade to the newest expansions you could still play your original copy of the game minus the newest story missions and raids as well as most of the pvp games.

    With the release of The Taken King Activision seeks to be the first company ever to pull a "fast one" on the general public by basically telling its current users to pay of GTFO (quit). If you have destiny and have not upgraded they have taken away most of the core game to the point that it is worse than a DEMO. What you can do is limited to irrelevant content. You cant buy any gear old or new. You cant level up to compete in Iron banner or Trials of Osiris, 2 of the competitive PVP modes. You are denied access to daily story missions and daily pvp games which earn currency to make purchases, and they also no longer sell old gear so if you don't already have some your up the creek. You are denied access to the nightfall strike, which has some of the best gear drops and challenging game play. You are denied access to heroic strike playlist.

    Basically you are denied playing a game that you already spent $60-$100 unless you pay them an additional $40 for another lackluster DLC. That is if you live in the US, other countries like Australia, and India get to pay $70-$90 US dollars for the exact same product.

    Activision is trying to set a bad precident in gaming. They want you to continually be forced into a more and more expensive upgrade to play a product you already purchased, and they want you to so grateful that you'll "throw money at the screen" (Luke Smith Bungie creative designer)    … Expand
  56. Howmanytoes2430
    Sep 24, 2015
    0
    Like majority on here I've been a Destiny player from the start, brought both DLC's and although not an obsessive player I can say I enjoyed my time when played. Never completed all the levels on the 2 DLC's as felt there was no rush. Saw the hype & hefty price tag of TTK & wasn't convinced (£45+ in UK) but switched Destiny back on yesterday to see if I could get back into it & discoveredLike majority on here I've been a Destiny player from the start, brought both DLC's and although not an obsessive player I can say I enjoyed my time when played. Never completed all the levels on the 2 DLC's as felt there was no rush. Saw the hype & hefty price tag of TTK & wasn't convinced (£45+ in UK) but switched Destiny back on yesterday to see if I could get back into it & discovered I'm locked out of most of the game...? Access only if I fork out the £45 odd for TTK? Was this communicated to me when I paid £35 for the dark below/wolves DLC? Answer is no!

    I know all this has been said before but wanted to throw my hat into the ring & advise people to avoid which is a shame as Destiny can be fun to play but to alienate players like me who maybe don't play as much as others but pay their money & then discover the 'game' I paid for is practically obsolete? Can Bungie/Activision do this legally....I'm not sure but leaves a bad taste. Plenty of other fantastic games out there / coming out soon so invest in them instead.

    Players who have just purchased TTK obviously benefit however what happens in 6 months or 12 months time? Something to ponder eh?    … Expand
  57. eldumloido
    Oct 18, 2015
    0
    No match making so can't get past lvl 40. Lvl 41 strikes are too hard and can't get equipment to get to 41 at lower lvl strikes. No matchmaking for raids so haven't played those either (not even vanilla ones). No matchmaking for missions so have to grind for hours to get op to solo all missions. Pay monthly fee to get multiplayer to your console maker and only multiplay is the seconds youNo match making so can't get past lvl 40. Lvl 41 strikes are too hard and can't get equipment to get to 41 at lower lvl strikes. No matchmaking for raids so haven't played those either (not even vanilla ones). No matchmaking for missions so have to grind for hours to get op to solo all missions. Pay monthly fee to get multiplayer to your console maker and only multiplay is the seconds you see random people running somewhere.… Expand
  58. HORRENDOUS_NOOB
    Nov 20, 2015
    3
    Same old stuff... although bungie has addressed many problems. This game is an absolute grind and the fact that this "expansion" is $40 is a joke. Should have been included in the main game, this is not a smart way for a business to keep fans.
  59. PCFORLIFE
    Sep 26, 2015
    0
    PEASENTRY what a **** game this is not on the glorious PC, Consoles are for **** and for retards, absolutely terrible not on the PC completely avoid destroy all copies of this piece of **** CONS **** graphics, terrible framerate, terrible resolution, **** mechanics, **** controller, **** consoles, **** unrealistic guns.
  60. Darcsun
    Sep 23, 2015
    0
    I preordered the the original DLC when I bought the game when it first came out. I put around 200 hours into the game overall, with three characters hitting the max levels. Each DLC that came out erased the accomplishments I had previously achieved. Each DLC offered a minimal amount of new content. I often found maps were simply reversed. With The Taken King, I find new content andI preordered the the original DLC when I bought the game when it first came out. I put around 200 hours into the game overall, with three characters hitting the max levels. Each DLC that came out erased the accomplishments I had previously achieved. Each DLC offered a minimal amount of new content. I often found maps were simply reversed. With The Taken King, I find new content and some story. But, after getting little to no value from the previous DLC, I personally made the choice to stop wasting money on this one. Destiny will forever be remembered as the game that got me to stop buying DLC and games (like COD) that require it to remain competitive.… Expand
  61. sears31907
    Sep 18, 2015
    0
    What are the critics thinking? Just look at the user score for a true measure of the TTK. After playing this game non stop for 4 days now I'm very unhappy. I bought the Collectors Edition and got garbage for it with low defense and attack ratings. This game is an improvement in some ways over the last two additions but drastically fails in other ways. The number one failure besidesWhat are the critics thinking? Just look at the user score for a true measure of the TTK. After playing this game non stop for 4 days now I'm very unhappy. I bought the Collectors Edition and got garbage for it with low defense and attack ratings. This game is an improvement in some ways over the last two additions but drastically fails in other ways. The number one failure besides the lackluster Exotics is the new Legendary Marks currency system. I wish I would have spent my money elsewhere. I gave BungieVision one last chance and they failed miserably.… Expand
  62. ReaperBlack_201
    Sep 18, 2015
    0
    It's not a 40 dollar content, and it's still reuse same areas, maps and with a small add on map and they remove all content from non-dlc users. Don't buy it. It's just false advertisement and a big scam.
  63. teg
    Oct 5, 2015
    0
    Nope - not today Activision.

