Category: Analysis

As of Monday, we’ve got six long weeks until we get to see if the final product lives up to all the varied expectations of every single Destiny player around the world (spoiler: it won’t). Now that we can no longer explore every single corner of the impressively large Inverted Spire strike, or repeatedly murder each other at Midtown or Endless vale, we’re going to have to think of something to do. Many of us are going to sit right back down and play more Destiny. On the plus side, with no Beta and no Destiny 2 for six weeks,

We’ve gotten a chance to play through the opening mission, Strike and sample Control and Countdown. I’ve had the chance to get some solid playtime with all six of the available subclasses, and what follows are my initial impressions after a day of playing. Gameplay It should come as no surprise to anyone that the gameplay feels polished and controls like a dream. Bungie knows what they’re doing when it comes to developing FPS engines and that hasn’t changed with Destiny 2. With that said, the game feels similar to the original while being quite different all at the same

Destiny 2, while not surprising, is sure to break many a Guardian’s heart: inventory from Destiny 1 will not carry over into Destiny 2. There’s even a canon reason for it: Ghaul (or Gary), has destroyed all our stuff. There are several positives to this, such as that Destiny 2 won’t feel like just another expansion to the original game, and that Bungie will have the chance to sort out some of its lingering balance problems. Even so, we all have gear that we’ll be sad to see go (such as the very mediocre void-damage Secret Handshake I used to complete the