Destiny

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  1. buggy226
    May 30, 2015
    4
    Destiny is a wonderfully addicting, fun, mindless shooter that had the potential to to be the defining game of the current generation. Unfortunately, the potential was mishandled, and instead of the great game that was promised, Destiny is a mediocre shared world shooter with too much emphasis on PVP, horrible net code, and uninspired story telling.
  2. noritu
    Jun 17, 2015
    1
    I can't believe this is the most expensive game ever created. I sincerely question where the money went. The graphics are nothing out of the ordinary, the levels repeat themselves endlessly; I think I've played the same level, with the same monsters about 20 times, the only difference being that the level is located somewhere else in the planet.

    The game feels empty and completely    I can't believe this is the most expensive game ever created. I sincerely question where the money went. The graphics are nothing out of the ordinary, the levels repeat themselves endlessly; I think I've played the same level, with the same monsters about 20 times, the only difference being that the level is located somewhere else in the planet.

    The game feels empty and completely pointless. The ONLY thing that saves this from rock bottom is the multiplayer part. It's mildly fun in the beginning, yet repetitive further on. Sad!    … Expand
  3. zore12345
    Jun 29, 2015
    1
    This game could have been great but then came the dlc and then more dlc and more. Then the partnerships with other companies. To top it all off the story was once much better than the repetitive crap that is in the game now.
    Bungie, I expected greater from you.
    Activision, stop ruining games to maximize profits.
  4. zach_grech
    May 3, 2022
    4
    This game is just really boring and tedious. Story is forgettable and gunplay is average. Did not have fun with this disappointment of a video game.
  5. Tork202
    May 31, 2022
    0
    Дико неинтересная некачественная и некрасивая игра, онлайновая игра для детей
    Банджи 10 лет разрабатывл Хало просто так так как после Хало Рич они сразу опустили до дестини, эта игра своего рода фортнайт 2014 года
  6. Chupwn
    Jan 3, 2015
    1
    Worked great for a week, and now it's nothing but "groundhog" errors disconnecting me the game every 10 minutes. Hold off on getting this game until they can actually make it work.
  7. Super_Cloud
    Jan 1, 2016
    4
    I received the game from a friend and no matter how hard i try to enjoy the game i just can't seem to like it, it was just so annoying how you just shoot endlessly at stuff... Sometime it took forever for nothing. I really don't like the game.
  8. Swisspease
    Feb 11, 2016
    2
    Total piece of crap borefest. If you are looking for a way to fall asleep fast put this in your console and you will drop off in no time. Guaranteed to cure that insomnia
  9. silvein
    Dec 17, 2014
    3
    This is the biggest gaming disappointment I have ever experienced. I purchased a PS4 to play this game, I pre-ordered the digital guardian edition with the season pass so I could play it as soon as it came out.

    And all I got was this stupid grind.
  10. JoetheLesser
    Mar 15, 2015
    3
    BLUF: "I don't have time to explain" is a quote from the game during a so-called story moment in a cut-scene. My low opinion: There is no actual storytelling in the game, so the excellent visuals and good gun-play mechanics mean nothing as you cannot emotionally invest yourself in a world which doesn't care to ever explain.... ANYTHING.
  11. Augument
    Oct 11, 2015
    1
    The idéa was great on paper but poorly executed, but hey at least it's great visually so if you want a cosy single player game go ahead. Oh wait this is a MMO. But you can't interact with other players like other any other mmorpg. Each map is max 4 players but, you can't interact with them and the story mission makes you go to seperate instances so it feels like playing alone..

    In a    The idéa was great on paper but poorly executed, but hey at least it's great visually so if you want a cosy single player game go ahead. Oh wait this is a MMO. But you can't interact with other players like other any other mmorpg. Each map is max 4 players but, you can't interact with them and the story mission makes you go to seperate instances so it feels like playing alone..

    In a MMORPG the most important thing, (imo) is content and community which Destiny failes to deliver, It is alot of grinding:
    *Run here
    *Defend this
    *Kill that
    *If someone dies run away and wait for respawn.

    So instead of dunping your money in this game go play Warframe, cause it's the same thing but better and free.

    But if you really wanna play it follow theese instructions:
    1. Have 3 IRL firends    … Expand
  12. TRANDO101
    Jun 29, 2015
    4
    Absolute disappointment. The gameplay is really the only thing that's here, theirs no story, and within the first few hours the gameplay becomes tedious as all you do is grind. Nothing of what they promised and implied would be in the game is in it. if your looking for that its probably a 0/10, if you look at it as a game that didn't promise that, its a 4/10.
  13. lazatoy
    Dec 26, 2014
    4
    This game IS disappointing, and will always be thought of as disappointing, but why?
    The first obvious reason of because of the hype. Looking at this game a year on IGN's E3 page made it feel like I was geared to enjoy this game, but now looking back at that, I cry. I cry because destiny is a game that had epic potential... but WASTED it on a weak story, repetitive (at best) gameplay, and    This game IS disappointing, and will always be thought of as disappointing, but why?
    The first obvious reason of because of the hype. Looking at this game a year on IGN's E3 page made it feel like I was geared to enjoy this game, but now looking back at that, I cry. I cry because destiny is a game that had epic potential... but WASTED it on a weak story, repetitive (at best) gameplay, and Peter Dinklage opening doors for you and giving pointless monologues that serve no purpose other than to make you hate the loading screens. The story is filled with SO much holes it's not funny, and Activison is now using DLC as an excuse to fill the holes. But the worst problem is being forced to play with a network connection. For the past 2 days, the PSN has been hacked by a group of dumbass 12 year old kids known only as the 'lizard squad', and even when they're done with their DDoS attacks, SONY has to patch everything that went wrong. Search up '#PSN' on Google/twitter and see what I mean. This is especially sad because this means you can't play destiny if you wanted to. Don't blame Bungie for that, internet, the lizard squad did it.

