Destiny

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  1. Richard21
    Apr 1, 2017
    7
    Destiny is a great FPS game with an amazing story, but the lack of content ultimately brings it down. I had fun playing through the story, and especially online. There are dozens of weapons you can unlock, many places to explore, and it has an enormous community as well. The two thing I hate about this game are, well, it's basically a half-game, and the DLC's that have been released areDestiny is a great FPS game with an amazing story, but the lack of content ultimately brings it down. I had fun playing through the story, and especially online. There are dozens of weapons you can unlock, many places to explore, and it has an enormous community as well. The two thing I hate about this game are, well, it's basically a half-game, and the DLC's that have been released are WAY too overpriced. I feel like they are just trying to squeeze the most money out of this game as possible, instead of being on the fans' side, and giving them what they want.… Expand
  2. Rafizans
    Aug 7, 2017
    7
    Knowing well that Bungie had created the remarkable Halo franchise, I had high hopes for their upcoming game Destiny. After several hours of grinding, I was slightly disappointed with what the game had offered. The game is not necessarily bad, but one that presents glaring flaws that took away from my overall enjoyment. Destiny is a good game, but it is nothing compared to the breathtakingKnowing well that Bungie had created the remarkable Halo franchise, I had high hopes for their upcoming game Destiny. After several hours of grinding, I was slightly disappointed with what the game had offered. The game is not necessarily bad, but one that presents glaring flaws that took away from my overall enjoyment. Destiny is a good game, but it is nothing compared to the breathtaking adventure that was Halo. Firstly, the story quickly becomes underwhelming after its seemingly promising concept and premise, missions feels highly repetitive to the point where it becomes a bore, and content wise the game doesn't offer much for you to have the full experience (unless you want to pay extra for the DLC expansions). On a positive note though, the graphics and soundtrack are superb, gameplay mechanics work very well for a first-person shooter, and the landscapes and scenery are downright gorgeous. Unfortunately, you'll soon find out that the world is a facade, as it soon feels lifeless and mundane. In conclusion, Destiny is a good title that you are likely to enjoy if you wish to experience it, but don't expect to be blown away the same way you were with the Halo franchise.… Expand
  3. SKSK
    Jul 25, 2018
    7
    Destiny has great potential but sometimes the game gets repetitive, which not everyone likes.
  4. Caffe
    Sep 3, 2023
    7
    Destiny has always given me good memories. I loved the multiplayer component. I should replay it.
  5. Mando44646
    Sep 29, 2014
    6
    I previously submitted a review and score only a few hours into the game. I am now editing my review to update my thoughts. I originally rated it an 8, but have dropped to a 6. Why?
    - half assed story - these are the people who developed the Halo universe, which is pretty rich. But apparently they invested no more than a total of $10 into a decent story. Any teenager with a laptop can do    I previously submitted a review and score only a few hours into the game. I am now editing my review to update my thoughts. I originally rated it an 8, but have dropped to a 6. Why?
    - half assed story - these are the people who developed the Halo universe, which is pretty rich. But apparently they invested no more than a total of $10 into a decent story. Any teenager with a laptop can do better than this - they didn't even try. No answers or info is really given in the game, and 99% of the background info is not in-game but in the 'grimoire cards' on their website. WTF? Imagine if Mass Effect had had zero info on the Turians, Asari, Hanar, or any other species and just had a generic enemy called the 'Darkness'. That would be Destiny's story.
    - sucky endgame. After beating the story, what is there to do? The same 5 or 6 strikes over and over and over and over, and over and over again? Talk about boring. Then there are these big, bad 'raids'. Sounds cool right? Finally can play with a part of more than 3 people (seriously, Borderlands managed 4 person teams last gen for god's sake). But wait! No matchmaking! So if you do not have 6 friends with this game on at the same time, there's no playing the raids - which makes them entirely useless.
    - unbalanced multiplayer. Wow is the multiplayer disappointing. None of the maps really seem all that different from each other. Guardian abilities badly unbalance the gameplay and vehicles have no counter measures (unlike in Halo). As soon as Halo MCC hits in November, no way I'd ever consider going back to Destiny's multiplayer.