    I bought the original Destiny, and the first expansion. Doesn't work anymore because they want me to pay for the game again for their "DLC with improvements"? **** you Activision. **** you good and hard.

    Won't fool me again, I won't be buying your products no matter how much you pay for high ratings.
  64. axaxaxaKURWA
    Sep 28, 2015
    0
    dis game is bad init, liek you get no enjoyment from grinding, was expecting some tingzzzz to be improved from the first bad game. This should not be bought, bungie you failures.... Very bad programmers
  65. commenter-x
    Nov 9, 2015
    0
    A corporate-engineered Skinner Box designed to maximize profits. Engagement and play time are artificially padded by tricks to serve as bragging points in quarterly reports. You costumers get what you deserve. You made this game a success, and fed the arrogance of its developers. Enjoy.
  66. THEonlyPEPPER
    Oct 8, 2015
    2
    What. A. Joke. I absolutely loved the first Destiny, one of my favorite games of all time actually, but this game....wow. Basically, Bungie, you messed up. The story is pretty good, the main source of the story, Cayde, is awesome. However, the story missions are lame, the quests are lame, the light system is lame ( because it makes sense that you would have a game tell you what loadout youWhat. A. Joke. I absolutely loved the first Destiny, one of my favorite games of all time actually, but this game....wow. Basically, Bungie, you messed up. The story is pretty good, the main source of the story, Cayde, is awesome. However, the story missions are lame, the quests are lame, the light system is lame ( because it makes sense that you would have a game tell you what loadout you can or can't have....garbage. Let the weapon stats be the weapon stats, forget freaking light, and let me play a dang first person shoot that is cool. I don't want you to be an RPG, I buy RPG's for that so take the MMO garbage, throw it out, and let me shoot my guns. Also, the new supers for Titans and Warlocks lend themselves to you not even having to be a skilled player, just rock up in a room and start your 8 kill streak, while the hunter super is definitely a challenge that takes work and skill to acquire. Bungie, you suck. I'm done.… Expand
  67. Halogod87
    Oct 28, 2015
    2
    One of the best lows in gaming history....a DLC machine...this game is basically a Beta but you have to pay 60$ or more to play it! STAY AWAY! If you have the money to burn and have nothing else to play then by all means try it. But compared to what Bungie has made in the past...ehm Halo.....Destiny is garbage!
  68. trichuris
    Nov 20, 2015
    0
    Why did I give it a zero, because the taken king wipes out the previous 2 expansions. You pay good money for the game plus 2 expansions and now all the good stuff went away cause you are supposed to spend $60 to buy the Taken King. It's a rip off since the Taken King actually includes the game and 2 previous expansions. It would be worth no more than $20 for those that have the whole gameWhy did I give it a zero, because the taken king wipes out the previous 2 expansions. You pay good money for the game plus 2 expansions and now all the good stuff went away cause you are supposed to spend $60 to buy the Taken King. It's a rip off since the Taken King actually includes the game and 2 previous expansions. It would be worth no more than $20 for those that have the whole game set already.… Expand
  69. Destinyblows03
    Jan 4, 2016
    0
    Absolutely the biggest money suck of a "game". Cant even call it a "game" cause its so incomplete, over charging players, locking content that has been out since launch behind several paywalls. And the dumbest fan base ever, the sheep they have hooked will defend the game even when the original creators left and disavowed the company. So sad. Never buy another bungledvision product.
  70. djtomtee
    Jul 26, 2016
    0
    Very poor, same old content, same loading screens, full price. Load of tosh. Grind, Grind, Grind lets see how much money we can make. You even have to pay real money to make your character do a different dance. Destiny has a 10 year plan to rinse as much money as they can out of you.
  71. True_Reclaimer
    Sep 26, 2015
    0
    DO NOT BUY THE TAKEN KING.

