Destiny

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  1. jack147
    Sep 18, 2014
    0
    Just terrible, nothing special about this game at all. The marketing department did a good job but the development team clearly didn't put in the same amount of effort. This game is gonna need a lot of time before its anywhere near worth playing.
  2. OutofthisworldX
    Sep 10, 2014
    3
    Just finished this game, and have to say im not pleased with it overall, the story missions was all the same, start off in the same setting, go to the same place through the same enemies and face a slightly different mini boss at the end (none of which were hard to kill even on hard) - and i cant really say i fully grasped what the story was about. there is no narrative to the story, ifJust finished this game, and have to say im not pleased with it overall, the story missions was all the same, start off in the same setting, go to the same place through the same enemies and face a slightly different mini boss at the end (none of which were hard to kill even on hard) - and i cant really say i fully grasped what the story was about. there is no narrative to the story, if this cost 500M dollars to cost i would expect a lot more cut scenes, not to the extent that they become intrusive but i can count on 2 hands how many times i saw a cut scene that helped explained what was going on. the only thing i will praise is the graphics. although some textures that were a bit far away looked very very blurry at times. the online is OK but i worry that it will become like titanfall - boring after a week.

    Bungie said this has a 10 year life span, if my memory serves me right, Halo 2 come out in 2004 - ten years ago, ALOT has happened in the gaming industry since then and i wouldnt be surprised to see many of the current games gone within a year (MAX)    … Expand
  3. tburka
    Sep 11, 2014
    1
    Huge disappointment. The story is almost incomprehensible and the missions are completely repetitive -- shoot and hide/recharge your shield, over and over again. Even the maps are repetitive; after two missions you will notice the same rooms and layouts everywhere. There are basically only four guns in the game (sniper, assault, heavy weapon, shotgun). There is no option to customizeHuge disappointment. The story is almost incomprehensible and the missions are completely repetitive -- shoot and hide/recharge your shield, over and over again. Even the maps are repetitive; after two missions you will notice the same rooms and layouts everywhere. There are basically only four guns in the game (sniper, assault, heavy weapon, shotgun). There is no option to customize them--they are all the same and feel exactly the same. Also, for a game that was supposedly meant to be played in teams, Bungie crippled it by killing proximity chat or even multiplayer chat among the same team members -- they made it more difficult to team up with people, instead of the reverse. The "strike" missions involve standing in one place and shooting at a huge monster for about fifteen minutes straight; there's no strategy. And why do they have different spaceships? Changing your ship has no effect whatsoever on the game -- it's simply what you see on the loading screen. They have different kinds of companion computers ("ghosts") available for you to buy, but even though the descriptions say they have different capabilities, they are exactly the same and do nothing different from one another. The Tower, home base, is tiny; it has three areas to "explore" except that in three minutes you've seen everything there is to see. There are no real interactions with NPCs -- they just stand there and you get things from them. The stupidest thing is this game (and there are many) is that you periodically have to go the "post office" (big exclamation point hovering over it) to get messages that you should see an NPC who sits about five yards away from the post office. Why didn't the designers simply have you go directly to the NPC? What was the point of this? It is mind boggling that it took them so long to come up with a game world that seems so stunted and tiny. You have the option to get "more details" for missions and when you select that, there are no details--the screen just tells you what it just told you about the mission and nothing more. There is a level cap of 20, and there is absolutely nothing to do except grind and grind after you reach it. Please do yourself a favor and don't spend your hard earned money on this.… Expand
  4. Valhakar
    Sep 11, 2014
    4
    A brilliant technical exercise executed in the most mundane manner possible.

    That about sums it up. Bungie creates a beautiful game engine with striking vistas. They then stick you in repetitive maps over and over again. Bungie creates a deep personalization system for your class allowing for a variety of choices. Then you have the same 8 weapons over and over with similar skills as    A brilliant technical exercise executed in the most mundane manner possible.

    That about sums it up. Bungie creates a beautiful game engine with striking vistas. They then stick you in repetitive maps over and over again. Bungie creates a deep personalization system for your class allowing for a variety of choices. Then you have the same 8 weapons over and over with similar skills as the guy next to you. A punch is a punch even if you dress it up in glitter and call it a spell.

    Bottom line is that its a huge and encompassing game with a very narrow audience. If you like playing a specific shooter with your friend for months on end every day then this may be for you. If you have a life and want a casual game with a gripping story and new and exciting game play, wait for something better.    … Expand
  5. SoyMachineGun
    Sep 10, 2014
    3
    I EVER FEEL ALONE IN THIS GAME IT'S A FULL DECEPTION. Regular Graphics, good controls, poor history very repetitive on every mission. Boring This is not a Bungie Game
  6. Toroidal_Zeus
    Sep 16, 2014
    0
    Destiny is the worst game out there.

    It was in development for awhile...hinted at in Halo 3: ODST Easter eggs (2009). The game feels like it’s been stuck in development for much longer than that though. The plot—if you can call it one—is not compelling or interesting. Gameplay mechanics are okay but they neither are twitch realistic (think CoD) or arcade-fun (think Borderlands 2).    Destiny is the worst game out there.

    It was in development for awhile...hinted at in Halo 3: ODST Easter eggs (2009). The game feels like it’s been stuck in development for much longer than that though.

    The plot—if you can call it one—is not compelling or interesting. Gameplay mechanics are okay but they neither are twitch realistic (think CoD) or arcade-fun (think Borderlands 2). Character customization is weak and lacks a sense of progression.

    Sadly the developer advertised the game to be a massive shared world shooter; that being said, the largest multiplayer matches were measly 6 vs. 6 teams. In comparison, Halo 2 for the original Xbox was pitting 8 vs. 8 matches back in 2004.

    Also what is up with the no proxy talk feature? It’s frustrating that I can’t vent about my frustrations with other players in game without navigating the cumbersome menu screens (which, might I add, were molded after the navigation screens of Halo 2… seriously guys, this is anything but a next-gen experience).

    Giving it a 0 for the insane hype and terribly boring experience. Do yourself and do not purchase this game. Bungie should not play their fans for the fool like this.    … Expand
  7. GhostRailz
    Sep 30, 2014
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Spoiler: the game has no beginning, middle or end. This is either a huge failure by bungie or more likely, a catastrophe caused by corporate overlords hellbent on milking every dime out of gamers based on the street cred of bungie. Much like the sneak peek at Aliens: Colonial Marines. The final product is not at all what was advertised. This game feels gutted and the parts and entrails of this possibly once great title will be sold back to the fool hearty who endure this slap in the face and actually give them more money. No I say! This ends today! I'm taking this steaming pile back and getting credit for Shadow of Mordor. We'll see how that goes. As for destiny, the graphics are awesome, sound awesome, multiplayer can be fun but even that is wearing thin after only a couple weeks of semi-steady playing. It just lacks any depth whatsoever for anyone except maybe the hardcore player. I mean seriously, I shouldn't have to put in 150 hours of gameplay to get a couple really sweet legendary or exotic pieces. Instead the game drops with the most random crap loot system you could ever imagine. Oh they'll fix it, they say! Donnn't worry they say! Screw that. Where all ya schwag at destiny? Ohh that's right, it's coming soon, $20 bucks please!!… Expand
  8. NattyNuNu
    Sep 13, 2014
    2
    Played for about 15hours and I'm extremely disappointed. This game was hyped up so much but it missed the mark completely. I have no idea how people are giving this game 10/10, it is not a perfect game! The missions are repetitive, go here and the ghost can scan something then a boss, done. Every mission is the same. There isn't any story. Its like it wanted to take the best parts ofPlayed for about 15hours and I'm extremely disappointed. This game was hyped up so much but it missed the mark completely. I have no idea how people are giving this game 10/10, it is not a perfect game! The missions are repetitive, go here and the ghost can scan something then a boss, done. Every mission is the same. There isn't any story. Its like it wanted to take the best parts of Boarderlands, Halo and Mass effect and make this one incredible experience but they have totally got this game wrong. I assume Bungie knows this as they didn't send games out for critics before release. I'm looking forward to the Halo collection more than ever!… Expand
  9. rednbluerising
    Sep 15, 2014
    2
    I really wanted to love this game. I pre-ordered it, picked it up first day, forgot to use DLC code, and sold it on Craigslist in less than a week.

    Pros: Graphics So graphics are amazing. Everything is pretty. Co-op intensive It's hard to find story games that are co op intensive and fun to play. Different Finally an actually new IP that isn't the same crap repeated    I really wanted to love this game. I pre-ordered it, picked it up first day, forgot to use DLC code, and sold it on Craigslist in less than a week.

    Pros:
    Graphics

    So graphics are amazing. Everything is pretty.

    Co-op intensive

    It's hard to find story games that are co op intensive and fun to play.

    Different

    Finally an actually new IP that isn't the same crap repeated before.

    Cons:

    Gameplay

    Omg this was bad. Missions are the same. Every single dam time. Protect ghost here, fetch this, kill a bunch of these. Out of the 25ish missions there's only 4 real variations. The bosses are boring as hell. For some reason they have a god amount of HP and you stand there shooting them for 20 to 30 minutes. That's not fun gameplay for bosses. Each time I was crouched between objects so they couldn't hit me and I just shot them.

    Co-op intensive

    So you can't solo this game and win. And if you don't have a set group of three friends your likely to find yourself finding random strangers and adding them to your fireteam. And I did this....until the third time I got matched with a teen that would go die in front of bosses and think its awesome...and a redneck that liked to be racist. Wasting 3 hours of my time trying to beat a boss they were underlevel for. So it's a crapshoot finding good people to play with, having them be on when your on, and them being actually skilled.

    Aspects of different games rolled into one

    They tried to steal from borderlands...but with no humor and no fun killing enemies so it just goes wrong. They tried to steal from MMOs...but with anti social measures in place. (PSA on reddit on making your fireteam public) They tried to steal this story from somewhere...but its just so bad there isn't one. We will tell you everything you want to know...but then we won't and call it childs fairy tale. But DLC will come and explain it all.

    So is it bad game....YES. You can't just throw a bunch of money at this game, steal from every other good game out there, and expect to make a good product. There's more I want to rant about. (Maps are a joke, competitive play is kinda fun, THE LOADING TIMES...what the actual F***. This is a next gen game and you have to wait incredibly long to start a mission. And god forbid you misclick and go somewhere you didn't want to....

    Why are some people finding this good? Certain MMO aspects are fun...grinding for loot, getting currency, getting the best weapons. But what most console players will not have experienced is the reality of the end game. As in the reason they put caps on currency is so you have to keep playing. Or all your gear will go to crap once the new DLC comes out. And that currency will be useless.