    Overall, very disappointing. At least Bungie taught me a lesson - *never* buy the $100 special edition of the first game in a new franchise. I cannot believe I spent that much on a game that I got less than 10 hours of gameplay in. Ugh    … Expand
  6. SchroederRock
    Nov 16, 2015
    6
    Destiny is an incredible shooter that challenges the scope of its own genre while also being a major frustration. On one hand, you've got interesting open worlds where you can bump into other players here and there and tackle meaningful content with small 3-player groups. The missions and boss fights are highly replayable and customizing your character to a certain play style isDestiny is an incredible shooter that challenges the scope of its own genre while also being a major frustration. On one hand, you've got interesting open worlds where you can bump into other players here and there and tackle meaningful content with small 3-player groups. The missions and boss fights are highly replayable and customizing your character to a certain play style is outstanding within the FPS genre. On the other hand, Destiny isn't built well enough to weather the gaming world. It is a flash of excitement, praise and continued consumption one moment, an abandoned war fortress the next. The worlds of Destiny are limited in their scope and the content barely exceeds skin depth. You cannot throw yourself into this game and feel both challenged and interested a month or two later, because once you've reached a level cap and played a handful of "strikes" and done your "raid", it all quickly comes to a halt. Like World of Warcraft, the game is meant to be repetitive, but what sets most MMORPGs above the cut is how meaningful the game is once you get to where you're ultimately going. The challenge to take on the game's most difficult moments and come out victorious with your friends, the champions of PvP (competitive multiplayer) showing their skills and being rewarded for it. It's these things that hurt Destiny in the long run. I absolutely love this game for its butter-smooth gunplay and feel. Nothing feels wasted or worthless (even if I don't prefer fusion rifles, they serve a purpose and have their strong-suits). Bungie is perhaps king of balance, and their creative sparks show up in spots, but you cannot deny that this is very much a Halo 2.0, or what Halo could be like if you opened up the sandbox and went to town. That would be fine if the story wasn't so muddied and incoherent most of the time. This is the first year of Destiny and, despite all of its shortcomings, is still worth the price of entry. That's the true incredible feat here, but if you're jumping in to the game late, be prepared to miss out on the end game content that was worth playing in the first year, because after two short DLC packs, year 2 is upon us with a grander Taken King expansion that is taking this game in the direction it should have always been going.… Expand
  7. Sliph
    Sep 13, 2014
    6
    So after playing Destiny for about 10 hours straight and making it to lvl ten I've gotta say so far i'm a bit underwhelmed. It's fun and plays well but there is not enough interaction with other people. It's like mmo light. Sometimes you run into people in the world but never is there a compelling reason to group "nor is there an easy way to do so" and with no chat options to at least haveSo after playing Destiny for about 10 hours straight and making it to lvl ten I've gotta say so far i'm a bit underwhelmed. It's fun and plays well but there is not enough interaction with other people. It's like mmo light. Sometimes you run into people in the world but never is there a compelling reason to group "nor is there an easy way to do so" and with no chat options to at least have some kind of in game community I can see myself getting really bored really fast once i hit max lvl.

    I find myself having the most fun during the very few missions so far that actually forces you to group with others. But the story mode is pretty boring alone. They really REALLY need to have some kind of in game chat AND an ingame group finder for ALL missions even if it's restricted to just the town there has to be something or they might as well have made this a single player game. The thing that really irks me is this game has so much **** potential but they flubbed it where it counts.    … Expand
  8. Eliut
    Sep 11, 2014
    6
    The game has the same essence as HALO but lacks personality, although there very similar enemies.

    Lacks depth in classes and increased production in exchange objects and create them.
  9. WildFire15
    Oct 21, 2014
    6
    Destiny is the perfect example of what big budget, 'AAA' games have been aspiring to for years now. That sounds like a fine quote to go on the box, but it's not a compliment in the slightest.

    Destiny is all about the hype. It's made by Bungie, who made the Halo series, features vocals by the likes of Peter Dinklage and lord all mighty does it look nice. Then you play it. Credit where    Destiny is the perfect example of what big budget, 'AAA' games have been aspiring to for years now. That sounds like a fine quote to go on the box, but it's not a compliment in the slightest.