    All of our efforts, grind and luck for a whole year wasted, as our old gear is not upgrade-able. Raid gear, Trials gear, POE gear, even exotics... all trashed. The new light system is horrible, making the game more grindy and meticulous, eliminating customization whatsoever. The infusion system was added as a band aid afterthought, but punishes you by    DO NOT BUY THE TAKEN KING.

    All of our efforts, grind and luck for a whole year wasted, as our old gear is not upgrade-able. Raid gear, Trials gear, POE gear, even exotics... all trashed.

    The new light system is horrible, making the game more grindy and meticulous, eliminating customization whatsoever. The infusion system was added as a band aid afterthought, but punishes you by reducing your light level by 20% and eating up your marks, glimmer and materials.

    The new raid is worse than VOG and TDB combined, and twice as long. Rather than requiring skill, its just a huge test of patience.

    Trials of Osiris is currently gone, and still no private match support or in game ranking. Rosters are still a mess, not organized by alphabet, and clan roster is still nonexistant.

    The Taken King - TaKing Away your Gear, and giving you 5000% more grind and nerfs. RIP Gally, Icebreaker, and new Black Spindle    … Expand
  72. Manny78
    Sep 24, 2015
    0
    So episodic gaming wherever it went had more hours of gameplay than this. 5-6hours and its retreaded largely over the same locations as before? for $40?! and still no matchmaking? No thanks Bungie. I bought Destiny and the expansions. Those were BS with little content. Theres no story, no cohesion. You've lost me as a customer.
  73. Thetakenforfool
    Sep 23, 2015
    0
    My last review rated as top most helpful was deleted whit no explanation simply becouse I say what I think was the truth and many ppl was agree whit my point of view, to me this only proves what I say regarding how bungievision keeps investing money and resourses in the wrong way instead creating the quality experience we were all waiting for .

    As I say before raising a paywall to    My last review rated as top most helpful was deleted whit no explanation simply becouse I say what I think was the truth and many ppl was agree whit my point of view, to me this only proves what I say regarding how bungievision keeps investing money and resourses in the wrong way instead creating the quality experience we were all waiting for .

    As I say before raising a paywall to force year one players to buy this new mediocre ''expansion'' who is definitely not worth $40 is very close to what a scamer will do to you , actuallly other AAA developers make an effort in to creating a quality product and after that those games sell a lot just by themselves but here seems that activision convince bungie that the ''smart'' thing to do was to invest in PR disgised as ''reviews'' and ''journalism'' besides social studies on how to sustain the skeleton of a game whit indused adictive behavior so they can selll the meat later as ''expancions'' or dlc's.

    Ppl say now that destiny after ttk has improve a lot, the story make sense now and is a right step in the right direction as many well remunerated critics as say. Well the way i see this is that is like this :

    If i grab a story like SW for example, and I cut out of Obi Wan, Han Solo and Dart Vader, what we have left will be the story of a clules kid runing errands arround the stars and will make little to no sense at all, but if later I add these chunks and sundenly everyting start making sense I honestly belive you will tell me something like
    -hey why you didn't tell me that before?

    Instead of

    - oh my,this is a right step in the right direction yay !

    To make this long story short if you are new to destiny this is the right time to jump in but beware of how this scumbags will treat you . They sold me this game a year ago and make me pay twice for it .
    If you are year one player then wait a little for a price drop becouse is not worth $40 bucks VoG was way better than this new jumping rabbit raid beside that just new excuses for more mindless grinding but hey at least those factions make sense now    … Expand
  74. many
    Sep 24, 2015
    4
    questions answered and new questions arise. Played through in 3 hours.
    Still will play some further 10-20 hours with friends that still play strikes and crucible.
    but not worth 40$. I would gladly have paid 12-17$ for it.
  75. Paladin_Of_Luna
    Sep 22, 2015
    0
    Wow. This game is utterly disgusting. I bought it because a friend of mine, who is a huge Destiny day one fanboy, told me they fixed everything and made it better. I originally sold it because it's repetitive, boring, and bland. Guess what? $60 more and it's still boring, repetitive and bland. Don't trust these idiot critic reviews. Has anyone even heard of half of their sites orWow. This game is utterly disgusting. I bought it because a friend of mine, who is a huge Destiny day one fanboy, told me they fixed everything and made it better. I originally sold it because it's repetitive, boring, and bland. Guess what? $60 more and it's still boring, repetitive and bland. Don't trust these idiot critic reviews. Has anyone even heard of half of their sites or sources? I sure haven't. More marketing hype? I'm certain.

    The Taken King offers very little in the lines of "new". It's more like "repetitive overused recycling" of other maps and areas, with one new area that contains few missions. The story is so boring that I found myself falling asleep after the first hour, got to level 40 in a matter of days, then found myself at the same eternal grind fest to get better armor. There is still no raid matchmaking, horrible game balancing, a pvp that supposedly balances classes and weapons (yeah right, it really doesn't and favors those who put in more time and cash to get over the paywalls). Nothing that was wrong with this game before was fixed.

