Destiny

 Xbox 360
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4.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 523 Ratings

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  1. jdizzy
    Sep 14, 2014
    4
    No Wii U or Vita support, I'm ultimately disappointed. Exclusivity is a **** and needs to die. Stop saying this is better than Halo or CoD because it was created as a partnership between the two respective companies that created those series. 343 and THQ would have done a better job.
  2. Brickthegrim
    Sep 14, 2014
    10
    Gameplay - Is a pure blast the guns feel great the abilities are super fun and the vehicles are done incredibly well. Just wish there was a multi-person vehicle.
    Story - Was short but fun and a good taste test but I want more.
    Graphics - The environments are beautiful the enemies and gear all look really nice too I honestly can't complain. Enemies - They are fun relatively intelligent    Gameplay - Is a pure blast the guns feel great the abilities are super fun and the vehicles are done incredibly well. Just wish there was a multi-person vehicle.
    Story - Was short but fun and a good taste test but I want more.
    Graphics - The environments are beautiful the enemies and gear all look really nice too I honestly can't complain.
    Enemies - They are fun relatively intelligent and are varied. I do however wish the bosses had a bit more to them as far as mechanics go.
    All in all this game is the most fun I have had in a while its the only FPS I've truly enjoyed sense halo days.    … Expand
  3. TheGameDoctor
    Sep 14, 2014
    9
    This is a very good game, if you play with friends it is way better, although I do have to say, it is pretty repetitive. All the earth missions that you play lead you to the same map but that does give you time to master the map, but the mission you choose will result in the level of enemies you are fighting. However as I said, a great game with good weapons, abilities and cool characterThis is a very good game, if you play with friends it is way better, although I do have to say, it is pretty repetitive. All the earth missions that you play lead you to the same map but that does give you time to master the map, but the mission you choose will result in the level of enemies you are fighting. However as I said, a great game with good weapons, abilities and cool character customization choices. (the servers do crash from time to time and it can get annoying)… Expand
  4. SWERY_51
    Sep 14, 2014
    4
    Biggest disappointement ever. It was supposed to be a great game, with a lot of content, lot of things to do, lots of planets to explore... It just look like a f**king demo! Do NOT put 50$ in that, it is not worth it at all. There are only 3 goods points, the gameplay is fine, the graphics are nice and the musics pretty good. That's it, it is not a MMO, main quest can only be done with 2Biggest disappointement ever. It was supposed to be a great game, with a lot of content, lot of things to do, lots of planets to explore... It just look like a f**king demo! Do NOT put 50$ in that, it is not worth it at all. There are only 3 goods points, the gameplay is fine, the graphics are nice and the musics pretty good. That's it, it is not a MMO, main quest can only be done with 2 other players and the socail aspect sucks, it is not an adventure game either (forget everything you heard about Mass Effect, because it's not), it is just a boring FPS, far from Halo or Borderlands. What a waste.… Expand
  5. Shazbot4
    Sep 13, 2014
    5
    The first red flag is all the big game reviewers didn’t post day 1 reviews of this game calming it’s to big to review in 1 day. Bull crap. This game can be beaten in less then 24 hours and there is nothing complicated about it or ground breaking. What they are really saying is “this game isn’t as good as the hype”

    Played the beta, for a beta test it was decent, showed a lot of hope for    The first red flag is all the big game reviewers didn’t post day 1 reviews of this game calming it’s to big to review in 1 day. Bull crap. This game can be beaten in less then 24 hours and there is nothing complicated about it or ground breaking. What they are really saying is “this game isn’t as good as the hype”

    Played the beta, for a beta test it was decent, showed a lot of hope for the actual title. Not enough for me to buy the game new however, managed to find a used copy the day after release. Turns out, the beta test was the actual game with it’s below average graphics, low frame rate, poor resolution, the whole smack. Copy and paste COD ghosts graphics engine with titanfall laziness and watchdogs marketing hype machine and tada! destiny on the 360. mw2, mass effect 2, skyrim, gta5 even borderlands 2.. look better. The maps are dead and lifeless, no sole are heart put into drawing them as the marketing would have you think there is. Mass effect 2 curb stomps this game in map settings and visual effects.

    For a MMO, as bungie braggs endlessly this game is, it’s solitary experience if your casual like me with few friends who live on video games. You see far more people in a 16 player lobby in GTA online. There is almost no co-op matchmaking to speak of for story missions. There is zero communication features, no chat, no proximity voice or lobby chat, you can point and wave, and if you manage to get into a fire time of a max of 3 people compared to borderlands 4 you can only voice talk to those 2 other people. If you see someone randomly in town or on a mission your best bet to communicate is xbox live message if your fast enough. Even then most people will ignore you or say no to mission invites.

    if your lucky enough to actually run into another person around the same level as you in the same part of the map 90% of the time they will ignore fire team requests. Have a friend you can count on if you wanna play with other people. Which beings me to my next point, playing this game solo is boring.

