Now, ever since I saw the first gameplay trailer of this game, I wanted it and so did everyone else. With an achievement of over 180 awards and nominations everybody thought this game was the best ever
But sadly when it came out everybody hated it for a few reasons:
1. The story is bad: now I do agree with this a bit as it is very unclear what is going on in most parts of the game, but there are many mysteries and things that it will follow up on in the updates that will continue and follow up the events that have already happened.
2. Bad level design: To me, level design doesn't matter unless I'm having fun but on a more professional side of things, I also have to agree that the level design is quite lazy as there are literally three things a lev may be either: go kill a boss, go get an item or protect your ghost while he gains info. But later on as the game progresses the strikes and some side missions become quite interesting, in the vault of glass raid you have to have six people to protect four (I think) pads to open it, so yer.
3. Random loot drops: now this one I do find very annoying as I am level 25 and I have no legendary stuff at all and both of my friends are fully armored with that stuff and I still have nothing. Another thing is that a lot of people are annoyed about what they get from raids (that being not very good stuff) but I would not really know because I have never competed one. Also another thing is at the end of the crucible there is the rewards menu, now this is insane because it does not make sense at all, all the rewards are also random and so it can be really annoying when you feel as if you did really well in that match only to find out you got nothing for it, I have also been in a game where no one got anything apart from the bottom person who got an exotic shotgun!
Apart from that I don't see anything wrong with the game at all as the graphics and artwork are incredible as well as the audio. The gameplay and controls are very smooth as they are mixture between call of duty and halo. There are loads of weapons and armor to customize and make your character look awsome. The sky boxes on all planets are stunning as well as the actual lay out and setting to each of them like earth is rusted wasteland and the moon well... The moon and Venus is a jungle and mars is a desert as well as the different enemies each with their own weaknesses and strengths.
The multiplayer (pvp) is amazing (and that is coming from a guy who gets very frustrated in pvp) as I love the different abilities and vehicles (though there could be more) that are on offer. Of course there are a few things that could tweak to make it better like the random rewards and possibly more vehicle maps as there are only two at the moment.
I find the entire game a very satisfying way of gaming fun especially when you are playing with a friend or a clan to help you in your adventures. (WARNING: reference alert!) This game is so fun it even shout "ADVENTURE TIME!" Whenever we fly off to a new planet.
I really love this game and am really disappointed how badly people are treating it like this you tuber called angry joe who is a massive d**k who obviously only plays games to judge them and not to have fun like you are meant to. I would highly recommend this game to everyone who has enjoyed either Call of Duty, Halo, Skyrim and even some who likes InFamous.
I would rate this game a solid 9.0/10.0
I hope everyone will enjoy destiny and will keep playing.
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Perception makes a huge difference. The "RNG" doesn't bother me. I quite enjoy the core mechanics and I really love the visuals and audio. People call the PvP imbalanced but I don't care, I have [i]fun[/i]. I'm not sure how to articulate this accurately but hefe goes: I feel like so many parts of this game are wonderful; from the involved community to the responsive community manager, from the mechanics to the setting, from the PvP to the PvE. The problem for me is that I don't feel like the game has a soul. I don't feel like it has a personality. Without a solid story, without solid characters to interact with, the game just doesn't evoke much emotion and I can't [i]emotionally[/i] attach myself to it. Then, when you add mechanics designed to keep people playing (artificial limitations and daily activities as examples) it just makes me feel like I'm hanging out in a casino: there's fun to be had, sure, but it has an air of business to it. They're not inherently bad mechanics but I would be vastly more cozy with those mechanics if I were emotionally attached. Thank god they're not including micro-transactios or it would feel entirely too close to playing a "free-to-play" cell phone game (well, a cell phone game with excellent graphics and gameplay). To summarize: I love the game and I understood what I was getting into. I'm incredibly interested in seeing where Destiny goes, for good or bad. I enjoy many aspects but some elements leave a bad taste in my mouth. I really, really hope it will turn into the game I want it to be, but I'm not holding my breath. I don't know if I could put a number on it. I prefer both the "out of five" system and whole numbers but I can't decide. The amount of enjoyment and time I'm putting into it would put it at a 4/5 but my critical side says 3/5.