    You can blame Activision for this atrocity, but I blame Bungie through and through. I will never buy another Bungie game in my life after this. Let's stop calling this game a disappointment and start calling it what it really is, an infectious cancer blighted by video game designers' greed and power, focused on abuse of a fanbase that took a decade to cultivate. Let us all pray to whatever higher power that video game companies don't all try to "copycat" using the business model that Bungie did with this game. I fear that would be the end of my video gaming days. Just my ¢.02    … Expand
  76. simanshinsafe
    Sep 23, 2015
    0
    Bungie’s first post Halo game is a GOSS (Grouped Online Shooting Saga) based in the future of mankind shaped by a TechnoBall that comes monoliths everybody to space faring levels then goes cold, then a bunch of very similar and not fun to fight monsters called the Scary Blackstuff come and want to mess up all the cool things the TechnoBall did for us.

    Bland mid sized environments devoid    Bungie’s first post Halo game is a GOSS (Grouped Online Shooting Saga) based in the future of mankind shaped by a TechnoBall that comes monoliths everybody to space faring levels then goes cold, then a bunch of very similar and not fun to fight monsters called the Scary Blackstuff come and want to mess up all the cool things the TechnoBall did for us.

    Bland mid sized environments devoid of interesting diversions or life but thank to the countless trade offs they decided to make you will sometimes be falling asleep while trudging though one of the two mission types they repeat over and over and see another player character running around doing the same boring **** you are.

    Those same trade offs in the name of making it more ‘social’ also mean rather then a quick to use menu you have to spend ages loading into and running around a tiny hub area, but as you run from one characters with an exclamation mark to another you’ll see other players doing the same boring ****.

    People are excusing how **** Destiny is by calling out how you can play the whole game with other people, most of the content is limited to 3 people teams with the more specialised modes increasing the number. It might seem impressive until someone reminds you of the fact that in 2007 Bungie’s Halo 3 let you play the entire game with 4 players. With great AI, missions, story and far better vehicle and weapon sandboxes… and photo mode, replays and countless other things that Destiny doesn’t.

    If the order of release of these were switched it would make much more sense.

    By level 15 I gave up, slogging though the game up until that point was no fun what so ever. If I was professional reviewer I would have finished the game and even restarted it as a different ‘class’, what I’m saying is, you would have to pay me to play this game. For free I’ll get as far as level 15 and stop.

    I gave up on the SP around level 10, those last 5 were picked up via multiplayer, I ground though this foul mess hoping to hit the right map, the right game type, the right anything to get it anywhere near close to fun.

    The closest Destiny comes to any Halo is in this mode, the maps are could fit into Reach as they feel built for too many things at once and none of them stick in the mind.

    Finally getting to play Destiny as a whole does answer a question, why was Marty O’Donnell fired.

