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Destiny - A fulfilling path to 'Becoming Legend' or fistful of repetition?

21/9/2014

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Destiny Review
Destiny - A universe of absolute marvels
I am not here to tell you what you should already know about Destiny. It has been over one week since the global release of Destiny and the gaming world has been littered with information on Bungie's latest release. Instead, I want to guide you through tales of my own personal and planetary massacres of Dregs, goblins and large god damn purple floating orbs of solid stubbornness!

Having played the Destiny Beta
I was instantly familiarised with atmospheric music score in the final game. The enchanting orchestral sounds that radiate through the menu systems, loading screens and key battle moments; never before have I felt so impressed with how a musical score can enhance my experience of a game. For me, my perception and anticipation were heightened, particularly in darker closed corridors. I felt satisfied with this but ultimately it became easier to predict a situation. The darker and scarier the score became usually meant that a Knight or a wizard were lurking in the shadows. I've read forums and other bloggers note this point also.
Destiny enemies
Destiny Enemies - The Cabal Class. Cabal Legionary, extremely powerful weapons
Destiny's mission range is made up of 'Story, Patrol and Strike' missions with a choice to fly back to the Tower to collect messages, bounties and purchase weapon and armor load outs. I naturally gravitated to the story missions over the side quests. Why? I felt that they offered slightly more variation over the Patrol missions. Nonetheless, choosing what type of mission I could tackle gave me the choice I like. I have always said that 'player choice' is something that I find imperative to amplify my experience! I soon learnt that my choice became stifled by repetition. This was because most of the learning about Destiny happens very quickly thus limiting your choices later in the game. The ability to 'choose' becomes stale. Depending on which planet I was in orbit of, I found my trusty Warlock thrusted upon the exact same plains in most of the Story missions starting in the exact same place. There were slight differences in the lighting and overall ambiance however, this did not negate from my head saying "here again!, Really?" Despite this, small detail, I could not help but to dive back in to the beautiful and majestic world of Destiny. Destiny holds a certain luring charm that kept me coming back like a boomerang! I wrote a blog about 'my first 60 minutes with Destiny Beta' and logged how well Bungie made fantastic use of the lighting, shadows and transitions from dark to light. All of this contributes to the 'luring charm' of Destiny.
The Tower, Destiny
Destiny - Getting down to business in The Tower
Returning to the Tower felt like taking a 'day off' to soicalise and shop. In Destiny terminology, however, the Tower was a place to maximise your arsenal before launching back in to orbit. The weapons and armor range seemed comprehensive enough for me to feel spoilt at times. My star picking from the weapon range fell under the 'Special Weapons' category of which was 'The Sniper Rifle'. The Tarjan-C to be specific! I found the Tarjan-C to be the most easy to maneuver and whilst the impact was lower, the stability of the weapon allowed me to be more accurate. I can honestly state that there was nothing more satisfying than slicing through the head of a Dreg from long range. Adding to the advantages, Destiny allowed me to fluctuate between the stealthier modes with snipers and 'running and gunning' approaches with a selection of fully and semi automatic weapons. Result!
The Ghost Destiny
3D view of The Ghost, Destiny.
What would a blog about Destiny be without a mention to the most important piece of AI, The Ghost? The Ghost provides support for guardians in the form of hacking, lighting darkened areas, illuminating the way/objective and providing data about the current mission. I found the Ghost to be a credible source of help especially when I was forced in to a shadowy area. I'd whip out my Ghost in order to provide a soft, yet pixelated blanket of light that illuminated the path. The Ghost reminded me of Navi from Zelda, Ocarina of time but not as annoying. Slotting this in further, the world of Destiny was littered with dead Ghosts that I was able to revive in exchange for a small amount of XP. I was not motivated to find the locations of these as it felt like a mundane task. Instead, I found myself accidentally stumbling upon them. There is a trophy available for reviving 50 of the 62 dead Ghosts so maybe I'll go back through and find these at at a later date.
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Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed Destiny. There was a luring charm that made me continue to play. I don't usually give a quantifiable rating to a game but with Destiny I am going to. For its comprehensive loadouts, stunning environments, flawless music score I'd rate Destiny a 7.9 out of 10. This would have been higher if Bungie had avoided the repetition of missions. I'll do a separate review on the multiplayer aspect of Destiny soon.

Destiny is available on Playstation 4, Playstation 3, Xbox One and Xbox 360.

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12 Comments
Steve 87
29/9/2014 09:30:39

Awesome review. Nice presentation. I'm a annoyed that the servers keep going down though :(
Keep em coming!!!

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Juicy Game Reviews
26/10/2014 10:13:45

Thank you Steve :)

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Zoe
13/9/2015 11:07:57

The submersion of destiny is incredible, for a game that only took less than six months to make just blows you're socks off! The full graphic detail and the fact that you can never get to a final level balance excites me as you're always learning new things and evolving in the game! Just a stunning game thats why I love this game!

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Steve Edwards link
13/9/2015 11:33:34

Hi Gem :) Well as I've never played Destiny, don't own it hence want to win it :) ... I had to use Google for this lol...

Halo's Master Chief is in Destiny, sort of. Turns out, the developers created a building that resembles Master Chief's helmet, right down to the orange visor. Find this on Mars.

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Fran Hughes link
13/9/2015 11:58:30

I too do not own a copy of Destiny, however, I did play the Beta. I found the gameplay / multiplayer pretty solid and it was super fun killing hordes of enemies. Of course the similarities to Halo are there, but my biggest similarity was just how much fun I was having playing with other people; just like my experiences with multiplayer in the Halo games. Endless fun and I'd love to delve into the campaign / multiplayer again. How are you enjoying it? What is your favourite aspect of the game?

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Dario
13/9/2015 12:16:38

I've never played Destiny, I always thought that it was some boring game with a bad story and bad multiplayer, my opinion since then has changed after seeing many reviews and gameplays. I would like to play Destiny maybe I should download the demo 😛

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lucy
13/9/2015 12:50:01

i dont own destiny but i have seen lots of gameplays and reviews of it on youtube and from that and playing the ps4 demo it looks amazing the graphics are lovely and the story pulled me in too i just havent got round to getting the game yet i kinda got batman instead

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scott watson
13/9/2015 18:04:40

I've been playing Destiny since day one (didn't pre-order) and wasn't that impressed at the beginning. Felt like you needed 8 hours a day of play....
Then i had an injury at work, which i am still suffering from today, and that led me to play more Destiny.
I got my 8 hours a day while sat on the sofa and this game took over my life! Memories every strike to levelling up all 3 characters. Loved every minute of it even though a Gjallahorn didn't drop until may. This game helped me through recovery and cant wait for The Taken King.

ps i have it on Xbox One.

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Richard Bennett
13/9/2015 20:16:35

I'd love to win a copy of Destiny but unfortunately I can't write about a game I've yet to play...
 
Stuck in a Catch 22 loop, maybe forshadowing the loot loops I've heard Destiny fans enthuse about!!!

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lewis
16/9/2015 13:36:29

id love to win this im getting into all the old consoles and new :)

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James taylor link
17/9/2015 00:07:37

My favorite part about destiny is the vision of confluence! It's the first legendary gun I got from vault of glass and I love it! I'd love to win!

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Alex M
20/9/2015 15:02:24

Thr visuals in destiny are absolutely amazing, I was playing at a friends house and just stood there looking at a fan reflection in the water for a good ten minutes. The guns all have a nice feel to them, and they are all different which I found they did a better job at making the guns feel unique in destiny than they did in halo. OOOHHHH and the grind is actually super fun to me, dunno why I just love it.
Anyway thanks for the chance to win!!!

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