    Destiny is all about the hype. It's made by Bungie, who made the Halo series, features vocals by the likes of Peter Dinklage and lord all mighty does it look nice.

    Then you play it. Credit where credit's due, the gun play is pretty good but the game is aggressively boring with as many short cuts taken as possible.

    Destiny is desperate to be an MMO, with a single social hub and market along with several planets, each with one location you'll grind across multiple times through what passes for story. Very little is explained beyond 'darkness is coming and you must shoot the dudes who make up the darkness, we think' unless you feel like reading the glossary, but the game did such a bad job of engaging me I couldn't be bothered. Dinklage seemingly doesn't care either and the fact his character, a little robot called a 'ghost' that somehow resurrected your character thousands of years after he/she/it died but can't help you if you're in a shaded tunnel, gets worked up about potentially finding something brilliant on Earth before dropping the whole plot line and forcing you to go to the next planet without a reason, likely as I wasn't high enough level for the 'explosive conclusion', if that's what's left of Bungie under Activision's control thinks sending in waves of generic enemies is, makes me wonder if they have any idea how stories are supposed to progress

    I always felt City of Heroes spoilt me for MMO story telling and general awesomeness, but Destiny is poor by both MMO's current standards and shooter standards as the MMO troupes it has to have wear what's good about Destiny down. The PvP combat could be fine, mind, but I had no urge to try it as the rest of the game just bored me. Do yourselves a favour and either play Wolfenstien: The New Order instead    … Expand
  10. Thompson83
    Sep 30, 2014
    6
    Well below the hype and completely devoid of endgame content, Destiny proves itself a shadow of what it said it was on the tin. Bungivision said to ignore the day one reviews, as the game only really started when you hit the 'soft' level cap of 20. Terrible advice, if ever there was any.

    By the time you reach level 20 (or level 29, which is where I found myself as I went to trade in the    Well below the hype and completely devoid of endgame content, Destiny proves itself a shadow of what it said it was on the tin. Bungivision said to ignore the day one reviews, as the game only really started when you hit the 'soft' level cap of 20. Terrible advice, if ever there was any.

    By the time you reach level 20 (or level 29, which is where I found myself as I went to trade in the title while it was still worth $30), you've already seen everything in the game, more than once, with the exception of a single 'raid', the Vault of Glass. You only get rewarded for running the raid once a week, leaving there nothing to do in a PvE sense that has not already been seen and experienced dozens of times.

    The PvP is serviceable, but runs into some pronounced balancing issues, and is a shadow of it's obvious inspiration, the Halo franchise. It is obvious that the departure of key Bungie staff and the hard deadline set by Activision (to capitalize on the unique multi-generational marketshare this fall) gutted this game. There is a Reddit AMA from an alleged developer that confirms that the game that was released doesn't reflect the game they spent 8 years on and one can only assume that they'll include the additional (read: missing) content in paid DLC's, if at all.

    I would recommend looking elsewhere to kick off your holiday gaming glut, as there are several titles coming out with a much more refined vision/pedigree. The gunplay IS very solid, and your every bullet feels as though it has weight and impact, but that ultimately wasn't enough to carry me farther than the first 2 1/2 weeks of playtime. Bungie has often touted the 10 year plan for the universe, but I wouldn't be at all surprised to find this the only title in the franchise.

    On the whole, despite the solid shooting mechanics, I was rather disappointed at the lack of content/story, and can't help but feel a little mislead by the advertising. I can't in good conscious recommend this to anyone who is looking for a game with legs/follow through, or someone expecting the excellence of Bungie's previous efforts.    … Expand
  11. HofmanT
    Oct 6, 2014
    6
    While not deserving of the 0-4/10's people are giving it, I can understand the disappointment and many criticisms people have with Destiny. I myself had high expectations since Bungie was behind the wheel developing the game, but was left highly disappointed after playing the game for just three weeks.

    Destiny does get a-lot right. Destiny is a beautiful game with great visuals and    While not deserving of the 0-4/10's people are giving it, I can understand the disappointment and many criticisms people have with Destiny. I myself had high expectations since Bungie was behind the wheel developing the game, but was left highly disappointed after playing the game for just three weeks.

