Cradlehood of Steel
"When all is lost, those that are left will heed the call and rise."
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Wait a minute.... What the hell did she just say? Yea I know the game has been out for a month now and this is coming as though I have just played the game. But in fact, I have been playing the game since launch and it's only through creating another character and grinding out the story again that I stop and question, "what the hell did she just say to me?".
Let it be said that I have had gripes with this game out the gate. It fell short of what it should have been in mind; Destiny for me was envisioned to be this magical, fever-like inducing endeavor that solicited everything that I wanted in a game, everything that I waited for. Instead I get a watered down experience full of holes in the story, a broke ass loot system and connection issues out the wahzoo.
This is not the best that Bungie can do is it? I mean, this is Bungie we're talking about; developers of one of the most successful franchises of all time. These guys know how to make a game, so what the hell happened with Destiny? So much is wrong with it and yet I can't stop playing it. So many things that could have been fixed before launch are present and yet I still tolerate it. So many reasons why I should have stopped playing this game a week, two weeks, maybe even a month ago, and yet, I am still playing. Why?
I'll tell you why. Because much like all of the other games that I have played where I saw potential in a half-assed product, I gave them the benefit of the doubt. I trusted the devs to do right by their fanbase and provide a product with sustanance and value; not sell out and dick its fanbase with a half-assed, over-hyped game because some publisher threw a number with a shit ton of 0's behind it in their face. Honestly I am hoping that I am wrong about Destiny. I am hoping that within the upcoming DLC something more substantial than what is being giving to me now in the game makes its way into the world of Destiny.
I see so much potential in this game, there are so many reasons to pick it up and play it. It's really not all bad; the games soundtrack is by far the best damn soundtrack I have heard in a long time. The music entices my imagination and keeps me enthralled when the game itself lacks and starts to disintegrate before my very eyes. If nothing else, the soundtrack outshines the game at certain points, leaving me wanting more to match the climaxing tunes. Martin O' Donnell is a musical genius and he can truly invoke emotion on several levels through the music that he crafts. All in all, there is hope still for this game. I am only disapointed because I feel like the game falls short when it could have hit high from start.
We'll see what happens though. See you in the wild.