Destiny 2: Lightfall

 PlayStation 5
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3.1

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 84 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 84
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 84
  3. Negative: 61 out of 84

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  1. patjakker
    Mar 2, 2023
    0
    The "story" if you can even call it that is basically a strand tutorial Zero explanation about what is going on, the new characters are annoying and whiny, new destination is empty
    Their marketing team is amazing because this is the worst game expansion ever and i really looked forward too it Only buy this if you like wasting money, €50 for this trash is just insane
  2. deftones034
    Mar 1, 2023
    3
    Prob the worst destiny campaign add on. Not worth the money. Wait for sale on this one.
  3. chriswaffles
    Mar 3, 2023
    0
    Just don't buy it. All said. Bad story, boring new map, pvp still a big mess.
  4. puffincloud
    Mar 2, 2023
    0
    I guess Sony buying Bungie has plunged Destiny to new depths... to the trash bin it seems.
  5. Havi
    Mar 3, 2023
    0
    Poor writing. We got used in Destiny 1 when they forgot to actually shape where this whole thing is going and i thought in Destiny 2 will be different.
    Same thing over and over again. Nothing new that actually bring a new flavour to your experience.
    I'd honestly think this whole DLC feels more like a dry new season story and not an actual gate to a whole new chapter that destiny has to offer.
  6. CAMSTOCK
    Mar 2, 2023
    0
    !! i've been in this game for so long and this is the worst addition and change! bungie just want money and don't care about the quality of the game and the content for it and it's very sad!
  7. Zvoni
    Mar 2, 2023
    1
    Witchqueen Story was much better.
    it has a lot of bugs again, little content, the difficulties in pve are unnecessary, pvp is still a disaster, all the nerfs in pve make the game boring. The new Super is really weak in Pve...
  8. BootyWooty
    Mar 1, 2023
    1
    Reviewer “DinaSousa” must work for Bungie or is getting paid for a positive review. Or, we played completely different games lol
  9. Lian_Ruins
    Mar 2, 2023
    3
    I've completed the story Campaign few hours ago. Horrible story, terrible writing, absolutely different from what Bungie hyped so far throught trailers, really poor Missions design, Strand is not ready to compete with Light Subclasses we already have. Definetely not the start we hoped for with this new Expansion and what Bungie promised. Many good changes in the system and gameI've completed the story Campaign few hours ago. Horrible story, terrible writing, absolutely different from what Bungie hyped so far throught trailers, really poor Missions design, Strand is not ready to compete with Light Subclasses we already have. Definetely not the start we hoped for with this new Expansion and what Bungie promised. Many good changes in the system and game organizzation but at the same time at the cost of our power and fantasy (for example: we have Loadouts now but since many Mods have been removed, we have no Builds to play with). Enemies made much stronger that needed and we weakened for apparently no reason...?

    Right now I suggest everyone to wait a Season or two before dive in into Lightfall and give Bungie time to understand the mistakes they made and fix things up.    … Expand
  10. Steviesiganoff
    Mar 2, 2023
    2
    Just really disappointed was expecting so much from this expansion if your new to destiny I can’t say in good conscience to buy lightfall
  11. N3XTNOTCH
    Mar 2, 2023
    3
    The only "good" thing about the Destiny 2 Lightfall dlc is the amount of content is inculded. Everything else is a letdown, be it the campaign, the weapons (not including the preorder bonus), the season activity and weapon for that, or the lack of making any sense on what the whole point is. Honestly, if you were planning to spend money, use it on something else. Worst Destiny dlc besidesThe only "good" thing about the Destiny 2 Lightfall dlc is the amount of content is inculded. Everything else is a letdown, be it the campaign, the weapons (not including the preorder bonus), the season activity and weapon for that, or the lack of making any sense on what the whole point is. Honestly, if you were planning to spend money, use it on something else. Worst Destiny dlc besides Curse Of Osiris and Warmind.… Expand
  12. PPL_R_TRASH
    Mar 1, 2023
    1
    They just keep disappointing. Been invested for a decade… but I’m done now.
  13. Malohu
    Mar 1, 2023
    2
    Total waste of money. There is no story to speak of and they explain very little. Its like the whole thing was written by an elementary school drama class. The new characters are trash and the dialog is hard to listen to. No changes in the weapons just a bunch of reskins. Definitely not worth $50 let alone $99 with the season pass. If you already play Destiny you might be stuck but if yourTotal waste of money. There is no story to speak of and they explain very little. Its like the whole thing was written by an elementary school drama class. The new characters are trash and the dialog is hard to listen to. No changes in the weapons just a bunch of reskins. Definitely not worth $50 let alone $99 with the season pass. If you already play Destiny you might be stuck but if your new I would skip it.… Expand
  14. Asgard0822
    Mar 1, 2023
    3
    Story: barely any story or explenation on things and campaign missions get replaced by Strand tutorials. Surely not a DLC story, but feels like a season story.
    Characters are trying to be funny during a war on Neomuna, weird vibe.
    And dialogue is really cringy Mods: the mod system has been reworked but its awful and full of weird choices (like ammo mods now depend on burn of the    Story: barely any story or explenation on things and campaign missions get replaced by Strand tutorials. Surely not a DLC story, but feels like a season story.
    Characters are trying to be funny during a war on Neomuna, weird vibe.
    And dialogue is really cringy