    The opening missions set the tone for what this franchise is going to be, uncomplicated, overly simple and over drawn out (Like the last 2 harry potter movies) and REPETITIVE, just about every mission is wave defense. as the voice for the traveler will say, “I could tell you about the darkness” I could tell you about the great battle with the darkness and the traveler”, “I could tell you how the traveler arrived on earth” “I could tell you how the human race was great and powerful after the traveler arrived, but I wont”

    this plot is the most un-engaging story of all time. There is no hero like master chief to connect with and associate bad assness with. your nameless guardian isn’t given any in-game special treatment to give him the hero status, he’s a nobody no one cares about. The main story missions are side stories having little or nothing to do with this great darkness that destroyed everything or the traveler. Im level 17 almost done with the story and I know as much about the plot as I did when they first announced destiny over 2 years ago. But we do have bad robots, replica fore runner look-alikes from halo 4 and some big round guys strait out of 90’s film the 5th element.

    The good. Destiny’s leveling system is solid, lots of guns and upgrading. this is the best part of the game by far. It’s very rewarding to reach a new level and upgrade your guardian. Lots of gear however not as diverse as borderlands. We have tiny ships that have warp speed and teleport but we still are using bullets and gun powder, sorry Gene Roddenberry.

    Pvp… haven’t played it but since I’m burnt out on mp fps shooters like cod and bf I doubt a futuristic version where everyone has a push-to-win button by the same publisher will offer anything new, nothing about destiny hasn’t been done on PC’s on a far bigger scale 10 years ago and still looked better then this does on current gen or next gen consoles.

    The main reason I playing this game is I’m bored of everything else. I have no desire to level my guardian or finish the game but since I got nothing else going on I will. Bungie is set test everyone’s patience. Spoon feed us plot at a snails pace till we are so bored of what they have given us they will give another few bred crumbs with over price paid DLC and future sequels. I have a feeling if they had taken everything they plan to do with destiny 2 and 3 and all mumbo jumbo dlc and cram it all into this first title this would probably be a decent game, but it’s below average as is.

    Rent it, barrow it, buy it used. Don’t get it new. Wait for the story to develop more later on when it might actually be interesting.    … Expand
  6. DictatorDuck
    Sep 13, 2014
    8
    It is a good game,the graphics are beautiful the mmorpg style of play is amazing,I really don't understand why the negative reviews are extremley unrealisticly approached.
  7. bosconian87
    Sep 13, 2014
    9
    I really thought not to buy Bungie's latest on release day - I expected a half-hearted cut-down 'realisation' of their 'dream' on 360, I expected server issues, and most of all I expected a mass of letdowns and issues typical of games of this wait. What I didn't expect was the following, so please, do read on.......

    .......The game installed, and for the first 2-3 hours I played the    I really thought not to buy Bungie's latest on release day - I expected a half-hearted cut-down 'realisation' of their 'dream' on 360, I expected server issues, and most of all I expected a mass of letdowns and issues typical of games of this wait. What I didn't expect was the following, so please, do read on.......

    .......The game installed, and for the first 2-3 hours I played the game on the 360 without a single hitch, technically - but I felt cold, disconnected from the game's narrative, and I felt that I was missing something, and that the game was effectively a 'bag' of components that didn't really fit together that well - yes, I was underwhelmed. However, 6 hours-in, things changed dramatically, and I realized that although this game isn't the epic many may expect, in other areas it not only surprises, it also concentrates hard on the small things.

    Destiny plays much like Halo, with mechanics from Borderlands, and also structural influences on the gameplay also coming from such disparate titles as Dark Souls and Burnout Paradise (note: influences - this game plays directly, differently, to those titles!!). It focuses directly upon a campaign linked with other gameplay modes, and a severe dose of online gameplay too. And for all that, it succeeds admirably. The "levels" sprawl and alternate in alarming patterns, and although they may be repeated for the campaign as such, the events update dramatically on a major scale - some of the opening missions I've found often change and prove to be wonderful excuses to just lose it and wonder around, picking up and being dropped into events that are randomly selected. At the start, those 2-3 hours of weathering the initial game, you'll feel like its an uphill struggle, and that big enemies take an age to kill. After that, things will suddenly change, and you'll feel at one with the events of the game.

    The presentation is very good, with very pretty graphics detailing some wonderful imaginative worlds, and the sound is amazing, really eerie sound effects complimenting the stellar soundtrack. And thankfully, loading levels doesn't take that long.

    Back to my opening, Bungie I feel are master craftsmen of this kind of game, and this game excels in dragging the player into the conflict, and yet the game has also hidden strengths. Being able to just drop-in for a 30 minute play is wonderful, as is the fact that although the gameplay doesn't vary, the often random events that crop-up mid-level and the other little touches serve to involve the player on a greater level.

    I am enjoying this game greatly, and whilst I feel that it is generally very very good, I am aware that Bungie are working on a lot for this game, and that in 6 months, or even a year's time there may be a lot more in the game. Heck, there's even another level arriving on the 16th of September!!

    This review may just read like a collection of thoughts right now, but I hope that it serves to prove that I am genuinely delighted and surprised by Destiny, and although I was initially underwhelmed, this gave way to discovering the true strengths of the game.    … Expand
  8. Catalysta
    Sep 13, 2014
    5
    OK, yesterday I would've given this game a 10. Today, when I entered pvp at level 8, there was level 20s one shotting me, and the maps were TINY. I hit the roof, I was so angry. Sure, I bet the pvp is great at the cap, but whatever moron at Bungie decided to let level 8s fight against level 20s? Should be fired, and banned from the industry. Words cannot describe the derision andOK, yesterday I would've given this game a 10. Today, when I entered pvp at level 8, there was level 20s one shotting me, and the maps were TINY. I hit the roof, I was so angry. Sure, I bet the pvp is great at the cap, but whatever moron at Bungie decided to let level 8s fight against level 20s? Should be fired, and banned from the industry. Words cannot describe the derision and disgust I felt when I entered the Crucible. I will try again at level cap. You broke my heart. I am taking 5 points off my initial score of 10, and you deserve it, when I saw the low metacritic, I was super surprised. HOW ABOUT SOME BALANCE GUYS? Did you learn nothing from WoW's pvp issues? If you didn't you don't deserve our money, it's as simple as that.

