Destiny: The Taken King

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  1. 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......................................
  2. gamergod
    Sep 26, 2015
    6
    Destiny is the most disappointing game in 2014, having large enough plot gaps for an army of Spartans to fall in, the developers made a website to explain the story because they didn't have time to explain. In The Taken King they finally had time to explain why they didn't have time to explain.
  3. J_hagennn
    Sep 25, 2015
    5
    To put it short, I believe this is ALMOST the game that Bungie initially set out to give us. The new leveling system and having your gear score linked with your light level is a very welcomed fix. The cut-scenes are beautiful, and they give us a glimpse of what the studio is capable of in terms of story telling. Is the story good? No. The story is mediocre at best. But with the lowTo put it short, I believe this is ALMOST the game that Bungie initially set out to give us. The new leveling system and having your gear score linked with your light level is a very welcomed fix. The cut-scenes are beautiful, and they give us a glimpse of what the studio is capable of in terms of story telling. Is the story good? No. The story is mediocre at best. But with the low expectations caused by year 1, The Taken King's plot is MUCH easier to follow. And now, Guardians have a clear purpose, and cause, as they tread around the galaxy. And by galaxy, I mean all the planets you already have discovered, plus a ship on Saturn's ring. The new quest system is cool at first. But after an hour or two into them, you realize that they are nothing but tedious tasks. The biggest selling point being the new raid, Kings Fall, is a lot of fun to play with your friends. But, the boss mechanics are very easy, and I find myself not feeling challenged, but just mad at my friends for not being about to communicate properly. If you did not play year one, I would say pick this up. You will have a good amount of content to go through and everything will be very new to you. If you played through year one, it's really a toss up whether or not you will like this one. I'm coming up on week 2, and I'm already starting to feel like I'm just about to run out of content. With all that being said.... This xpac shows that Bungie is very capable at listening to their community and responding with the appropriate content. And that gives me a little more faith, and also leads me to believe that "Destiny 2" might just be the game we were all hoping for with the Vanilla release.… Expand
  4. snowtiger65
    Sep 25, 2015
    9
    Bought Destiny on release, liked it but was dissapointed, seemed to me like an over long demo. Now this bundle has been released and ive played it basically is a complete game with a 'heart'. Glad i gave it another go. Original score was a low 7 but this bundle deserves at least a 9
  5. 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 $40?! and still no matchmaking? No thanks Bungie. I bought Destiny and the expansions. Those were BS with little content. Theres no story, no cohesion. You've lost me as a customer.
  6. many
    Sep 24, 2015
    4
    questions answered and new questions arise. Played through in 3 hours.
    Still will play some further 10-20 hours with friends that still play strikes and crucible.
    but not worth 40$. I would gladly have paid 12-17$ for it.
  7. 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
  8. TheRedLink799
    Sep 24, 2015
    8
    Taken King is really good and I have had a lot of fun with it so far, this is what Destiny at launch should have been. But the way Destiny and its DLC have been sold is really stupid.
  9. won2three4
    Sep 23, 2015
    10
    I was very skeptical of all the hype leading up to this release. After the first two expansions turned out lackluster I wasn't sure what they could do to make this game playable again. I even watched/read as much as I could about it before the release and I still wasn't convinced... then I played it and wow was I convinced. they have changed so many things in the right direction and madeI was very skeptical of all the hype leading up to this release. After the first two expansions turned out lackluster I wasn't sure what they could do to make this game playable again. I even watched/read as much as I could about it before the release and I still wasn't convinced... then I played it and wow was I convinced. they have changed so many things in the right direction and made it easier for everyone to play. I think this is a great game.… Expand
  10. 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
  11. MrEyeNo
    Sep 23, 2015
    10
    Just read some bad review, take them with a grain of salt. This expack has more content then the two last one put together, so if TDB & HoW was worth it to you than the Taken King will be worth it. The new patrol is great fun if you look for secrets, hidden special chest, court of Oryx, special quest, new public event. Great fun!
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. Aswizzle77
    Sep 22, 2015
    9
    What Vanilla destiny should have been. Everything from getting loot to the questing system to strikes are all improved from the previous year. Coming into the game for the first time or returning, its totally worth it! Each expansions continues to get better and better! Looking forward to the future of Destiny, will be on this ride for the coming years!
  15. 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
  16. Be_Objective
    Sep 22, 2015
    8
    The best thing that I can say about this expansion is that despite the lingering problems, it's well worth the asking price and you can trust me when I say that such statement does not come lightly. While it may have less story missions and strikes than the original game did, the quests and loot improvements make it last much longer. The new strikes are way better than the original onesThe best thing that I can say about this expansion is that despite the lingering problems, it's well worth the asking price and you can trust me when I say that such statement does not come lightly. While it may have less story missions and strikes than the original game did, the quests and loot improvements make it last much longer. The new strikes are way better than the original ones and the main storyline not only makes sense but it's actually interesting this time around. It does not solve all of destiny's troubles. The grind and lack of new stuff to do begins to sink in after a while, though much later than the original game did when it launched.… Expand
  17. 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
  18. tomhughesnice
    Sep 22, 2015
    9
    Truly fantastic game. Great FPS mechanics in beautifully environments with a Plethora of activities. It will probably take me months to get through it all.