    Overall, disappointing. Some missions are fun, yet still repetitive, and I've heard the dark below isn't doing all too well. Let's hope destiny 2 is good... if there even will BE a destiny 2.    … Expand
  14. Mojodog
    Dec 30, 2014
    2
    It's important to remember that many of the glowing reviews for Destiny were posted in the first couple of weeks, when the game still seemed like it had potential. After putting in some 200 hours, I discovered that Destiny eventually becomes the worst kind of loot grinder you can imagine. It includes some of the worst aspects of RPG and MMO games, namely the repetitive play as you lookIt's important to remember that many of the glowing reviews for Destiny were posted in the first couple of weeks, when the game still seemed like it had potential. After putting in some 200 hours, I discovered that Destiny eventually becomes the worst kind of loot grinder you can imagine. It includes some of the worst aspects of RPG and MMO games, namely the repetitive play as you look for loot. This part of the game can be addictive, but keep in mind that the game world is actually quite small compared to games like Skyrim and Dragon Age, so the boredom sets in fast.

    Something else to be aware of is that Activision has seen to it that the game pushes players toward the very expensive DLC ($20 each) packs by creating a variety of paywalls that will restrict your gameplay once you reach some of the endgame content. It's a cheap way of pressuring players into paying, or else excluding them from content they've already paid for.

    Something else to keep in mind is that the game is not meant for solo play. While you can do some content alone, if you don't have at least 5 good friends, you'll find yourself shut out of the "raids", which are considered the best of the endgame stuff. Bungie refuses to put matchmaking in, so anyone who doesn't have friends online is going to be out of luck.

    If you pick this up cheap, or wait for an edition that includes all content, it might be worth a play, but NEVER pay full price for it. The concepts had some potential, but most of it was squandered by game design decisions that revolve around making money, first and foremost.    … Expand
  15. whatever523
    Jan 3, 2015
    4
    Total ripoff. The game was released in a broken state. 100% hype, 0% innovation, 100% boring gameplay and story. Bungie promised patches, but instead they started working on addons and a sequel.
  16. ruriruri
    Feb 7, 2015
    3
    This game starts good with its, somewhat shiny look and the ability to create characters. Then, you start playing and are exposed to the different groups within the game and begin to realize how much of a clone this game really is and how uncreative and dull it becomes. Hours wasted, but I felt the need to experience "end game" content and proceeded to do so.
    The enemies are almost cut    This game starts good with its, somewhat shiny look and the ability to create characters. Then, you start playing and are exposed to the different groups within the game and begin to realize how much of a clone this game really is and how uncreative and dull it becomes. Hours wasted, but I felt the need to experience "end game" content and proceeded to do so.
    The enemies are almost cut and paste enemies from halo, just with a different model. Don't kid yourself, they're all the same, the react the same, they do the same things. The multiplayer is very dull and the load times give you plenty of time to go make a sandwich. They're worse than television commercials. Travelling to the Tower is the worst, since it's needed to go there often to deal with gear and vendoring, missions, etc. Alot of this could have been achieved through a menu system rather than making the masses sit through loading screen after loading screen.
    The world feels dead. It is not an mmo by any means. It feels very forced and unnecessary, the experience would have been better in a Monster Hunter style. Have a hub, space travel load screens (rather than having the home screen being your ship floating through space, which wastes time just to have the "aw shiny, and look at my friend's shiny ships"), have more interesting enemies that have actual hard mechanics and movements, etc.
    The pvp is also very drab. It's very cookie cutter with the added "hey i can also casts spells". The experience is more or less a downgraded halo experience. I'd rather have an actual arena shooter than a COD style shooter.
    Overall, this game is a wash and I only own it because I wanted a shiny white PS4 (would never have bought it otherwise, given the history and overhype behind it).

    You can tell which game "critics" were paid or bribed to write their review based on their scores.    … Expand
  17. Mastodon
    Dec 20, 2014
    4
    This is one of those games that's only fun to play for the first 45 minutes or so. After that the single player campaign completely fails. Great shooter for multiplier - but it's still a FPS in a market that is pathetically over-saturated with FPS. I did not think Activision would take such a worn out route, at least not without a half decent storyline. My feeling is that this is a gameThis is one of those games that's only fun to play for the first 45 minutes or so. After that the single player campaign completely fails. Great shooter for multiplier - but it's still a FPS in a market that is pathetically over-saturated with FPS. I did not think Activision would take such a worn out route, at least not without a half decent storyline. My feeling is that this is a game for Halo fanboys and that's about it. Most others will not be impressed.… Expand
  18. knutsi
    Dec 20, 2014
    4
    This is such a disapointment. No, worse, it's a trap. I loved Halo, and thought Bungie could pull off another great game. But, through the amazing graphics, music and great gunplay comes a very basic problem that makes all the good things null and void: repetitive gameplay. The same quest is given over and over again. Also, like so many others have pointed out, the storytelling is bad.This is such a disapointment. No, worse, it's a trap. I loved Halo, and thought Bungie could pull off another great game. But, through the amazing graphics, music and great gunplay comes a very basic problem that makes all the good things null and void: repetitive gameplay. The same quest is given over and over again. Also, like so many others have pointed out, the storytelling is bad. The premise is good, and I think it could have been a wonderful tale here, but it's told in such incoherent way and tiny pieces. It's just not a complete game. I suspect later add ons will make it better, but for a full game price, this is simply not good and very very bad value for money. Sorry.… Expand
  19. AUSWildThing
    Feb 19, 2015
    4
    The way I see it, Destiny isn't a horrible game. But nor is it memorable or great game by any standards. Mostly because it delivers such a little amount of content from such a large budget.

    The overall way the combat feels is excellent and is easy to pick up. However that is as far as the praise will go. You will find yourself spending a majority of your experience grinding for hours on    The way I see it, Destiny isn't a horrible game. But nor is it memorable or great game by any standards. Mostly because it delivers such a little amount of content from such a large budget.