    You have to understand, a ton of your audience is mmo players, that come from games that don't balance the pvp. The beauty behind a shooter mmo, is in PVE you can hit harder by gearing and skilling up, and have fun, I give your pve a 10. The idea behind mmo pvp in a shooter, is that everyones guns still do the same sort of base damage, and you seperate the level caps by 5 or so levels, so there isnt some prick 12 levels higher than you, one shotting you. If you do not understand this basic concept, that any real pvper could've told you on facebook or twitter, you don't deserve our money. Whatever game tester that let this unbalanced pvp go to release without warning you how truly bad of a mistake you were making? Should be fired and banned from the industry as well.

    You shouldve been warned that you had a 10 game in terms of concept, and a 0 game in terms of pvp balance... I am here to warn you in person, that the smart players will now boycott Bungie for the rest of their lives, if you do not fix this immediately. And balance is easyt in pvp, you keep the levels of the players equal when you matchmake, you mnake sure the gear is toned down, so people have a chance, if they are playing more casually, and want to have a COD, or Battlefield or Halo experience of TDM.

    If you do not provide this pvp balance, not only will your game tank so bad noone will buy a sequal? People will go out of their way to avoid your games, and you will lose the awesome credibility you got from the Halo series. THIS IS A SIMPLE FIX AND YOU SHOULD MAKE IT BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE! You cannot ride on your pve forever, half of the MMO crowd that bought your game, bought it for the PVP. I think ALL of the FPS crowd, bought it for the PVP. How you could fumble the execution so badly, is beyond me.

    I realize what a negative nancy I am being? But just yesterday I would've given a game a straight 10, if you were to patch balance the pvp for leveling today, I would come back and change my score back to ten.
    For real, get a clue Bungie. This made me wonder about the intelligence of a lot of the people working at your company? If they managed to miss this, or did it on purpose? They don't deserve their jobs. They inadvertantly turned your company into a thief. I don't write this to be inflammatory, I write it because I feel that every word I am saying is very, very, true.

    I had such high hopes! And you dashed them. It's a simple fix guys, you REALLY should consider it. Have a nice day guys, Enjoy the 64 dollars I spent on a physical copy, that I then sold immediately when I found out that i could not get the next gen version upgrade for free, that it was only available digitally. WHERES THE WARNING STICKER GUYS, what you did should be illegal, and you SHOULD be taken to task for it. Then I bought a year of LIVE so I could enjoy pvp leveling, only to find out that you have an infant's grasp of balance. Then I bought the 30 dollar expansion, that you released the same time the game went live. Do you understand what an expansion is? It is not content that you withold upon release, it is something you sell like a year later, to keep your fans loyal and interested in your game. I think you have an infant's grasp of what an expansion is, as well.

    Enjoy the 60 dollars I spent on the digital version. That is ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS to play your product correctly. For that price, this game needs to have its pvp balanced, the maps need to be bigger, and there needs to be a STICKER on the physical copies of the PS3 and 360 version warning you VERY specifically that you do not get the next gen upgrade for free. Your mistakes are frankly sad and alarming, and do not bode well, of this is how the next gen console development companies intend to treat their fans. I can overlook everything you did to me, because I am a loyal fan and bought everything y9ou ever made. But I SIMPLY CANNOT OVERLOOK THE PVP LEVELING BALANCE. It is a DISASTER. And no I am not kidding or being dramatic. How you guys released the Crucible like this? Is just beyond me.    … Expand
  9. zeone222
    Sep 13, 2014
    5
    My thoughts. This is coming from a level 16 who's just about to get to Mars:

    1. Story is downright awful. The premise sounds amazing but the execution isn't done right at all. 99 percent of the missions have been "press square, defend area, kill big boss, missions complete. And the odd occasional cut scene with cringe worthy voice acting. 2 Light on content. If you turned off the    My thoughts. This is coming from a level 16 who's just about to get to Mars:

    1. Story is downright awful. The premise sounds amazing but the execution isn't done right at all. 99 percent of the missions have been "press square, defend area, kill big boss, missions complete. And the odd occasional cut scene with cringe worthy voice acting.
    2 Light on content. If you turned off the endlessly spawning enemies this game could be completed in a few hours for the story. Considering the first thing they talked about this game was it's focus on the story I'm severely disappointed in that regard. So much potential and it just falls flat.    … Expand
  10. CowsGoHiss
    Sep 12, 2014
    0
    Boring, repetitive. It feels like Bungie sank most of their $500 million budget into marketing and advertising. They even banned official reviews after release to sell as many copies as possible before reviews start showing up to ruin the Metacritic score. This game feels like a cash grab, with Bungie just trying to get as much money as possible. I never felt ripped off by a game, exceptBoring, repetitive. It feels like Bungie sank most of their $500 million budget into marketing and advertising. They even banned official reviews after release to sell as many copies as possible before reviews start showing up to ruin the Metacritic score. This game feels like a cash grab, with Bungie just trying to get as much money as possible. I never felt ripped off by a game, except Mass Effect 3. Where is the old Bungie I used to know? The one that loved to make GAMES?? Now they only love making MONEY.… Expand
  11. Spicy_Spleen
    Sep 12, 2014
    0
    When you buy a product you expect it to work this FAILS constantly being disconnected from error codes (500 mil + spent on this game and it ships broken? wtf) cant even play this game for more than 20 minutes at a time. And the gameplay is not as fun as borderlands its waaaay over hyped. PVP is horrible cant keep a full lobby people constantly dropping in and out. do yourself a favor avoidWhen you buy a product you expect it to work this FAILS constantly being disconnected from error codes (500 mil + spent on this game and it ships broken? wtf) cant even play this game for more than 20 minutes at a time. And the gameplay is not as fun as borderlands its waaaay over hyped. PVP is horrible cant keep a full lobby people constantly dropping in and out. do yourself a favor avoid this headache.… Expand
  12. TheDahaka
    Sep 12, 2014
    10
    Very good game even ignoring all the hype. It's one that's going to evolve and grow over time much like a MMO so its hard to give it a final score. The game wont appeal to everyone, but its far from being as bad as all these low scores suggest. Expect this to be a larger and richer game in the future as the universe expands.
  13. lolcatz88
    Sep 12, 2014
    0
    Awful game, deceptive marketing, boring, repetitive gameplay. Don't support developers who seek the easy way out to take your money. It's a shame this is what it has come to.
  14. Faith094
    Sep 12, 2014
    6
    After around 24 hours worth of gameplay Im ready for a review.
    Destiny is a Hybrid MMOFPS much like Borderlands 1/2, FireFall, and Planetside 2. In my honest opinion some of these games are good some not so much (Looking at you FireFall)/ The Genres MMO and FPS don't mesh well in many areas for many reasons but thats its own argument entirely.
    Starting with the actual review the    After around 24 hours worth of gameplay Im ready for a review.
    Destiny is a Hybrid MMOFPS much like Borderlands 1/2, FireFall, and Planetside 2. In my honest opinion some of these games are good some not so much (Looking at you FireFall)/ The Genres MMO and FPS don't mesh well in many areas for many reasons but thats its own argument entirely.
    Starting with the actual review the leveling process in Destiny is not bad you level through a level of means things such as Bounties from a bounty board much like borderlands story missions and open world patrol mission/Dynamic events. and you can also level by means of PvP. Starting with the Story mission most efficient way of leveling. My first criticism is that you get behind in levels pretty quickly forcing you to do many grindy side quest to catch up in level, Now this isnt so bad the side quest or as Destiny calls them patrol missions give decent exp and can get you 1 or 2 levels quickly. Although I have 1 major criticism about the Dynamic events, They spawn extremely infrequently( very extremely), so much so that I literally only seen 1 in my 26 hours or 24 levels of playing. But things like this can be fixed with patches. Destiny also suffers in the character depth department there is an aparent lack of thought in the progression system and character design system as if the devs never even played an MMO such as WoW,Or Guild Wars as some of the obvious ones that come to mind, there are no skill points are trees which is odd. Only choice in changing a skill that will very very slightly change one of your abalities weather it be your super melee or your grenade ability.

    Now lets get down to what everyone wants to know and what people will probably read this review for, The END GAME and the GAMEPLAY, 2 of the largest factors in a game that make or break it. Lets start with destiny's gameplay. The actual combat is fun and exciting with lots of dynamic choices to how you wanted to handle a fight weather you want to do lots of AoE and ranged damage with your warlock or be right in the freigh with lots of melee damage as the Hunter Or smash things with your titan. Combat is fun and intresting, this would be great if the missions them selves weret so damn boring and repetive littirally every mission from Earth to the last Planet Mars is the same thing kill some mobs let your Ghost Open or unlock something kill a mini boss(Or Elite Pack). Extreamly boring and was super hard to get through for me. before I go on its also worth mentioning there is a clear lack of story here for some reason the actual Lore and story feel like an after thought and is very umm how should I put this... Underdeveloped. But going on, The end game the thing everyone wants to know about, Well let me tell you. it is.... Strikes the same ones you played in the story just with the difficulty ramped up by like x50. and the only way to progress your Gear score as it is in most MMOs or (Light) in Destiny is to get better gear from these very increased difficulty strikes. And the drop rates for actual good gear that would be a gear score increase or an actual good peice of gear is Astronomically low for some reason. I did 60+ of these strikes and got no legendary peices of gear and definitely no Exotic pieces either. What a joke this was...... I know that there is intended be a grind for gear in the end game but doing this Strike content over and over for some reason is just not fun at all and the lack of rewards is extremely discouraging making you dread doing more strikes.. All in all Id have to say Destiny is overhyped and an above average experience because of its engaging combat but if you dont like the super extreme grind for gear in the end game. Id say skip it.. see you guys next time hope you can enjoy Destiny more than I have.    … Expand
  15. lordnune
    Sep 11, 2014
    9
    Don't listen to the bad reviews! This game is really fun. It was never meant to be Borderlands, and it was never meant to be Halo. It is something completely new. The mechanics work well and the graphics are decent on the 360. Graphics are at least as good as most other shooters on the 360 anyway.