    I really wanted to fall in love with this game. But unless you have 3 friends to always play when your on, don't mind the reality of end game, and don't care about gameplay...you should be fine? I sold my copy for 50 bucks to some Mom on CL.    … Expand
  10. DaBiggaBoyz
    Oct 12, 2014
    0
    rubbish ...i agree with all thats been said .............but wait there's more.......................that's right more negative feedback for this this awful game .I have played it now for a little over 100 hours ,just to be fair and resonable in my review but where to start ...................the story is all over the place the traveller did everthing for us but somehow we died ...eh sortrubbish ...i agree with all thats been said .............but wait there's more.......................that's right more negative feedback for this this awful game .I have played it now for a little over 100 hours ,just to be fair and resonable in my review but where to start ...................the story is all over the place the traveller did everthing for us but somehow we died ...eh sort of and also a ....er .......queen appeared with a brother .......eh i think ...............oh and we are not human...........eh but sort of we are ....well some of us..............and as for a favored few remaining ,we find out that all we are in truth is a grunt in a army of other grunts .The endless repetition and boring cut scenes (when you have watched it fifty times trust me its boring).............and as for vault of glass sheer crap of the highest order...............difficult and you can only play it co op etc etc.......................whats galls me the most is that they made great play of the fact that it would be .........able to play a single player ..LIE...........could complete without killing by use of stealth LIE.............is an open world game...LIE......it is a fixed "point to point" game with endless cycles and a scoring system that is mind boggling .full of holes ............and then one of the fun parts (cave etc mining for those who just want to blast endless baddies to another world...........they stop.WHY............well because they say we are not playing it the way they want!!!!!!...............excuse me!.................i just payed 75 dollars for a game to play and if i want to shoot things just for the sheer hell of it then i damn well should be able,what is it the concern of the makers to change the game to suit their over inflated egos.there is sooooo much more i could say ............like the game clearly has gaps in it and i think they have cut parts out to sell them to us as dlc s just to make EVEN more money...........why do i say that well ...........guess what a new dlc is due out in just a months time............wow takes years to make but somehow a DLC only takes two months...................pull the other one Bungie you have been caught out.… Expand
  11. USCxTrojan
    Oct 14, 2014
    0
    The Destiny beta and previews had us thinking this game was something it isn't, in short we were lied too. The campaign is repetitive and you're not rewarded based on how well you do or for completing difficult missions. Your loot is completely random. I have had many instances in which I get a high KD and someone who joins in late gets better rewards. One way to get loot is to shootThe Destiny beta and previews had us thinking this game was something it isn't, in short we were lied too. The campaign is repetitive and you're not rewarded based on how well you do or for completing difficult missions. Your loot is completely random. I have had many instances in which I get a high KD and someone who joins in late gets better rewards. One way to get loot is to shoot identical aliens that walk out of a cave hoping they'll drop good loot. The multiplayer consists of shotguns and fusion riffles along with the occasional heavy ammo and super kills. Everyone says if you buy the DLCs the game will get better I have no reason to believe that any more than them saying the game was good. On the plus side the graphics are really good. Claiming there are hundreds or thousands of guns in the game is retarded there are about 10 Different types of weapons such as (Hand Cannon, Fusion Riffle, Shotgun, Sniper, Rocket Launcher, Pulse Riffle, Auto Riffle, LMG, and Semi Auto Riffle) within these groups there are guns that look almost exactly the same but have a different power and class. Their claims of having a space adventure is a loading screen in which your ship bobs up and down beside others. One of my favorite things to do in this game was the speeders, and classes. Is it worth $60? No it worth about $30. I hope this helped you out...… Expand
  12. Ambushstealth
    Oct 27, 2014
    4
    Wish I never bought this game. Destiny is repetitive after level 20... complete the same 4 strike missions, randomly (from the strike playlist), over and over again. Then do the daily public event and daily heroic story. All this to get shards/energy so you can upgrade to level 30 and then have nothing to do at level 30 since the game was given to everyone half completed. This game isWish I never bought this game. Destiny is repetitive after level 20... complete the same 4 strike missions, randomly (from the strike playlist), over and over again. Then do the daily public event and daily heroic story. All this to get shards/energy so you can upgrade to level 30 and then have nothing to do at level 30 since the game was given to everyone half completed. This game is aggravating due to the fact that some exotic bounties REQUIRE people to play crucible. I don’t think it is fair to make people have to do something they don’t want to do. Many people including myself don’t want to play crucible at all. There should be a choice of PvP only and PvE only routes for exotic bounties. Of course they didn’t think to implement this; I bet most of the developers received their degrees from Full Scam University. That is why we buyers were scammed.… Expand
  13. A100BRONIES
    Sep 18, 2014
    0
    The mechanics and environment are fantastic for this game. It really shows where Bungie shines in game design. But that's about all it has going for it, the story is shallow and leaves you saying "That's it? I've finished the on disk story?" I say "on disk" because Bungie has confirmed the 2 expansions that will add more story, but that's not a good thing, because with the shallow storyThe mechanics and environment are fantastic for this game. It really shows where Bungie shines in game design. But that's about all it has going for it, the story is shallow and leaves you saying "That's it? I've finished the on disk story?" I say "on disk" because Bungie has confirmed the 2 expansions that will add more story, but that's not a good thing, because with the shallow story line and the confirmation of 2 add ons of story it shows they purposely released this game with an incomplete story line. Then add the fact you can get to the "soft cap" level of 20 in a matter of 3 hours is throwing salt in the wounds. Oh, then Bungie says that the true game starts after level 20, by that they mean grinding and grinding for rare and exotic loot to help you get past level 20. Meanwhile if you try to play crucible it's completely unbalanced by the fact that while it has a disclaimer saying level advantages are disabled, they really aren't because in the Rumble playlist you will see the level 27 out do the level 12 any day with just better armor and guns. I could keep going on and on for this game, but I really don't have the spirit to. So please just take a word from a person who loved Bungie when they made Halo, and wait for this to be around $25 to $35 because that's what it's really worth. To me at least.… Expand
  14. Tomskinator
    Oct 12, 2014
    3
    Destiny is OK
    It defiantly isn't the worst game ever but it doesn't deserve all the praise and celebration that others are giving it. The core mechanics found in the game work really well, the shooting is some of the best on any game to date and is sadly the best part of the game. The graphics are great and suit the game well but this is unimportant if the rest of the game is boring and    Destiny is OK
    It defiantly isn't the worst game ever but it doesn't deserve all the praise and celebration that others are giving it. The core mechanics found in the game work really well, the shooting is some of the best on any game to date and is sadly the best part of the game. The graphics are great and suit the game well but this is unimportant if the rest of the game is boring and repetitive which this is.

    The game has a variety of planets to visit and they all look stunning and the attention to detail is very impressive, however the areas are very small and are practically empty, you can get from one side of the map to the other in a few minutes and enemies spawn in the exact same place every time you visit the area so there is no element of surprise at all. Every mission is the same, you either go from point A to point B to get your ghost to scan something or you go from point A to point B and get your ghost to scan something then you cover it from enemies for around 5 minutes, this is the entire campaign. The story is a joke, you are told so little about the over arching plot and the games reasoning for you going into another mission is pretty much just for the sake of going into another mission. To do anything in the game such as buy weapons, get bounties or dance with other players (seriously) then you need to go to the tower, this takes way longer than it needs to and you will want to go there after every couple of missions. Another huge mistake with this game is that it is set in space and you cant fly spaceships, all the ships equate to are loading screens, this was a huge missed opportunity.

    The online saves the game from complete failure by having a decent selection of maps and game modes to play, but it is also plagued by stupid decisions, their are weapons that kill you in a single hit making every other weapon redundant and there are no level caps at all meaning that if you are under level 10 then there is no point in trying to play online. After this thought the online can be quite fun and is the best way to level up and earn loot, but they also manage to mess this up as well...

    When you reach level 20 you stop earning xp, you need to earn light which is found on certain pieces of armour which throws all notions of customisation out the window, rather than wearing armour with the best defence you need to wear armour with the most light just to keep the game going for longer. The loot system in the game is completely broken, after any type of mission all the players can earn loot but this is completely random. You can earn items that are 10 times worse than anything you've got of you can get something that isn't even for your class and you cant give of trade these items to friends you can either keep them for no reason or you can sell them for a small amount of currency. You can earn encrypted items that need to be taken to someone to be deciphered, they are colour coded as either common, rare or legendary, but you can have a legendary colour and get a common piece of equipment which is just completely ridiculous.

    This game was completely overhyped and is not worth paying full price for, if you are determined to play this game then wait until it goes down in price by a lot or just borrow it from a friend, believe me they wont miss it.    … Expand
  15. Noremac258
    Sep 25, 2014
    4
    Loot cave, the only real way to get gear, will be patch in the latest patch. So now it's even more of a grind fest of **** no ascendant shards. **** off Bungie, you ****ed yourself over
  16. Kopetkai
    Sep 17, 2014
    3
    There are two elements to this game. First is the bland gameplay and vanilla story that takes no interesting turns. The second is the always online server system that drops me out of gameplay randomly and for no reason when every other device hooked to the wifi still works fine. I made it to level 10 and then decided to cut my losses and sell the game.
  17. Charlieken
    Sep 20, 2014
    4
    Feels like I have been sold half a game. With the incredible hype I expected hours of enjoyment but left with feeling empty.

    The end-game content is weak, we are left with PvE strike playlists that have 5 strikes which get old fast and a Raid which is nearly impossible to do because we need to get 5 other people to sit down for a few hours to do with no matchmaking to get it all started.
  18. TheRealChambers
    Nov 23, 2014
    0
    This game is overhyped like Titanfall. The game is not even open world , there is only 4 maps , 4 types of guns. Don't waste your money on this game , get The Division .
  19. Psychoholic1369
    Oct 22, 2014
    3
    I have bee playing the game for a few weeks now and feel like I can give it a fair critique.

    I feel like I have wasted my money. The game gets better after level 2o only because you don't really have to play the non-sensical story line anymore. Everything that you want to buy takes forever to earn. I made the mistake of actually liking this game while I played through the    I have bee playing the game for a few weeks now and feel like I can give it a fair critique.

    I feel like I have wasted my money. The game gets better after level 2o only because you don't really have to play the non-sensical story line anymore. Everything that you want to buy takes forever to earn. I made the mistake of actually liking this game while I played through the storyline...so I bought the extra DLC pack along with it. I feel that was a mistake. I am close to taking it out of my system and never playing it again (or at least until some of the DLC I already paid for is out).

    Now the PvP Multiplayer is the worst **** thing I have ever played. The mechanics of it make no sense, and Bungie somehow made it so I want to play Halo instead of it. Shotguns and Melee are the most powerful thing in existence....unless it is your shotgun or melee attack, then you will always lose. Everyone's gun is better than yours no matter what level. The hit locations seem like a random luck to kill someone. If you run in a pack the entire time, you will win...because while you wear down an enemy shield...a teammate will take the kill no matter what.

    The bounties they have so you can rank up faster in both the fireteam and the PvP are really just the same thing constantly.

    I had this veil over my face where I thought this was fun...but I was right the first time I played it. It is the same thing over and over and over. if I had to really give this an honest score...I would say a 3 out of 10. It just is missing so much.    … Expand
  20. kholland65
    Jun 1, 2015
    4
    Good:

    -Graphics -Music -Concept -Feeling of the guns. Bad: -Unbalanced multiplayer -limited pve content -poor boss and fight design -no social/chat system in an mmo game -pricing structure for dlc -story -dialog -weapon balance -reward system -poor multiplayer map design -full of bugs and glitches I expected this game to be a gamechanger in the gaming community. I    Good:

    -Graphics
    -Music
    -Concept
    -Feeling of the guns.

    Bad:
    -Unbalanced multiplayer
    -limited pve content
    -poor boss and fight design
    -no social/chat system in an mmo game
    -pricing structure for dlc
    -story
    -dialog
    -weapon balance
    -reward system
    -poor multiplayer map design
    -full of bugs and glitches

    I expected this game to be a gamechanger in the gaming community. I thought this was going to be the next world of warcraft. It's just another mediocre FPS like CoD, halo, that you'll play for a month and then get bored or become to frustrated with unbalanced multiplayer, lack of content, glitchy fights, and boring boss mechanics.    … Expand
  21. PJReb316
    Dec 20, 2014
    1
    Fun at first, but then you realize there's no story, no real objective, and nothing left in the endgame to build on any of that. Horribly repetitive, it's all just the same thing all the time, the enemies never change and you can come to expect the same one to hide behind the same cover every time, movements don't even change. The dlc doesn't add anything at all, same bad guys with theFun at first, but then you realize there's no story, no real objective, and nothing left in the endgame to build on any of that. Horribly repetitive, it's all just the same thing all the time, the enemies never change and you can come to expect the same one to hide behind the same cover every time, movements don't even change. The dlc doesn't add anything at all, same bad guys with the same animations and same level of repetition as far as where they hide and everything... the game is horrible.… Expand
  22. silversun101
    Nov 4, 2014
    4
    What hurts the most about this game is how promising it starts off. Solid mechanics, excellent art design, a beautiful score and an enticing world to lose yourself in. Then you play it for a few hours and realize that there is absolutely nothing of actual substance behind the flash and glitter. The enemies? Unimaginative. The story? Non-existent. The voice acting? Bland and lacking in anyWhat hurts the most about this game is how promising it starts off. Solid mechanics, excellent art design, a beautiful score and an enticing world to lose yourself in. Then you play it for a few hours and realize that there is absolutely nothing of actual substance behind the flash and glitter. The enemies? Unimaginative. The story? Non-existent. The voice acting? Bland and lacking in any sort of impact. The whole experience was underwhelming, but it wasn't until the game asked me to start repeating the same paltry handful of missions over and over again that I suspected something else entirely sinister.