    Destiny does get a-lot right. Destiny is a beautiful game with great visuals and awe-inspiring sky-boxes. Gameplay is fantastic. The music is good, but not nearly as good as Halo's music (Bungie, why on God's green Earth did you fire MARTY O'DONNEL? The mastermind behind Halo's incredible music?! Idiots...) Multiplayer is phenomenal and is what I spend most of my time playing. Bungie, as always, does a great job in this regard.

    Unfortunately, Destiny's positives are outweighed by it's negatives.The game suffers from an insane amount of repetitiveness. You'll find yourself playing the exact same missions over and over and over and over again. For what? For nothing. The loot system was greatly flawed the last time I played (I know there was recently an update to fix it, but I haven't played it since then). These two issues alone are what make the game incredibly boring to play.

    But it gets worst. The campaign mode is a complete and utter joke. There is barely a story, and what story is there is uninteresting and dull. I was expecting a Mass Effect/Halo like grand and intricate space opera that I could play over and over without getting bored. Will I be replaying Destiny's story? Not a chance.

    Overall, it was a major disappointment and I hope Bungie gets their act together with future Destiny titles.    … Expand
  12. French_Antoine
    Sep 13, 2014
    6
    Rating this game is hard... Does it deserve a 7 because it has ideas, a somewhat deep universe, it's my lucky number (as well as Bungie's). But no, I'm giving it a 6, and that's why...

    Graphically, it's OK. It's not astounding, it's correct. Neat Textures, not saturated in blur effects, and good general design. But why 30fps ? Seriously... It just ruins it. Enemies keep dodging every    Rating this game is hard... Does it deserve a 7 because it has ideas, a somewhat deep universe, it's my lucky number (as well as Bungie's). But no, I'm giving it a 6, and that's why...

    Graphically, it's OK. It's not astounding, it's correct. Neat Textures, not saturated in blur effects, and good general design. But why 30fps ? Seriously... It just ruins it. Enemies keep dodging every time you shoot them, and you just have not this fluid impression allowing you to follow them correctly.

    Sounds are good, pretty convincing. And musics are... Well, it's Martin O'Donnell, its really classy, but they are too discreet, sadly you won't really pay attention to them.

    And now we hit the very hard point, gameplay. If you played Halo Reach, you'll feel like it you're playing it all over again. There is the possibility to aim down the sights, but you'll only use it on a sniper. It's like they couldn't at all cut their links to Master Chief's universe. It's aliens (they hide as soon as they take damage, and have three fingers at each hand, all just like the Elites, seriously...), with player attracted bullets. But instead of fighting the Covenant, in models and design, you'll feel like you're facing enemies from an older Bungie game: Marathon. And leveling is a pure joke. A higher level enemy means it will absorb more total damage, but you'll deal the same amount of HP with each hit (I destroyed a lot of lvl 9 squads while being lvl 5 without it really being harder), and randomly, you'll find a level ?? enemy, where instead of making an epic fight with him, where insistence will eventually make you win, he'll just take no damage (with a somewhat insulting 'immune' word popping out). Evolving weapon levels is a good idea on paper, but Borderlands/Mass Effect (and more...) just do it better, since whatever level your weapon is, it'll handle just the same, with no advantages what so ever, and even only one design per weapon category is here (one DMR, one AR, one sniper, etc...). Missions are just killing squads after squads after squads of enemies, and bosses are just bullet-sponges, just empty your magazine, hide behind a wall, reload, repeat. Multiplayer can't be enjoyed unless you reach a 'respectable' level. And come on... This can easily be a single player game, why can't we play alone... Come across a higher level player, he'll just annihilate your own enemies (at least you'll still win EXP if you're in his surroundings).

    I won't talk about story-telling, since it is purely trivial. You have the setting, and that's it. Bungie wanted the players to tell their own stories, but at this level, just make a fan fiction contest and put the winner in the game. There is no character nor event to remember.