    Turns out when he was first shown the game he told the team how damn terrible the game is and they were unable to handle it.    … Expand
  77. mongoliandude
    Sep 29, 2015
    1
    I can't believe this, 40 GB pounds? Really? I live in Belgium but with UK playstation now I have to pay 54 euros for this?!!! WTF that's a whole new game, yes I quit playing this game. I'll be back when it's cheaper than that otherwise I wait for No Man's Sky
  78. sirveaux
    Oct 26, 2015
    0
    Cash grab, I uninstalled and won't touch anything from ActiviBungie again. Click anyone's name that's rated this a 10 and notice how they haven't rated anything else or have a profile picture and ask yourself why? Sort these ratings by date, scroll to October 8th and notice ALL the dummy accounts that gave this a 10. I counted 50 fake reviews. I'm sure Metacritic apprecaites Bungie's moneyCash grab, I uninstalled and won't touch anything from ActiviBungie again. Click anyone's name that's rated this a 10 and notice how they haven't rated anything else or have a profile picture and ask yourself why? Sort these ratings by date, scroll to October 8th and notice ALL the dummy accounts that gave this a 10. I counted 50 fake reviews. I'm sure Metacritic apprecaites Bungie's money to look the other way. If you don't work for a living and your parents are going to buy you this game, you won't notice anyway.… Expand
  79. 4ST2R0
    Oct 3, 2015
    1
    Complete Rip Off.
    Costs $40 (From Day 1 that makes it $145-150 total)
    Gives you what you should have had fro, Day 1
    If you don't buy it, it locks you out of your now $5 copy of Destiny.
    Remember, you paid $100-110 already? Now, it's worthless.
    Thanks Activision/Bungie.
  80. SNES_is_best
    Nov 26, 2015
    0
    Having put in 500 hours pre-ttk, I downloaded the overpriced (expansion). You know what you will see? Everything you worked hard to get is useless. Reforging weapons....gone. Weapon perks removed. The list goes on and on. I have never played such a repetitive, unrewarding, OVERRATED mess as this. I wouldn't even call it a game.
  81. DingBong
    Nov 29, 2015
    0
    Once again, Bungie has put out another lackluster grind-fest on what could be a fantastic gaming experience. Work to get rewards is the theme here - no fun allowed. The content is much smaller than it appears at first, and the vast majority of the so-called quests involve repetition of old content. Bungie seems to have a philosophy based on their players not being "good enough" orOnce again, Bungie has put out another lackluster grind-fest on what could be a fantastic gaming experience. Work to get rewards is the theme here - no fun allowed. The content is much smaller than it appears at first, and the vast majority of the so-called quests involve repetition of old content. Bungie seems to have a philosophy based on their players not being "good enough" or deserving of rewards. It's no surprise that many players dropped off and joined more rewarding and fun games. Instead of adding new areas to explore or monsters to try your combat skills on, the additional content has thus far consisted of a pointless Halloween grind, a refer-a-friend scheme, and raid challenge modes that micromanage your gameplay in exchange for character upgrades. As for the player community, it is shrinking and becoming insular. Like a big clique, this game is hardly inviting to most players. Exclusion and elitism has been a strong theme in Harold Ryan's and Luke Smith's designs. Other than having great basic gameplay with easy and smooth aiming, agile jumping, and elegant special abilities, this game offers nothing but a laundry list of chores for players if they want to progress. These chores are so menial that Taken King will have you craving the depth and interaction of a simple fetch & return quest in games like Fallout, ESO, and Final Fantasy. The player vs player is run amok with lag switching and/or terrible lag and net code. Matches take a long time to find and player count seems thinner than Modern Warfare 2. Once again, there is also no group finding tools or matchmaking for most of the important activities in the game. This is because quite simply, Luke Smith and the most hardcore fans of the game believe we aren't good enough to actually succeed at the content and that we would potentially ruin their play experience. That adds an absurd layer of extra work that players must do just to even try content. There's many cool weapons to acquire in the game, and it's great to get weekly orders from the gunsmith (although the ranking method is even more inane than bounties with the repetitive test weapon chores) but players will find very little storage space or opportunity to substantially upgrade the attack values of these weapons. Bungie seems to only be in touch with a dwindling and insular community of twitch streamers and their followers. Basically, this game is anything but fun, and Bungie's attitude and development team needs to go for any hopes of improvement.… Expand
  82. fallouts
    Sep 26, 2015
    0
    This game is very boring to me. They story is lacking and so are the characters. The shooting gets repetitive after a bit......................................
  83. mikerbyrne
    Jan 29, 2016
    0
    A bad expansion to a bad game. There are few area that Destiny Taken King don't disappoint. Gunplay is great but the rest of the game is a boring grind. The only real new area to the game get boring after a couple hours of play. The raid is fun the first time but becomes a complete grind if you want to get to 320. Bungie should really be ashamed of how poorly the expansion was implemented.
  84. reviewer2015lol
    Jan 16, 2016
    0
    It's not good at all and not worth and ALL THE MONEY JESUS CHRIST. They added microtansactions, nothing fun and absolutly nothing better. And if you didn't pay the expansion, you can't PLAY IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!They lock away content that you even pay for !!!!!!!! Shame on you bungie, shame on activision, shame on you, LUKE SMITH.YOU ARE THE DEVIL OF GAMING!!!!
  85. Toophat82
    Oct 29, 2015
    0
    BEWARE TAKEN KING AT END OF THE DAY WHEN YOU REAL LOOK AT IT IS BASICALLY A PATCH AND A REAL EXPENSIVE ONE AS ACTIVISON AND BUNGIE ARE BASICALLY CHARGING PEOPLE FOR THEM TO PATCH THE GAME WITH FIXES AND CONTENT THAT SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN INCLUDED FROM DAY 1. CONSIDERING HOW THEY ARE LOCKING PEOPLE OUT OF YEAR ONE DESTINY TO FORCE CUSTOMERS TO BUY THIS WHICH IS SOMETHING YOU ONLY SEEBEWARE TAKEN KING AT END OF THE DAY WHEN YOU REAL LOOK AT IT IS BASICALLY A PATCH AND A REAL EXPENSIVE ONE AS ACTIVISON AND BUNGIE ARE BASICALLY CHARGING PEOPLE FOR THEM TO PATCH THE GAME WITH FIXES AND CONTENT THAT SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN INCLUDED FROM DAY 1. CONSIDERING HOW THEY ARE LOCKING PEOPLE OUT OF YEAR ONE DESTINY TO FORCE CUSTOMERS TO BUY THIS WHICH IS SOMETHING YOU ONLY SEE WITH PATCHES BUT TO A BIGGER EXTREME AS WITH PATCHES YOU CAN STILL PLAY THE GAME AS IT WAS PREPATCH BUT JUST WON'T HAVE ACCESS TO ANY OF THE NEW FIXES OR CONTENT THE NEWER PATCH ADDS TO THE GAME LOL WHICH TO ME IS A FIRST IN GAMING AND MUST BE ILLEGAL.

