Destiny 2: The Witch Queen

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Generally favorable reviews- based on 159 Ratings

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  1. Jaidenbrkl1
    May 10, 2023
    10
    After 5 years, Bungie finally did it, they finally made an expansion of Destiny 2 that is actually a masterpiece! Great characters, great pacing, a brilliant story, characters that are more likeable, and overall the best Destiny 2 expansion/story I have ever played! This is an expansion that should be called Destiny 3, but since this is a expansion to two, it is a experience that is worthAfter 5 years, Bungie finally did it, they finally made an expansion of Destiny 2 that is actually a masterpiece! Great characters, great pacing, a brilliant story, characters that are more likeable, and overall the best Destiny 2 expansion/story I have ever played! This is an expansion that should be called Destiny 3, but since this is a expansion to two, it is a experience that is worth everybody’s time.… Expand
  2. peyman24
    Mar 6, 2023
    1
    Compared to Lightfall, it is better, but it is still not worth it. Maybe it is not bad for playing once, but it is not suitable for service-oriented and repetitive games.
  3. Zvoni
    Feb 27, 2023
    1
    Again a very boring dlc nothing special, destiny 2 will never reach destiny 1
  4. 80sChild
    Feb 25, 2023
    0
    "Best Campaign ever for Destiny 2!" cried all the media shills. The campaign is awful thus far. I can't progress because I'm under leveled (for the campaign! Lol wtf) but from what I've seen its just more of the same. Game is larger but not without costs as detail pops in mere feet away from the player.

    The levels are bland and lifeless and the Hive "city" (whatever its called) is just    "Best Campaign ever for Destiny 2!" cried all the media shills. The campaign is awful thus far. I can't progress because I'm under leveled (for the campaign! Lol wtf) but from what I've seen its just more of the same. Game is larger but not without costs as detail pops in mere feet away from the player.

    The levels are bland and lifeless and the Hive "city" (whatever its called) is just a bunch of random assets and blocky surfaces to break up the arena the game dumps you into. Shoot enemies, wave defense, point defense, BORING.

    There's still a quest from over a year ago I can't finish because you have to fight on an elevator, with waves of trash mobs and invincible enemies that never reload or relent. I guess it needs a full team and no one I know still plays this dreck.

    The narrative is an absolute dumpster fire "They have the light, not like your light, you must take their light and make them lightless in the psychic warfare of the ascendant plain where the worm-god cannot eat the carrots of the Slavduhn ritual shooty McDerp" Lol WTF is going on?

    It took a year of me not playing this game to forget why I hated it. Bungie once made great games, but that is clearly in the past. The Witch Queen is awful.

    Can we trade Xbox players Bungie for Bethesda? Bungie is making Bugthesda games look good.    … Expand
  5. Ce03
    Jan 22, 2023
    7
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  6. AngryNoivern
    Oct 11, 2022
    8
    Biggest problem is that I have to buy the DLC for both PC and ps5 to play everything I already had access and loot from on my PS5
  7. HaloFever
    Aug 25, 2022
    5
    The best I can say is that "The Witch Queen" is on par with other Destiny DLC. Meaning the mission structure is a mess, the game is built around selling you microtransactions, and the enemy a.i. is still a joke.

    The good: the environments are unique and light infused enemies are unique. You have fought Guardians in player versus player, but not in the game world. The fights are much    The best I can say is that "The Witch Queen" is on par with other Destiny DLC. Meaning the mission structure is a mess, the game is built around selling you microtransactions, and the enemy a.i. is still a joke.

    The good: the environments are unique and light infused enemies are unique. You have fought Guardians in player versus player, but not in the game world. The fights are much more interesting than the usual bullet sponge boss fights. Destiny also continues its excellent run and gun gameplay. Nice to see higher framerates on PS5. The story is as obtuse as ever, for better or worse.

    The bad: more of the same from an eight year old game. The run and gun game play used to be best in class, but other games have caught up. The game engine looks end of life. Environments and animations have a last gen look and feel. Enemy a.i. is as dumb as ever. You will see enemies chase you and stop when they reach the end of their zone. Enemies continue to run backwards while shooting, shoot at players before the player is visible, and jump backwards onto platforms. The game also remains focused on forcing players to play Bungie's way. Fight waves of enemies while Ghost unlocks a door. Fight waves of enemies to pick up keys to unlock a door. Fight waves of enemies in an enclosed arena while you dodge boss stomps. This DLC could have dropped in 2014. Bungie is stuck in a rut.