    So... To sum all that up... It could have been way better. $500 millions in development? I doubt it, include advertising cost which must be impressive (Activision got us accustomed to that), and maybe we'll reach that. Good graphics quality, nice soundtrack, not original enough gameplay, laughable story-telling. Wait for its price to drop (I bought it 110€ and I regret it). This game can be qualified a disappointment, but I won't say that, it's more of a missed opportunity.    … Expand
  13. DarrkHawk
    Sep 13, 2014
    6
    Destiny is a prime example of an over hyped game. Ever since Bungie announced their collaboration with Activision on a new "secret" project, I can safely say that all gamers were eagerly antipcating this game. What we got is a miserable attempt of a gun based RPG (even MMO) style game that appears to be a very watered down cross between Borderlands and Mass Effect. The game is good don'tDestiny is a prime example of an over hyped game. Ever since Bungie announced their collaboration with Activision on a new "secret" project, I can safely say that all gamers were eagerly antipcating this game. What we got is a miserable attempt of a gun based RPG (even MMO) style game that appears to be a very watered down cross between Borderlands and Mass Effect. The game is good don't get me wrong but the extremely short main story, repetitive nature and all too familiar style that is now nothing special puts the game way out of the boundaries that we were expecting. The online versus doesn't do the game much justice either. With no private modes, poorly designed maps that Halo 1 would be ashamed to have and seemingly terrible server control, It's not really an eye catcher.… Expand
  14. ILL-Flower
    Sep 11, 2014
    6
    Mixed bag. The game plays well with no noticeable glitches and while the campaign is short compared to Halo, there is some replay-ability if you up the difficulty level. The graphics are amazing at times, especially looking off-world, but at the same time the worlds are a bit generic, drab and lack character. The enemies AI seems to ramp up as you move through the game, but on normal itMixed bag. The game plays well with no noticeable glitches and while the campaign is short compared to Halo, there is some replay-ability if you up the difficulty level. The graphics are amazing at times, especially looking off-world, but at the same time the worlds are a bit generic, drab and lack character. The enemies AI seems to ramp up as you move through the game, but on normal it never seems overwhelming. The multi-player maps are disappointingly small and there is nothing new or ground breaking in the combat system. Overall the game was over-hyped and I feel let-down knowing that the game can be beaten so fast, therefore I do not anticipate playing this after a few months like a true AAA game.… Expand
  15. DoctorAkke
    Sep 10, 2014
    6
    The game so far is literally go there and kill what ever you find or go there and let the ghost scan that and some times you need to protect the ghost while it scan. The games is really pretty and feels really good control wise. But the story is so generic and uninteresting, just the classical save the world against the aliens but with no real interesting characters or narrative. TheThe game so far is literally go there and kill what ever you find or go there and let the ghost scan that and some times you need to protect the ghost while it scan. The games is really pretty and feels really good control wise. But the story is so generic and uninteresting, just the classical save the world against the aliens but with no real interesting characters or narrative. The game has a lot of Halo like the needle like weapons the enemy has but you don't get to enjoy them because the enemy does not drop weapons. You get the occasional and very seldom loot. So i totally get the low reviews, although it does not deserve a zero for sure, in my opinion the game does not deserve anything higher that 7. Technically is good but at this point in the development of games is lacking a lot. Extra note: this is not an MMO, it is just a regular coop game where some times you get to see no more than 4 players in your missions instances, clearly not massive at all.… Expand
  16. Evman
    Sep 10, 2014
    6
    Firstly, lol @ all the haters out there giving this anything less than a 7. It's a bloody solid game and presented marvellously. Naturally, the game has a very strong Halo vibe. It feels like a sequel of sorts to Halo: Reach.
    The three classes and the various customisations are reminiscent of the armour abilities in Reach though vastly expanded upon and refined.
    The single player maps    Firstly, lol @ all the haters out there giving this anything less than a 7. It's a bloody solid game and presented marvellously. Naturally, the game has a very strong Halo vibe. It feels like a sequel of sorts to Halo: Reach.
    The three classes and the various customisations are reminiscent of the armour abilities in Reach though vastly expanded upon and refined.
    The single player maps (at least early on) could do with some stronger pacing and lack the 'epic cut scenes' we've experienced in previous Bungie titles, though the 'Crucible' multiplayer mode is where the real action's at.    … Expand
  17. Lancerguy
    Sep 10, 2014
    6
    Ummm, so lv20 is the cap. They released 1/3 of a game, hyped it up, and then charged $60 for it. The gameplay is what I'd call "HALO" The Borderlands", aka a mix of halo and borderlands gameplay. The content is lacking, and the multiplayer VS isn't that great. I'm seriously disappointed, I would pay 39 for this, but not 59.... LAME >:(
  18. cwatz
    Sep 9, 2014
    6
    As far as mechanics are concerned, Destiny is a very solid title. The problem is what those mechanics are used towards.