    I paid for destiny including season pass costing me around 120 bucks so how am I locked out from something I paid for if I don't want to buy the new expansion Taken king? Isn't that illegal I paid for the game to play never was I told that I would have to buy every new expansion or DLC if I wanted to continue to play a game I paid for how are they even allowed to do this? There must be some consumer policy and rights being broken here and I hope activision gets theirs as this is robbery and fraud no doubt about it. They are basically forcing players to have to buy this DLC or expansion in Order to keep playing a game that they already more then paid for enough this is crazy. I should be able to play all of the original content along with other players who don't buy the Taken King expansion that's how it's always been no matter normal game or MMO which destiny isn't by the way as activision has stated many times in interviews that Destiny is not an MMO it just borrows some designs and elements from MMOs but that doesn't make one and either way even if it was even in MMOs this doesn't happen. It's simple you don't buy new expansion then you can only play what you have payed for but with destiny they literally lock u out of content you already paid for in turn ripping the consumer off. Only an idiot would support this kind of tactic and this game if you like getting ripped off then by all means donate to Activision they will gladly take it but if you smarter then most sheep then don't by taken King as it's overpriced to start anyways and while you finally get a lot of what should have already been included in destiny you are basically paying twice and for what's really a 20 dollar expansion at most as while it adds a much needed actual story with cutscenes to game it's only a few hours worth and surely not the amount you should get with a full game which is what they charging you for btw nevermind how much is actually recycled from original game that you are your paying for at a premium price that a full game would cost. Activision is setting a bad precedent for gaming and it's models with these shady business tactics so don't be a fool by supporting them.    … Expand
  86. firstogo
    Jul 18, 2016
    0
    This game is one of the most disappointing, if not the most dissapointing game in the history of video games. Do yourself a favor. Do not buy this game. Do not listen to the critics as they are payed actors who will get black listed if they mention anything negative. The owners are not trying to create a fan base. They don't give a **** All they care about is money. If you buy this game,This game is one of the most disappointing, if not the most dissapointing game in the history of video games. Do yourself a favor. Do not buy this game. Do not listen to the critics as they are payed actors who will get black listed if they mention anything negative. The owners are not trying to create a fan base. They don't give a **** All they care about is money. If you buy this game, it will only a few a months before a new DLC will come out and you will have two options. Either buy out of necessity or get thrown away and get half of your usual content cut. Please do not support this company, because they're what's wrong with this industry nowadays. Thank you.… Expand
  87. Alignedbag
    Jan 11, 2016
    0
    yeah don't bother with this game. bungie seems to like giving the players as little content as possible, for as much money as possible. your money is better spent elsewhere.
  88. EDVERSiTY
    Dec 24, 2015
    3
    This purchase was a skeptic and optimist's mistake. After you get done with all of the missions and quests, you end up just going right back to the grind fest the game was before it. It was definitely not worth $40 some had to pay, or $60 for the Legendary Edition. It's a rip-off. I give this disappointment a three out of ten for the quick rush of fun that can only be compared to smoking aThis purchase was a skeptic and optimist's mistake. After you get done with all of the missions and quests, you end up just going right back to the grind fest the game was before it. It was definitely not worth $40 some had to pay, or $60 for the Legendary Edition. It's a rip-off. I give this disappointment a three out of ten for the quick rush of fun that can only be compared to smoking a cigarette, which isn't a bad comparison because of the fact that they both take your money and end up being long-term regrets. If you haven't bought this let-down of an expansion, do not buy it. Save your money and look elsewhere. It's pathetic how much they hyped this up.… Expand
  89. softLOUDsoft
    Jan 23, 2016
    1
    the most unfairly I have ever been treated as a customer.

    I've enjoyed this game a great deal. But I cannot continue playing unless I pay money. And the things I work for get removed, and this company wants me to buy a new game to continue playing. How can your remove essentially all features from me, unless I pay $40? It is unfair, and honestly I do not know how a mass-market game    the most unfairly I have ever been treated as a customer.

    I've enjoyed this game a great deal. But I cannot continue playing unless I pay money. And the things I work for get removed, and this company wants me to buy a new game to continue playing. How can your remove essentially all features from me, unless I pay $40? It is unfair, and honestly I do not know how a mass-market game like this game can be operated as such legally. It is, to me, the most unfairly I have ever been treated as a customer.    … Expand
  90. I_AM
    Oct 24, 2015
    1
    the company is very short. the game is passed for 1 day. Very expensive. 120$ is very much. Fast level up to 40lvl and... Nothing. Nice graphics,sounds, but it's all. Very weak idea.
  91. Blue2095
    Dec 4, 2015
    4
    New content is always interesting, however this hardly has any content.

    There still is a lack of story, it's the same "Go here, kill these baddies, return to sell/decrypt your junk." As for "Story Missions," I paced through them within two hours. Weapons and Gear is still the same as light, just different. Instead of hunting for "light," you just hunt for a higher defense and attack.    New content is always interesting, however this hardly has any content.