    The overall way the combat feels is excellent and is easy to pick up. However that is as far as the praise will go. You will find yourself spending a majority of your experience grinding for hours on end just to get better loot. The RNG loot system is completely ridiculous and requires no skill or effort to get better items, just great amounts of luck and hours of killing the same enemies over and over. Game play is also very repetitive, it's the same formula through the whole game. Just kill waves and waves of the same enemy till you get the next objective. The amount of defend missions that are used in this game is ridiculous, it's as if the developers just gave up half was through and chose to give us nothing innovative by way of game play.

    The story is extremely bland and does little in immersing the player, it refuses to explain anything that is going on because the writers were too damn lazy to do it themselves. And the so called 'character customization' is downright insulting, the amount of options available to the customization is bare bones, leaving you with a character who is just as generic and boring as everyone else you see.

    Boss battles are very anti climactic and require no strategy to win. The enemy variety is very small and none of them are introduced properly.

    The art design and environments are beautiful, which is a pity because there is zero incentive to actually explore the world around you because you receive nothing for doing so.

    The multiplayer is probably the most amount of fun i had for my whole experience. Which isn't saying very much because of how low the bar was set, it managed to entertain me for a few hours. But just like the campaign it becomes a repetitive flow with nothing that stands out.

    Overall Destiny is nothing but a generic fps game that delivers nothing by way of innovation. There are a number of games out there like this that cost less and deliver much more fun than you will ever get from Destiny. However those of you who enjoy endless grinding will have the time of your lives. But if you're a person who likes a strong story coupled with interesting and diverse game play. Then Destiny is not the game for you.    … Expand
  20. BroserJ
    Dec 8, 2014
    1
    lets make half a game with no story, slap a load of DLCs that are already IN the disk and call it a day.And then the next step will be to pay the bigger reviewers a LOT fo money so that we can deceive our costumers a bit longer before the castle of glass breaks and everyone notices how this game sucks-Bungie
  21. KrazedMonkey
    Dec 10, 2014
    2
    With the new Expansion I can't support this game.. 20 bucks just to retain content that I had from the start. I now can't do the Weekly strikes because they're part of the expansions. The game is poorly written as it is and really isn't challenging at all. The way they increase challenges is 3 simple mechanics, adding more bad guys, giving them more health/damage or adding shields on toWith the new Expansion I can't support this game.. 20 bucks just to retain content that I had from the start. I now can't do the Weekly strikes because they're part of the expansions. The game is poorly written as it is and really isn't challenging at all. The way they increase challenges is 3 simple mechanics, adding more bad guys, giving them more health/damage or adding shields on to them.. that's it.… Expand
  22. Neo-nine
    Dec 11, 2014
    3
    beautifully bland... lacks any kind of real content, the only reason i played so much (200 hours) was the hope that more was going to be added...i was wrong.. could have been amazing, but its really dull devoid of any real character, the shooting is great although the enemies never really change. the missions are a total rehash of each other. the enemies are really really dull. utterly,beautifully bland... lacks any kind of real content, the only reason i played so much (200 hours) was the hope that more was going to be added...i was wrong.. could have been amazing, but its really dull devoid of any real character, the shooting is great although the enemies never really change. the missions are a total rehash of each other. the enemies are really really dull. utterly, utterly, utterly disappointing, even more disapointing that developers are treating gamers like fools. disgusting.
    no reason to explore as there is nothing to find. Everyone i know that owns destiny have traded it in already or just plain discarded it, the ones that have prepaid the expansion will be shortly.

    I was also stupid enough to buy the 'expansion' on preorder..what a sick joke, stuff that is already on the disc. no new enemies, i would like a refund.the destiny disc is the most expensive tea coaster ive ever bought.
    I cant believe there is talk of a sequel when this is so unfinished.    … Expand
  23. windbite
    Dec 13, 2014
    1
    Got the "Destiny" bundle PS4 because of all the hype and initial reviews. This is the lamest and most predictable game with bad user control. The story is boring and poorly done. To make matters worse, Activision is now wanting people to purchase expansion packs. Graphics are just okay, and sound is nothing special either. I'm bored and uninterested in this game. I plan on trading itGot the "Destiny" bundle PS4 because of all the hype and initial reviews. This is the lamest and most predictable game with bad user control. The story is boring and poorly done. To make matters worse, Activision is now wanting people to purchase expansion packs. Graphics are just okay, and sound is nothing special either. I'm bored and uninterested in this game. I plan on trading it in before others do!… Expand
  24. Lyrch75
    Dec 19, 2014
    4
    Pros:
    Very good mechanics.
    Good graphics. Fun weapon designs. Enjoyable PvP Cons: The story is weak and poorly constructed. I hadn't played an FPS shooter in several years and was able to complete the main campaign in a week, only playing an hour or two after work. The DLC was done so poorly it makes you wonder if Bungie has anyone who has ever played a MMO style game left on    Pros:
    Very good mechanics.
    Good graphics.
    Fun weapon designs.
    Enjoyable PvP

    Cons:
    The story is weak and poorly constructed. I hadn't played an FPS shooter in several years and was able to complete the main campaign in a week, only playing an hour or two after work.
    The DLC was done so poorly it makes you wonder if Bungie has anyone who has ever played a MMO style game left on their staff.

    I would not recommend buying this game or its DLC's at full price.

    I am giving this game a 4/10 as the base chassis of this game still has a great deal of promise, if I were simply basing it on Bungie/Activision's behavior since launch, I would give it a 0.    … Expand
  25. rebweiser
    Dec 23, 2014
    1
    I was excited about this game since it came from Bungie. Low and behold, got it launch day. Played for 5 hours, and i thought there is nothing innovative about this game. Gave it more time. Played it for 25 hours still the same crap over and over again. All you do is kill a bunch of enemies then go to some location, kill another bunch and move on to the next level. This game is aI was excited about this game since it came from Bungie. Low and behold, got it launch day. Played for 5 hours, and i thought there is nothing innovative about this game. Gave it more time. Played it for 25 hours still the same crap over and over again. All you do is kill a bunch of enemies then go to some location, kill another bunch and move on to the next level. This game is a disappointment. I am so pissed to have paid full price for this game. The graphics are nice, the controls are responsive. But the rest from the story to the missions is so last gen. Dont believe the HYPE. This game has potentials but it seems they rushed it. Could have been a great game. COULDVE BEEN.… Expand
  26. adrianomm91
    Dec 24, 2014
    1
    " Did I ever tell you the definition of insanity? Insanity is doing the same **** thing over and over again, expecting **** to change."