    The game world feels lifeless. Missions and zones feel highly repetitive. The story doesn't do a very good job of getting you hooked in.

    In short, the gameplay does feel quite solid, and its a title people can enjoy. People just need to have lower expectations.
  19. Jenkins
    Dec 30, 2014
    6
    It was fun to grind and grind and grind and grind for a couple months. But the incentive for continuing is fairly empty since loot is randomised to an unfair degree, and the story isn't there.
    The combat is great and the crucible accentuates that fact with fun PvP arenas that kept me returning, and gave reason to the collection of cool looking armour. But that's about it, since the    It was fun to grind and grind and grind and grind for a couple months. But the incentive for continuing is fairly empty since loot is randomised to an unfair degree, and the story isn't there.
    The combat is great and the crucible accentuates that fact with fun PvP arenas that kept me returning, and gave reason to the collection of cool looking armour. But that's about it, since the incentive for powerful loot is gone due to the fact that most gear stats won't transfer to PvP.
    On a lighter note, me and my friend played through the game together and it was great. If you plan on Slogging through the game then make sure you have a buddy to tag along. My experience wouldn't have been as great as it was without him. I've also heard that Raids are a rush to play, but I wouldn't know since I never bothered.    … Expand
  20. pondelicious
    Sep 13, 2014
    6
    Destiny is yet another game this year that fell victim to being overhyped. It may glorify the fact it received 180 award and nominations pre release but this means absolutely nothing. The game itself is not a bad game, but it is a forgettable one which will probably only be remembered as the first average game from an otherwise master developer Bungie. The positives are that the game looksDestiny is yet another game this year that fell victim to being overhyped. It may glorify the fact it received 180 award and nominations pre release but this means absolutely nothing. The game itself is not a bad game, but it is a forgettable one which will probably only be remembered as the first average game from an otherwise master developer Bungie. The positives are that the game looks gorgeous and the design is incredible, the gameplay is solid for the most part and the guns good. The cons however are numerous. The story is boring and feels tacked on. The multiplayer element never feels that great, honestly the most multiplayer I got was seeing a player run past me on the same map. There is no real encouragement to work together other than in the firefight modes. The map size is also far smaller than you would expect and being told to 'turn around' is annoying. Frustratingly I was kicked out of the servers multiple times which is something I do hope Bungie addresses soon. All in all Destiny is an average to good game with potential that is never met. If bungie makes a sequel I hope they do a way better job.… Expand
  21. twos
    Sep 21, 2015
    6
    My review score of six is based off my experience of playing this game but I have deleted the old review comments to replace them with this, according to my friends who play the outrageous level of grinding required in the early stages of this game have been reduced and the gear and character leveling is apparently much less of a chore, I would only really recommend this game if you have aMy review score of six is based off my experience of playing this game but I have deleted the old review comments to replace them with this, according to my friends who play the outrageous level of grinding required in the early stages of this game have been reduced and the gear and character leveling is apparently much less of a chore, I would only really recommend this game if you have a solid group of friends to play with or are willing to get onto the public matchmaking forums, as in game there is no public matchmaking for all the best raids and events.… Expand
  22. CaptainSmithey
    Feb 5, 2019
    6
    Best gun play in a game since Halo, but the game lacked content for the first year. The raids were amazing but without friends this game was so empty and boring.
  23. GamercastMMs
    Sep 10, 2014
    6
    This game is a game you can wait to buy, it's so boring but I will return to that, I have been reviewing games for decades and when I saw the trailer for this game and played the BETA, I was sure it would be GOTY, I bought it over Xbox one Digital and wow don't ever do that. I really want a refund on this game. They used 500 million dollars for this game. and I can't see where they usedThis game is a game you can wait to buy, it's so boring but I will return to that, I have been reviewing games for decades and when I saw the trailer for this game and played the BETA, I was sure it would be GOTY, I bought it over Xbox one Digital and wow don't ever do that. I really want a refund on this game. They used 500 million dollars for this game. and I can't see where they used that budget. Was it for advert or the game itself?