    Mods: the mod system has been reworked but its awful and full of weird choices (like ammo mods now depend on burn of the weapon in sted of type of weapon)

    Strand: forced down your throat during story in sted of letting players explore themselves.
    no grenade charge cause of the grapple hook is a weird choice, surely when the grapple recharges slow as hell outside story.

    Loot: sadly a lot of reskins and no real weapons that stand out sadly.
    the DLC armor isnt my cup of tea either.

    Idk what happend at bungie, but it weird to think they made Witch Queen last year when you compare it to this...
    This 50 bucks DLC has been an empty filler DLC before the Final Shape and its brought in an awful way    … Expand
  15. CarbonEpitaph
    Mar 1, 2023
    1
    An absolutely awful campaign. Written horribly and brought down even further by embarrassing characters.
  16. 80sChild
    Mar 4, 2023
    0
    Starts strong, really strong. It ends so poorly lol. Story is just as convoluted and confusing as Witch Queen with the same disjointed story as you stop in your tracks to level up so you can play the next mission. I don't know why everyone loves Witch Queen, this is just as boring and confusing.

    Cloud Striders, future people on an entirely different planet with "pronoun" preferences.    Starts strong, really strong. It ends so poorly lol. Story is just as convoluted and confusing as Witch Queen with the same disjointed story as you stop in your tracks to level up so you can play the next mission. I don't know why everyone loves Witch Queen, this is just as boring and confusing.

    Cloud Striders, future people on an entirely different planet with "pronoun" preferences. They're basically hom0-erotic Nephelim. Its unsettling.

    Overall, terrible, boring, disjointed and vague story that would rather tell you, in boring exposition dumps, whats happening than SHOW you. I wouldn't recommend this if it was free, Destiny 1 has better story expansions.

    Its a grindy mess with even more non-matchmade activities. Sony, you overpaid for this crap studio.    … Expand
  17. Ggdonny
    Mar 2, 2023
    0
    A complete waste of money that demonstrates the complete lack of self awareness from bungie.
  18. shi11tenshi
    Mar 8, 2023
    2
    Lame old destiny at its bs once again. I really dislike the grind over and over every year. Sad thing is the grind is to get to master content i have already completed. Now I have to grind 300 more light to play stuff I already have?. Feels like an arbitrary waste of time. Light level is the problem and holding this game back. Find another way to keep people interested in the game TheLame old destiny at its bs once again. I really dislike the grind over and over every year. Sad thing is the grind is to get to master content i have already completed. Now I have to grind 300 more light to play stuff I already have?. Feels like an arbitrary waste of time. Light level is the problem and holding this game back. Find another way to keep people interested in the game The Grind isn't interesting anymore. Try you know making compelling levels of a story like you used to.… Expand
  19. DoubleDoge
    Mar 16, 2023
    0
    Look, the grind has been cranked up to 10 this season.

    Game made harder to appease the 1% with no consideration for the majority. When looked at objectively, another expansion when all you're really paying for is a story that's a few hours long. Once that's done, you're back to the same old stuff you've been doing since Destiny 1. Imagine playing another $100/£70 for a 6 hour story.    Look, the grind has been cranked up to 10 this season.

    Game made harder to appease the 1% with no consideration for the majority.

    When looked at objectively, another expansion when all you're really paying for is a story that's a few hours long. Once that's done, you're back to the same old stuff you've been doing since Destiny 1. Imagine playing another $100/£70 for a 6 hour story.

    The community is the only thing holding it together, which is strong but getting frustrated. But that is specifically what is being exploited by Bungie here, knowing players won't leave and continually accepting a lack of anything truly new within the core gameplay loop.