    The really, really bad: Destiny continues to sell all manner of microtransactions. The DLC are a kind of pay to win mechanic. All of the progress from "The Witch Queen" is short circuited by the new pirate themed DLC. Just when "The Witch Queen started dropping gear at 1400 light, the pirate DLC hands out a full set of gear at 1540 light. Also, why is the light level so ridiculously high now? Its just bigger numbers. The gameplay is still the same. Destiny is not only showing pop-ups for DLC, the game forced upon me an advertisement to Bungie's online store and their collection of Destiny themed T-shirts. The conglomeration of DLC makes the game world a cluttered mess. Finding the next mission objective is like a game unto itself.

    Full disclosure: I stopped playing Destiny after Shadowkeep dropped and only came back because of Bungie's free DLC week for Destiny 2. The reason I left the game is because the hamster wheel had turned so many times that Bungie started reintroducing gear that players had "earned" years ago. It felt like Bungie was making me buy things I already owned. Worse, if you wanted to play the "meta", be competitive in Crucible, and have the right gear for the raids, you needed to buy DLC. I just cannot in good conscience support a pay-to-win game. But the free week also showed that even with all DLC available, Destiny as a game has been turning its wheels. DLC like "The Witch Queen" may be a reason to come back to Destiny, or maybe its a good reason to spend your money elsewhere and stop playing Destiny forever.    … Expand
  8. f0reverr
    Aug 21, 2022
    0
    Do. Not. Buy. Bungie. Products. The only developer that can even compete with Bungie in its selfish greed is EA. Boycott Bungie. Also, you're not buying this DLC, you're renting it. It's going to get vaulted too, just like everything else. You are paying Bungie to rent some Destiny 2 content, hope you feel good about that, I don't.
  9. Cornboy
    May 24, 2022
    0
    Bad just bad it just wasn't good just trust me bro don't buy it please do not
  10. Nasstorm
    Apr 13, 2022
    1
    quête long et chiant pour une récompense moindre pour des heures de jeu "jeu qui nous fait perdre du temps exprès " jeu basic histoire très court par saison raid loot peu aléatoire et toujours les même choses ensemble du jeu très répétitif il faut pas s'attendre a un jeu riche en contenu et un grand monde ouvert pour trouver des joueur bonne chance
  11. VertigoX86
    Apr 4, 2022
    9
    Whereas other games in the space fail to even find solid footing Bungie continues to put out premium quality content worth returning to year after year. Witch Queen’s campaign and legendary campaign difficulty arrived just in time to give Destiny the shot in the arm it needed to reinvent itself once again. Whereas previous campaigns were just something you wanted to rush thru, WitchWhereas other games in the space fail to even find solid footing Bungie continues to put out premium quality content worth returning to year after year. Witch Queen’s campaign and legendary campaign difficulty arrived just in time to give Destiny the shot in the arm it needed to reinvent itself once again. Whereas previous campaigns were just something you wanted to rush thru, Witch Queen is easily Bungie’s best since the days when Halo was a relevant player in the industry. An absolute triumph as an action game and one of the best shooter campaigns since Doom 2016 and Titanfall 2. Hopefully Witch Queen kicks off another solid year of content for fans. Expectations are higher than ever now that Bungie shows it can deliver the goods.… Expand
  12. 2krucial
    Mar 30, 2022
    9
    By far the best story we've seen so far. The new exotic you get from the deluxe edition and currently one of the best in the game with my only complaint being that you need the deluxe edition to get it. The legendary campaign offers a truly challenging experience that I highly recommend everyone atleast tries to complete.
  13. lmaoman
    Mar 24, 2022
    10
    Compared to all other Destiny expansions, Witch Queen soars past all of them. My experience is based on the legendary difficulty which provided much-needed but satisfying challenges to the campaign. Due to said difficulty, engaging in the combat systems (especially Void 3.0) makes every victory that much more satisfying. The reward structure for each section of the mission also allows youCompared to all other Destiny expansions, Witch Queen soars past all of them. My experience is based on the legendary difficulty which provided much-needed but satisfying challenges to the campaign. Due to said difficulty, engaging in the combat systems (especially Void 3.0) makes every victory that much more satisfying. The reward structure for each section of the mission also allows you enough upgrade modules to boost your favorite weapons so you're not stuck using blues all the time. Also Absolute banger… Expand
  14. AndreyCloud
    Mar 24, 2022
    6
    It’s been a long road for me with Destiny. For all the sh*t some people may talk about D1, I genuinely look back on it with a lot of great nostalgia. I loved D1, it felt new, it felt fun, it felt alive, it felt well taken care of. D2 completely baffled me when it came out, it felt like everything went backwards. There was so little to do, double primaries (for some reason), fixed rolls, itIt’s been a long road for me with Destiny. For all the sh*t some people may talk about D1, I genuinely look back on it with a lot of great nostalgia. I loved D1, it felt new, it felt fun, it felt alive, it felt well taken care of. D2 completely baffled me when it came out, it felt like everything went backwards. There was so little to do, double primaries (for some reason), fixed rolls, it was total sh*t. I came back after I heard Forsaken was good and got back into destiny, it felt good to enjoy the game again, however, once the game went free to play and became a seasonal type of game, things started to slowly dip off for me again. After experiencing season of the Opulance, I thought the seasons were going to be great, but every season since then just kept getting worse. That brings us to Witch Queen, its best highlight is finally making a good campaign with a legendary mode. That was pretty much it for me to be honest. Void 3.0 felt like it only created more problems in pvp, pve felt the same in every way (strike after strike after raid), no factions or foundry vendors where I can buy certain guns I want, weapon crafting feels like a heavy grind for slightly better weapons. I mainly stuck around for the fun gun mechanics and pvp, but pvp is so stale and broken all the time. No new maps, no new game modes, over shield and invincibility spam constantly, the pace of combat is 100mph all the time. Sniping, holding lanes, knowing when to push and not, non-overpowered and balanced abilities, quick hotfixes are all just things of the past. As I’ve grown lazy with Destiny, so have bungie over the years. This is the end of the road for me with Destiny 2, I don’t ever see it replicating the feeling of D1 or creating something genuinely new and interesting, it'll just be stuck in this cycle for the rest of its days.… Expand
  15. RaneofPane
    Mar 18, 2022
    9
    Very substantial improvement over the weaker showings of Shadowkeep and Beyond Light, especially in the campaign department.
  16. Royalcommander
    Mar 22, 2022
    10
    Amazing campaign overall. The world, weapons, characters, and the raid are phenomenal.
  17. Phaceless_Ph
    Mar 20, 2022
    9
    This is easily one of the best single-player campaigns Bungie has done in a long time and the lore is absolutely insane (in a good way).