    I have a theory, dear readers. And that theory is that the reason Bungie put the game through so many "re-writes" late in the design process was because the higher-ups at Activision wanted to take Destiny as it currently was and hack it up to portion it out as DLC. I suspect that The Dark Below and The House of Wolves, Destiny's first two expansions, were originally part of the retail game. This would explain why huge chunks of story seem to be missing, why characters that would seem to be important to the plot appear and disappear at random, and why nothing at all is clear. Bungie ripped its own game apart and then hastily reassembled the bare bones into a "story" so they could sell the rest to us later. This bodes very ill for any future content they would bring us.

    All that business aside, there is very little to keep a player around once they've played through the main story line. The heroic level strikes are fun, for a time, but quickly become repetitive. The bounties and daily/weekly challenges are simply re-treads of the same content you've already played several dozen times. The Crucible is fun but extremely unbalanced; plus the PVP lacks variety, and, for some reason that I can not understand, two of the six game modes offered are only available for limited times during the week. Plus the community, a necessity for the longevity of any MMO (or hybrid thereof) is nonexistent. There is no way to casually converse with other players save for directly inviting them to your party or fireteam. This is at odds with the end game content, which requires groups of either 3 or 6 players to complete yet offers no matchmaking options. This game is in urgent need of some sort of chat window or other "LFG" option because as it stands coordinating a raid depends entirely on the player having enough friends in his or her friend list who are also playing the game to get it done. And on a side note: Clans. Because they are a complete side note and, if the game's achievements hadn't mentioned them, I would have never have known they were there.

    All of these baffling design decisions (why did Bungie hide much needed world building lore content and clan creation on their website instead of making it accessible in game???) and shady DLC practices have made me doubt Bungie's ability to continue to make quality products now that they are out from under Microsoft's wing and you can be sure I will hesitate before purchasing another one of their games. Maybe Destiny will live up to its claims years down the road (though I am having doubts as to if it will even last that long), but as it stands this game is not worth your time or your money.    … Expand
  23. Blufootbooby16
    Sep 24, 2014
    1
    This game tries very hard to get your attention. It will keep it for a few days. The pvp should be renamed to the shotgun game. The story is nonexistent. The only entertaining part of the game is playing with friends. The loot system is about as rewarding as randomly digging holes for oil. I understand the RNG system but when they said this was a skill based game, they lied. This is a luckThis game tries very hard to get your attention. It will keep it for a few days. The pvp should be renamed to the shotgun game. The story is nonexistent. The only entertaining part of the game is playing with friends. The loot system is about as rewarding as randomly digging holes for oil. I understand the RNG system but when they said this was a skill based game, they lied. This is a luck based game. The raid which last week took me and my friends a few days to finish only took an hour and a half since we understood it now. They claimed 8 hours for the raids. Another lie. This game was made to appeal to as many people as possible without ever achieving anything. $500 million went into this and for all that money all I can see is a space version of COD with a luck based gear system. I originally preordered this game with very high hopes. Now I can't wait for another game to come out just so I have something else to play.… Expand
  24. MetaMann
    Sep 30, 2014
    4
    I played the beta and I got bored in 10 minutes.... Then I played the real game ... and I got bored in 10 minutes. All I can say is the multiplayer is uneven and is basically determined by how far you are in the game/how powerful your weapons are. All the enemies look pretty similar and the environments really don't do much for me. Please don't drop me in the same place on the map aI played the beta and I got bored in 10 minutes.... Then I played the real game ... and I got bored in 10 minutes. All I can say is the multiplayer is uneven and is basically determined by how far you are in the game/how powerful your weapons are. All the enemies look pretty similar and the environments really don't do much for me. Please don't drop me in the same place on the map a million times telling me its a different mission when you actually have to repeat the same shoot, infiltrate and kill missions. The lack of communication in this game is also annoying.... but if you like awesome dance battles... I definitely recommend this game !… Expand
  25. hjsimp5
    Oct 21, 2014
    4
    In my opinion this game isnt terrible, but it does get boring very quickly. Visually it looks great, and the gameplay is nice for the first 10 hours. After that it just gets repetitive. It's definately not one of those games where you can't wait to pick up the controller again and get back to it.
  26. stonethorn
    Oct 25, 2014
    1
    It's an okay game up to level 20, due to it's PvE nature, then after level 20, it's an unending grind with no rewards. They tout rewards and new equipment, but it's all random. Imagine playing WoW, and going back to use your gold to buy new weapons an gear, but when you buy the gear... it's random. With the random stacked toward the poor quality and lesser use (most of the time you can'tIt's an okay game up to level 20, due to it's PvE nature, then after level 20, it's an unending grind with no rewards. They tout rewards and new equipment, but it's all random. Imagine playing WoW, and going back to use your gold to buy new weapons an gear, but when you buy the gear... it's random. With the random stacked toward the poor quality and lesser use (most of the time you can't even use the gear)… Expand
  27. chrisphar
    Nov 15, 2014
    3
    In 30 yrs of gaming this game has been the most disappointing. It looks great and plays well and i even thought the AI was good (when viewed as a group). But its VERY repetitive, if you like going to the same places over and over and over and killing the same bad guys again and again you might like it. It seams that the only point of the game (because the story is non existent) is to levelIn 30 yrs of gaming this game has been the most disappointing. It looks great and plays well and i even thought the AI was good (when viewed as a group). But its VERY repetitive, if you like going to the same places over and over and over and killing the same bad guys again and again you might like it. It seams that the only point of the game (because the story is non existent) is to level up your character and equipment (im level 29 on all 3 characters) But even when you do level up you never really become more powerful relative to the enemys because they level too, so in order to appreciate how much of a badass you have become you have to play early levels again, but they make you do that anyway. But hey thats what this game is all about.............. Repetition WTF NOT AGAIN?? should be the catchphrase for destiny.
    On the plus side i have interacted with a lot of random people on this game, teaming up for missions and making friends etc. Its great to be part of a fire team working together, and you need to be in a fire team because the strikes on the harder levels are a good challenge.
    £50 for a game that becomes boring after 2 months is not acceptable!! Personally i regret buying this game, i thought it was fantastic for the first few weeks. Will be trading it in. GUTTED    … Expand
  28. Anarion
    Dec 21, 2014
    4
    The game was fun. Then the whiners came, and with them, followed patches that ruined the game. Not only that, but the community is so hostile and acts so "superior" just because they completed a raid and have raid gear, despite you both being level 30. The community is a joke, and so is the repetitiveness.
  29. Fallensoldier
    Nov 20, 2014
    1
    empty, boring game with limited content. Plays great and looks great! Lots of chat issues, disconnects ( which all seem random). Limited weapon choices, Legendaries rarely drop. I find myself losing interest on the endless grind that is destiny. If you are looking for a bang for the buck type of game, pass on this one. This game is light years away from being worth the sticker price
    of    empty, boring game with limited content. Plays great and looks great! Lots of chat issues, disconnects ( which all seem random). Limited weapon choices, Legendaries rarely drop. I find myself losing interest on the endless grind that is destiny. If you are looking for a bang for the buck type of game, pass on this one. This game is light years away from being worth the sticker price
    of 60$. It's a 20$ game at best. Pass on this until they release a game of the year addition. If the servers are still up by then:(    … Expand
  30. aramkiss
    Nov 22, 2014
    2
    I have been playing Destiny since day 1. Basic mechanics of game are good and enjoyable to play, but the game fails to deliver on several fronts. The amount of grinding is way too much. Same missions are reused out through game and even special events and challenges. This makes it difficult to stay engaged in game. There are many opportunities throughout game where Bungie could ofI have been playing Destiny since day 1. Basic mechanics of game are good and enjoyable to play, but the game fails to deliver on several fronts. The amount of grinding is way too much. Same missions are reused out through game and even special events and challenges. This makes it difficult to stay engaged in game. There are many opportunities throughout game where Bungie could of delivered the rich experiences like they did in Halo, but it looks sales and marketing teams decided to exclude it for future DLC content. I usually have no issues for buying season passes or additional DLC, but Destiny's is very expensive for what little it adds to game. Based on what I am seeing sales and marketing is doing a money grab from the user base. None of my comments are unique user forums are littered with similar comments. Recommend you wait for next version of game rather than investing in this money grab.… Expand
  31. golden1elite
    Nov 23, 2014
    4
    Destiny would have to be the biggest dissapointment I have had this decade. I thought the game was going to be great while I was leveling up to lvl 20 to open up the game like Bungie said. I was dead wrong. The game didn't open up, in fact it closed down, with limited strike missions(3), a Raid I can never play because it does not have matchmaking! limited multiplayer matches( I canDestiny would have to be the biggest dissapointment I have had this decade. I thought the game was going to be great while I was leveling up to lvl 20 to open up the game like Bungie said. I was dead wrong. The game didn't open up, in fact it closed down, with limited strike missions(3), a Raid I can never play because it does not have matchmaking! limited multiplayer matches( I can only play the same five levels so many times then I want to end my existence). Bungie + Activision = the biggest rip off, since to open up the game you have to buy the expansions.

    It would be ok if Bungie had included a decient end game, like one of the expansion packs should be part of the main game. But to include almost zero end game and then say we have to pay more to get the real game! I played 50 hours trying to get this end game stuff Bungie talked about!

    I will not be buying the expansion packs because this cannot become the norm for gaming in the future. We should not be given an incomplete game and then be expected to pay more money to get a full game. As I was building to lvl 20 there was an ok amount of things in the game, and I was content with it since I thought the game would really "Open up" as bungie put it. But as I played and passed lvl 20 I realized i just wasted time with this incomplete game and my contentness turn into anger and the game has not been played on my console again.

    I am giving this game a 4/10 because the control, gfx, and gameplay are pretty good. But it needs to lose 6 points just on integrity as this should not become the norm.    … Expand
  32. at0myx
    Dec 8, 2014
    4
    Bottom Line: Don't fall for the marketing hype or the fancy sounds and graphics. This game will bore you after a month (at most) due to its repetitive design, lack of content, lack of story, and neglected multiplayer. I definitely regret my purchase.

    Graphics/Effects/Music - Destiny is a beautiful game. The sound effects and musical score are also excellent. Why did they fire the guy?    Bottom Line: Don't fall for the marketing hype or the fancy sounds and graphics. This game will bore you after a month (at most) due to its repetitive design, lack of content, lack of story, and neglected multiplayer. I definitely regret my purchase.

    Graphics/Effects/Music - Destiny is a beautiful game. The sound effects and musical score are also excellent. Why did they fire the guy?

    Gameplay - The shooter mechanics of this game are also excellent. Easily better than ALL the shooters I've EVER played. Yes, clearly Bungie's skill level is superb. That's why the rest of my review makes me so sad...

    Story/Lore - The story/lore is practically non-existent. As strange and crazy as this sounds given Bungie's reputation, please understand that this is not an exaggeration. Somewhere during the life cycle of Destiny's development, a large amount of cuts were made which caused their lead writer to leave the company. I am guessing they could not figure out how to make it work because the end result is that far too many aspects of the game do not make any sense. Bungie's poor excuse for a solution was to create snippets of ambiguous explanations called Grimoire on their website and force players to earn achievements in-game in order to read them. If you do not believe me, run a Google search.