    First - the downsides/cautions: Here is my advice. If you are not an MMO type    Don't listen to the bad reviews! This game is really fun. It was never meant to be Borderlands, and it was never meant to be Halo. It is something completely new. The mechanics work well and the graphics are decent on the 360. Graphics are at least as good as most other shooters on the 360 anyway.

    First - the downsides/cautions:

    Here is my advice. If you are not an MMO type person, don't play this game. Or at least go into it with lower expectations. There will be grinding, and there will be parts that are not intuitive for you if you are not used to an MMO-type experience. There are parts that feel like you are quest grinding as well, but overall, a lot of quests have been fun and I expect to see improvement over the life of the game, which is typical of any MMO-type game. All that being said, it is not an MMO! And you can definitely solo your way through quests in this game! The only other downside I feel like so far is that I wished the leveling up gave points to spend towards skills instead of the unlock system it currently uses. It would have given it more of a traditional RPG feel.

    The upsides: This game is fun! And you don't have to run around playing with others, but it REALLY is not that hard to do if you want to. Ignore the complaints about voice chat. I can't tell you how refreshing it is to not have to hear 8-12 year olds cussing all around me. You get voice chat once you join a "Fireteam", and that suits me just fine. The missions are fun, and challenging, the weapons are varied and the powers, depending on what class you prefer to play, have been very useful as well. The multiplayer battles have mostly smaller maps, so they are intense and so far have been really well matched for me. They're not my cup of tea, but I've gotten some pretty cool armor prizes from the few matches I participated in.

    In the end, this is a game that, although not a traditional MMO, can improve over it's lifespan in both variety, quests, and environments. I could totally see them adding (aside from the obvious of adding more worlds) a spaceship flying/fighting component to this game later on. For now, enjoy it for what it is. It is not Halo. It is not Borderlands. It is a game in its own right, and it's been a blast to play. I look forward to seeing what Bungie will continue to do with this game.    … Expand
  16. Psichokillah
    Sep 11, 2014
    3
    I, like many other out there, was stuffed with HYPE that I though it could change something. I really don't understand these companies. They hype hype hype and then you stay home with your mouth open and a bitter taste. I played Destiny for 10 hours now and there are some problems.

    First the singleplayer campain (if you could call it) is the same, repetitive mission over and over again.    I, like many other out there, was stuffed with HYPE that I though it could change something. I really don't understand these companies. They hype hype hype and then you stay home with your mouth open and a bitter taste. I played Destiny for 10 hours now and there are some problems.

    First the singleplayer campain (if you could call it) is the same, repetitive mission over and over again. I wanted some diversity but couldn't reach that moment to say WOW!

    Graphics are so and so and they look mostly OK for XBOX 360. The game mechanics is good. I simply don't seem to enjoy multiplayer at all. I feel it unbalanced and I simply don't feel that multiplayer with these maps. I was killed from many stupid positions that don't require skill or something.

    The game is good all in all only that it's extremely repetitive and it needs some fixing. I tend to get bored easily.    … Expand
  17. SimplyFred
    Sep 11, 2014
    8
    Ok guys i'm gonna be brutally honest. I used to be a massive gamer but don’t get sucked into games that easy these days, it takes something very special to get my attention or very challenging. I’ve been playing Destiny the last couple of days on the 360 and be staying up until 1am when i’ve had work at 6am lol.
    I don’t have PS4/One atm as I don’t feel there’s anything worth getting one    Ok guys i'm gonna be brutally honest. I used to be a massive gamer but don’t get sucked into games that easy these days, it takes something very special to get my attention or very challenging. I’ve been playing Destiny the last couple of days on the 360 and be staying up until 1am when i’ve had work at 6am lol.
    I don’t have PS4/One atm as I don’t feel there’s anything worth getting one for just yet, but this nearly makes the cut. The graphics aren’t great which is to be expected on last gen consoles but the game itself is something quite like i’ve never seen before, they’ve blended an RPG into a shooter successfully.
    It probably won’t be as exciting in a few weeks/month as everything stops being new but for the moment i’m so engrossed. Doing missions with randoms/mates is brilliant, feels like a guild raid on RPG’s but also adds the extra dimension of skill you learned playing Halo and COD. You feel like you’re on an adventure all the time, I think a few people are upset with this game as they either just suck at it, or have no real friends to play with. I saw one review slamming it as the kid couldn’t make ‘friends’ I don’t blame the game, maybe it was just him (he looked a bit strange and his other reviews all slammed everything, and gave game 0/10 which isn’t really a review more a b***h).
    It’s been 2 days since it came out so I can’t see how people can hate it and write such condemning reviews of the story and every aspect when they’ve barely scratched the surface.
    I’ve found the missions a bit samey, but that’s the same with every game. I’d say to push this game up to a 10 in my opinion they’d have to make the story a bit more gripping, and make the missions slightly less generic, but it’s still early days at the moment, but im very impressed, and like I said I don’t care for much these days.
    This franchise is going places, as I feel this could be the future. Now if you don’t mind I’ve got a universe to explore     … Expand
  18. calvinkeyz
    Sep 11, 2014
    5
    Having played quite a few missions and levelled my character up to 6, I was starting to think: is this it? I got chills thinking about wasting so much money on this.
  19. captainkane
    Sep 10, 2014
    5
    I played Destiny for a few hours. That’s all I could bear. It’s a boring game. Like Titanfall, Destiny is overhyped. Furthermore, it’s underdeveloped in the aspects that were marketed most. This proves that the marketing machines employed by Activision and EA are still marvelous. These companies constantly turn out average games, and in a few cases, glitchy unfinished games. Yet, theseI played Destiny for a few hours. That’s all I could bear. It’s a boring game. Like Titanfall, Destiny is overhyped. Furthermore, it’s underdeveloped in the aspects that were marketed most. This proves that the marketing machines employed by Activision and EA are still marvelous. These companies constantly turn out average games, and in a few cases, glitchy unfinished games. Yet, these companies make billions in revenue selling such games every year. Lesson here: Don’t buy the hype.