    Absolutely brilliant expansion. I've played Destiny 2 since launch, stubbornly refused to buy some of the previous expansions, of the ones I did I loved Forsaken, but hated the 'emptiness' of Beyond Light This is definitely one of the odd occasions    This is easily one of the best single-player campaigns Bungie has done in a long time and the lore is absolutely insane (in a good way).

    Absolutely brilliant expansion. I've played Destiny 2 since launch, stubbornly refused to buy some of the previous expansions, of the ones I did I loved Forsaken, but hated the 'emptiness' of Beyond Light This is definitely one of the odd occasions where it's worth paying for an expansion.

    Can't give it a perfect 10 though because I'm not really into some of the MTX stuff games love to push these days, but that's really the only flaw with it.    … Expand
  18. AgentRed
    Mar 20, 2022
    10
    The Witch Queen is the best Destiny campaign, ever. The story is interesting and unpredictable and it might be one of the best Bungie has made. Of course there is also new content in terms of locations and multiplayer outside of the campaign but that story, is where this dlc shines.
  19. soybrunix
    Mar 12, 2022
    9
    One of the best Destiny 2 expansions. If you are a fan of Destiny, you must play it.
  20. PhillusMaximus
    Mar 9, 2022
    7
    Good expansion, little pricey, too quick into the next grind.

    So, expectations were very high, as Bungie helped build up the hype heavily. Weekly teasers, hundreds of snippits - we were ready. Release day came and after an hour queuing up, we finally started the new campaign (we= me & my brother. The campaign was really good, new difficulty was welcomed and it was a great story    Good expansion, little pricey, too quick into the next grind.

    So, expectations were very high, as Bungie helped build up the hype heavily.
    Weekly teasers, hundreds of snippits - we were ready.

    Release day came and after an hour queuing up, we finally started the new campaign (we= me & my brother. The campaign was really good, new difficulty was welcomed and it was a great story expansion.
    However, 40 bucks seem preety hefty for the expansion. Story is even on legendary done in 5-6 hours (duo) and from there on, the grind starts once again.
    Given that most of this is free, I really don't see the content to charge that amount of money, other than funding the f2p community.

    the raid looked pretty good on stream too, even though connection was a heavy problem.