    Confusing storyline (Actually there isn't one) Limited to online gameplay (No singleplayer offline) Repetitive Boring Guns don't sound like guns Is it just me or the enemies are what Bungie didn't use for Halo? Fallen = Covenant; Hive = Flood;    " Did I ever tell you the definition of insanity? Insanity is doing the same **** thing over and over again, expecting **** to change."

    Confusing storyline (Actually there isn't one)
    Limited to online gameplay (No singleplayer offline)
    Repetitive
    Boring
    Guns don't sound like guns
    Is it just me or the enemies are what Bungie didn't use for Halo?
    Fallen = Covenant; Hive = Flood; Cabal = Hunters/Brutes; Vex = Forerunners

    Elites = Vandals; Hunter=Cabal; Grunts=Shanks+Dreg; Vex= Prometheans

    No disrespect with Halo franchise/fans. That is a great game!    … Expand
  27. Astroking112
    Dec 29, 2014
    4
    This game is a perfect example of the effects of greed. Activision has removed the story and cut out content to sale at a ridiculously inflated price later ($20 for 1 hour of content? Really?). If you enjoy being milked and going through a repetitious slog of the same 10 hours of content, only to find out that you're being locked out of core game mechanics because you didn't opt in to buyThis game is a perfect example of the effects of greed. Activision has removed the story and cut out content to sale at a ridiculously inflated price later ($20 for 1 hour of content? Really?). If you enjoy being milked and going through a repetitious slog of the same 10 hours of content, only to find out that you're being locked out of core game mechanics because you didn't opt in to buy the all-but optional DLC, then this game's perfect. Unfortunately, because it came out a while ago and the lack of any decent methods of communication inside the game, the community will already be far past you and you'll be left with an even more monotonous trek to catch up. For what it's worth, the beginnings of a great game were here... Just ruined and removed in order to maximize profits.… Expand
  28. adamf13
    Jan 21, 2015
    1
    Not bad to start with, then after not long it gets very repetitive and very boring. Then after that they want us to pay for DLC straight away!! Im not buying the DLC and wish id never wasted my money on it,
  29. Boneblast
    Jan 28, 2015
    4
    I own Destiny the big 500 million dollar budget Fps from Activision on PS4.
    The game looks unbelievably good with extremely good graphics and plays fluid with a Fps experience i would kill for in other console shooters. BUT all that adds to nothing because of the faulty game mechanics and short story, frustrating grinding and lack of "Bungiesque" matchmaking essence
    The Good +Gameplay    I own Destiny the big 500 million dollar budget Fps from Activision on PS4.
    The game looks unbelievably good with extremely good graphics and plays fluid with a Fps experience i would kill for in other console shooters. BUT all that adds to nothing because of the faulty game mechanics and short story, frustrating grinding and lack of "Bungiesque" matchmaking essence

    The Good
    +Gameplay
    +Aesthetics
    +Peter Dinklage. The wonderful actor voices your personal assistant the "Ghost", and adds up to the overall experience
    +Sci-fi Atmosphere. Amazing landscapes and buildings, nice particle effects and good npc models reminiscent of the halo franchise in some way.
    +Solid Multi-Player except the faulty matchmaking system.
    +Useful Companion app
    +First 20 levels you achieve

    The Bad
    -Shared-world. The shared world recipe which seems to catch in the industry with the upcoming games No man's Sky and the Ubi folks The Division does not work the expected way with destiny. You get to meet and play with other players around the small and claustrophobic maps in a series of timed and very repetitive events for the bounties completion, materials or engrams.
    -Bounties first 10 times you finish a bounty feels like a blessing, since you need the Vanguard points or whatever points gives the bounty to level-up your vanguard rank or any other rank Bungie might introduce like the Crota's Bane Rep. But after that killing 100 enemies with precision damage feels like routine and grinding, or finishing a specific mission with a hard difficulty level setting, or a raid or any other bounty that comes after level 20.
    -Light Gear. The post level 20 hassle. A new attribute is added to the armor gear LIGHT, which helps you level up,kind of artificially, to level 32. It's a pain to play trough the same content again and grind for engrams or strange coins to buy this gear.
    -Match-making is destroying every hope you have as a low-level Guardian to have fun, i remember when i was around level 7 being pinned against a team of level 31-32 players with good gear and awesome weapons and having to be in a team where the highest level was less than the other teams lowest more than one time.
    -Maximum amount of Marks.The maximum amount seems to be attainable in less than 2 days and is 100 a week and 200 in your inventory. Most gear costs around 150-175 so that takes 2 weeks to get some fancy boots or a nice weapon.

