I think the hardest part is that I'm on a PC.

Me too!

deciding what faction I want to represent when I get to level 20. Leaning towards Future War Cult though

Trying to play online and having friends kicked for no reason. Nothing from the beta changed.

Realizing that 99.99% of that $500 million went to marketing.

Quote from: Sandtrap on September 12, 2014, 08:33:02 AM

Quote from: Kitsune on September 12, 2014, 03:34:40 AM

Trying to play online and having friends kicked for no reason. Nothing from the beta changed.

Ya'll were fools. That wasn't a beta. It was a demo. There's physically no possible way to test anything of any real worth or data in a "beta" when it's only open for a week.

...hm.
You've got a point actually. It did feel a lot more like a demo than it did a beta.

And so now we come to a crossroads. Destiny seems to exist in a half and half state. Some liked it and were okay with it, and others didn't like it. So here's the real kicker.

500 million dollars and five years in development. Bungie wants this to become their next big series. But the real question is, knowing what Destiny is now in full, will you wait another potential five years for Bungie to do this again? Will Destiny still be relevant by then?

Quote from: Sandtrap on September 12, 2014, 08:56:36 AM

Quote from: Nuka on September 12, 2014, 08:47:47 AM

Quote from: Sandtrap on September 12, 2014, 08:39:52 AM

Quote from: Nuka on September 12, 2014, 08:35:53 AM

Quote from: Sandtrap on September 12, 2014, 08:33:02 AM

Quote from: Kitsune on September 12, 2014, 03:34:40 AM

Trying to play online and having friends kicked for no reason. Nothing from the beta changed.

Ya'll were fools. That wasn't a beta. It was a demo. There's physically no possible way to test anything of any real worth or data in a "beta" when it's only open for a week.

...hm.
You've got a point actually. It did feel a lot more like a demo than it did a beta.

And so now we come to a crossroads. Destiny seems to exist in a half and half state. Some liked it and were okay with it, and others didn't like it. So here's the real kicker.

500 million dollars and five years in development. Bungie wants this to become their next big series. But the real question is, knowing what Destiny is now in full, will you wait another potential five years for Bungie to do this again? Will Destiny still be relevant by then?

I think the rushed development for this game will be what ruined the franchise. This game was supposed gonna last the players for years and have tons of replay value, but I personally don't even see it lasting me more than a month. I doubt it'll stay relevant. It lacks a compelling storyline to keep players interested and the content is pretty dang limited. Which is all extremely tragic to me.

InB4 Bungie starts spewing out DLC in faster and faster incriments.

The day one $35 DLC would like to have a word with you.

Welp. There you have it folks. Bungie's gone corporate Skynet drone on us.

Quote from: Sandtrap on September 12, 2014, 08:56:36 AM

Quote from: Nuka on September 12, 2014, 08:47:47 AM

Quote from: Sandtrap on September 12, 2014, 08:39:52 AM

Quote from: Nuka on September 12, 2014, 08:35:53 AM

Quote from: Sandtrap on September 12, 2014, 08:33:02 AM

Quote from: Kitsune on September 12, 2014, 03:34:40 AM

Trying to play online and having friends kicked for no reason. Nothing from the beta changed.

Ya'll were fools. That wasn't a beta. It was a demo. There's physically no possible way to test anything of any real worth or data in a "beta" when it's only open for a week.

...hm.
You've got a point actually. It did feel a lot more like a demo than it did a beta.

And so now we come to a crossroads. Destiny seems to exist in a half and half state. Some liked it and were okay with it, and others didn't like it. So here's the real kicker.

500 million dollars and five years in development. Bungie wants this to become their next big series. But the real question is, knowing what Destiny is now in full, will you wait another potential five years for Bungie to do this again? Will Destiny still be relevant by then?

I think the rushed development for this game will be what ruined the franchise. This game was supposed gonna last the players for years and have tons of replay value, but I personally don't even see it lasting me more than a month. I doubt it'll stay relevant. It lacks a compelling storyline to keep players interested and the content is pretty dang limited. Which is all extremely tragic to me.

InB4 Bungie starts spewing out DLC in faster and faster incriments.

The day one $35 DLC would like to have a word with you.

No

The first two expansions are $35 if you bought the pass and the first one will be in December with the 2nd around mid next year

Like I have said before, Bungie held back for this game. It's a building block for future games and DLC. Really stupid but from a business point I get it.

Anyone who says there isn't potential and the environment isn't gorgeous is kidding themselves though. It's just lacking meat. Also faction/crucible/cryptarch/whatever rep is a grind fest.

Trying not to cringe everytime you hear the words "guardian" and "traveler" in-game. It just brings back too many bad memories of twelve year olds on Bnet.

ptsd

Literally everything.