    What is most disappointing about Destiny is the glaring inclusion of everything Halo. Movement, characters, weapons, and multiplayer reek of Halo. Not everyone likes Halo. The developers can’t shake off its Halo legacy, which could hurt Bungie in the long run. Destiny should be retitled to Halo: (Lackluster) MMO Edition. In a nutshell, for gamers who don’t like Halo, avoid Destiny.

    The graphics and level design are poor. The 360 is old tech, but there are plenty of games which look great on it. Instead, Destiny looks washed out and monochromatic. This results from the abuse of a limited color palette. So areas look overly saturated in brown, stark white, or grey. Level design is uninspired. The maps are so generic that I can’t tell them apart. Some people told me they couldn’t orient themselves on the maps since everything looks so similar. A few actually got lost!! That is poor level design at its finest. Even worse, the maps are fairly linear. Sure they’re big, but exploration is shallow and enemies are sparse.

    Combat is OK, and the AI is good enough. But battles are uninspired. Fight a horde here, explore a bit, and then fight an even larger horde with an elite enemy over there. Rinse, repeat. Boring combat mixed with shallow exploration makes Destiny repetitive. I’ve played a lot of RPG’s, MMO’s, and RTS games. Destiny is the only game I recall where a lowly level 10 enemy is nearly god-like to weaker players. They’re an absurd challenge. And these enemies pop up in unlikely places.

    The multiplayer is awful. Annoyingly, players have to unlock game modes by playing the campaign. I understand why Bungie did this. Many FPS players skip campaigns and go straight into multiplayer. Campaigns set the tone for everything, including multiplayer. But forcing players to play it is a poor decision. Gamers like options, not dictation.

    The multiplayer is extremely unbalanced as well. A strong team with good gear will decimate weaker teams. Battles are often completely one-sided. Destiny really fails here. While multiplayer feels distinctly Halo, it’s a huge step down. Destiny has one of the least enjoyable multiplayers I’ve played in the last several years.

    The tower where players can upgrade gear and buy items is an afterthought. The Citadel from the original Mass Effect is vastly superior, and that game is 7 years old. Character customization is just as shallow. Character progression is limited and locked. No progression trees. No stat points. No choices on how to upgrade abilities means no variation among players in each class. So if a player chooses a warlock, all players among that class will perform the same. Virtually identical characters? No thanks. Armor and weapon customization is equally dull. There are hundreds of games which allow player choice in progression. With so many examples, it's baffling why Destiny's system is so lazy and rudimentary. In fact, the promise of unique character progression was part of Bungie's marketing strategy. It's not there.

    I really can’t say much more because I stopped playing after a hours. This is unusual as I spend 15 hours or more on every game I review. Destiny tries to do everything, and it fails at everything. The specter of Halo haunts the cubicles at Bungie. The developers decided to embrace it rather than make a clean break. That is why the game feels mired in Halo’s universe. And like quicksand, that dilemma is pulling Destiny under. Instead of the promised MMO, gamers get an average co-op shooter. Poor graphics, lackluster level design, limited exploration, uninspired combat, and an awful multiplayer are just some of the problems that plague Destiny.

    For players with decent PC’s, check out Guild Wars 2. It’s epic, massive, deep, and highly interactive. Basically, GW2 is everything Destiny’s not. For players with more humble tech, check out Diablo 3. It’s also an epic and fun game. Plus, Diablo is available on consoles.    … Expand
  20. crizilla
    Sep 10, 2014
    0
    literally one of the worst games i've ever played. It's 2014. This game feels like it came out 10 years ago. 30fps, no characters, story line is crappy, MP is just Halo, no PC version, repetitive as **** I can't believe Bungie released a game like this. It tries to hard to be the next innovative top tier game but falls flat on its face. Nothing is memorable about this game.
  21. milkyleeds
    Sep 10, 2014
    5
    Looks nice, but it's a poor version of Halo, designed to be an MMO (of sorts) but lacking the key feature of an MMO - the social experience.

    Story is VERY short, even by FPS standards. I was three quarters of the way through when I had to stop and think about what my character's purpose was, there's nothing gripping that demands your attention. The characters are terribly dull too.    Looks nice, but it's a poor version of Halo, designed to be an MMO (of sorts) but lacking the key feature of an MMO - the social experience.

    Story is VERY short, even by FPS standards. I was three quarters of the way through when I had to stop and think about what my character's purpose was, there's nothing gripping that demands your attention. The characters are terribly dull too.

    Strikes are PVE matchmaking dungeons and are probably the best part of this game, but they suffer from not being able to communicate with those you're running the strike with (unless partied up over Xbox Live beforehand). There's no matchmaking for other missions at all and you can't communicate with other players in the central tower, which they ironically describe as a "social hub."