    The Ugly
    -Scarce content. The game has around 14 missions and 4 raids(without DLC). The story seems so interesting but with every mission you play you are driven away from the story. I didn't even feel the game ending it was just like any other mission with recycled npc models for the bosses. Also Bungie locked out ares inside the game to later sell them as DLC.
    -GIRNDFEST. Destiny players weekly goal is getting strange coins and/or marks to buy that nice piece of equipments he/she was eying and/or dreaming of getting from Xur(shady character that always respawns in a different place around the tower). The means to obtain such rare elements are nightfall strikes which were locked for the people without DLC, daily Heroic Strikes and/or doing bounties that are also limited to a daily amount and maximum you can pursue until you finish them.    … Expand
  30. JoshR1370
    Feb 10, 2015
    4
    I spent several hours playing this game and i have to say, i wish i could get those hours back. I know a whole lot of people who love this game and i get it i really do. I guess i am just not a big fan of doing the same exact thing over and over and over again. Play story, strike missions, patrol, gear up. Strike missions, patrol, gear up. I found myself feeling the same way i do 15I spent several hours playing this game and i have to say, i wish i could get those hours back. I know a whole lot of people who love this game and i get it i really do. I guess i am just not a big fan of doing the same exact thing over and over and over again. Play story, strike missions, patrol, gear up. Strike missions, patrol, gear up. I found myself feeling the same way i do 15 minutes before i am due in at my boring job. "Well, back to the old grind." Grind is an under statement. Take this review with a grain of salt i may just not be into these kind of games. I do like the occasional fps, and I do love the mass effect series. Go figure.… Expand
  31. Famelorn
    Feb 9, 2015
    2
    So far I played for way over 100h, and came to my final opinion about the game. True, the graphics is a looker, if one is switching from older consoles, but not for a well experienced PC player; the soundtrack is nicely done, as are the ambiance SFX, overall very smooth and sound as are the virtual persona voice, which one can easily recognize are cast with popular TV series actors.So far I played for way over 100h, and came to my final opinion about the game. True, the graphics is a looker, if one is switching from older consoles, but not for a well experienced PC player; the soundtrack is nicely done, as are the ambiance SFX, overall very smooth and sound as are the virtual persona voice, which one can easily recognize are cast with popular TV series actors.

    Stimulating cut scenes and the storyline missions take you to the rather linear progress of the game play. If one wants to rush it, I guess you can easily do all the missions under 12h and have fun and thrill doing that. Yet the game promises so much more, so reaching your destiny within 12h seems nonsense.

    And then you get hit by the grind factor. As in nearly all MMORPGs one is "doomed" to work for special resources and to get the better gear, either by questing for it, or by participation in strike missions and what is called bounties. The bounty missions are highly repetitive and massively unrewarding in terms of loot, it is just limited means to improve weapons and gear with the earned XP.

    Building faction with the various vendors to get at least a bit better gear than the rare rare item drops, is weekly limited and artificially stretches the time till you can buy that stuff with your grind credits.

    The rare items which offer slightly enhanced attribute bonuses are something one is happy in the beginning, the legendary items are even harder to attain and I recollect getting in total 4 so far from various random mob drops, and non of them fit my class, which is not only a downer but begs the question: why they came up with such a huge demotivating scheme.

    People do have a job and work, and wont easily do multiple characters as even leveling one virtual character is already a tediously time consuming and stressing thing, considering ones free time one can allocate to gaming.

    So if you are just a tiny bit of a so called loot wh... that appreciates some gratification for your "hard" virtual work and time investment, one gets a big door slam in right in the face. Then when we talk about the more serious stuff, like strikes and raids, the bonuses and rewards are mostly a joke. The raids that you can choose from, with all your shiny stuff you can wear, are mangling you and have plenty of bugs. From impenetrable glass walls where from behind the lowest ranked MOBs kill you with melee attacks, to server disconnects and glitches in the mission reward system.

    Then there are the vendors... Like the one that only shows up on weekends, that ruins your quested weapons and gear as well as gathered super rare resources, because some dilettante programmer was not capable to make two different item IDs for obviously different specification of one and the same other gun (one with specs pre and one after the first expansion was released).

    And that is when you get to know the help system. This is of the quality where you can not address a game master or someone that can fix things. No on the contrary, it is some sort of translation mistake where customer satisfaction has been translated as self satisfaction with an auto erotic touch.

    You can post a complaint/question, and there you find them in the many... and hardly no one of the officials seem to care to answer. And if they answer with an agent, they tell you that it is basically your fault, because you could have read online in the forum before you click an upgrade option at a vendor. Or just stay away from the final boss mob and the glass.

    It seems a systemic attitude nowadays, that game publishers and developers have the fling their waste at the people that pay easily 150 to 200$ for such a game, considering special collectors editions, expansion passes and add-ons, as well as additional reference books from Prima.

    So what you get is a game that does not really offer that much more than a nice packaging some hours of fun, and then hold you in with stupid repetition. But if you really wanna play in depth, it reduces you to a resource gathering mule that plays so called patrol missions, where you mostly blow up easy Mobs to the hundreds and wait for public events to score some rare upgrade materials.

    For the rest it is survive the bugs and keep cool when the lousy programming just killed 30 hours of resource harvesting, and do not get mad when the servers are down on weekends or you simply can not log in. Because it is your fault and never theirs.

    I quite playing such a crap. My advice to you read a book instead or play guitar, that gets you way further proficiency of reading and playing an instrument, rather than attributing that amounts of time on such an unrewarding game, with literally is a dump down the drain and on the side it saves you money and it saves you the nice customer support answer that they feel your pain, but can not do a thing about it, which is new-speak for Go F... y....... and deal with our s.... because we do not care enough.    … Expand
  32. Twentyand1
    Feb 19, 2015
    2
    Ive been playing since release and have avoided leaving any kind of feedback until they had time to include some course corrections. Well, one "major" expansion and several months later Ive decided they just cant fix the problems plaguing this game. My only positives are the silky smooth gunplay and a fairly fun multiplayer. Everything else about Destiny is just lackluster. There is noIve been playing since release and have avoided leaving any kind of feedback until they had time to include some course corrections. Well, one "major" expansion and several months later Ive decided they just cant fix the problems plaguing this game. My only positives are the silky smooth gunplay and a fairly fun multiplayer. Everything else about Destiny is just lackluster. There is no story whatsoever, the missions are thoughtless and repetitive, the RPG mechanics are fairly weak and aside from competitive multiplayer there is nothing to do in this game unless you enjoy doing literally the EXACT same things over and over and over again. This game has singlehandedly put Bungie from the top of my trusted developer list down to the bottom. All the things that made the Halo series great seem to have been left by the wayside.