    The game:

    The story and lore: is gone, I have been playing for 10 hours and they can't deliver the story they want to give us. it's nothing more than fetch quests. and on earth the only place you can visit is Old Russia that's it, Bungie said the exploring will be big, what they meant by that: would be Moon, Mars and Venus not earth, the main story on earth would take 2 hours and your done and you will be moving on to moon.
    They spend 7-8 years on a game what felt like they only used 3 years. The loading screen is taking forever, reminds me of Duke Nukem Forever on the Xbox 360

    Combat: The combat is smooth and I really love it. Reminds me of borderlands but more better. But the enemies pull the game Down: you kill someone, walk 50 m and turn around. Boom they are back. the script on the enemies is this: they shoot, you take damage and they hide for minutes. Repeat.. No joke

    PVP: like any other FPS. Team vs team. But this PVP is really balanced, that I enjoy it really much, more than the story/game itself. Which I find weird.

    Level: To easy and for few lvl caps, (I know this game isn't aiming for a MMO but 20 really?)

    Can I recommend this: No not at all, this game is only fun to play with friends not solo. You can wait to the Price drops. You won't feel the Bungie's 500 million budget and the 7-8 years progress, this game is like a light version of halo 2. Normally I love games, and I was looking forward to Destiny, but it disappoints on the levels this game sold me on, (story and exploration which isn't there and the loot are limited)

    But this game doesn't deserve a rating below 6 or above 7, it's entertainment with your friends in PVP and if you just like lv ling and gear grind this game is for you(and killing aliens and zombies) but this game can't deliver any story itself which I don't like. If a game can't a deliver a decent story or a story that makes sense(I am talking about Zelda: The Faces of Evil) It's a game I can not recommend at all. I have been through all Things in this games, and if my review didn't convince you to buy it, don't buy it, I am normally open minded but this game didn't reach it's expectations. Destiny have been done to many times.

    Sorry my grammar and have a nice day, hope this review helps you and your friends to buy this. Wait some months, that all I have to say.    … Expand
  24. demolisher7778
    Oct 9, 2014
    6
    Description: Destiny is an RPG halo-esc game in which you explore the cosmos and fight a LOT of enemies.
    Graphics: 10/10 (the graphics in this game are amazing! the visuals and textures are the best i have ever seen in a game)
    Variety: 3/10 (the variety in this game is really bad considering that you grind and farm enemies over and over and over again) Story: 6/10 (the story in this    Description: Destiny is an RPG halo-esc game in which you explore the cosmos and fight a LOT of enemies.
    Graphics: 10/10 (the graphics in this game are amazing! the visuals and textures are the best i have ever seen in a game)
    Variety: 3/10 (the variety in this game is really bad considering that you grind and farm enemies over and over and over again)
    Story: 6/10 (the story in this game seemed very intriguing in the beginning of Destiny but quickly faded throughout the game)
    Fun Factor: 6/10 (for me, I had fun with Destiny until it got extremely repetitive with the enemies and bosses)
    Rating: 6/10 (slightly above average)    … Expand
  25. EnderDragon
    Sep 28, 2014
    6
    It is an MMO by design, just wrapped up in the FPS package. It has many of the features people love (and hate) about an MMO. The budget is what they were given for the "10 year plan" for the game, not the initial product. So it will get bigger and better as time passes. It does seem to lack some content at the moment, it could do with larger areas on each planet (because we are talkingIt is an MMO by design, just wrapped up in the FPS package. It has many of the features people love (and hate) about an MMO. The budget is what they were given for the "10 year plan" for the game, not the initial product. So it will get bigger and better as time passes. It does seem to lack some content at the moment, it could do with larger areas on each planet (because we are talking entire planets here and only a single "location" on each to explore) and more planets. We have 8 of them, plus the dwarf planet just in our system... so the amount of areas are severely lacking. It is a good game, and it will get better... but you might want to wait on getting it until it has more content. he gameplay is good, the PvP needs a lot of work, all in al, it is a decent game.… Expand
  26. Jayson2112
    Sep 30, 2014
    6
    An excellent shooter with a half-assed RPG element and minimalist story that devolves into a grind fest so fast that you will wonder at what point you were supposed to have any true fun or a unique experience.
    After watching 5 legendary engrams turn into blues or currency, I came to realize this game was more designed to frustrate than reward. Unless of course you happen to be on of the    An excellent shooter with a half-assed RPG element and minimalist story that devolves into a grind fest so fast that you will wonder at what point you were supposed to have any true fun or a unique experience.
    After watching 5 legendary engrams turn into blues or currency, I came to realize this game was more designed to frustrate than reward. Unless of course you happen to be on of the very few lucky people who get top tier loot for going 2-21 in the basically mandatory Crucible (mandatory if you want loot from any other faction than the default one, which you will need if you want to actually get useful equipment).
    With other good examples of Shooter/RPG games out there, it saddens me to see that this is the best that Bungie could come up with. Its even worse when you think about how they boasted about spending $500 mil. on the game. With the thin content, I'm curious as to where that money went.    … Expand
  27. sw2002
    Sep 9, 2014
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is fun.
    It is not 10/10 as many people stated here, and it is not 0/10 like the others told it.
    It is just a fun space adventure if you have time to kill. Or in another words it is a game which wants to be something like halo with mixed mmo elements.

