RespectThySole
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I loved CoD 4, but that's just not true at all.
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Destiny - Review Thread
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I loved CoD 4, but that's just not true at all.
It made a multitude of companies try to copy its success and fail.
CoD4, the game with one of the biggest game developer graveyards in its wake, second only to WoW.
Ivory Samoan
Gold Member
Interesting.. the more time goes on, the better the reviews (in general) are getting.
I wonder if it'll get back up in the 80s on Metacritic by weeks end, if the Raid is ridiculously good.. who knows.
I wonder if it'll get back up in the 80s on Metacritic by weeks end, if the Raid is ridiculously good.. who knows.
I doubt the raid is going to make this game right now. As of right most of player cant even do it and I doubt it will be anything diffrent from strike expect for more bullet sponge bosses
Deviousx
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Haven't really followed DSPGaming in a long time (grew tired of watching him for some reason). But he just reviewed Destiny so I thought I'd just put it here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8NJeTmroMY
Needless to say, he REALLY didn't like the game. Basically slams Bungie and Destiny at the end.
4.5/10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8NJeTmroMY
Needless to say, he REALLY didn't like the game. Basically slams Bungie and Destiny at the end.
4.5/10
Poodlestrike
Banned
Eh. Not really. Most of the really high-scoring reviews came from the first wave.
Head.spawn
Junior Member
31:45 onward. No Mercy.
Our review (AusGamers) has just gone live, and agree with common consensus that what the game has to offer is good, but is lacking in some aspects. I'm not quite in agreeance that we should just hold out hope the expansions fill the gap, but I do agree that Destiny is fun for what it is.
Full review over here [8.8/10]
Riedinizzo
Banned
This game is disappointing, but its not terrible. I think scores under 7 are harsh/hyperbolic IMHO
I think the pedigree of a developer sets up expectations. If Naughty Dog delivered this uninspired of a storyline in their next Uncharted game and had baffling mechanics decisions and artificially inflated endgame built around grinding, they would be equally slammed because people wouldn't expect that out of Naughty Dog. People expected more out of Bungie and they failed to deliver a compelling experience on the level of their greats in the past.
ShinMaruku
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I think it's more that it hyped itself that reviews would torpedo it.
Ya just watched it, if its one thing he's good at is backing up his facts. It's really true how bungie offered us so much but couldn't deliver.
Surface of Me
I'm not an NPC. And neither are we.
I'm really wondering if I should trade it in now, I just got to Venus and have absolutely no desire to continue.
ArkkAngel007
Member
Venus is where it gets a bit more fun campaign-wise at least.
Really? I'm eight minutes in, and he's spouted all kinds of bizarre nonsense. I was pretty stunned when he claimed that Reach (not just ODST) was practically a Halo 3 expansion. But he's just spent several minutes chewing Bungie out for marketing Destiny as "an MMO", evidently unaware that the marketing has been very specifically avoiding calling it that.
Surface of Me
I'm not an NPC. And neither are we.
The Moon strike really left me dry, so poorly designed. I understand that they wanted you to be jumping around in it, but the boss can aim at me faster than my jet pack allows me to fly through the air...
Poodlestrike
Banned
They've specifically avoided saying the words "Destiny is an MMO" in sequence, but they haven't been shy about implying it all over the place.
IGN is the last major impacting reviewing site. I definitely expect them to give the game a 8+
Poodlestrike
Banned
I'd say 8 at most. You could tell from the live stream that their reactions were... pretty mixed.
He soon gets into talking about how they promised i'll be a huge game and the story is amazing, to the point its actually on the back and rips on it.
That's not what it looks like from where I'm standing. The way they've reacted to the phrase "MMO" makes it feel like they're trying to distance Destiny's experience from "that type of game." That the general perception still landed in the "MMO" ballpark seems more due to derisive responsive from the masses making fun of how Bungie was (poorly) trying to describe the game otherwise.
speculawyer
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He mad.
The Living Tribunal
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Can I have some of whatever you're smoking?
They kept trying to distance themselves from the MMO label.
But decided to add the worst of MMO mechanics and tropes and none of the good parts.
I gotta watch this now, DSP is usually off the mark when it comes to most things. He was spot on about Five Nights at Freddy's recently though.