    Epic story? Nope
    Amazing multiplayer customization? Nope
    Theatre mode? Nope
    Forge mode? Nope
    Split screen and online co-op? Nope
    Varied and fun vehicle play? Nope

    Literally none of the features that kept the Halo games in my disc tray for years on end are in this game. It is flat out mind-boggling for me to try and understand their thought process driving this game. I literally dont understand how Bungie was trying to set this game up as the one players would be playing for the next decade. If you havent tried it out yet, dont waste your time...there are much better titles out right now giving you way more game for your money.    … Expand
  33. Multitude
    Feb 20, 2015
    3
    Apart from amazing graphics and very solid fighting mechanics, this game offers very very little content. Even the starting area is reused many times in missions. And there are only 3 types of missions: go and scan something, go and collect something and go and destroy something. That's it! The bosses are equally unimaginative - their main feature is a ton of hp, that you have to wear downApart from amazing graphics and very solid fighting mechanics, this game offers very very little content. Even the starting area is reused many times in missions. And there are only 3 types of missions: go and scan something, go and collect something and go and destroy something. That's it! The bosses are equally unimaginative - their main feature is a ton of hp, that you have to wear down over long shooting sessions, while being spammed with the same attacks over and over. in many cases it is enough to find the one spot in the boss arena where you can hardly be hit and shoot the boss from there for the next 15-30 minutes - it is as boring as it sounds. beyond level 20 you can only lvl up by chance - that is, if the right gear happens to drop for you. some of which has very low drop chances. so after level 20 you are going to kill the same hand full of bosses over and over and over again. 20 - 30 - 60 times the same fight to get that one piece of gear you need to level up....… Expand
  34. SirJefferson
    Feb 22, 2015
    3
    Such an obvious money-grab. This game had so much potential I think, but Bungie ended up caving and going for the cash. I had been trying to convince my friends pre-release that this was the next big game, but sadly I was fooled by the power of extreme advertising as I am sure many others also were. I would buy this game for about 20-30 bucks, but I feel absolutely robbed by my full priceSuch an obvious money-grab. This game had so much potential I think, but Bungie ended up caving and going for the cash. I had been trying to convince my friends pre-release that this was the next big game, but sadly I was fooled by the power of extreme advertising as I am sure many others also were. I would buy this game for about 20-30 bucks, but I feel absolutely robbed by my full price purchase on release day. Sad that Bungie has stooped so low.… Expand
  35. Rlalron
    Feb 24, 2015
    2
    This game is visual stunning and the game play is good. It is the worst example of false advertising I have seen in a long time. This game is NOT open world. It is NOT an MMO. A limited diversity of weapons and an atrocious RNG system provides a mind numbing thankless grind heavy experience that is only surpassed in frustration by the still unaddressed and game breaking bugs in the bossThis game is visual stunning and the game play is good. It is the worst example of false advertising I have seen in a long time. This game is NOT open world. It is NOT an MMO. A limited diversity of weapons and an atrocious RNG system provides a mind numbing thankless grind heavy experience that is only surpassed in frustration by the still unaddressed and game breaking bugs in the boss fight mechanics that have been known for months.

    A mediocre player can complete the entire linear story line, with its weak plot and worse dialogue in 12 hours and hit maximum level cap in 20-30 hours. Then begins the grind fest. Hoping against hope for loot and gear that will never drop. New weapons you will never see. The replay-ability is only high, if you can enjoy slamming your head against a wall over and over.

    This game is a mind numbing grind, with little imagination. It needs a lore patch. It needs bugs fixed. It needs a LOT more content, which you will get, if you pay $100.00 for the expansions.

    I rated this game soo low due to the excessive over-hype it received and shear disappointment I feel playing it. What should have been the game I drool and fawn over for the next 5 years, is now a pile of shards in my trash can. I would not even give this game away.    … Expand
  36. AugustoSisti
    Mar 28, 2015
    1
    Infelizmente uma das maiores decepções do mundo dos games. Com cenários cansativos e repetitivos, o não surpreende com uma jogabilidade online dispensável e totalmente ruim. Com uma mira imprecisa que facilita o jogo fazendo você acertar inimigos mesmo sem atirar neles. Gráficos nada impressionantes . A trilha sonora é boa, a história de inicio parece boa, mas depois de algum tempo seInfelizmente uma das maiores decepções do mundo dos games. Com cenários cansativos e repetitivos, o não surpreende com uma jogabilidade online dispensável e totalmente ruim. Com uma mira imprecisa que facilita o jogo fazendo você acertar inimigos mesmo sem atirar neles. Gráficos nada impressionantes . A trilha sonora é boa, a história de inicio parece boa, mas depois de algum tempo se torna cansativa e serve apenas como um papel de fundo para ficar atirando que nem loco.… Expand
  37. Montresor
    Mar 2, 2015
    4
    If you really like World of Warcraft with guns, then you will enjoy this. I don't mean fun in a Mass Effect kind of way, I mean fun by agonizing grinding day in and day out. Monotony abounds! I would even say WoW is more fun as the raids are not some overly complicated set of creeping, tactics, and boss level battles. Rarely do I feel like I never got my full money's worth of game butIf you really like World of Warcraft with guns, then you will enjoy this. I don't mean fun in a Mass Effect kind of way, I mean fun by agonizing grinding day in and day out. Monotony abounds! I would even say WoW is more fun as the raids are not some overly complicated set of creeping, tactics, and boss level battles. Rarely do I feel like I never got my full money's worth of game but I guess it was my Destiny (pun fully intended).… Expand
  38. Sullied
    Apr 15, 2015
    2
    No matter what Bungie or Activision say - They sold content as DLC "Down Loadable Content" that was already on the disc. Regardless if it lacked place markers or enemies, the bulk of the work was already done. I will never buy another Bungie game after this. You have proven to be cash grabbing liars. Enjoy the money you already got from me, it will be the last.
  39. MrKajja
    May 19, 2015
    3
    Good core game ruined by lazy "story-telling", uninteresting characters, bad level design, grinding the same 5 or so missions over and over again, one hit kill weapons in pvp...I could go on, but i won't. Activision is bad.
  40. Datguyuknow
    May 26, 2015
    3
    If you want a game that is enjoyable for 2 hours destiny is for you. The game has a great foundation and it had potential be a great fps mmo-rpg. It was basically the game of the hour.
  41. kevlarfedora
    Jun 6, 2015
    4
    No match making for the majority of the main game missions in a game touted for it's coop is a brilliant move. Very little variety in enemies and weapons. Primary weapons are all hitscan and consists of a rifle semi/3round/fullauto or revolver and only thing you need to know is get head shots... that's it.