    I would have given this game 10/10 if it were not for the lack of matchmaking on Nightfall and Raid activities. I have had to go to Destiny LFG to find people for these activities.. An TBH I do not see the difference between that and    Truly fantastic game. Great FPS mechanics in beautifully environments with a Plethora of activities. It will probably take me months to get through it all.

    I would have given this game 10/10 if it were not for the lack of matchmaking on Nightfall and Raid activities. I have had to go to Destiny LFG to find people for these activities.. An TBH I do not see the difference between that and matchmaking except its more effort, and I have to accept heaps of PSN friends for people I have only played with once.
    I think every type of activity should allow matchmaking.. But there should be some kind of advanced matchmaking on top of that which includes filters for light level, class, gear etc.    … Expand
  19. milero91
    Sep 22, 2015
    8
    I really am not a Destiny fan boy, I haven't played it for nearly a year and decided to come back for the Taken King and I don't regret it at all. There is almost enough content their to warrant the £40 DLC but for new players, this is worth every penny.

    The new areas, quests, strikes, raid and other updates make me feel like this game has finally had some personality injected into it.    I really am not a Destiny fan boy, I haven't played it for nearly a year and decided to come back for the Taken King and I don't regret it at all. There is almost enough content their to warrant the £40 DLC but for new players, this is worth every penny.

    The new areas, quests, strikes, raid and other updates make me feel like this game has finally had some personality injected into it.

    People rating this a 0 are either still bitter about the pay model or haven't played the game and enjoy hating on what is now quite a good game.    … Expand
  20. 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
  21. jcfbey01
    Sep 21, 2015
    10
    I love this game. It is personally my favorite game... ever. So many new mechanics along with a challenging new story that makes so much sense, I haven't played a better game yet! It adds so much new content including new weapons and gear that look fantastic. It plays great and is great. If you've never played it before, get it. If you played Destiny but haven't played it in awhile, playI love this game. It is personally my favorite game... ever. So many new mechanics along with a challenging new story that makes so much sense, I haven't played a better game yet! It adds so much new content including new weapons and gear that look fantastic. It plays great and is great. If you've never played it before, get it. If you played Destiny but haven't played it in awhile, play it again, it will definitely get you addicted. If you still love destiny, you probably already have it and did the new story and are level 40, just like me. Trust me, this is the best game/DLC that's came out/going to come out all year. It's fantastic.… Expand
  22. 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
  23. dstammel
    Sep 21, 2015
    10
    Destiny The Taken King has surprised me in the best way possible. As a player who enjoyed the original Destiny but got bored when it hit the grind phase, I am really enjoying this new expansion. The Story missions are really fun and engaging. Even after the "story" missions come to a close you are sent back to the tower and instantly your new Quest Log is fun of new fun things to do.Destiny The Taken King has surprised me in the best way possible. As a player who enjoyed the original Destiny but got bored when it hit the grind phase, I am really enjoying this new expansion. The Story missions are really fun and engaging. Even after the "story" missions come to a close you are sent back to the tower and instantly your new Quest Log is fun of new fun things to do. These aren't all just "collect 25 such and such", many of these are new missions on new and old levels. One particularly fun mission sent me into the Vault of Glass raid environment (which I had never played before)
    I will definitely be playing this expansion off and on for the next few weeks.
    It has also sealed the deal for me, I WILL be buying all future expansions for Destiny. At $40 I believe this is an amazing value. I haven't even touched the new PVP maps or the raid yet! Keep up the good work Bungie and don't let the haters keep you down.
    P.S. Please add more vehicles and eventually space flight.    … Expand
  24. Unaid3dGamer
    Sep 21, 2015
    10
    I was a year one hater!