    The biggest problem with the game is that mmo element. I bought a shooter and not an mmo. In a mmo I would be okay with the fact that group of enemies will respawn in a minute, but not here. I landed on the moon, and I cleared out a bunker full of aliens. I nearly did not even left the building, and the aliens respawned and started to fire at them. This just kills the feeling what you have accomplished so far.

    The other negative thing is the story. There was a cinematic intro for 5 minutes. From that I managed to be informed, that there is some kind of a planet (or a moon, egg or ball?) which for some reason decided to help the human race and gave them advanced technology. But why Bungie?? And how????
    After that, something bad happened (the darkness came. lol) and it caused a by apocalypse on the earth. And what is that Darkness?
    You control a character which was dead for countless years, but he is OK with that, and never asks anything to catch up while he was sleeping.
    I played 7 hours so far from the game but I never get any answers.

    The gameplay is narrowed down in the following scheme: Go from the open world to the point A. In the point A go for point B and kill countless monsters. After you arrived to point B release your robot, until he hacks something kill dozens of monsters.

    I only said negative things, but it is still fun for me. The games has as I said before that epic space adventure mood. You can realy believe the fact that you are the good guy cleaning the trash from the galaxy.

    I say if you have money to spend buy it. But I believe that through september - december there will be enough games which are more worthier than this. I will play this to the end, but certainly I will never touch it again after that.    … Expand
  28. LordCVandingo
    Sep 11, 2014
    6
    Plays OK, looks OK but Ultimately bland. Story structure is uninspiring, poorly thought out and repetitive. The Crucible (Vs Multiplayer mode) again is good enough but nothing about it stands out. Sony's fantastic PR machine has whipped up a storm about a truly average title. For me Bungie is the most overrated software developer in the history of video gaming. (BETA played on PS4, game on Xbone)
  29. Carlinhoscwbr3
    Sep 9, 2014
    6
    The game is very weak, exaggerated hype for a game without a decent story that is simply going from point A to B and kill enemies, not to mention the AI ​​of this game that is extremely ugly ... I pity those who fell in this game Marketing , FAIL of the year, congratulations Bungie for this bomb
  30. kingoli1st
    Sep 10, 2014
    6
    the scale and the gameplay is breathtaking. it is incredible. the mechanics are smooth but sharp. you just get bl;own away by everything, it is like no other game
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#40 Best Xbox One Game of 2014
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#2 Most Discussed Xbox One Game of 2014
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#4 Most Shared Xbox One Game of 2014

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Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  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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