Still no idea what The Darkness is. First it was the Fallen, then the Hive, then the Vex, and now the Hive again. And the Cabal are just...there. For some reason. Grimoire cards are still the worst method of storytelling I've ever seen in a video game. At least have them in-game like TES books.
Quote from: HurtfulTurkey on September 30, 2015, 07:32:14 PMStill no idea what The Darkness is. First it was the Fallen, then the Hive, then the Vex, and now the Hive again. And the Cabal are just...there. For some reason. Grimoire cards are still the worst method of storytelling I've ever seen in a video game. At least have them in-game like TES books.No. The Darkness is a physical entity that's billions of years old. The Fallen had the Traveler before us. Then the Darkness attacked them. They are attacking us to get The Traveler back. The Hive(once known as The Krill) work for The Darkness. Oryx and his sisters went down to the core of their planet, which is where The Darkness was trapped. The Leviathan, a servant of The Traveler warned them against it. He told them to take the harder path, go to the sky, and accept The Traveler. With fear on their minds, and not much time, since Krill had very short lifespans, they ignored Leviathan and went to The Deep. There, they encountered The Worms(who are servants of The Darkness) They told them, to accept their larvae. Let them feed off of them. Kill and destroy everything. To bring the Universe to its rightful shape. The more they do that, the hungrier the worms become. So they've killed trillions and trillions of beings to satisfy the worms hunger. Later one, Oryx went down to The Deep(which was The Darkness), he asked the Worm for help, he needed more power. The Worm refused, so he killed it, then talked to The Darkness himself. He then became Oryx, The Taken King.There you go.
It doesn't matter how great lore is if the story presented to you is absolute shit.It was cheap of bungie to make you go to their shit site for info. Maybe integrate it in the story and have an actual narrative.
Quote from: Josh55886 on September 30, 2015, 07:39:49 PMQuote from: HurtfulTurkey on September 30, 2015, 07:32:14 PMStill no idea what The Darkness is. First it was the Fallen, then the Hive, then the Vex, and now the Hive again. And the Cabal are just...there. For some reason. Grimoire cards are still the worst method of storytelling I've ever seen in a video game. At least have them in-game like TES books.No. The Darkness is a physical entity that's billions of years old. The Fallen had the Traveler before us. Then the Darkness attacked them. They are attacking us to get The Traveler back. The Hive(once known as The Krill) work for The Darkness. Oryx and his sisters went down to the core of their planet, which is where The Darkness was trapped. The Leviathan, a servant of The Traveler warned them against it. He told them to take the harder path, go to the sky, and accept The Traveler. With fear on their minds, and not much time, since Krill had very short lifespans, they ignored Leviathan and went to The Deep. There, they encountered The Worms(who are servants of The Darkness) They told them, to accept their larvae. Let them feed off of them. Kill and destroy everything. To bring the Universe to its rightful shape. The more they do that, the hungrier the worms become. So they've killed trillions and trillions of beings to satisfy the worms hunger. Later one, Oryx went down to The Deep(which was The Darkness), he asked the Worm for help, he needed more power. The Worm refused, so he killed it, then talked to The Darkness himself. He then became Oryx, The Taken King.There you go.Yes, I get all that. So far we haven't seen the Darkness, only its influence in the various enemies in the game. But without reading the grimoire cards, it's a very reasonable assumption to think The Darkness is just another wishy-washy way of describing the evil found throughout the solar system, just like how 'light' is some ambiguous term for inexplicable but tangible space magic. And it's all that backstory that just makes the game that much sillier. Oryx is for all intents and purposes a deity that has lived billions of years and killed untold numbers of strong, sentient races. But you can defeat him in a 10 minute firefight? C'mon.
Quote from: Luciana on September 30, 2015, 07:33:38 PMIt doesn't matter how great lore is if the story presented to you is absolute shit.It was cheap of bungie to make you go to their shit site for info. Maybe integrate it in the story and have an actual narrative.The Cabal we fight, are only a small stranded group.
I understand that, but it's just a game. How many games and movies and books have some huge villain that has been an unstoppable force until the main character of the media is somehow able to defeat him her?
I wish they could have added a vendor or library in the Tower so we could actually read the Grimoire ingame, but I really love this lore, it's genuinely great stuff. If only the story telling for the main storyline could be this good (granted Taken King seems to be a step in the right direction).
And what the hell is the "Dead larvae?" Is it just a thing that tells people important information?
BTW anyone else suspect Eris is an Awoken and not a normal human?
Destiny is a good game suck my dick
God Destiny's lore is so awesome