    I kept playing for a while in the hope that things would improve but they didn't. TTK is amazing!! It's a totally different game and if it was released under a different title it would be scoring high 9's from user reviews. Don't believe me? Take a look at some of the reviews of the new raid "King's Fall", I challenge you to find a review that isn't positive.
  25. The_Garays
    Sep 21, 2015
    6
    So, here we have a great game, its name is Destiny, and on the other side we have two awfull companies, Bungie and Activision, who sell over-priced and poor quality DLC's, resell already payed content and don't care at all for their customers.

    About the game, I must say they have done good improvements, the quests are really interesting, although they are reusing old maps, I really    So, here we have a great game, its name is Destiny, and on the other side we have two awfull companies, Bungie and Activision, who sell over-priced and poor quality DLC's, resell already payed content and don't care at all for their customers.

    About the game, I must say they have done good improvements, the quests are really interesting, although they are reusing old maps, I really prayed for a long storyline this time, but it came short again. All the old gear is useless, all the old content is useless because they didn't rebalance the loots. It looks like if the big decisions were being taken by kids.

    I have to say that the new area is pretty awesome, and have lots of things to do, I would've added easier ways to get there with your team mates, but is still very cool. The assaults were... just assaults, as usual, no fun, just a run run run bang bang bang, smash the bosses head to the ground with your heavy ammo. And the new light system doesn't fit at all, I find it very easy to gear up now, back in the days you had to work hard to get cool gear, now is way to simple.

    I've played Crucible and found my new style with Scout rifles instead of hand cannons, I appreciate very much not to see everyone using Last Word or Thorn, great job here. The new modes and maps are fun to play, but again locks for people who had already payed 100€! **** move there...

    Update 2.0 was great, they balanced some weapons that were really anoying, but the lock to old content is really low; i can't even believe it! I've been reading the forums and some people claim they had a refund, others say they are complaining to the BBB... Bungie should reallythink about what they are doing here.

    I only have one thing to say, I loved this game, but taking a look at the decisions Bungie and Activision have done with this reselling-locking DLC... This is the last time I pay them anything else related to Destiny, I'll make the most I can out of it and hopefully find a new MMO shooter to play, like the ones to come: Battlefront, The Division or Ghost Recon Wildlands.    … Expand
  26. 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
  27. FunForAll
    Sep 21, 2015
    9
    The game has been a blast. Wondering if the people who say the story is too short actually played the game. After 20 hrs and getting through Oryx, the whole map lights up with a new story line the Taken War. Those missions have been challenging, unique and heck of a lot of fun. Lots of exploration now on the dreadnaught with a bunch of riddle like keys dropped for unique chests. StrikesThe game has been a blast. Wondering if the people who say the story is too short actually played the game. After 20 hrs and getting through Oryx, the whole map lights up with a new story line the Taken War. Those missions have been challenging, unique and heck of a lot of fun. Lots of exploration now on the dreadnaught with a bunch of riddle like keys dropped for unique chests. Strikes (dungeons), POE, court of oryx, lots of new public events and means to summon them, and Raids which i have not even touched yet. Clearly lots of people have decided to put their heads down, cross their arms, pout and shout. instead of just playing and having fun.… Expand
  28. 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
  29. jakeman25
    Sep 20, 2015
    10
    Destiny is finally shaping up to be the game Bungie was aiming for all along, while I think that the taken king should have been in the original release I have to hand it to Bungie that they have been trying to change things for the better. I've been with Destiny since day 1 and have seen all the changes. I'm happy and will continue playing with my fire-team through year 2!
  30. GHILL1987
    Sep 20, 2015
    10
    Ok so... lets clear something up first this game is without a shadow of a doubt the best expansion for Destiny so far.