    "Story" Mode (PVE) - The missions that take you through the non-existent story will only last you 6-8 hours. The lack of a story could be forgiven if these 6-8 hours were filled with exciting and innovative missions. Unfortunately every single mission boils down to the same objectives - kill waves of enemies, go to some location, and protect your ghost while he hacks stuff. With a name like "Destiny" you would think there should be some epic nature to everything you do but that is not the case.

    Multiplayer (PVP) - The company that made Halo seems to have failed at what should be the most content-packed aspect of the game according to their history. There are only 4 playlists (game modes), you cannot create a custom playlist, and you cannot create a private game. Right now every other shooter in the market provides more to enjoy than Destiny in this area. And while most MMOs manage to make PVP an integrated aspect of the game world and lore, with Destiny it feels like you are accessing some obscure neglected part of the game. It's supposed to be a simulation for the various factions in the game but the factions are not at war with each other and there is no clear reason as to why these factions even exist. So Destiny's multiplayer fails regardless of what genre you analyze from.

    Replay Value - Bungie's strategy is to have you replay the original 6 hours of content over and over again to upgrade your gear. While this is standard across MMO games, every other MMO that exists has found a way to provide purpose and enjoyment to this activity. Destiny has not. The gear is meaningless because the additional attributes given to your character cannot be used except to continue repeating the original content (your upgraded gear is downgraded when jumping in multiplayer). It doesn't help that every other MMO contains 1 year or more of content to play through while Destiny has no more than a month. And it seems Bungie's idea of increasing difficulty is to simply make the enemies require more bullets to kill (higher health). Don't be fooled by the terminology used to reflect in-game activities - missions, strikes, patrols - it's all the exact same areas, with the same enemies, and objectives identical to what is in the story mode.

    It's worth mentioning that Bungie has openly said their game is focused on grinding for better gear (after reaching level 20). PVE and PVP are all designed to provide some sort of pathway for upgrades. I can't stress enough how this design is completely undermined by the lack of content you must grind through and the lack of purpose for obtaining better gear.

    Social - Every shooter and every MMO provides players the ability to directly communicate with their teammates within the game. Bungie, the creators of Halo's matchmaking, seems happy to not build this into the game and force everyone to search for like-minded gamers through third party websites or rely exclusively on your console friends list. That means there is no voice chat when playing multiplayer (a beta version of this has been added recently), there is no simple way to find players who want to team up for the team-based content, and the social area of the game forces you to manually inspect and send private messages to players from a list of 16 (meaning you don't have access to all gamers who might be interested in high level content). If you bought Destiny, make sure to have a laptop or tablet next to your controller so you can find people to play with. To top it off, Bungie has locked away the single most interesting part of the game (the one raid mission) so that it can only be played by pre-formed parties of 6.    … Expand
  33. lwnewton
    Dec 20, 2015
    0
    This game is such a piece of crap. The interface is awkward and has many pointless features. The grinding in the game is so mind numbing it's embarrassing. The graphics are decent if there's something positive I must say.

    Play control is sloppy and AI is as dumb as a sock full of dicks. The level design is boring and linear, not to mention the absurd amount of times the developers make    This game is such a piece of crap. The interface is awkward and has many pointless features. The grinding in the game is so mind numbing it's embarrassing. The graphics are decent if there's something positive I must say.

    Play control is sloppy and AI is as dumb as a sock full of dicks. The level design is boring and linear, not to mention the absurd amount of times the developers make you goto the same place over and over and over and over and over again....    … Expand
  34. Henry0012
    Mar 21, 2015
    4
    Don't buy if:
    - You're not planning to get the $35 DLC.
    - You're xbox owners. You get half a content and DLCs versus playstation users for the same price. - You want a satisfying storyline - You hate grinding and hate to play the same missions over and over for the 200th times where enemies spawn at exact location and do exact same thing. - You prefer a more balanced and team-oriented    Don't buy if:
    - You're not planning to get the $35 DLC.
    - You're xbox owners. You get half a content and DLCs versus playstation users for the same price.
    - You want a satisfying storyline
    - You hate grinding and hate to play the same missions over and over for the 200th times where enemies spawn at exact location and do exact same thing.
    - You prefer a more balanced and team-oriented PVP game or enjoyed Halo PVP series. As this game is dominated by cheap shotgun melee instant kill combo and overpowered exotics that are not easily accessible to newer players.

    Buy if:
    - You just want a social experience where you already have 5 or more friends who consistently play this games and willing you help you rank up. However, you won't get much social gameplay soloing this game, as it put so much barrier between you and another player despite requiring internet connection.

    Rent if:
    - You just want to see what the fuss is all about. You can literally finish all non-dlc contents within 6 hours or less of gameplay. Perhaps the raid is all you're missing, but I'm not sure if its worth spending 50 hours grinding to level 31 just to play a 2 hours raid, which people just rush rough anyways.    … Expand
  35. damien_k98
    Sep 28, 2016
    0
    Destiny? They should have named it Cash-Cow! This game is not only repetitive, but it relies on a 3-letter word I hate to hear in this age of video games DLC
  36. huskiescrack
    Jul 3, 2015
    0
    The game is too repetetive and the sh*t company even lock the past avaible content, the weekly and daily strikes. Now you may ask, how the **** do they lock it?, they simply put this **** repetive more difficult missions into the DLC area, so you have to buy their sh*t and uninteresting DLC's to get the weekly coins which gives you access to buy Exotics (rarest weapons). This game alreadyThe game is too repetetive and the sh*t company even lock the past avaible content, the weekly and daily strikes. Now you may ask, how the **** do they lock it?, they simply put this **** repetive more difficult missions into the DLC area, so you have to buy their sh*t and uninteresting DLC's to get the weekly coins which gives you access to buy Exotics (rarest weapons). This game already has poor content and now they make it DLC user only. I've spend the most money ever for a game called Destiny with 70€ and get less than every single game I've bough before.… Expand
  37. Telurian
    Sep 10, 2014
    1
    First time reviewer, but I felt a need to warn people about this game. Where to start? Most of the reviews have stated the majority of the issues with this game. Painfully repetitive, with zero character creation & backstory. It provides us gamers with no investment in the story, characters or even the tasks we are to complete. Very generic play, with all missions exactly the same as theFirst time reviewer, but I felt a need to warn people about this game. Where to start? Most of the reviews have stated the majority of the issues with this game. Painfully repetitive, with zero character creation & backstory. It provides us gamers with no investment in the story, characters or even the tasks we are to complete. Very generic play, with all missions exactly the same as the previous. I have enjoyed some moments playing with others but those moments are too few and far between. It is priced about double what it should be. There really isn't enough content. Personally, I feel ripped off buying this game and wish I could return it. (Damn digital download). Bungie has made a few maps and a few missions and just repeated them over & over again.

    For the life of me, I cannot see where the $500M dollars was spent. Majority must be marketing.

    I will continue with this for a while longer. Attempt to max level but I don't feel the game can be saved. Just too much to fix to make this enjoyable.

    Save yourself some cash and wait for the "next" big game.    … Expand
  38. Madtv43
    Sep 15, 2014
    4
    This game is incredibly average. The story is basically Halo 1, but less fun because what little voice acting there is feels wooden and you never do anything that makes you feel remotely cool like escaping an exploding space ship in a car (admit it, when you were young and did that the first time you felt like a bad ass).
    Every mission is literally exactly the same, land on a planet,    This game is incredibly average. The story is basically Halo 1, but less fun because what little voice acting there is feels wooden and you never do anything that makes you feel remotely cool like escaping an exploding space ship in a car (admit it, when you were young and did that the first time you felt like a bad ass).
    Every mission is literally exactly the same, land on a planet, fight to a secluded area, have your Ghost activate something then fight off waves of enemies, then after the waves a boss either spawns, or you head a little further in and fight a boss. That is it... every single mission in the storyline is exactly that, and the boss fights aren't even fun because there are no mechanics to it, you essentially hide behind something when they attack and then step out to fire.
    Then you have the side mission of which there are only 4 variations, you either have to kill a bunch of enemies, kill a specific enemy, go somewhere and scan something, or kill a bunch of enemies and gather a certain item which is essentially the same as just killing a bunch of enemies.
    The weapon and loot system is basically the same as borderlands except with at best a 10th of the variety. There are 9 weapon types, many of which are very similar, and within those types there is absolutely no variation.
    Now you would think the online play would be redeeming, after all a game is much more fun with more people. Except the people you see playing have virtually no way to contact you or speak to you. There is no point in teaming up to do a mission since they are so incredibly easy, even "hard" mode isn't that much of a challenge.
    The only online feature I enjoyed was the "strike" or dungeon system which was kind of fun because some bosses were vaguely difficult, but they did follow the same lack of mechanics as other bosses.

    Pvp is not half as enjoyable as the mega-fans would have you believe. I think it would be better if there were more of it in the open world, but instead you get put into a limited arena. Once there you will notice how horribly unbalanced combat is. Since a titan has more survivability and there is virtually no difference in damage between the classes since everyone uses the same pool of weapons you either play as titan or die. Hunters can occasionally do well, but thats mostly because of the grenade that homes in when enemies get close and the ridiculously overpowered throwing knife which no other class has anything remotely comparable. Also forget about getting any kills without a sniper rifle, but thats pretty similar to many online shooters.
    The world looks kind of pretty, but the graphics look more like mid last gen than early current gen. So the area you actually play in can look pretty dull, but the backdrop is beautiful.
    The vehicle system is weak at its best moments, and I feel pretty ripped off with that crappy sparrow from pre-ordering.
    Honestly it isn't too awful, the gameplay is moderately fun, but it is nothing new and personally i believe Halo did it better. It helps that I have a couple friends with the game and we play online on occasion.

    I promise I am not just someone who is pissed that the game did not live up to the hype, but they definitely made some big promises on the originality and vast content and we have seen none of that. It isn't even like I haven't given the game a decent try, believe me when I say that I really, reeeeaaallllyyy, wanted to love this game. I played a Warlock all the way to 20 and have about 5 levels into a titan, I might work on a hunter to see if it is any better, but I wouldn't bet on it.

    As for my particular score, I personally believe it should have a 6 or 7, but somebody has to counter the massive influx of undeserved perfect scores when at the very best this game might get an 8, and only if you had incredibly low expectations and very little experience with shooters.

    Update: In a continued attempt to enjoy this game I played more. I had previously hit level 20, but other than a Mars Strike I didn't do much playing after level 20, so I decided to try some vanguard strikes and some other stuff. That is why I lowered the score which was previously a 5/10. All the people saying the game really opens up after level 20 either haven't hit level 20 or are total idiots. What happens is you get access to vanguard strikes which are essentially the same strikes you have been doing but with higher level enemies... that is it, no new content, the loot is awful (I did the level 20 strike and got a level 16 piece of gear), and in general the game actually got worse.

    Now many people are saying that the game is going to get so much better with dlc and all of this other junk. I for one did not pay full price for less than half of a game, and I resent being required to pay $35 for what is bound to be another small portion of said game.

