The reviews for The Dark Below are in

Metro

We were going to say that Bungie had made no effort at all in any aspect of the game, but that’s not quite true. In terms of taking ruthless advantage of their fans they’ve left no corner unturned.

Destructoid -6.5/10

For now, there's an easy test to judge whether or not you should pick up The Dark Below: did you play Destiny from launch all the way up until the first expansion? If so, you'll want to get it as soon as possible. If your enthusiasm has faltered over the past few months and you never really got into the first raid, you can wait or pick up the Season Pass at a later date after more incremental improvements have been made.

Gamezone

The Dark Below is a great reminder of what Destiny could be, but isn’t. Its best content is the raid, the gunplay is smooth and playing with friends is a great time. Unfortunately, Bungie doesn’t seem to have any clue how to give players a sense of progress without giving them hundreds of hours of grinding and then releasing better gear. If all of the content was like that found in the raids, Destiny would be so much better. That and I think the whole Light armor system is broken and stupid.

This review will be updated upon completing the new raid

Polygon -5/10

The Dark Below is thin on content, and it fails to expand the scope of Destiny in any meaningful way. Bungie has adopted language from the MMO genre to describe this DLC as an "expansion," but the studio doesn't establish any legitimate claim to the term.

Lzygmrs -5/10

Bungie have squandered their chance to regain any faith following the shooter’s less than desired response from the community. Apart from the entertaining Crota’s End raid and new weapons and armor, the expansion experiences the same issues that caused widespread dismay in the first place. The biggest downfall still remains the price, for $19.99/£19.99 you expect more effort, but The Dark Below feels rushed and lazy like it was thrown together last week to meet a deadline, ultimately not worth the price.

Attack of the fanboy -1.5/5

Destiny: The Dark Below is a combination of all of the worst parts of the original game. It offers little value to all except the most dedicated of players and revisits the same overused locations that we've seen a dozen times.

Trusted Reviews -6/10

Pros
-Core combat mechanics still work brilliantly
-New weapons, armour and loot
-Higher level cap and faster levelling
-Some creepy new locations to explore
Cons
-Not enough genuine new content
-Priced too high for what it is
Verdict
An expansion that could have confirmed Destiny’s greatness only leaves you feeling underwhelmed. If you want more Destiny, here’s more Destiny, and it’s still a lot of fun. There’s more loot to collect, more weapons and armour to try out, and a handful of new strikes and activities to try with your Destiny friends. When we’ve played the new Raid there’s a chance that it might all seem incredibly worthwhile. For now, however, the main reason to buy The Dark Below is that it gives you more reason to keep plugging away and a handful of new activities, not because it adds anything that new or substantial to the game.

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Never thought I'd kek at Bungie doing badly.

Hey guys, remember when Bungie went multiplat, and though there was constant fighting between the sony ponies and the xboners, they'd always team up in certain threads to remind PC gamers that they won't get to experience the awesomeness of #Density?

This thread leaves me quite glad that not using a console in the past 3 years curbed any inclination to be interested in the game throughout development, and saved me from potentially buying it on release.

I thought those were negative scores at first hah

I thought those were negative scores at first hah

Bungie sure revolutionized the rating system with this game.

People have already figured how to beat the raid in under a half and hour lmao

Please post this on b.net. I deleted the app or else I would

Ahhhhhhhh Bungie.

The one time I can agree with that shithole polygon.

People have already figured how to beat the raid in under a half and hour lmao

Please post this on b.net. I deleted the app or else I would

Wait...really? Are their exploits or something? Cause it took hours for me ._.

People have already figured how to beat the raid in under a half and hour lmao

Please post this on b.net. I deleted the app or else I would

Wait...really? Are their exploits or something? Cause it took hours for me ._.

There's a video on ign

Oh how the mighty have fallen.

People have already figured how to beat the raid in under a half and hour lmao

Please post this on b.net. I deleted the app or else I would

I have the bridge soloed in 5-10 minutes with my warlock. Should I post video of how to do?

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Bungie should just hire back all the valuable people it fired/forced out and make a new Marathon, which could easily compete with Halo

Damn Bungie..

I know that reviewers may not be all that great sometimes But when a lot of your major reviewers and YouTube ones say something is bad and share similar problems you know the game sucks. It's as if Bungie doesn't give a damn about making games anymore. You would think since this is a new IP they've been working on since before ODST they would be trying at this. The only thing they've been trying at is making the game as bad as possible, screwing over the people that bought it and pushing away their older fanbase. What's sad is that those retards on #Destiny and the other fanboys are going to be defending Bungie and this DLC.