    I have read through a lot of this reviews and also opinions of my friends list on my console and quite frankly it annoys me to see so many people give a poor reflection of the game without actually experiencing all it has to offer. YES you level up to lvl40 fast, YES    Ok so... lets clear something up first this game is without a shadow of a doubt the best expansion for Destiny so far.

    I have read through a lot of this reviews and also opinions of my friends list on my console and quite frankly it annoys me to see so many people give a poor reflection of the game without actually experiencing all it has to offer.

    YES you level up to lvl40 fast, YES the main story line is still short...

    HOWEVER all these poor reviews come from people that do the main story get to lvl40 then stop. They then fail to see that there is actually 5 times the amount of side quests that provide some very challenging experiences to gain extra xp and rewards. There are an extra 3 strikes to TTK also to further expand.

    I'm your usual weekly reset player who does all the weekly heroic, Nightfall, Raids, PoE etc all in the first day then the rest of the week NOTHING. However that is NOT the case with the TTK.

    LIGHT LEVEL...

    This is what people fail to see because they are used to the old level system. Just because you've hit EXPERIENCE level 40 doesn't mean you are by any means levelled up. By level 40 you are usually around lvl200 light, now to access the Nightfall you are recommended to be level 280 light. Now to put that into perspective, it took me and a fireteam 2 solid days of playing all day to reach 280 light.

    But it doesn't stop there as that's just the access required to attempt the nightfall... every time you finish a quest a new one starts but not only that there are equal amounts of quests in the crucible too. X amount of kills with x ability/weapon. X amount of win in X crucible modes... The whole thing has been designed to STOP repetitive gameplay. Stop the usage of the same weapons over and over. The new infuse system makes you pay attention to EVERY weapon. Blues have higher attack than a lot of legendaries because legenadaries have better perks. Find the Leg you want then infuse your blue to make the favoured perks more powerful.

    It really ANGERS me to see so many poor reviews from people that haven't even given the game the chance to see ALL it now offers. TTK has 5 times the content that VANILLA destiny had to offer.

    Seriously guys think about it not as an expansion, yes its £40 but that's cheaper than the original vanilla destin and has 5 times the content. This IS destiny 2.0 its its own standalone game.

    I challenged my doubters on my friends list to play beyond the main story and experience the extra gameplay on offer and now their opinions have changed.

    Seriously me and my dedicated players have had so much more fun with TTK than we every have on destiny...

    Its taken up that much time to play TTK that weve not had a single chance to even concider our usual raids and PoE for xp gains.

    SERIOUSLY this has restored all my faith in Bungie and Destiny. For £40 you are seriously getting so much more than JUST an expansion. Don't listen to all the haters. Haters gonna hate. If you enjoyed vanilla destiny up until that "Wall" of nothing left to do then trust me you are going to LOVE TTK.

    STOP focussing on the greed of activision as I honestly feel for the content we are getting this time TTK is worth EVERY penny. The HoW yes that was over priced and ridiculous.

    TTK is truly something special...    … Expand
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#20 Best PS4 Game of 2015
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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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