    Even a game like Halo 1 was way more ambitious in it's firefights with unique    No match making for the majority of the main game missions in a game touted for it's coop is a brilliant move. Very little variety in enemies and weapons. Primary weapons are all hitscan and consists of a rifle semi/3round/fullauto or revolver and only thing you need to know is get head shots... that's it.

    Even a game like Halo 1 was way more ambitious in it's firefights with unique weapons/vehicles and enemies. Mission design is terrible, most of it does not take advantage of the open worlds instead leading you into small caves and indoor areas to do it's main battles.

    End game content expects you grind through it's already repetitive content so you can play more repetitive content not to mention you'll need to hook up with other reluctant players because of bungie's refusal to basic cooperative features like matchmaking.

    I actually don't mind repetitive content if it's good but here it's only mediocre here and the longer you play it's mediocrity only gets exponentially worse. On top of that this game's main focus is it's loot, but with such horrible weapon variety the urge to keep playing is not there at all. There is no story in the game if you care about that sort of thing, you have to look up the story online somewhere (I'm not kidding).    … Expand
  42. RageQuit151
    Jul 20, 2015
    1
    Bungie, Bungie, Bungie. I'm shaking my head while writing this review because I had such high hopes for this game, like most people and I went out and pre ordered the dlc in advance. Then I took this huge piece of **** you have the nerve to call a game loaded it up and realized you stole about 100 bucks from me. If you can get passed the no existent story, if you can get passed the lackBungie, Bungie, Bungie. I'm shaking my head while writing this review because I had such high hopes for this game, like most people and I went out and pre ordered the dlc in advance. Then I took this huge piece of **** you have the nerve to call a game loaded it up and realized you stole about 100 bucks from me. If you can get passed the no existent story, if you can get passed the lack of a group finder for end game raids and prison of elders. Oh you want to get to level 34 I hope you know 6 other guys who play this game because there is no matchmaking for high end strikes raids or horde mode that you need to complete to get the better gear or get upragde materials only in these modes so if you only have 1 other person your **** but you can waste your time on the destiny app waiting for hours and hours to see if you can get a party together but for me with two kids full time job its hard for me and my friends to get together and this is where destiny falls apart, they basically say **** you, SO I WARN YOU NOW DO NOT SUPPORT THIS GAME SAY YOUR MONEY, IF YOUR LOOKING FOR A GOOD CONSOLE MMO BUY ELDER SCROLLS ONLINE, IF YOUR LOOKING FOR A GOOD FPS ANY OTHER THEN DESTINY IS WORTH YOUR MONEY ID SUGGEST WOLFENSTIEN, EVEN CALL OF DUTY ADVANCE WAREFARE IS BETTER THEN THIS PIECE OF **** AND THAT GAME ISNT THAT GREAT, HALO MASTERCHEIF COLLECTION WAS WAY BETTER AT LAUNCH THEN THIS GAME EVER WILL BE SOME IM GIVING THIS TURD A 1, FOR ONE BIG MIDDLE FINGER **** YOU TO BUNGIE, IF THEY WOULD OF ADDED MATCHMAKING TO ALL MODES ACROSS THE BOARD THIS GAME IS MAYBE A 3 BUT THEIR DUMB DEFIANT SORRY ASSES REFUSE TO ALLOW EVERYONE ENJOY THEIR END GAME CONTENT WHICH IS BY FAR THE BEST PART OF THE GAME, BUT THEY RATHER **** ALMOST 60 PERCENT OF THEIR FAN BASE BECAUSE THEY ARE IGNORANT TO CASUAL FANS BECAUSE THEY THINK THEY KNOW BETTER, **** YOU BUNGIE THE REST OF THE WORLD BETTER OFF WITHOUT THIS **** GAME THAT YOU HALF ASSED PUT TOGETHER AT THE LAST MINUTE, THAT ACTIVSION IS USING WHATS LEFT OF YOUR GOOD NAME AS AN EASY MONEY GRAB. YOUR DESTINY SHOULD NOT INCULDE SUPPORTING THIS ****TY GAME.… Expand
  43. Infectreality
    Aug 24, 2015
    1
    Developers outright lied from the get go to achieve more sales. This was the biggest disappointment of 2014. Destiny as a whole, makes the yearly Assassins Creed's look original.

    Story: The story is non-existent, period. What little bit of the story there is you need to go outside the game to a website to READ pieces of it and try to fill in the blanks yourself. Sound: Recycled    Developers outright lied from the get go to achieve more sales. This was the biggest disappointment of 2014. Destiny as a whole, makes the yearly Assassins Creed's look original.

    Story: The story is non-existent, period. What little bit of the story there is you need to go outside the game
    to a website to READ pieces of it and try to fill in the blanks yourself.

    Sound: Recycled weapon sounds, wasted voice talent for 2 lines that repeat every 3-5 seconds.
    Enemies: Uninspired enemies that you have already seen countless times before. Covenant and Flood just reskinned.

    Graphics: You have seen these graphics before years ago on the pc.

    Multiplayer: The SAME NETCODE FROM 2004, Halo 2.

    Ever wonder why Activision did not allow anyone to have an early review of the game? All those pre-order sales would have plummeted.
    Ever wonder why Bungie has never released true player numbers?