Bungie have been a joke since 2009. No surprise here.

Bungie should just hire back all the valuable people it fired/forced out and make a new Marathon, which could easily compete with Halo

There's a small team at Bungie working on a new Marathon game.

Bungie have been a joke since 2009. No surprise here.

For myself I want to say 2007 because of the campaign for Halo 3.

Bungie should just hire back all the valuable people it fired/forced out and make a new Marathon, which could easily compete with Halo

There's a small team at Bungie working on a new Marathon game.

I'm hoping that game ends up getting better reviews and is better received than what Destiny is. Not because I'm going to get it but just because to show up Bungie.

Bungie have been a joke since 2009. No surprise here.

For myself I want to say 2007 because of the campaign for Halo 3.

But ODST

Bungie have been a joke since 2009. No surprise here.

For myself I want to say 2007 because of the campaign for Halo 3.

But ODST

Which coincidentally was made by a smaller team.
Arguably their best campaign.

I thought those were negative scores at first hah

Bungie sure revolutionized the rating system with this game.

hahahahahahahh

Bungie have been a joke since 2009. No surprise here.

For myself I want to say 2007 because of the campaign for Halo 3.

But ODST

The game does have a better story and atmosphere than what Halo 2 has for a story, and the campaign for Halo 3 and Reach. But the game could have been much better. In the live action trailer for it we saw an ODST drop down into a live combat zone. Did we do anything like that in ODST? Nope. We just dropped into a building and by the time we woke up the battle was over. The game could have been more action packed to make up for that disappointing Earth invasion in Halo 2 and 3.

For the gameplay it was nothing more than another Master Chief game. The only real difference is that you have health packs and your stamina which acts as your energy shields don't recharge. They could have made the game feel like you're playing as a normal human instead of a Spartan. 

Bungie have been a joke since 2009. No surprise here.

For myself I want to say 2007 because of the campaign for Halo 3.

But ODST

The game does have a better story and atmosphere than what Halo 2 has for a story, and the campaign for Halo 3 and Reach. But the game could have been much better. In the live action trailer for it we saw an ODST drop down into a live combat zone. Did we do anything like that in ODST? Nope. We just dropped into a building and by the time we woke up the battle was over. The game could have been more action packed to make up for that disappointing Earth invasion in Halo 2 and 3.

For the gameplay it was nothing more than another Master Chief game. The only real difference is that you have health packs and your stamina which acts as your energy shields don't recharge. They could have made the game feel like you're playing as a normal human instead of a Spartan.

Being more 'action' driven would have completely destroyed the noir vibe they were going for.

That's what made ODST unique and enjoyable. It wasn't another Master Chief story. It was a standalone plot following a normal soldier and his team in the aftermath of a broken New Mombasa. That game had atmosphere out the wazoo. Due in no small part to Marty's amazing soundtrack.

Makes Destiny, for all its pretty skyboxes, look like a cardboard backdrop in comparison.

inB4GoodReviewbyIGN

What I hate is that the retards on my freinds list still play this shit.

Bungie should just hire back all the valuable people it fired/forced out and make a new Marathon, which could easily compete with Halo

There's a small team at Bungie working on a new Marathon game.

I know

Bungie have been a joke since 2009. No surprise here.

For myself I want to say 2007 because of the campaign for Halo 3.

But ODST

The game does have a better story and atmosphere than what Halo 2 has for a story, and the campaign for Halo 3 and Reach. But the game could have been much better. In the live action trailer for it we saw an ODST drop down into a live combat zone. Did we do anything like that in ODST? Nope. We just dropped into a building and by the time we woke up the battle was over. The game could have been more action packed to make up for that disappointing Earth invasion in Halo 2 and 3.

For the gameplay it was nothing more than another Master Chief game. The only real difference is that you have health packs and your stamina which acts as your energy shields don't recharge. They could have made the game feel like you're playing as a normal human instead of a Spartan.

Being more 'action' driven would have completely destroyed the noir vibe they were going for.

That's what made ODST unique and enjoyable. It wasn't another Master Chief story. It was a standalone plot following a normal soldier and his team in the aftermath of a broken New Mombasa. That game had atmosphere out the wazoo. Due in no small part to Marty's amazing soundtrack.

Makes Destiny, for all its pretty skyboxes, look like a cardboard backdrop in comparison.

Its kinda sad how ODST, which was made by a small team and another small hired team of hired writers in one year, had 20x the atmosphere, characters, story,gameplay variety, and exploration incentives than the huge budget, 5 year long developed destiny.

Sadie's story alone trumps Destiny's plot and the grimoire ten fold.