    all in all, the expansion is essential if you are playing destiny on a regular basis, but the content vaulted seems to be more than the new content. therefore i'm despised.
    expansion is good, deal overall meh    … Expand
  21. beef623
    Mar 8, 2022
    1
    This used to be a decent game, not without its problems, but decent. Now, they've removed the game. You start at max level so all that's left is "endgame" and I've yet to see any game that has an endgame worth messing with. There's just nothing left to do and no point.
  22. skinnypixel
    Mar 6, 2022
    10
    This is Bungie at it's best!
    i was skeptical that they'll use the same format from forsaken and beyond light which is quite boring, and i was ready for another boring ride just o prepare myself for the raid, but instead they gave us a better format, different than before that makes every mission feels like a mini or even a full blown strike, combined with legendary difficulty and it    This is Bungie at it's best!
    i was skeptical that they'll use the same format from forsaken and beyond light which is quite boring, and i was ready for another boring ride just o prepare myself for the raid, but instead they gave us a better format, different than before that makes every mission feels like a mini or even a full blown strike, combined with legendary difficulty and it perfects the formula for in my opinion, the best campaign format of Destiny's history. And i won't even speak about the story, because trust me, that is one of the reasons why i stay for almost 8 years with this franchise. It's amazing on this one and i can't wait for the next expansion "Lightfall" next year.

    The rest of the game, the gameplay loop is also interesting. The addition of weapon crafting and an overhaul subclass Void 3.0 is fantastic. One aspect of the weapon crafting that i don't like is the economy side of it, but i guess in the era of content creators, i'll just going to be picky what guns that i'll be chasing to save materials for crafting and let the content creators grinds and reviews every guns combo.

    There are still lots of it including the raid that i currently playing, and so far it's fantastic as well.    … Expand
  23. Kotbu
    Mar 6, 2022
    0
    Boring garbage. Another uninspired slog of a destiny expansion. Cant believe people still play this crap.
  24. Heavyrain0419
    Mar 4, 2022
    10
    I've played Destiny since 2017 and I'm still playing the game. I believe in Bungie in the future.
  25. JcesaRamC
    Mar 3, 2022
    9
    I do not have much time in the destiny world and I am loving it, game mechanics and elements are awesome.
  26. Rednew
    Mar 3, 2022
    10
    It's the best campaign expansion Bungie ever launched, all levels feels great, especially in legendary.
    The challenge makes even better.
  27. DoomboyJr
    Mar 2, 2022
    10
    This is Bungie at their best. Played since D1 beta and most fans would agree that the best expansion was a debate between The taken king from D1 or D2 Forsaken. But Witch Queen is miles ahead of either and to me it’s not even close. Adding legendary mode gives it the perfect balance of difficulty, thanks to the contest mod, so you aren’t steam rolling the campaign like most otherThis is Bungie at their best. Played since D1 beta and most fans would agree that the best expansion was a debate between The taken king from D1 or D2 Forsaken. But Witch Queen is miles ahead of either and to me it’s not even close. Adding legendary mode gives it the perfect balance of difficulty, thanks to the contest mod, so you aren’t steam rolling the campaign like most other campaigns. I really hope this is the new standard going forward.… Expand
  28. AmethystVenom
    Mar 2, 2022
    9
    This is the best state Destiny 2 has ever been in. The campaign for The Witch Queen is outstanding as is void 3.0. Weapon crafting needs some work but the campaign and content is amazing. Highly recommended.
  29. Enriel
    Mar 2, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Literally the best DLC ever made for Destiny! Great campaign, old style Destiny with some great news like weapon leveling and crafting for your favourite rolls, great the idea of making an heroic mode for the campaing to get important material for crafting, void 3.0 is a great refresh! So many good things and so beautiful! I feel like playing Destiny like I used to do long time ago, when it was something new. Great job Bungie, can't wait to play the raid!… Expand
  30. Willfin1975
    Mar 2, 2022
    10
    Easily the best campaign for Destiny 2. Plus there is a ton of content after...This is well worth the price of admission and instills a ton of excitement for the future...
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

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  1. PSX Brasil
    May 7, 2022
    90
    Destiny 2: The Witch Queen expands, improves, and refines everything that already works extremely well, proving that this game as a service is still far from exhaustion. Moreover, it offers an engaging new journey, important revelations, and a turning point that only builds on promise for what lies ahead.
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  2. Post Arcade (National Post)
    Apr 22, 2022
    80
    I’m admittedly still a bit lost when it comes to how all of the upgrade systems, subclasses, and secondary objectives and tasks work. And I’m sad that — as usual — I’ll miss out on the new raid mission for lack of being able to schedule a big team of friends to get together for multi-hour play sessions. But perhaps this is just the cost of doing business as a casual Destiny player.
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  3. PLAY
    Apr 1, 2022
    80
    More than a collection of new gear, The Witch Queen is a significant moment for the story – and, to a lesser extent, the mechanics – of Destiny. [Issue#13, p.80]
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