    When compared to other full games at a similar price, the quantity and to some extent quality, its not comparable for what is supposed to be AAA.

    Finally, and not for the first time, the marketing and PR beforehand simply did not live up to expectation. I'm not alone with this opinion.

    This isn't just disappointment on my part, and a random rant, after over 4000 hours in last 10 seasons, I've chosen to step away because of the above but feel (despite it probably being quietly spoken into the extremely loud echo chamber) there might be a way forward to bring me and dozens of other hard core fans back.

    But I don't hold my breath and the longer I'm away, the less likely that'll happen...    … Expand
  20. F1reF0x
    Mar 3, 2023
    2
    This new DLC fells like I just paid to get a new manifestations - Strand. Is it worth? No! Just wait if you get this for a low budget price or wait till the next big DLC. This wasn't worth the 50€. Very sad because I was really pumped up after Witch Queen.
  21. goobawhoba
    Mar 5, 2023
    0
    Just awful. FOMO mess that has killed my love for the franchise. Tired of not knowing what's happening because I don't play the seasonal content. And once you miss that seasonal content, there is no going back and replaying it, it's removed from the game and replaced. The worst part is we all have to pay money for that content only for it to be taken away. Really tired of this with BungieJust awful. FOMO mess that has killed my love for the franchise. Tired of not knowing what's happening because I don't play the seasonal content. And once you miss that seasonal content, there is no going back and replaying it, it's removed from the game and replaced. The worst part is we all have to pay money for that content only for it to be taken away. Really tired of this with Bungie and done giving them my money.… Expand
  22. DavLai3
    Mar 15, 2023
    3
    Been a long time Destiny fan but there are some major issues with this latest expansion. Starting off with the good…strand sub class is fun/powerful and the new exotics are fun to use. Mod Builder is also an improvement. Now the list of negative things outweighs the positive by a lot unfortunately. Poor story, poor level design, numerous inexcusable bugs (frame rate insta death bugs,Been a long time Destiny fan but there are some major issues with this latest expansion. Starting off with the good…strand sub class is fun/powerful and the new exotics are fun to use. Mod Builder is also an improvement. Now the list of negative things outweighs the positive by a lot unfortunately. Poor story, poor level design, numerous inexcusable bugs (frame rate insta death bugs, disconnects, etc), poor game design, and increased “difficulty” which just translates to most activities have enemies that are 30-40 levels above you and feel like bullet sponges and you do way less damage. Nightfalls are awful now. Lost sectors are awful now. The game across most activities is less fun and enjoyable than pre-lightfall. The level and number of bad development decisions is remarkable. Sadly, it would be impossible to recommend this game to anyone. Even as a long time Destiny fan.… Expand
  23. 360barrier
    Mar 7, 2023
    0
    the was great for about 10 minutes but then it happened. about every half an hour you will receive adverts in game that almost take up the entire screen trying to sell micro transactions and to remove it you have to click on it which redirects you to the internet browser and then close the browser to resume playing the game. absolute joke
  24. LeandroMendesBR
    Mar 16, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. O pior conteúdo lançado na história do Destiny. Destruíram completamente o jogo.… Expand
  25. MidnightArdvark
    Aug 29, 2023
    4
    The game is at least consistent with Destiny 2 since Forsaken but my issue here is the story. It was made out to be a big climactic start to The Final Shape but it fell flat. It made characters that made me feel like filler characters and it left more questions than answers. The new destination is very nice and the environment is still something that I feel the developers excel at. ThisThe game is at least consistent with Destiny 2 since Forsaken but my issue here is the story. It was made out to be a big climactic start to The Final Shape but it fell flat. It made characters that made me feel like filler characters and it left more questions than answers. The new destination is very nice and the environment is still something that I feel the developers excel at. This expansion is definitely worse than Curse of Osiris in my opinion so don't expect too much going through this.… Expand
  26. Benzant
    Mar 5, 2023
    3
    Death to Sony, death to the backstabbers of bungie death to Playstation, destrucción Destruction of everything related to playstation
  27. Lian_zzz
    Mar 25, 2023
    3
    It feels like bungie's main focus now is just to extend players' time in the game without respecting it and considering the experience. The difficulty-scaling is so messy across the game, imagine patrol ads being harder to kill than the contest raid enemies... It used to have little fun, but now just meaningless grind, not to mention the expansion is 50 euro with full of reskins, evenIt feels like bungie's main focus now is just to extend players' time in the game without respecting it and considering the experience. The difficulty-scaling is so messy across the game, imagine patrol ads being harder to kill than the contest raid enemies... It used to have little fun, but now just meaningless grind, not to mention the expansion is 50 euro with full of reskins, even beyond light brought us some new cool gun models… Expand