    If it were possible to get my money back from Bungie I would.    … Expand
  39. Obololi
    Sep 10, 2014
    2
    I actually feel like Bungie assumed by throwing a pile of multiplayer type maps with generic mobs scattered around them and adding a non-engaging story, it would appeal to the huge amount of Halo multiplayer player fans. Then by embedding these multiplayer caliber maps into an "MMO/RPG" wrapper it would also appeal to those players as well. The key point is they used multiplayer typeI actually feel like Bungie assumed by throwing a pile of multiplayer type maps with generic mobs scattered around them and adding a non-engaging story, it would appeal to the huge amount of Halo multiplayer player fans. Then by embedding these multiplayer caliber maps into an "MMO/RPG" wrapper it would also appeal to those players as well. The key point is they used multiplayer type maps for advertised open world adventure rpg like game play. These maps feel so boring, so generic, there is ONE map per planet location, it just feels cheap, lazy and not fun at all. I don't think Destiny has ANYTHING NEW, at all. The game is just put together a bit different than most but it all depends on old game play modes and ideas and old looking graphics. If you own the game, go look out at the horizon and sky, notice the 2D flat looking clouds moving about, it's a joke and the game world graphics look dated as well. I attributed these plain graphics to the need to make them playable on Xbox 360 and PS3. But bottom-line is Destiny is just not anything new at all and after trying to seriously get into this game all day and night long, I kept being turned off by the same maps, same generic mobs they use over and over each map AND each planet is just one map, not that big, that is used for every mission on that planet. It just feels like a ripoff, like they were banking (literally) that people would love the multiplayer maps for single player story missions.… Expand
  40. pavbowski
    Sep 10, 2014
    2
    Dull, charmless, boring and repetitive. I really wanted to like this game, but its just so bland. Every mission feels the same, killing endless hordes of unimaginative bullet sponges. Nice graphics though.
  41. Jinxter
    Sep 16, 2014
    2
    YAWN! This game is OK...it isn't great...and it IS damn near horrible. 3 different classes you say? Wow, a different Melee style attack...whoohoo! All 3 classes use all the same weapons...why even HAVE classes?

    AI? TERRIBLE...you have 4 basic style of AI. All predictable within your first basic missions and after you figure it out, headshots galore. I had hopes that I would would see    YAWN! This game is OK...it isn't great...and it IS damn near horrible. 3 different classes you say? Wow, a different Melee style attack...whoohoo! All 3 classes use all the same weapons...why even HAVE classes?

    AI? TERRIBLE...you have 4 basic style of AI. All predictable within your first basic missions and after you figure it out, headshots galore. I had hopes that I would would see enemies attempting to flank me, nope...not even once.

    Missions are too repetitive, the 3 races are there for no reason other than to have 3 player races. Very little Lore at all. Overall it feels like Halo Jr Lite Easy edition. Maybe all of the best of Bungie went over to 343 Studios?    … Expand
  42. Phaetd72
    Sep 11, 2014
    0
    Extremely disappointing.. all the weapons are the same, loot collection gets tiresome. It's like I'm playing a less fun version of.. well.. pretty much any FPS w/ less features, smaller areas to explore and every mission is similar to the previous one. I beat this in little over a day.. I tried to soak as much fun out of it as possible. Nope, no fun here, just an over-hyped game that costExtremely disappointing.. all the weapons are the same, loot collection gets tiresome. It's like I'm playing a less fun version of.. well.. pretty much any FPS w/ less features, smaller areas to explore and every mission is similar to the previous one. I beat this in little over a day.. I tried to soak as much fun out of it as possible. Nope, no fun here, just an over-hyped game that cost too much to make and a lot of disappointment. It all feels thrown together, the mmo elements are barely there, Bungie matchmaking 2.0 is terrible. *There are far to many good games to spend time playing something this unrewarding.… Expand
  43. gooman
    Sep 22, 2014
    0
    Have return my copy game is just bad.Game runs at 30fps a shooter need 60fps when playing mp.Every mission looks the same... Don't buy it, save your money to holiday hits.
  44. Shaft62702
    Nov 1, 2014
    0
    Okay I am submitting a new review after hearing about the expansion pack. Bungie want's 20 dollars for a DLC with very little content and are selling the DLC to sony users for the exact same price with 33% more content. Don't waste your money.
  45. elfwaves
    Sep 11, 2014
    0
    Worst game I have played in a long time! If I play another game that has aliens getting dropped off from dropships, I will go crazy! Game is very repetitive and nothing new. I wish there were more drops like Diablo 3 and the armor stats were better than just making my cooldowns faster. They could have just added the cooldowns to the weapons themselves and not even have armor drops sinceWorst game I have played in a long time! If I play another game that has aliens getting dropped off from dropships, I will go crazy! Game is very repetitive and nothing new. I wish there were more drops like Diablo 3 and the armor stats were better than just making my cooldowns faster. They could have just added the cooldowns to the weapons themselves and not even have armor drops since they barely ever drop. I played the beta and had way more fun.. seems that they nerfed the shooting from far away and changed the enemy AI to hide some much more that its annoying for me to try and find out where the enemies are hiding. I played to level 10 and played on the earth and moon... there are only 2 small maps for the earth and moon and way to repetitive to keep sending me back to those same levels to do missions. I am very underwhelmed by this game and will be returning it.… Expand
  46. Nertak
    Sep 10, 2014
    4
    At best this game is just a Border Lands rip off. At worst its a jumbled mess.

    There is no coherent single player campaign. You don't progress like Halo for example. After every single mission you get into your space ship and fly away. Then when you start the next mission you fly back to the same restart point on the planet and just go do a different quest. It involves traveling    At best this game is just a Border Lands rip off. At worst its a jumbled mess.

    There is no coherent single player campaign. You don't progress like Halo for example. After every single mission you get into your space ship and fly away. Then when you start the next mission you fly back to the same restart point on the planet and just go do a different quest. It involves traveling through the same area over and over again. Monsters just respawn like in a mmorpg. So there is no feeling that you are making any impact on the world.

    The game has you find gear from monsters but also has a bunch of npcs in "town" that sell gear. What the hell is the point of the npcs? Why not just have the gear drop from monsters. Speaking of the gear, its all incredibly generic and boring. I saw nothing interesting to make your character unique through the gear. Best you can hope for is lame things like grenade cool down being slightly lower.

    The classes are uninteresting. When you level up you just pick the new ability on the completely linear level up order. There is no difference between you and someone else of your class. There is no way to make your character yours.

    Bungie didn't want the entire mmorpg healer/tank/dps rolls so when you level with other people its just everyone shooting the enemies. The lack of rolls causes a complete lack of synergy. Everyone doing their own thing but pointlessly together.

    Dying means nothing. You just respawn. Normally you just respawn right where you were and mop up the enemies that were left. Or if its an event you have to start from the beginning which if your underlevel or under geared just leads to frustration as you repeat the same thing over and over yet offers no penalty at all for your failure. With enough attempt you are bound to eventually succeed.

    Very disappointing. Made me wish I was playing Halo, Resistance, you name it. It didn't fill my craving for a first person shooter at all. Just made me want to play a good shooter.    … Expand
  47. Erimud
    Sep 10, 2014
    3
    Storyline nearly as weak as Titanfall.
    Uncreative FPS, reach destination and kill waves until your ghost is done (insert task here).
    No proximity chat (A universe full of Guardi-- Mimes..).
  48. slate0
    Sep 10, 2014
    0
    Don't support this game. Just don't. Tell your friends not to. It is a $30 game at best. If they release free DLC with non-recycled content then maybe this game will be worth it, but it is very short and it is just "empty." It feels like they haven't tried. Almost every mission is a copy paste job. No meat. Enemies have poor AI and they respawn frequently, so "exploring" is kind ofDon't support this game. Just don't. Tell your friends not to. It is a $30 game at best. If they release free DLC with non-recycled content then maybe this game will be worth it, but it is very short and it is just "empty." It feels like they haven't tried. Almost every mission is a copy paste job. No meat. Enemies have poor AI and they respawn frequently, so "exploring" is kind of like hanging out in Hyrule field in a recent Zelda (ie: you are constantly harassed) Almost all NPC's have no dialogue other than a vocal quip as you approach them, then it's just a screen where you trade cash for goods. Or maybe you get free goods. From a robot. Or get mystery goods and build up a score for gambling with your money a lot. Who cares. Many more basic engine bugs than I have ever seen in ANY game (networking and group play). Peter Dinklage could be replaced by any other bored sounding male. They could have probably replaced him with 100 interns and at least had an interesting game.

    I have played many games in my life. I have paid too much for indie games, and I have payed very little for games that have given me 100's of hours of entertainment. Given the professional names behind this release, I can only assume that this is either a cash grab (note how no reviewers got pre-release code for reviews), or nobody would tell Bungie that their emperor had no clothes. Back with Halo 2 they scrapped everything and started over at a point during development. This is not the same Bungie.

    This game gets one point for teaching me to never pre-order a game again.    … Expand
  49. OnlyAnEgg
    Sep 29, 2014
    0
    I decided to wait and rent this one having been burned on over-hype before. I feel my $2 was well spent and promptly returned it a few hours later after making it to level 10 out of 25ish. If you've played Borderlands (1 or 2), you'll recognize the game play, now just take out the unique art style, the humor, the variety of weapons, the variety of enemies, the variety of locations andI decided to wait and rent this one having been burned on over-hype before. I feel my $2 was well spent and promptly returned it a few hours later after making it to level 10 out of 25ish. If you've played Borderlands (1 or 2), you'll recognize the game play, now just take out the unique art style, the humor, the variety of weapons, the variety of enemies, the variety of locations and insert dry dialog, and add decent graphics. You'll get to the end-game grind-fest in a few days at most if it can hold your interest that long. Graphics and the music are the only things this game has going for it, and you'll get better quality of both just watching a decent movie. Do what I did and rent it first before making a decision to buy this game, I guarantee you'll do what I did and skip it. This one will be in the bargain bins before Christmas.… Expand
  50. RampantAndroid
    Sep 21, 2014
    4
    The game just feels lost between being an MMOFPS and being an FPSRPG. It got neither right, in the end. It has no respectable party system; you can SEE other people, you can wave, dance and point at/with them, but that's it. You don't have the ability to enter a queue for a fireteam. The story is just: Go to point a. Kill things along the way. Insert Tyrion Lannister into a computer (err,The game just feels lost between being an MMOFPS and being an FPSRPG. It got neither right, in the end. It has no respectable party system; you can SEE other people, you can wave, dance and point at/with them, but that's it. You don't have the ability to enter a queue for a fireteam. The story is just: Go to point a. Kill things along the way. Insert Tyrion Lannister into a computer (err, I mean your Ghost) and he'll tell you baddies are on the way. Hold them off and then Tyrion will tell you something about the story, and where you need to go next. Rinse, repeat.

    The story is not engaging in any way. The game, while amusing and somewhat fun to play, isn't engaging like Mass Effect, Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, Bioshock, System Shock....any of the great games are. And I would forgive some of this if it weren't for the lack of ability to actually do MMO social things in the game.

    I'm not sure Bungie can fix the story issue at all at this point. That ship sailed. They can however make it so people don't have to go to a website like destinylfg.net to find a fireteam to play with. Add a "looking for group" queue where you can specify who you want in your group (like a minimum age, perhaps?)

    This game COULD be a 7. But with the state it's in, it's a 4 really. I absolutely regret buying it.    … Expand
  51. Exhibiteddrip
    Sep 17, 2014
    4
    Destiny a game that was said to be ushering a new generation of gaming is ultimately stale and underwhelming in the entire execution. I wanted something more out of this game but the game constantly makes attempts to bore you with the archaic story missions that consist of 'get to this zone, fight waves of enemies rinse and repeat'.

    Bungie wants to implement features into the game that    Destiny a game that was said to be ushering a new generation of gaming is ultimately stale and underwhelming in the entire execution. I wanted something more out of this game but the game constantly makes attempts to bore you with the archaic story missions that consist of 'get to this zone, fight waves of enemies rinse and repeat'.

    Bungie wants to implement features into the game that are common in most MMO games, yet they don't want to be aligned with the genre "MMO". The end result is a hodge podge of systems that are put into place but ultimately fall on it ass. The game has potential but it is far away from that point in time. It isn't acceptable to say that 'this game gets better as time goes on', because that means for now we are stuck playing a totally bland and generic shooter albeit a pretty one with good sound design.

    The PvP is a joke, how the level 20's don't have a separate tier to level 1 through 19 is beyond me. Simply put the team with the higher level characters win. It isn't uncommon to see a team get 2 to 3 lowbies and the opposing team get all level 18 and above. You are instantly fighting a losing battle when you get people below level 10 and that in itself seems like a horrible oversight on Bungie's behalf.