    Missions are all the same pretty much - walk somewhere, deploy ghost, shoot stuff while it struggles to break through the system. I didn't mind this too much personally, but it'd have been better if it was like Borderlands and you could use matchmaking to liven things up.

    The "open world" sidequests - Firstly, this is no Elder Scrolls or Borderlands, each planet is a fairly small sandbox environment with constantly respawning enemies. The environments look incredible, but there's not much going on in them and the sidequests don't help matters. Every MMO suffers from the same issue in fairness, they're always 'kill X amount of Y' or 'go to this marker and click A' and Destiny doesn't stray from that. If anything, they somehow seem more boring than they do in other games, mostly because they don't serve any great purpose.

    The PVP is Halo, basically. And that's no bad thing in my book. It's when this game meets Halo that it's at its strongest - the refined shooter mechanics are Halo, the guns are Halo, the enemies are Halo, the environments and vehicles all feel very Halo too. But there's nothing new here. It was billed as an FPS with a living, breathing world, but when you can't talk to anyone nearby, it doesn't feel alive, it feels dead and lonely, when enemies respawn every 30 seconds in the exact same place, nothing feels random and when you've spent 30 seconds on a loading screen so you can enter the (un)social hub to watch a load of mutes run between the same two vendors you're heading to, the immersion developers so often talk about is completely lost.    … Expand
  22. Kmach
    Sep 10, 2014
    9
    I have been playing Destiny for the last 2 days and have to say that I am really enjoying the experience. It is unfortunate to see so many trolls looking to do nothing but bash this game. I wonder what it takes to please some of these people.

    The presentation is top notch and the game transitions seamlessly from menu to menu and location to location. The game draws inspiration from    I have been playing Destiny for the last 2 days and have to say that I am really enjoying the experience. It is unfortunate to see so many trolls looking to do nothing but bash this game. I wonder what it takes to please some of these people.

    The presentation is top notch and the game transitions seamlessly from menu to menu and location to location. The game draws inspiration from Halo, Borderlands, Call of Duty, and Mass Effect and manages to harmoniously bring all the features together to make a very solid and balanced game. For me, the art direction looks like a cross between Halo and Mass Effect. There are open environments a la Borderlands to explore and loot with your friends. The music is well done and the ambient sounds really help to differentiate each location and add to the experience. The guns sound great up close and even from across the map, hearing the echo of battle is exciting.

    The RPG elements are nicely implemented but not overly complex. The skill trees are more like perk trees effecting grenade types, explosion ratings, and etc. The most addicted part of the game for me is the player cosmetic customization. You are rewarded with new outfit parts after each mission, after multiplayer games, in loot boxes, and they are also dropped by downed enemies. Some rare types of clothing can even by upgraded in and of themselves.

    The controls are silky smooth. I was able to switch to a Call of Duty control scheme so I was right at home as soon as I popped in the disc. The different gun types are fun but so far there does not appear to be a vast array of them, much less dynamic and creative than Borderlands. However, the precision and movement in this game is just as smooth as any Halo game out there. The enemies are intelligent enough, hiding and flanking when need be. There appears to be a good amount of enemy types so far and hopefully I will keep running into bigger and badder bosses.

    Online you can coop missions with your friends or play competitive multiplayer. If you don't have any friends to play with don't expect fellow travelers to help you as every group is pretty much doing their own thing. I have only played Team Deathmatch and Control modes so I may be wrong and saying that there does not appear to be a huge amount of modes at this time. That is fine with me as I have never gotten into the overly obscure modes anyway. I have noticed little to no lag which, considering that it was just released, is a big achievement for Bungie. Also, all the powers, grenade types, maps, weapons, and level matchmaking appear to be well balanced, again showing the level of expertise by Bungie.

    The large environments are nice but it is annoying to start at the same corner of the map and have to walk/run/drive to the other side of the map to complete missions every time. I was looking for a little more to set each environment apart. Sure the architecture is different, but the enemies and strategies are all the same. I thought maybe the physics would be different on the moon but that might have hurt the flow of combat. I have not run into any weather effects to write home about. One of the largest problems I have with the game is the lore and story telling. At no time do I feel the desperation of humanity and the visitor. There is a still scene of a city below the Guardian tower but that is it. The AI-Cortana wanna-be "Ghost" finds you in the beginning finds you and says, "there you are, you have no idea how long I have been looking for you?!" Apparently I have been hiding in the trunk of an old car for thousands of years? The enemies look great but I cannot differentiate them from the Covenant. I didn't even realize I was fighting a different race until my achievements starting appearing on screen. I still have no idea what the difference between the Fallen and...whatever the others are called are. All races pretty much fight the same: typical soldiers that hide behind things, weak/fast cannon fodder units, well armored mortar units, snipers that are cloaked, and fast moving flying units. My Ghost told me he would tell me why the world is so different from a thousand+ years ago but he hasn't...yet...after approximately 20hrs of gameplay. The missions are pretty run of the mill and do get a little repetitive, although ranking up helps away a lot of the grind. The story missions are a little more creative and complex but are still, "wait, they are building up an army and planning to attack Earth!" Been there done that. Maybe getting into some deeper scientific concepts such as in Halo would hold the gamer's interest a bit more.