  28. motopath
    Mar 4, 2023
    0
    Destiny 2: Lightfall is a unplayable for a lot of people. Quest steps are not conpleting even after they have been played multiple times. There is a convenient option to bypass the unplayable campaign for $20 per character. These two factor are leading players to believe Lightfall is blatant consumer fraud. My guess the glitches and bgs are targeted towards players that are known bigDestiny 2: Lightfall is a unplayable for a lot of people. Quest steps are not conpleting even after they have been played multiple times. There is a convenient option to bypass the unplayable campaign for $20 per character. These two factor are leading players to believe Lightfall is blatant consumer fraud. My guess the glitches and bgs are targeted towards players that are known big spenders on PSN. I do not recommend Lightfall, or any future titles made by Bungie/Playstation.… Expand
  29. Remiulv
    Jun 1, 2023
    1
    Worst expansion for destiny 2, what the hell are bungie doing? The story is so boring, and the missions so lame. Who ever wrote this story deserves to get fired. Nothing makes sense
  30. DoorFang
    Mar 7, 2023
    2
    Really disappointed with this release. Feels lackluster and empty. They phoned this one in. Wish I could get my money back. Wait until a massive sale price would be my advice.
  31. Lordbit4735
    May 1, 2023
    0
    Worst FPS campaign ever... like alarmingly bad. If you already just play Destiny for the gameplay it improves a few, and regresses one, of its core gameplay mechanics.
  32. Drjones101101
    Mar 6, 2023
    0
    What a let down, after all the hype and waiting. Strand subclass is crap, neomuna feels dead. Same old activities and power grind
  33. peyman24
    Mar 6, 2023
    1
    Garbage in every sense to grab users' pockets
    A complete waste of money that demonstrates the complete lack of self awareness from bungie
  34. sikkimese
    Mar 5, 2023
    0
    Sadly Bungie is one of the worst developers out there as far as its business practise is concerned. Exploiting your consumer and community is not the philosophy you want to have as a game developing studio. Lightfall has been a clear example of the practise of ripping off its consumers, 100$ of a campaign that is a glorified strand tutorial and 2 dungeons and raid which is awaited.Sadly Bungie is one of the worst developers out there as far as its business practise is concerned. Exploiting your consumer and community is not the philosophy you want to have as a game developing studio. Lightfall has been a clear example of the practise of ripping off its consumers, 100$ of a campaign that is a glorified strand tutorial and 2 dungeons and raid which is awaited. Monetisation model where u have to purchase the dlc, seasons and dungeons separately, with sub par quality. And guns which are a reskin of shadow keep a dlc several years old. Thoroughly disappointed… Expand
  35. loughaincaswell
    Mar 6, 2023
    1
    Honestly the devs dont care about this game, they will charge you $100 for 2.50 worth of content. They cannot write a story to save their lives.i have never felt so disrespected as a gamer in my life, this dlc is an insult to everyone that payed for it
  36. wilsopa
    May 2, 2023
    1
    this was the most expensive DLC ever, and with that they cannot seem to distribute software without delays or breaking things, and gameplay is seriously bugged overall the game is broken. then the weak story, and the new location is stupid, its just not fun nor worth the $
  37. popestegosaur
    Aug 3, 2023
    0
    It will be my last Destiny purchase. They can’t create content because other portions of the game would fall behind. If they don’t want to reinvest into the core of the game I don’t want to invest in them anymore.

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 24
  3. Negative: 0 out of 24
  1. XGN
    May 1, 2023
    80
    Destiny 2: Lightfall hits a lot of great notes. The new subclass, Strand, is very cool to use and gives you a lot of new movement options. Neomuna is a true sight to behold and invites players to explore. The most important part of the expansion however is the campaign and even though it has a lot of amazing and cool moments, the story falls short. Lightfall offers up more questions while we should have been getting some answers.
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  2. PLAY
    Apr 5, 2023
    50
    The gap between what Lightfall promised to deliver, and what it has actually provided, is unacceptably wide. There’s plenty to do, but you’ve done most of it before. [Issue#26, p.78]
  3. Digital Chumps
    Mar 22, 2023
    65
    Destiny 2: Lightfall is disjointed in story, but pulls through with its gameplay. Something has to give with the former, as the story needs to be memorable and engaging, and this expansion simply didn’t get there in either category.
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