    Now all that being said the PvP and Missions can be fun, that is until it just decides to lose your connection to the internet, even if you are just playing a mission by yourself. This results in you having to start from scratch and play through the underwhelming mission type to get back to where you got dropped from. It is much more infuriating when you are in PvP and get dropped when you are about to finish the mission.

    An expansion pack has already been announced for December which quite frankly is in itself not on at all. The game won't of been out for a full 3 months before more content is coming to it (content which it needs mind you, but shouldn't be paid for by any means). This "expansion" pack is a fancier way of saying "DLC" that is what this is, sure it may have story, armor, guns but at the end of the day how can you release an "expansion pack" to a game that has been barely out for 3 months that you expect to get a 10 year life cycle out of, it is an absolute joke!

    I am annoyed with Destiny, I try to like it but on frequent occasions the game makes me hate it and tire of it. The uninspired mission types the unbalanced PvP the constant net connection which is only in place so people don't hack the game, which I am sure is going to happen regardless of what measures you put in place to stop it.

    A game that could of been a new era of gaming is just a shiny, stale shooter that brings minimal RPG mechanics decent gun play to a market that is flooded with these same things. It is a shame that the supposed $500 million budget couldn't of extended to finishing of in game mechanics, sorting out the terrible story (if it can be considered one at all) and the poor poor attempt at mission design.

    Also any review you see dated the day of release needs to be ignored. So many 10's on the first day of release.... no.. just no.    … Expand
  52. tnpcook1
    Oct 29, 2014
    0
    This is a typical treadmill game. The game itself is missing basic functionality such as adjustable voice, music, and effect volume. This may have been intended to coerce purchase of proprietary headset adapters allowing this modification.
    There is absolutely no reason to play this outside of a PvE experience spanning about 6 hours that you won't be able to communicate with friends over    This is a typical treadmill game. The game itself is missing basic functionality such as adjustable voice, music, and effect volume. This may have been intended to coerce purchase of proprietary headset adapters allowing this modification.
    There is absolutely no reason to play this outside of a PvE experience spanning about 6 hours that you won't be able to communicate with friends over without purchasing nearly a hundred dollars in peripherals.    … Expand
  53. Peptide
    Sep 11, 2014
    2
    I disagree that the game deserves a zero like some say. It is not a very good game. It has the FPS element down pretty good...but that is about it.
    In campaign, you are constantly in the same environment...as is everyone else. People steal kills from me. What is so special about me (a level 7) when a level 15 guy comes along and kills my targets. So I'm getting board with the    I disagree that the game deserves a zero like some say. It is not a very good game. It has the FPS element down pretty good...but that is about it.
    In campaign, you are constantly in the same environment...as is everyone else. People steal kills from me. What is so special about me (a level 7) when a level 15 guy comes along and kills my targets. So I'm getting board with the environments and the interference. Monotony is a perfect word to describe the campaign.
    Multiplayer is so haphazard. Everyone jumping and jetpacking around. You can't get a fix on anything. But everymatch does seem to have 1 or 2 hotshots who will one-shot kill you.....constantly. The multiplayer is mediocre at best.
    What is most annoying is the dashboard and this stupid Tower, Action is confined to a monotonous environment unless you go to orbit where you have to choose locations and then launch and then wait. Very monotonous and boring.
    The Tower is such a waste of our time. Instead of doing everything in one place or screen, you have to run around this town and interact with many individuals to get anything done or acquire anything useful.
    Honestly, if it wasn't for the core FPS mechanics being sound, I probably would have scored it a 0 or 1.
    I will play a few more times and then go back to Titanfall. I'll also get the Metro redos and that Wolfenstein game. But this one is all done.
    Shattered hopes after a year's worth of hype. Poor job Bungie. Also, there were no improvements from the Beta.
    Now just keep my fingers crossed for Sunset Overdrive and Advanced Warfare.    … Expand
  54. ozorxoron
    Oct 19, 2014
    1
    Go here, hold X to scan, defeat enemies, repeat.

    Well done Bungie, you've just proven that you can still be succesful with as little effort put into a product as possible. You are truly an inspiration to us all.
  55. Slyshooter10
    Sep 11, 2014
    0
    Would give this game 10/10 if they could make their online better. I keep disconnecting from friends. Horrible online they have. Fix it and its a ten.
  56. aleggo
    Sep 10, 2014
    4
    Was looking forward to play this game. Did not attend the Beta or read much news about it, to keep the fun and surprise effect up.

    Actually I am totally disappointed by this game. Graphics and Sound are ok to good. Steering is good. Introduction / Help Phase ok, little too short. Missions!!! After 7h I have finished more than 50% of the content already!!! It gets very hard that    Was looking forward to play this game. Did not attend the Beta or read much news about it, to keep the fun and surprise effect up.

    Actually I am totally disappointed by this game.

    Graphics and Sound are ok to good.
    Steering is good.

    Introduction / Help Phase ok, little too short.
    Missions!!! After 7h I have finished more than 50% of the content already!!!
    It gets very hard that you are forced to do side missions/ops to get better equipment.

    The VERY long loading times kills all atmosphere.

    It is just a better Halo/Borderlands, not more - not less. Far away from being great.

    Halo-Like Enemy Behavior. Gets boring very quick, at least for me.    … Expand
  57. countyourmacros
    Dec 11, 2014
    3
    This game went from a 4/10 to a 3/10 after that laughable DLC they released. The storytelling in this game is the worst storytelling I've ever seen from a game. Bungie misled their fans and I'm surprised there isn't a class action lawsuit against Activision and Bungie right now.

    The gameplay is usually good, which is why this game gets a 3/10 from me and not a 0/10. Mechanics are fun,    This game went from a 4/10 to a 3/10 after that laughable DLC they released. The storytelling in this game is the worst storytelling I've ever seen from a game. Bungie misled their fans and I'm surprised there isn't a class action lawsuit against Activision and Bungie right now.

    The gameplay is usually good, which is why this game gets a 3/10 from me and not a 0/10. Mechanics are fun, super abilities are fun, vertical movement adds a nice element of freedom you don't get in many games.

    However, this game is a 3/10, and I regret pre-ordering the collector's edition. Highly recommend you avoid this game, and all games by Bungie and Activision for the next 10 years.    … Expand
  58. demichelismcfc
    Sep 10, 2014
    0
    Not impressed at all, was so over hyped and the game is very very repeptive and i cannot get any grip on the story, feel so ripped off for £55. poor poor game
  59. mick1944
    Sep 10, 2014
    0
    Where is all the content and vast exicting world i was promised? the landscapes are the same in every mission, every corridor is the same, on every map there are the same planes laying around, the same boring AI - who are dumb as well by the way. and the missions are all the same. very disapointed with this.
  60. Borat
    Sep 10, 2014
    1
    Don't waste your money. The game is repetitive, can't talk to anyone without jumping through a ton of hoops, the loot system is terrible, there is no story worth paying attention too, and the multiplayer is boring unbalanced garbage.

    From one gamer to another, save your money.
  61. josh2608
    Sep 10, 2014
    0
    The hype for this game was a total over reaction, bought the limited edtion and the strategy guide, i feel so ripped off. the game is the same thing over and over again in every level, go through the same landscape, find something to deploy a ghost on, fight off enemies, repeat. VERY POOR
  62. PopiaSena
    Sep 10, 2014
    0
    Honestly it just feels like a generic FPS, but with an mmo feel to it so I'm not really that impress. Plus the customizing isn't really that impressive. Plus the fact it's online only is a huge negative in my books.
  63. richardD1999
    Sep 10, 2014
    0
    I want to feel the love for this game but i just cant. The game was over hyped to say the least, starting the game up i was impressed, as the graphics are beautiful, but thats it. the rest of the experience is BORING.
  64. DeakenBlack
    Sep 16, 2014
    4
    As of now I give it an 8. Day one a 7. This game grows on you as you play. The deeper you get into it the more fun it gets. The game is visually stunning, and the controls are really tight. The classes are cool. Some downsides are you can't pause, and if you idle to long you get booted and have to start your mission over. It's strange that they chose to to 3 player co-op instead of 4,As of now I give it an 8. Day one a 7. This game grows on you as you play. The deeper you get into it the more fun it gets. The game is visually stunning, and the controls are really tight. The classes are cool. Some downsides are you can't pause, and if you idle to long you get booted and have to start your mission over. It's strange that they chose to to 3 player co-op instead of 4, since for 8 years now we've been playing 4 player co op teams in games, and a lot of people have the same friends they like to play with. Now there's an odd man out. I can see the sequel to this game being one of if not the best game ever made.… Expand
  65. Gaarashatan
    Sep 19, 2014
    3
    howd i know the critics were going to rate this game as superb. this game is complete garbage. its sad to see how low bungie has fallen since halo. and thats all this is. a over glorified halo that was released to early in its time. and not completely finished.
  66. WillpowerGames
    Sep 30, 2014
    2
    For a MMO I always feel alone. I can't trade with other players, I can't talk to them, or even group up meaningfully with them. Each quest is getting repetitive and boring. The visuals are great, the music is great, but the plot is non-existent. What's up with the awoken and exo's? What's up with Rasputin? What the hell is up with coming back from the dead, and not having a singleFor a MMO I always feel alone. I can't trade with other players, I can't talk to them, or even group up meaningfully with them. Each quest is getting repetitive and boring. The visuals are great, the music is great, but the plot is non-existent. What's up with the awoken and exo's? What's up with Rasputin? What the hell is up with coming back from the dead, and not having a single question about it, or how that was possible?! Arg! Where is the story?… Expand
  67. movieman2
    Oct 9, 2014
    0
    This game has many things wrong about it, but its so well made. The story sucks and the missions are REPETITIVE, the loot is great and very addicting. If you love halo and borderlands this is a must have.
  68. MerlinJnr
    Oct 31, 2014
    4
    Too much hype, not enough delivery. This is a below average game with repetitive story based missions and limited and unbalanced multiplayer. The environments were dull as were the weapons. The whole game just feels like a shell of a potentially good game with extremely limited content. Anyone giving this a 10 needs to get out more as this must be the first and only game you've played.Too much hype, not enough delivery. This is a below average game with repetitive story based missions and limited and unbalanced multiplayer. The environments were dull as were the weapons. The whole game just feels like a shell of a potentially good game with extremely limited content. Anyone giving this a 10 needs to get out more as this must be the first and only game you've played. (Hence the wow its a 10).

    Summary: Soulless shell of a game that will have you grinding all the way to the trade in centre.    … Expand
  69. kmdcanada
    Sep 10, 2014
    0
    This game (and all games) are developed on PC hardware, but they release it on console anyway? WTF making games just because you are in it for the money is pathetic. Go run a bank if you don't care about gamers, leave game development to GAMERS!
  70. quantumphysics
    Sep 9, 2014
    0
    Stay away from this game. I was really excited for it after the beta and loved it, but this game is basically just an extended beta. I reached level 20 after a few hours play and the game was still more or less the same thing. Just took my game back to gamestop and traded it in.

    Would avoid.
  71. Travdaddy82
    Sep 11, 2014
    1
    *** I'm level ten so i'm half way to max but this has been my experience thus far***

    Lets start off with the loot: -Guns seem to come from NJ,NY,CA due to their LOW CAPACITY magazines. The damage your weapons cause on the enemies is sub-par and you have to go thru 75% of your small magazine just to take one guy down, while 5 more are attacking you.. I learned to just not shoot and    *** I'm level ten so i'm half way to max but this has been my experience thus far***

    Lets start off with the loot:
    -Guns seem to come from NJ,NY,CA due to their LOW CAPACITY magazines. The damage your weapons cause on the enemies is sub-par and you have to go thru 75% of your small magazine just to take one guy down, while 5 more are attacking you.. I learned to just not shoot and Melee everyone to death... more effective
    -Loot itself is rare. A game based on the premise of Loot, exp, and dungeons you'd figure you would get better loot? NAH!

