Destiny

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5.5

Mixed or average reviews- based on 1786 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 657 out of 1786
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  1. Jose_Castillo
    Sep 9, 2014
    0
    Game is equally bad on both the XBone and PS4. Huge disappointment. The biggest multi-player game of the year goes bust on day one. Fail...

    Why did I even bother getting a PS4?
  2. Chapolin
    Sep 9, 2014
    0
    It seems a poor man's Borderlands 2, without the loot fun and the RPGish elements. Friends who got the game also spoke of disappointment, though the multiplayer has got some nice aspects to it.
  3. 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.
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. lolcatz88
    Sep 12, 2014
    0
    Awful game, deceptive marketing, boring, repetitive gameplay. Don't support developers who seek the easy way out to take your money. It's a shame this is what it has come to.
  13. CowsGoHiss
    Sep 12, 2014
    0
    Boring, repetitive. It feels like Bungie sank most of their $500 million budget into marketing and advertising. They even banned official reviews after release to sell as many copies as possible before reviews start showing up to ruin the Metacritic score. This game feels like a cash grab, with Bungie just trying to get as much money as possible. I never felt ripped off by a game, exceptBoring, repetitive. It feels like Bungie sank most of their $500 million budget into marketing and advertising. They even banned official reviews after release to sell as many copies as possible before reviews start showing up to ruin the Metacritic score. This game feels like a cash grab, with Bungie just trying to get as much money as possible. I never felt ripped off by a game, except Mass Effect 3. Where is the old Bungie I used to know? The one that loved to make GAMES?? Now they only love making MONEY.… Expand
  14. nehlcloete
    Sep 14, 2014
    0
    Destiny seems like a sequel to the 90's game Myst. Stale, sterile sets that you don't interact with. For some reason many battles happen in total darkness and you just kinda bump against the wall. Dull and repetetive. Server repeatedly crashes. Terrible game - but please check it out to understand how terrible it is!
  15. 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
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 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
  19. Terson
    Sep 30, 2014
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game was made for one thing and one thing only, to sell you more stuff later on.
    You ever forget what your doing and have to think bit before it comes back to you, that's the hole story.
    Game play is just as bad, the worst kind of point defines. I feel like this game should be free for IOS. now if you could have took haft of the money wasted on making this game look good, you could put that to story, a not broken drop system,pvp mach ranking. instead of wasting 50 bucks set on it and wait this game will be on sell with there mountain of DLC that would come out, so just wait and get the GOTY

    This game is like buy a $60.00 demo.+ DLC pass for $50.00.    … Expand
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. 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.
  23. 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
  24. arcavim
    Oct 17, 2014
    0
    Destiny! or... Halo with Magic! Welcome to repetitive gameplay where "new content" is a re-skinned icon of the exact bounties you were doing before. Were you hoping to find epic weapons that make you feel powerful? Too bad, any and every unique feeling weapon will be nerfed to balance pvp, essentially making every exotic weapon a visual reskin only.

    Were you hoping to find unique epic    Destiny! or... Halo with Magic! Welcome to repetitive gameplay where "new content" is a re-skinned icon of the exact bounties you were doing before. Were you hoping to find epic weapons that make you feel powerful? Too bad, any and every unique feeling weapon will be nerfed to balance pvp, essentially making every exotic weapon a visual reskin only.

    Were you hoping to find unique epic armor that told "your story", too bad the best gear is raid gear and the sets look identical across each class. Meaning every warlock, titan and hunter effectively look exactly the same minus whichever exotic piece they chose.

    Things that this game should of released with but for whatever reason did not:
    Open world voice chat based on proximity in patrol areas and the tower
    transmogrify system allowing you to customize your appearance separate from gear stats.
    Separated balancing between pve and pvp allowing weapons to feel epic and awesome in pve while maintaining the balance sought after in pvp.
    "events" like queens wrath should have at least several truly unique missions tied to them, not reskinned bounty icons with a vendor that sells "rare" quality items, at the very least offer exotic rewards.
    Bring back the ability to dismantle event specific legendary gear for shards so that players have a reason to repeat missions more than 1 time.    … Expand
  25. ohmic12
    Oct 28, 2014
    0
    Played for 3 days to get to level 20 and let me put it this way.
    I played borderlands 2 about a year ago and can remember a few of the characters like jack and claptrap but played destiny in the weekend and can't recall a name of anyone or what the story about you is about
    Fun since I had 3 other players to link up with but very empty stages no real reason to explore just grinding    Played for 3 days to get to level 20 and let me put it this way.
    I played borderlands 2 about a year ago and can remember a few of the characters like jack and claptrap but played destiny in the weekend and can't recall a name of anyone or what the story about you is about

    Fun since I had 3 other players to link up with but very empty stages no real reason to explore just grinding away

    If I had a choice between paying $100 for borderlands 2 and getting a copy of destiny for free, I would pick borderlands 2 hands down    … Expand
  26. Scruffin
    Oct 28, 2014
    0
    My rating reflects the lies, constant neglect and customer appreciation that Bungie has towards it's players and fans. The game gets boring as soon as you beat the game which can be done in 8 hours or less. Also the story is awful. I would give a higher rating for graphics, music and game play. Though that would telling Bungie they did a good thing.
  27. 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
  28. Landoochy
    Nov 1, 2014
    0
    What a POS game, repetitive to the EXTREME and no story at all. So disappointing in bungie. Never buying a bungie product again. This was 500 million dollar POS that bungie continues to defend...you lost your touch bungie :..(
  29. 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
  30. Karl2294
    Nov 19, 2014
    0
    This game is an absolute joke.

    Bungie are, by a long shot, the worst company in the gaming industry for the gamer.

    Don't waste your money on this..
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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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