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Does Destiny 2 feels like a sequel or an expansion?
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WHOAguitarninja
Member
Very much feels like a sequel to me. It's a huge improvement in nearly every way.
A sequel that plays it very safe. There is too much content in the game to call it just an expansion. It has four brand new planets (returning planet with no area) to explore, large campaign, tons of new weapons, many quests, five new strikes, whole new set of maps, whole new raid and so on.
It's enough content to warrant a whole new game. It just seems ignorant to call it just an expansion.
It's enough content to warrant a whole new game. It just seems ignorant to call it just an expansion.
Stoffinator
Member
For me it feels like an expansion pack. I think its a very good step up from D1. But it feels so much the same. Same enemies etc. And just one week into it I am already bored. Feels so much the same. Maybe my expectations were just to high. Even though I kept them low because I knew.
JigglesBunny
Banned
It feels like a reboot. It's everything Destiny 1 should have been in every regard and it's spectacular.
Are there any new enemies? I only saw the Cabal.
Exploratory
Banned
A sequel. I feel that way much more now that I'm playing it.
Are all those COD and Fifa games expansions?
Nope there is our awnser
People thought the same with Splatoon 2. Honstly in Destiny's case i kinda hoped they would follow that open world thing they first planned with doing. Well they can always keep that for Destiny 3 or 4 i guess. Anyway it's just a Sequel just like how Splatoon 2, all those Call of Duty games and Sports games are. Multiplayer games or games that work don't need innovation only when it really is needed. But if it ain't broke don't fix it
Nope there is our awnser
People thought the same with Splatoon 2. Honstly in Destiny's case i kinda hoped they would follow that open world thing they first planned with doing. Well they can always keep that for Destiny 3 or 4 i guess. Anyway it's just a Sequel just like how Splatoon 2, all those Call of Duty games and Sports games are. Multiplayer games or games that work don't need innovation only when it really is needed. But if it ain't broke don't fix it
It's more much expansive than Taken King, but it's definitely short of the Halo > Halo 2 kind of leap. That kind of leap isn't the norm either.
Destiny 2 is, regardless of scope, for people who enjoyed Destiny and I feel like it's doing a pretty good job in that regard.
The big thing is, there isn't one killer feature that I've seen so far that makes it feel like a leap. Guided games are quite a good idea though.
Destiny 2 is, regardless of scope, for people who enjoyed Destiny and I feel like it's doing a pretty good job in that regard.
The big thing is, there isn't one killer feature that I've seen so far that makes it feel like a leap. Guided games are quite a good idea though.
iRAWRasaurus
Banned
Destiny 1 was the alpha, destiny 2 is the beta.
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GalacticMouse
Member
Feels like a sequel to me. There's a sense of familiarity with some asset reuse and old subclasses, but everything I'm doing in the game feels new and fresh.
The only completely new enemies are Cabal like war dogs, incinerators, and the blade guys I think? Every other race is tweaked slightly to maybe have new movement or weapons but it doesn't really impact how you fight them at all.
Neither.
It feels too large for an expansion...and too small for a sequel.
It occupies a comfortable space perfectly between the two.
Seqspansion?
Exquel?
It's a logical continuation of a game that began in Destiny 1 which has been made obsolete by Destiny 2.
I FIGURED IT OUT.
Destiny 2 is neither an expansion nor is it a sequel. It's a shiny replacement.
It feels too large for an expansion...and too small for a sequel.
It occupies a comfortable space perfectly between the two.
Seqspansion?
Exquel?
It's a logical continuation of a game that began in Destiny 1 which has been made obsolete by Destiny 2.
I FIGURED IT OUT.
Destiny 2 is neither an expansion nor is it a sequel. It's a shiny replacement.
Pinko Marx
Banned
It feels like the game Destiny 1 should have been. Whatever you want to call that.
Man, those expansions to Halo:CE sure were large if that's the case.
There is a new Fallen called the Wretch with the spear. Can't think of anything else.
ExtinctionEvent
Banned
It's a sequel...it's not that complicated.
djplaeskool
Member
Sequel
Nearly everything is vastly improved. Tons of common sense QoL improvements. Despite the enemies being by and large similar, there are a lot of changes (both subtle and obvious) to their behavior and movements. The content flow is great. There's really just too much stuff here to dismiss it as just an expansion.
Nearly everything is vastly improved. Tons of common sense QoL improvements. Despite the enemies being by and large similar, there are a lot of changes (both subtle and obvious) to their behavior and movements. The content flow is great. There's really just too much stuff here to dismiss it as just an expansion.
Stallion Dan
Member
90's/early 2000s style expansion pack.
MaximusPayne
Member
Sequel
A less shittposty response is that the games-as-service model intrinsically blurs the line between expansions, content updates, and sequels. This is just how it is. Sequels to service games can only change so radically before they risk alienating their existing audience, and technologically they can only change so much in the typical timeframe of a sequel.
Nameless
Member
Much bigger worlds, more enemies on screen, more random/emergent fuckery in the open world, noticeable jump in visuals, plus 40-50 hours of single player/story content easy if you factor in Adventures & Quests which are basically campaign missions available on planets.
It's a sequel. As much or more than any Bungie game to date.
It's a sequel. As much or more than any Bungie game to date.
GinoFelino
Member
It's much more of a sequel than Splatoon 2 was
-runs away giggling-
-runs away giggling-
theclosetfan
Member
Playing the first few campaign missions, I can understand the idea that it feels like an expansion.
Once you unlock the open world sections and see how much more content and depth has been added to pretty much everything, it feels like a true sequel.
Once you unlock the open world sections and see how much more content and depth has been added to pretty much everything, it feels like a true sequel.
Actually I like this nomenclature. It's like a new model of a phone.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
It's a sequel by every metric of what makes a game a sequel.
Destiny 2017
Yeah, and they have the marauders as well, but they are basically just renamed invisible fallen that were already in D1. They just have a spear instead of swords now.
Yeah its a little bias in the expectations. Halo wasn't a loot/class based game. You expected more Halo but bigger and better. For 3 years in development for D2 I'm disappointed in the re-use of exotics and sub-classes. It is bigger and better. But again, biased expectations. The games as a service post above is mostly on point.
BouncyFrag
Member
Feels like a sequel. Lots of improvements, most notably the soundtrack which makes me happy.
NinjaCoachZ
Member
I feel like Splatoon 2 has managed to shake off the stigma a bit since it actually came out. They basically changed everything they could possibly change without fundamentally messing with the core gameplay. I haven't seen nearly as much unironic "lol it's a port" as there was pre-launch.
Lord of Ostia
Member
It feels like a very iterative sequel to me. Improves a lot of small things, doesn't make any large changes, and not all of the changes are for the better. It's a better game overall, but if you didn't enjoy Destiny 1 when the Taken King rolled around, you won't enjoy Destiny 2.
It also needs Prison of Elders, badly.
It also needs Prison of Elders, badly.
jasminlovesyoux
Banned
Feels like an expansion through and through.