    Lets head off to storyline:
    -Go here, Ghost scan that object, defend ghost against waves of aliens. Rinse and repeat the ENTIRE game... yeah.. really
    -Multiplayer Dungeons (i'd rather watch 24 hours straight of "Paddy the Pelican" than ever do a dungeon again): Same premise, scan ghost, defend waves, fight impossible boss that ONE player needs to stand and hide far away while the other two keep dying slowly and surely nicking off tiny bits and slivers of health from the boss! If hidden guy dies.. you reset from checkpoint.. HAH!
    -once the said boss was killed.. NO REWARD or LOOT.. just about a half hour of headache

    Multiplayer Deathmatch:
    boring and bland.. rinsed and repeated "Domination" and "Team Deathmatch" modes that offer no ingenuity and barely any reward. Exp is nice if you want to GTFO of the story (i dont blame you one bit)

    The positives: Graphics, World, Scenery... that's about it

    1/10 because of the beautiful graphics    … Expand
  72. MidnightReview
    Jan 14, 2015
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Destiny. What is there to say about it. If i just went by the fact bungie made its awesome but if i only saw activisions name on it i would say its gonna be some mindless shooter. Both made it so it seems. Its a great game overall but the problems cripple its enjoyability to the point where you have to repeatedly download the same update over and over again. I dont have a great connection but im not doing a gigabyte of updates every time i sign on..… Expand
  73. MegaMattTyrrell
    Sep 23, 2014
    3
    I am very glad I did not spend $60 on this game. Instead, my poor friend had to. Both of us played through it in a few days and I have to say, this game was more hyped than Grand Theft Auto 5. It wasn't the bells and whistles we were promised. In fact, it was the exact opposite. The game lacked any excitement. I would not recommend this game. Unfortunately, its just another "next genI am very glad I did not spend $60 on this game. Instead, my poor friend had to. Both of us played through it in a few days and I have to say, this game was more hyped than Grand Theft Auto 5. It wasn't the bells and whistles we were promised. In fact, it was the exact opposite. The game lacked any excitement. I would not recommend this game. Unfortunately, its just another "next gen Nintendo killer" that has yet to amaze me.… Expand
  74. Fabrizzio1000
    Feb 4, 2015
    0
    Terrible. Go to X, kill Y, repeat; all the missions are identical. This is the most repetitive game I have ever played. All the guns feel the same, the maps are bland and you can't talk to anyone else. That is right, no communication whatsoever unless you are in a private chat with your friends.
  75. ChaosKing
    Nov 6, 2014
    0
    I don't like the multiplayer because ground pound is **** stupid the guns are op and the armor is super op so **** the multiplayer but the campaign is fun
  76. Gamemonster
    May 23, 2017
    0
    This game had promise but my biggest issue is playing at 30fps....it's simply not acceptable for a shooter. And for me that makes Destiny totally as in 100% worthless as a game.
  77. usualben
    Oct 27, 2014
    3
    From the moment I first arrived at the Tower I realised that this game was about one thing and one thing only : The Grind. Essentially the objective is to do the same thing over and over and over again until your receive something similar to something that you already have. Its a shame because it's a really nice game to look at (which is just as well because i can't stress enough howFrom the moment I first arrived at the Tower I realised that this game was about one thing and one thing only : The Grind. Essentially the objective is to do the same thing over and over and over again until your receive something similar to something that you already have. Its a shame because it's a really nice game to look at (which is just as well because i can't stress enough how repetitive it is). It's not open world - the different elements of the game world are disconnected and feel like separate arenas. Its not an RPG - every class and player looks and plays identically. It's not anywhere near the best multiplayer FPS. It's just a shame - oh so good to look at but so little substance that it manages to do absolutely nothing it promised. Sigh.… Expand
  78. FNG
    Oct 27, 2014
    2
    Beautiful visuals with a promising story and addictive game play / leveling system... for the 1st few hours. Once you finally achieve a "level 20", you'll be playing the same levels, strikes and stories for hours and hours. When a method of quickly leveling up or farming items/weapons pops up in the community, Bungie is quick to patch it from the game. Found a successful 6 person teamBeautiful visuals with a promising story and addictive game play / leveling system... for the 1st few hours. Once you finally achieve a "level 20", you'll be playing the same levels, strikes and stories for hours and hours. When a method of quickly leveling up or farming items/weapons pops up in the community, Bungie is quick to patch it from the game. Found a successful 6 person team strategy or a way to beat that super-tough boss by spamming grenades until you finally knock it off the level only to find you didn't earn that precious raid armor you've been tirelessly playing for? Don't worry, Bungie promises to patch that too, only to make the game more difficult.. Finally obtained that Exotic weapon after 50-75 raid runs? You guessed it, Bungie will "NERF" that weapon because it was "too powerful". I loved this game until I completed the "story" mode (which doesn't feel complete in the least) and Bungie released the 1st patch. I'm at the "like" stage after 2 patches... I'm sure the next patch will push me to the "F-THIS GAME" stage. Thankfully, this game has a fairly high trade-in value. (until other people start telling their friends about how over-hyped and under-delivered this game is)… Expand
  79. Schwajo
    Nov 1, 2014
    2
    At first the game feels great and is fun. Then you come to an understanding that there is really only about 12-15 hours worth of unique content with ZERO story and you will be grinding about 3-4 hours of that dry content with cut scenes you CANT skip over and over for weeks / months to get the last few light levels possible. During this time there will be little to no reward during eachAt first the game feels great and is fun. Then you come to an understanding that there is really only about 12-15 hours worth of unique content with ZERO story and you will be grinding about 3-4 hours of that dry content with cut scenes you CANT skip over and over for weeks / months to get the last few light levels possible. During this time there will be little to no reward during each play session other than a small amount of XP on your rep bars. You will be plagued with disconnects and setbacks but honestly had you completed what you where doing it wouldn't have felt any better because you get no reward.

    Stay away.

    Anyone giving a positive score is clearly delusional.    … Expand
  80. bcarrell
    Oct 23, 2015
    4
    Destiny had so much potential. The concept for Destiny was great, actually (only if one liked the grind). But Bungie decided to release an unfinished game and mark it at full price. Not to mention vanilla Destiny was a year long beta.

    Lets do some math real quick: Assuming the player bought the expansion pass** Destiny: $60 Expansion pass(included Dark Below and House of Wolves):    Destiny had so much potential. The concept for Destiny was great, actually (only if one liked the grind). But Bungie decided to release an unfinished game and mark it at full price. Not to mention vanilla Destiny was a year long beta.

    Lets do some math real quick:

    Assuming the player bought the expansion pass**

    Destiny: $60
    Expansion pass(included Dark Below and House of Wolves): $30 (save $10)
    Taken King: $40

    So to actually have full access to Destiny, someone had to spend $130 or $140 if one didn't buy the expansion pass. That makes no sense. $130 could have bought two full priced games. It seems that Bungie is only worried about money.

    Other than Destiny being a very expensive game- the story or campaign doesn't exist. It's literally the same mission with slightly different environments. The character waits for the Ghost to open a door that just happens to take three(3)*waves of enemies to open. The raids are kind of what saves the game. Just for the fun factor though.

    So basically, Destiny is an expensive unfinished game that requires the user to buy the DLCs to play the game properly.

    Breakdown:

    Story/Campaign: +0/2 (Story is extremely unclear)
    Graphics: +2/2 (Very futuristic and crisp)
    Mechanics: +2/2 (Every mechanic works great. Rare frame rate drops. Little to no lag most of the time)
    DLC: +0/2 (only because the DLC is basically required)
    Matchmaking: +0/2 (Some weapons are incredibly overpowered than others- like shotguns)

    Total: +4/10    … Expand
  81. lrosstal
    Apr 9, 2016
    3
    This game has two things going for it. 1. is the gambling feeling when you get loot. 2. Great gun play which we know Bungie knows how to do. Outside of that I will not be buying another Bungie game. When Bungie left Microsoft to do there own thing, I was excited. I soon found out about the release of Destiny, which is based off of lack of content and DLC, with expansions out theThis game has two things going for it. 1. is the gambling feeling when you get loot. 2. Great gun play which we know Bungie knows how to do. Outside of that I will not be buying another Bungie game. When Bungie left Microsoft to do there own thing, I was excited. I soon found out about the release of Destiny, which is based off of lack of content and DLC, with expansions out the wahzoo! They want to sell you half of a game, and make you buy it in installments. I bought the game when it came out, was disappointed in the lack of campaign, and the lack of open world experience. I made the mistake of buying the "Season Pass". 100 dollars altogether and I still feel I didn't get y moneys worth. f you are thinking of buying this game now, it is a good deal. But don't buy it Vanilla, but it with all the content included. It gets 3 for the solid mechanics. And -7 for being the money grab greedy mess that it is.… Expand
  82. DLCisMurder
    Nov 19, 2016
    0
    The reason I registered on this page... I just had to tell everyone to stay away from this big steaming pile of ****
    It's really sad, because this game had and has so much potential... Graphics are cool imho, Fights are nice (AI is stupid, but that's nothing uncommon in FPS...)and the artwork and design of the world is sweet.
    But then there are some design decisions, that no sane person    The reason I registered on this page... I just had to tell everyone to stay away from this big steaming pile of ****
    It's really sad, because this game had and has so much potential... Graphics are cool imho, Fights are nice (AI is stupid, but that's nothing uncommon in FPS...)and the artwork and design of the world is sweet.
    But then there are some design decisions, that no sane person could seriously make.
    For example, the PvP mode is just bad. There are literally thousands of fps out now with better PvP than this. It just feels random and unbalanced, like something an Indie dev team would make in like 4 weeks...
    Those stupid raids, where you need 5 other mouthbreathers to _just_start_ this thing. And pray to god nobody drops out or that anyone is in the mood to tell you noob how this works (why haven't you read the guid?!)...
    I mean seriously... I've played more complex things with only chat communication and random players. But Bungie (or whoever is in charge) tells me "you need to meet those people in some lobby or via facebook, collect some malware on the way and don't make any friends, because our community is only consisting of terrible people"

    But the real reason for giving this game 0/10: it is a big sham!

    There is a ton of dlc, but no really addition of gameplay... They just drop in a few new items and make your precious old gear useless (really useless, just throw it away... seriously!) They promised a story, that never came. I don't know what the **** is going on in this game. Why are we fighting? Who is the enemy? Why are there different fractions?

    I could go on like this for a while, but I already wasted hundreds of hours on this game and I have to live on now... you should also do that!    … Expand
  83. Jerik02
    Apr 30, 2015
    3
    This game is not what was promised or hyped. The PVP is especially awful. Unbalanced maps combine with terrible lag issues, easily exploited game mechanics (lag locking the other team) and "i win button" super powers. The fact that we're forced to play PVP to earn certain guns only angers the players more. This company doubles down on bad decisions and just keeps making beginner mistakes.
  84. Undertuto
    Nov 12, 2019
    4
    Buenos gráficos, buen sonido, pero me aburrí. No tolero los juegos donde tienes que hacer lo mismo una y otra vez.
  85. jesuswaffle
    Jul 27, 2015
    4
    Destiny, unfortunately, turned out to be a disappointment. If you are looking for a game with a good story, interesting missions, or any sort of variation in what you're doing you are going to want to look somewhere else.
  86. mileafly
    May 12, 2020
    0
    Since it is basically Halo in another setting it could have been good. Unfortunately it is horrible.

    Forced Online even though you might be like me who just want to just play solo and have to look at other player names cluttering up the whole screen while they do dances in pink armor which really increases immersion *irony* Some of the worst design decisions in history, mainly the    Since it is basically Halo in another setting it could have been good. Unfortunately it is horrible.

    Forced Online even though you might be like me who just want to just play solo and have to look at other player names cluttering up the whole screen while they do dances in pink armor which really increases immersion *irony*

    Some of the worst design decisions in history, mainly the one where you can't even choose if you want to play a strike mission from the start, the game just slaps you into an existing game without anything you can do about it except quit and try again, and again, and again, even if it is the first time you play that mission so you miss all of the mission and the story, it can literary kick you into the game just as it ends. It is probably the most stupid thing I have ever seen in a game.