    There still is a lack of story, it's the same "Go here, kill these baddies, return to sell/decrypt your junk." As for "Story Missions," I paced through them within two hours.

    Weapons and Gear is still the same as light, just different. Instead of hunting for "light," you just hunt for a higher defense and attack. It's still a pathetic system that prevents you from wearing the most aesthetically pleasing equipment.

    Sure there are a few new things like the Court of Oryx and the raid, but those are just grinds. Like the entire game itself.    … Expand
  92. ComicalSans
    Dec 14, 2015
    2
    You know, after playing the expansion for a couple months, I think I've come to my final conclusion. Bungie is getting desperate. Desperate for play time, desperate for money, and even desperate for new players. Micro transactions, racing (in an fps?), and the worst loot system I have ever been cursed to be a part of.
    There is a pitiful amount of new story missions, maybe 6-8. There are 3    You know, after playing the expansion for a couple months, I think I've come to my final conclusion. Bungie is getting desperate. Desperate for play time, desperate for money, and even desperate for new players. Micro transactions, racing (in an fps?), and the worst loot system I have ever been cursed to be a part of.
    There is a pitiful amount of new story missions, maybe 6-8. There are 3 new strikes, and 1 raid. The strikes are good, the raid is fun. But there's not enough to justify $40. Especially because of the following problems.
    The micro-transactions are non-essential, however, they push them sometimes to be essential to keep track of racing times and records. The racing? I'm going to be honest, it's fun. But it's a last ditch effort to save their game until the next wave of "content."
    When they claimed to fix the loot system at the start of The Taken King, back in September, it was broken even more, How can you break something even more than it already is? They put broken RNG inside the already broken RNG! If you so happen to get the loot you want to drop (RNG #1), you then have to look at what level that gear is (RNG #2)! That is broken. You might get those boots you wanted, but oh! They're only level 304, and you needed at least level 306. These things ruin the game for me. I am aware that it is a grindy game. You have to grind to level your character. But when you can go weeks without getting anything to drop, and then have it finally drop for you, and not be high enough level, it pisses you off to no end.
    The gun system is the worst I've ever seen. There are 3-5 archetypes for all of the guns, ranging from low impact high rate of fire, to high impact low rate of fire. There is NO DIVERSITY. Not to mention some exotics are dominating factors in PvP before getting heavily nerfed, and a new exotic taking its place.
    Bungie has ruined an amazing opportunity to make Destiny a great game. They did this, mostly by breaking the loot system. It really is disappointing. I had more faith in them, but it was all for naught. They have left me leaving the game for good, and never looking back. I would not recommend sticking it out with Bungie. Even when you think it can't get any worse, it manages to do so. I give it a 2/10, by the skin of its teeth.    … Expand
  93. ImperialPunk
    Dec 24, 2015
    2
    To help anyone on deciding what to do; buy or don't buy? Don't buy this if you don't want to risk feeling like your brain is being microwaved inside your own head. The game overall isn't bad in the graphics department or gunplay, but if you enjoy a good story and well written characters you will be left utterly disappointed. The games main problem is that it wasn't working correctly in theTo help anyone on deciding what to do; buy or don't buy? Don't buy this if you don't want to risk feeling like your brain is being microwaved inside your own head. The game overall isn't bad in the graphics department or gunplay, but if you enjoy a good story and well written characters you will be left utterly disappointed. The games main problem is that it wasn't working correctly in the first place and was unfinished upon release, the DLC should have been free. I played it first-hand and it isn't anything to revel over in anyway. It is just like the vanilla game, but with "better" weapons and armor. Main issues are rooted towards specific features of the original game from the multiplayer are locked, so that you are forced to pay for the DLC. This game reminded me a lot of Star Wars Infinity and Star Wars Battlefront EA. You might have more fun if you buy the DLC's and even then you'll will feel like you are forcing your hand to find fun in a creatively devout game. The only way to have fun with this cliche Sci-Fi adventure is with friends, on your own you'll want to beat your head against a wall.… Expand
  94. carson28
    Jan 5, 2016
    4
    overall, decent game. I got everything for 75 USD, a good deal. And I GRINDED and grinded till I was lvl 40 light 260. Then I hit a wall, I couldn't get better because the next raids were too hard and the previous didnt give enough loot. so then I grinded, (i know, I did lots of grinding, thats what this game is about) Then the reason I quit, was because I went to ZUR, and I spent so muchoverall, decent game. I got everything for 75 USD, a good deal. And I GRINDED and grinded till I was lvl 40 light 260. Then I hit a wall, I couldn't get better because the next raids were too hard and the previous didnt give enough loot. so then I grinded, (i know, I did lots of grinding, thats what this game is about) Then the reason I quit, was because I went to ZUR, and I spent so much time getting those strange coins, and I got a random exotic heavy gun, I got a gallahorn, hurrayyy, if it wasnt year 2. That thiing only had 175 damage. After I saw the damage and then read it again, I closed the game and played everything but destiny. I liked the game but it is going downhill.… Expand
  95. starburns
    Feb 2, 2016
    1
    It's pretty good. ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttaken king sux. Git Gud Scrublord
  96. hippiechick8ify
    Dec 2, 2015
    1
    This game is graphically amazing, has some really fun game mechanics and enemies to fight. The only way you'll actually enjoy this game is if you play it with a good team, and it's fun when you play with the right people.

