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Edit #1- Wow I got a ton of feedback from posting this. Glad to see there are so many guardians out there still voicing their opinions. Also, on a side note, I just want to make it clear that I did not create this video.
Lets hope threads like this may change Bungie's strategies for story telling in the future. Although the concept of the Grimoire is a great ADDITION to a story, and unclear narratives can sometimes lead to community driven story telling, I cannot help but feel that the lack of a cohesive story in Destiny is a result of poor planning, budget cuts, or laziness on Bungie's side.
Thanks again for the feedback guardians, keep it coming, and keep your light safe.
Edit #2- Broke 900, soon to be 1000! Lets keep the conversation rolling. Also I would like to address one point.
This video does indeed use information presented in the Grimoire cards. However, the praise I am giving is directed at the way this narrative is PRESENTED by the creator of the video. I feel that the way this information was organized in the video is much more effective than any way it was presented by Bungie themselves. Time and effort was put into the creation of this video to make sure the player understood lore, actual events in game, as well as symbology related to the story that is told. This, in my opinion, seems like a much more caring way to present a narrative.
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Despite being kind of inaccurate at times, this was entertaining to watch. However, I don't think that videos like this are what Destiny needs. Long videos covering a mass wealth of information are info-dumps for starters, a practice which is almost considered taboo for a lot of writers. They can also be incredibly boring for some players and keep them focused on things that aren't the main focus of the game (i.e. gunplay, becoming legend). Also, I firmly believe that the confusing nature of the lore and story are to emulate the confusion that your character has when entering a universe they don't understand. That being said, in the future I wouldn't mind seeing in game grimoire with short videos to match (almost like halo waypoint, except the audio would be just the text of the grimoire). This would make them more entertaining, yet they would still fit their purpose as bits of gleaned information on the world.