    Did I mention the game is forced online? If your connection goes down even if playing solo the game stops. The developers did not even care to keep the site up where you gather your lore so that part of the game is broken just so you know.

    Also, microtransactions and loot boxes.    … Expand
  87. azgoodaz
    Aug 15, 2016
    4
    Before you read my review, please note.. you are either going to agree with me or hate me.

    I bought the "Destiny: Digital Guardian Edition" (which was around $80 or $90 back then) thinking that Bungie (the creators of Halo) could not mess this up, but they did. So, I hopped on Destiny to play the campaign on day one, since my friends didn't invite me the first time of go, I went on    Before you read my review, please note.. you are either going to agree with me or hate me.

    I bought the "Destiny: Digital Guardian Edition" (which was around $80 or $90 back then) thinking that Bungie (the creators of Halo) could not mess this up, but they did.

    So, I hopped on Destiny to play the campaign on day one, since my friends didn't invite me the first time of go, I went on the Destiny subreddit and found a cool/chill guy to beat the campaign. We played about 3 - 4 hours a day for 3 or 4 days maybe 5 (I don't know) straight, just the two of us. Once we completed the campaign we said, "WTF, thats it?," "All we got was a GUN?!?." All to be told, you get a gun that becomes useless when you level up in the future. The only great thing about the campaign was Peter Dinklage, but then he was replaced by Nolan North.

    Let's face it, a company that's known for having great music, great online experience and a great storyline. How could they mess up the game?Overall, the storyline sucked (I mean it really sucked, they didn't explain nothing), missions are highly repetitive, online pvp is not balanced, people only use overpowered weapons in online and it just didn't feel good to play.

    For most, those types of people have played/put 100+ hours into Destiny and they love the game. They love the reward system, they love the gear grind and they love farming. But I couldn't bare with it anymore, it felt boring and I felt like most of the problem was Activision controlling Bungie to release this game with less content so they can turn it into DLC. It could have been a great game but the game wasn't there for me at all. It failed the game industry.

    In the end, Destiny is a horrible highly repetitive non-open world console mmo and I will not be buying Destiny 2 when it comes out.    … Expand
  88. Ozman51
    Sep 2, 2015
    3
    Bungie and Activision have somehow tricked players into paying a lot of money for not a lot of content and being absolutely disregarded by their developer.

    Its become obvious that the soul of Bungie now resides at 343 Industries. Remember when Bungie used to really care about its players?
  89. Wootif
    Jun 4, 2015
    2
    Destiny is a misguided attempt at combining an MMO feeling with a shooter. Bungie, despite their massive success with Halo 1-3, seems to have forgotten what makes a game fun. The gunplay is well done, but brings nothing new to the table and feels like a large step backwards compared to other current titles.

    The MMO aspects are very poorly implemented - each class plays identically save    Destiny is a misguided attempt at combining an MMO feeling with a shooter. Bungie, despite their massive success with Halo 1-3, seems to have forgotten what makes a game fun. The gunplay is well done, but brings nothing new to the table and feels like a large step backwards compared to other current titles.

    The MMO aspects are very poorly implemented - each class plays identically save one or two tricks (which make PvP a disaster). Gaining new gear does not change your character in any meaningful way other than a flat % damage increase. Interactions between players in PvE is all but non-existent; the only meaningful action between players is reviving one another after death.

    There are truly only 9 weapons in the game, but their stats are randomized so that only a few are worth using. Jetpacks are incredibly clunky, vehicles are not fun to use or fun to play against.

    Destiny's PvP is one of the worst experiences of any shooter in the past 5-10 years. If Halo and Call of Duty were combined, and all of the good parts taken away, the result would look just like Destiny. Yet PvP is essentially required to obtain the best gear because of the broken loot system.

    Leveling up past 20 is only done by obtaining gear, which is either totally random or a 30+ hour grind to obtain reputation.

    In summation, Bungie took all of the negative feedback that was given for Halo: Reach, and shoved it right down the players' asses, making a game that the majority of players will not enjoy.    … Expand
  90. Vgsilva
    Jan 20, 2015
    3
    Destiny is a mix of first-person shooter and action rpg that requires a permanent connection to play, yet it's filled with connectivity issues that keep you from playing it.
  91. jimboliah7
    Feb 13, 2015
    3
    This game is not an RPG (Wait, yes it is, because you can dance!). The story is a gimmick, the missions are repetitive, you can't talk to other players, and nothing seems significant. Also you have to UNLOCK MULTIPLAYER. I'm not sure why this is a thing.

    Once you actually start playing multiplayer, you soon realize that the game is horribly unbalanced. You then logically ask yourself,    This game is not an RPG (Wait, yes it is, because you can dance!). The story is a gimmick, the missions are repetitive, you can't talk to other players, and nothing seems significant. Also you have to UNLOCK MULTIPLAYER. I'm not sure why this is a thing.

    Once you actually start playing multiplayer, you soon realize that the game is horribly unbalanced. You then logically ask yourself, "How can I gain an edge? Oh I know! I'll just grind for better gear!" So then you begin grinding through all the missions and raids in an epic quest to restore balance to the multiplayer. You then unlock some special auto rifle that promises you instant success in multiplayer. You then go into a multiplayer match with your shiny new gun, then BANG! You get killed by an ability power. This is the point where you realize the game will never be balanced, and that you only bought this game because you gave into the hype.    … Expand
  92. merge111
    Apr 1, 2015
    3
    This game sucks you into a grind replaying the same 5 strikes and raid again and again and again. I wasted a lot of hours on this game trying to upgrade my weapons. Most notably running around in circles picking up materials. Urgh.
  93. jdwarrior
    Apr 20, 2015
    1
    This game is everything you want in a game! (At least that is what was promised) Destiny failed to deliver what was promised to the gamers and was a slap in the face to those who bought it. I expected an intense storyline, but Bungie cut its lead writer a year before the games release. At the same time the writer was cut, tons of content was cut...interesting. 1/10 for lack of content andThis game is everything you want in a game! (At least that is what was promised) Destiny failed to deliver what was promised to the gamers and was a slap in the face to those who bought it. I expected an intense storyline, but Bungie cut its lead writer a year before the games release. At the same time the writer was cut, tons of content was cut...interesting. 1/10 for lack of content and lying to fans.… Expand
  94. Radioheadfan200
    Apr 26, 2015
    1
    Repetitive, addicting in a negative way, it feels like it forces you to play. The enemies aren't that complex just revamped versions of themselves, gets old very quickly. Extremely overrated as well.
  95. Flabergasmic
    May 19, 2015
    3
    Unfinished

    Destiny is one of those: "pay to win" games that is spearheaded by microtransactions, and dlc up the arse. But what makes it worse is when all of the content is already on the disk, but locked behind a pay wall. Destiny has one of the best concepts in a videogame i have seen in a long time. With a couple of those ideas actually leaving the sketch board. And that's the biggest    Unfinished

    Destiny is one of those: "pay to win" games that is spearheaded by microtransactions, and dlc up the arse. But what makes it worse is when all of the content is already on the disk, but locked behind a pay wall. Destiny has one of the best concepts in a videogame i have seen in a long time. With a couple of those ideas actually leaving the sketch board. And that's the biggest problem with Destiny; it's missing content! Not to mention hype carried this game to all mighty god himself, the game is simply UNFINISHED. Destiny is a perfect example of a game rushed out the gate to meet the holiday sales.    … Expand
  96. rob911411
    May 16, 2015
    4
    I was so excited about this game and yet I played for about 8 hours and just not impressed. Overall I really disappointment. Expected so much more from Bungie/Halo. Game play is like Halo but its much further away so it doesn't feel like a FPS and more of a RPG view field. Things just feel very repetitive and things just seem lifeless. Sounds is your typical halo quality which is good.I was so excited about this game and yet I played for about 8 hours and just not impressed. Overall I really disappointment. Expected so much more from Bungie/Halo. Game play is like Halo but its much further away so it doesn't feel like a FPS and more of a RPG view field. Things just feel very repetitive and things just seem lifeless. Sounds is your typical halo quality which is good. The art is great again though which is was more first person style. The game doesn't flow, they tried the MMO thing thing with the town type experience but it just doesn't match with the rest of the game. The immersion just dies for me after ever mission.

    To steal these famous words from Blizzard...they didn't find the fun.    … Expand
  97. Obsidian_Fenix
    Jun 25, 2015
    4
    Destiny is reminiscent of The Truman Show, if you've ever seen that movie.

    The 4 points I gave this game were earned on the basis of legitimate game mechanics. Destiny had the makings of something truly spectacular, offering a whole new way to play FPS/RPG games. Everything looked great...everything felt great. And then I ran into the dome, the wall that surrounded the deceptive    Destiny is reminiscent of The Truman Show, if you've ever seen that movie.

    The 4 points I gave this game were earned on the basis of legitimate game mechanics. Destiny had the makings of something truly spectacular, offering a whole new way to play FPS/RPG games. Everything looked great...everything felt great. And then I ran into the dome, the wall that surrounded the deceptive existence of the game. Re-playability became monotonous. Character uniqueness was all but vacant as I developed. Everything was wake up, go to work, go home.

    The whole time I did this process, Activision was laughing in their sky office as they let me pretend I was playing a long-term title. The only thing that is long-term in Destiny are the same models and areas used for just about everything. The end game is horrible..even as they add raids and missions. DLC is another term for "same old crap" in Destiny.

    It started as a wonderful life...that quickly became a hollow waste of time and money.    … Expand
  98. zore12345
    Jun 29, 2015
    1
    This game could have been great but then came the dlc and then more dlc and more. Then the partnerships with other companies. To top it all off the story was once much better than the repetitive crap that is in the game now.
    Bungie, I expected greater from you.
    Activision, stop ruining games to maximize profits.
  99. Aaronsadofsky
    Aug 19, 2015
    3
    Don't bother with this game, get the elder scrolls online. Bungie has entered a whole new level of greed with this lightweight title. after many many hours and leveling my 3 characters to 34, I feel so disgusted with this game and it's lack of content and bungee charging more and more money for less and less content. I have moved on to the elder scrolls online for a much larger world andDon't bother with this game, get the elder scrolls online. Bungie has entered a whole new level of greed with this lightweight title. after many many hours and leveling my 3 characters to 34, I feel so disgusted with this game and it's lack of content and bungee charging more and more money for less and less content. I have moved on to the elder scrolls online for a much larger world and deeper content, better leveling and customization, better everything except graphics, destiny has an edge on graphics, that's only because the is such little content. Don't buy this game or you'll end up regretting it and hating bungie like me.… Expand
  100. Darius11
    Oct 12, 2015
    2
    Big HYPE - Average game - i would rate as a 6 but all the in game purchases takes a few more off that.

    It really has no soul nothing inventive. . . Bloody good adverts and marketing tho.

    But yeh i thought this game sucked, prob worth £15 pre-owned but you could find a better game.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 11
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  1. X-ONE Magazine UK
    Nov 8, 2014
    60
    It's a slick, mechanically sound, and lavishly produced shooter that uses beauty to try and mask the potentially great but uninspired gameplay inside. [Issue#117, p.62]
  2. Pure Xbox
    Oct 21, 2014
    70
    Destiny feels like the key elements of an FPS and an MMO gently resting shoulder to shoulder, instead of being fused together in a truly creative way. It plays and looks great, and offers many, many hours of entertainment to anyone okay with repeating the same tasks, but it isn’t exactly the game-changing science fiction epic we felt it was aspiring to.
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  3. Hyper Magazine
    Oct 16, 2014
    70
    An ambitious if repetitive combination of shooter and loot based ARPG. A boost in loot drop frequency could definitely boost the fun/score. [Issue#254, p.47]
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