    The problem: IT IS A MONEY HOLE. And if it was actually complete, I might look over it. But I spent over a hundred dollars on the first part, and expected to have a    This game is graphically amazing, has some really fun game mechanics and enemies to fight. The only way you'll actually enjoy this game is if you play it with a good team, and it's fun when you play with the right people.

    The problem: IT IS A MONEY HOLE. And if it was actually complete, I might look over it. But I spent over a hundred dollars on the first part, and expected to have a complete game to play with my friends. But if you can't pay for it, you can't progress in game or with your friends. I've payed much less for much better games that are actually completed. I'm pissed at how much money they're making of it.

    WOULD NOT RECOMMEND. If anyone wants an MMO to play with their friends there are much better games out there that don't leave you grinding for hours.    … Expand
  97. Vehement
    Nov 17, 2015
    2
    I'm very mad at this game's cash grab. Everything requires money to progress. Your build from 1yr is irrelevent. Bungie is nerfing/blocking a lot of things and forces you to pay to progress. The story still goes no where. This is very unfortunate because the game is actually REALLY FUN, GORGEOUS, and GREAT MUSIC which makes it deserve 8-9, but with the way Bungie is microtransactingI'm very mad at this game's cash grab. Everything requires money to progress. Your build from 1yr is irrelevent. Bungie is nerfing/blocking a lot of things and forces you to pay to progress. The story still goes no where. This is very unfortunate because the game is actually REALLY FUN, GORGEOUS, and GREAT MUSIC which makes it deserve 8-9, but with the way Bungie is microtransacting progression this falls down to a 2. This game is meant for ppl with money or is addicted to it like crack.

    I am retiring from this game. I'll probably come back 8yrs later when the game is close to complete to finish the story and see if the pricing is lowered.    … Expand
  98. WARCHILD
    Nov 10, 2015
    4
    I got suckered into this one by a friend who couldn't bare to play without me. This is exactly what bungie is hoping for too. I gave the first version a 4 and this one gets a 4 as well. The features are no more or less than what you expect and that gets you a 5 - 10 review. But it doesn't build from there. Just like the original game, you are just ushered along the never-ending grind ofI got suckered into this one by a friend who couldn't bare to play without me. This is exactly what bungie is hoping for too. I gave the first version a 4 and this one gets a 4 as well. The features are no more or less than what you expect and that gets you a 5 - 10 review. But it doesn't build from there. Just like the original game, you are just ushered along the never-ending grind of upgrading gear and weapons. The story is and was never really going to be that interesting. The real problem I keep having with this game is how quickly it gets so boring. The expansion is thin, it obsoletes the stuff you paid so much money to get, and bungie is adding ever more clever ways to nickel and dime the player. I won't be suckered by my own mother next time. I regret buying the first version even more now that I've bought this one.… Expand
  99. evanMP
    Apr 4, 2017
    0
    i never liked destiny when it first came out, but the hype before actually having the game was really high. The story was lame, the multiplayer was ok and the shooting mechanics was all it was worth. then they gave extra lame content with the promise of giving new fun stuff in the near future. And now that i've played the taken king i can say nothing has changed and that this game is thei never liked destiny when it first came out, but the hype before actually having the game was really high. The story was lame, the multiplayer was ok and the shooting mechanics was all it was worth. then they gave extra lame content with the promise of giving new fun stuff in the near future. And now that i've played the taken king i can say nothing has changed and that this game is the same crap. Please bungie stop ripping us off asking us to buy something that could've been included in the original game.… Expand
  100. Relrel
    Oct 30, 2015
    1
    There was so little extra content. Not worth $80-100.

    It is basically the exact same game with a few extra missions. I had completed the main story arc in less than a day of casual playing.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 81 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 77 out of 81
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 81
  3. Negative: 0 out of 81
  1. Gaming Nexus
    Dec 10, 2015
    85
    The Taken King shows off Destiny's full potential. This is a must have.
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  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Dec 3, 2015
    100
    The Taken King addition corrects majority of errors that Destiny had from the beginning and finally brings a larger portion of the story and lot of new content to explore. [Issue#258]
  3. DarkStation
    Nov 16, 2015
    80
    For the first time, Destiny feels like it’s complete. It’s not perfect, far from it in fact, and I still can’t entirely disagree when they speak of the package itself as bad. But I’ve also been unable to put it down for the past month I’ve played it.
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