    A separate game was programmed for the beta to keep the hype train going. All of the development money was spent on having big name Hollywood actors voice 3-4 lines.    … Expand
  44. MoneyMaker
    Sep 19, 2015
    1
    now my game is broken if i dont want to buy ttk, i cant play properly, the most content is locked. biiiig f***ck u bungievision, im done with this sheeet.
  45. aalpar
    Dec 28, 2015
    1
    Its Doom with slightly better graphics: I swear all the enemies are sprites with only their fronts rendered. The interstitials are beautiful, but the writing is only slightly better than Battlefield 4. Don't bother.
  46. webioneil1
    Feb 19, 2016
    3
    It is utterly puzzling, shocking even, how a studio that changed gaming with the Halo series could create a story and atmosphere such as what you get with Destiny. I am confused as to how they finished the main campaign and said to themselves, "Yeah, this is acceptable. We're done here. Let's release this to the public." All that being said the graphics are great , the multiplayer is veryIt is utterly puzzling, shocking even, how a studio that changed gaming with the Halo series could create a story and atmosphere such as what you get with Destiny. I am confused as to how they finished the main campaign and said to themselves, "Yeah, this is acceptable. We're done here. Let's release this to the public." All that being said the graphics are great , the multiplayer is very well done, and for that they earn 3 points. It is just so disappointing to see because this game had unbelievable potential in innovation. It is a shame that the story and atmosphere do not give you any sense of weight to what you're doing.… Expand
  47. AgentVenom117
    Feb 21, 2016
    2
    One of the worst games I have played with a severe lack of content,a horrible story,an unbalanced PVP and terrible voice acting and a severe lack of character development. I expected a lot more out of Bungie coming off Halo reach and the biggest spit in the face was the hilariously over priced expansion pass and DLC. I could forgive most of this if the game play was fun but unfortunatelyOne of the worst games I have played with a severe lack of content,a horrible story,an unbalanced PVP and terrible voice acting and a severe lack of character development. I expected a lot more out of Bungie coming off Halo reach and the biggest spit in the face was the hilariously over priced expansion pass and DLC. I could forgive most of this if the game play was fun but unfortunately it feels like every other FPS and gets boring really fast. Although the visuals are good the planets and maps feel very restrictive and can get bland very fast,overall I would pass on this and wait for the hopefully much better sequel coming out 2017.… Expand
  48. vballguy777
    Mar 14, 2016
    2
    A beautiful exciting and mechanically fun shooter on the surface, but a shallow, unrewarding, and dull game a few hours in. This game has been destroyed from it's original concept into a weak grind-fest for unrewarding nerfed weapons in a multiplayer that inherently cannot ever be balanced into a competitive scene. Which would be fine except they keep ruining the game to try and force theA beautiful exciting and mechanically fun shooter on the surface, but a shallow, unrewarding, and dull game a few hours in. This game has been destroyed from it's original concept into a weak grind-fest for unrewarding nerfed weapons in a multiplayer that inherently cannot ever be balanced into a competitive scene. Which would be fine except they keep ruining the game to try and force the multiplayer to be competitive and balanced. There is almost no content in this game. You will replay the same 6 hours of missions until you want to vomit. At every single turn the game halts your progress with artificial gameplay extensions like limits on money, incredibly low drop rates for everything, and requiring ridiculously high amounts of resources for upgrades. This game takes many MMO RPG elements and puts them in a 1st person shooter, but doesn't even do the bare minimum of the required small things like, party finder, raid groups control, a competent way to pick where to start when people have started on the raid already, and the same goes for strikes also. There is no real teamwork besides don't die, there are no clever mechanics besides shoot the damage sponge, (unless you do the raid but like I said good luck even getting 5 other players that are at your skill level), level design is just wave defense non-stop. There are no real customization or re-customization options. No trading, no real path to earning specific gear it's all random, outdated engine, connection issues, no story, full of microtransactions, not to mention they ripped content out of the game to sell it back to us for twice the price so a game that was at one point complete and full was $60 and now is chopped up and nonsensical and costs $120. What a shame for a game that I hoped would be amazing but now is deleted off my hard drive.… Expand
  49. Vaeu
    Jun 30, 2020
    3
    A promising game to drive the looter shooter genre to greater heights following the success of Borderlands 2. Unfortunately, it failed miserably. Nice paywall. Boring grind. Just a bad gaming experience.
  50. Robin646
    Mar 23, 2023
    0
    I was excited to jump back into the game after 8 years and wanted to play the expansions I never did back in the day. I paid €60 only to find out that the game is unplayable for "new" players who bought the game this year around januari and beyond. These people get a "chicken" errorand will get booted back to the main menu. It has been going on fpr months and all Bungie can say is "we'reI was excited to jump back into the game after 8 years and wanted to play the expansions I never did back in the day. I paid €60 only to find out that the game is unplayable for "new" players who bought the game this year around januari and beyond. These people get a "chicken" errorand will get booted back to the main menu. It has been going on fpr months and all Bungie can say is "we're aware of it and are working on it". No fix ETA and it's obviously not a high priority to them. The game honestly should not be for sale in the store right now, let alone for €60. Buyer beware!! Just wait for an official fix if you want to play the game. Posting this here to bring awareness… Expand
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#57 Best PS4 Game of 2014
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#3 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2014

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 95 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 60 out of 95
  2. Mixed: 34 out of 95
  3. Negative: 1 out of 95
  1. RPGamer
    Nov 25, 2014
    70
    Although Destiny isn't the brilliant start to a franchise that many had hoped for, it's a great game for those who can push through its flaws and enjoy the ride.
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  2. Edge Magazine
    Nov 5, 2014
    80
    What is most amazing of all is that despite its litany of weird little problems, Destiny is fantastic, its combat up there with the very best, the thrilling rhythm of its battles still not fading the 30th time through, and it has no single systemic problem that is not fixable. [Dec 2014, p.106]
  3. Pelit (Finland)
    Oct 25, 2014
    89
    Destiny is a flawed but still extremely fun first person shooter. While the Destiny universe itself seems intriguing, the storyline is told in such an incoherent manner that it's hard not to be turned off by all the technobabble. Fortunately the co-op shooter mechanics are absolutely perfect. The loot system can be maddening, but in a way it adds to the game's addictiveness. [Oct 2014]
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