    Overall a really great game. I love the presentation and art/music direction. The game plays very smoothly and feels great. I have not noticed any significant lag. Competitive multiplayer is well balanced, fast, and very fun. There is a lot of customization and ranking up which will keep players occupied for a long time.    … Expand
  23. Zapness
    Sep 10, 2014
    10
    Why do people not like this? It's a fantastic game! I highly recommend getting it! Great gameplay, great graphics, and great amounts of loot goes for a great game.
  24. SnakeWeevil
    Sep 10, 2014
    9
    If you play this game how it was meant to be played (with friends) it's awesome! I will say though that Bungie set themselves up for harsh criticism with the way they marketed the game. Nothing could ever live up to that amount of hype...
  25. Type4101
    Sep 10, 2014
    2
    After months of endless hype promising a genre-changing event that will blow our minds we get.....online Borderlands, without the cool art style, fun story-telling, and solo play that Borderlands provided. This is a well-crafted, completely uninspiring exercise in lining up cross-hairs and clicking a button. The game that is billed as a RPG in shooter's clothing has minimal RPG features,After months of endless hype promising a genre-changing event that will blow our minds we get.....online Borderlands, without the cool art style, fun story-telling, and solo play that Borderlands provided. This is a well-crafted, completely uninspiring exercise in lining up cross-hairs and clicking a button. The game that is billed as a RPG in shooter's clothing has minimal RPG features, with limited and basic character development, and a story more focused on online group-looting (with uninspiring loot) than any deep narrative. Solo players have been left out of the equation, as content is geared towards forced-grouping (you "can" play "some" stuff alone, but it is a grinding chore). The mechanics are fine, but they should be since the developer has been making shooters for years. In the end, this is nothing but a typical online shooter MMO with a huge budget for marketing. Perhaps some of the marketing money should have gone into better and more compelling content, real RPG features, and an option for meaningful solo play for those who are interested.… Expand
  26. Krotos
    Sep 10, 2014
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Destiny has some of the best music I've ever heard in a video game. Unfortunately, that's the highest compliment I can give it at this point, after having played about 5 hours. As a sci-fi shooter, it's adequate but nothing special. The graphics on the 360 are a bit shabby (both Halo IV and Skyrim looked much better on the same console), and the voice acting is unmemorable.

    But the most severe drawback, in my view, is the lack of an immersive storyline. I would love to know more about the Destiny universe -- what is the Darkness, exactly, and what did it do to Earth's former civilization? Where did all these aliens come from? How was it that my character was dead for centuries? -- but there appears to be nowhere in-game to uncover this kind of information, apart from extremely vague references in cutscenes. Now, some vagueness about the big issues behind a game's backstory is fine, even adding to the sense of mystery, but too much just makes things dull and incomprehensible.

    Other MMORPGs like World of Warcraft, not to mention most shooters and virtually all single-player RPGs, have been full of books, letters, data terminals, NPCs you can actually converse with, etc., from which you could learn more about the history/lore of the game. That really adds a lot to the experience, and I hope Bungie will consider modifying Destiny accordingly. They certainly proved with the Halo franchise that they are capable of telling a great story. But until then, I have to agree with the people who are saying that Destiny will be worth purchasing only when the price has dropped to about $19.99.    … Expand
  27. Swagboi
    Sep 10, 2014
    10
    One of the greatest games I have played in recent years, Bungie never ceases to amaze me! I don't see why this game has received so much hate from other users, it's a fun game and I highly recommend playing it.
  28. xxsaleen
    Sep 10, 2014
    9
    I'm not sure why people are hating on this game. I bought it yesterday and played online for about 4 hours last night and did not want to turn it off. I'm assuming people have unrealistic expectations due to all the marketing that coincided with its release so they are being extra hard on it. The game is a great fps and offers bits and pieces of a RPG experience and elements that not tooI'm not sure why people are hating on this game. I bought it yesterday and played online for about 4 hours last night and did not want to turn it off. I'm assuming people have unrealistic expectations due to all the marketing that coincided with its release so they are being extra hard on it. The game is a great fps and offers bits and pieces of a RPG experience and elements that not too many other games have. For example my cousin and I were in the middle of a level when we saw other people battling it out and went over and helped revive a few players and helped them defeat a difficult part of the level. That was a really cool experience to just see random people on the same level you are playing and have them be able to help you if they want, or continue to do their own thing. There was no dependence on making us join with them, its all choice. The action is intense, there were dark areas where the aliens started coming at us and we were jumping and freaking out. I just can't fathom that someone would not enjoy this game.. if they seriously think this game doesn't have anything to offer maybe they should get into game development themselves because if they can outdo the premise of this game I will be first in line to buy it. Overall I'm very satisfied with this. I mean its $60, I remember paying $50 for Nintendo games that I would beat in 25 minutes like Jackal. Anyway, if you like FPS games and playing online coops then this is the game for you.… Expand
  29. madisur
    Sep 10, 2014
    0
    The hype for this game definitely was of such proportions. The game doesn't stand a chance to live up to it. The missions are a disaster. They are all similar for example.
  30. Sipheren
    Sep 9, 2014
    9
    Got it yesterday and loving it so far, the music and visuals are amazing. The story is pretty cool so far, I like the voice acting. The game play is very cool, all the mechanics seem really smooth. Big thumbs up from me.
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  1. Meristation
    Sep 13, 2014
    80
    Destiny is a good FPS from Bungie. However, it isn't the definitive fusion between shooter and MMO we expected. Great gunplay, good enemy AI and full of content, but missions can get too repetitive and the endgame needs more variety of objectives.
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