Destiny is now on 77 which equals Watch Dogs on PC. Last time I checked, Destiny was 75. Is that Bungie's damage control kicking in?
i'm not trying to be mean and undermine your opinion but
really, yo?
one of your FAVORITE gaming moments of the YEAR?
shooting a bullet sponge boss? was one of your favorite gaming moments of the year?
that just doesn't even come close to clicking in my head for me. i'm not sure i'd understand even if you explained it. I got bored 3 minutes into the fight after I realized there were no mechanics beyond "shoot adds and shoot his weak point", just like every other boss in this game
Not one punch pulled and went straight for the knockout, wow. Best part is he backed everything he said rather than just ripping apart the game to rip it apart.
GrizzleBoy
Banned
No mercy required imo and he's absolutely right about game companies plunging millions inton advertising for games that don't even try to deliver.
Yeah, the Phogoth fight was where I realised this was not a game I would be playing for months. I seriously doubted I would still be playing in a week, so traded it in the next day. It was one of the least enjoyable boss fights I've ever experienced.
-ImaginaryInsider
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For all the issues the game has, I've already put 30 hours into it, so I really can't say it hasn't been worth the price.
the last 3 minutes of that video are cringeworthy. like, i don't disagree that the game is lacking content, but nobody's getting locked out of raids for not reaching level 26, and having level 5 raids sounds awful. they're high level content. period. there's nothing wrong with that. WoW has been doing it for almost 10 years.
WoW has stuff to do at max level outside of raids. WoW had a metric asston of content even in Beta compared to retail Destiny. And that is per faction. Whole entire different zones and quests and at launch, faction specific classes (shaman horde and paladin alliance). I played WoW during Beta and played for hours and hours and didn't even scratch the surface of the total content.
Not sure how WoW is even a point of comparison with this game, even at launch.
Ivory Samoan
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Most of the latest reviews have been ~80-85, which is about right in my opinion.
Gameplanet and Canadian Online Gamer's reviews were particularly good reads.
speculawyer
Member
I like the rant he goes on about the Grimoire stuff on the website. "It should be in the fucking game! I didn't pay $60 to go to some fucking website to read the story!"
Seems like a reasonable request to me. I can't help but think it is just a cynical way for Bungie to get you signed up on their mailing list.
marianitten
Banned
Just watched the very first 5 minutes and he made two big mistakes: Reach wasn't an expansion sold separatly. WTF? And then he say that Bungie said that Destiny was going to be an MMO. Totally wrong.
Edit: And now he is ranting for about 5 minutes why is not an MMO despite Bungie and Activision sell it like one. wtf?
Just finished the video. Uhhg how someone could find this review any good? Is painfully misinformed ranting over and over again why is not an MMO when Bungie said that is not an MMO. Destiny have a lot of problems but almost every complain in that doesn't apply correctly,
I...was talking about raids specifically, and how they're created as max-level content. Which the dude in the video didn't seem to grasp. Not even talking about all the other content WoW has and Destiny doesn't, which I am pretty aware of, having played the game for like 10 years now
I...was talking about raids specifically, and how they're created as max-level content. Which the dude in the video didn't seem to grasp. Not even talking about all the other content WoW has and Destiny doesn't, which I am pretty aware of, having played the game for like 10 years now
At this point, we dont even know if Bungie has learned from the 15+ years of MMO raid content to do a 'raid' justice.
They haven't done any other features derived from MMOs any justice so far.
I...was talking about raids specifically, and how they're created as max-level content. Which the dude in the video didn't seem to grasp. Not even talking about all the other content WoW has and Destiny doesn't, which I am pretty aware of, having played the game for like 10 years now
Ah, gotcha. (I didn't play as long. Played in Beta and for a couple years after.)
Surface of Me
I'm not an NPC. And neither are we.
It's actually like a three course meal where all three courses are the same food. When you ask when the new food comes, the waiter leans down and whispers into your ear, "After 20 hours you'll understand".
Agreed. The bullet sponge bosses don't give me hope.
That's cool, just wanted to make sure my little disagreement with the vid was clear. It's all good
im weak
speculawyer
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I think he said that about Reach in joking derogatory manner, not literally.
His criticism over gameplay is backed up and ranted on pretty well. Everything else he's sorta misinformed about.
Its frightening how much hope people are putting on that one raid. (Is if a whole raid wing like in WoW even? Or is it just one boss?)
'Good' MMO raid content is not something you just up and make on the fly, and released it so sortly after launch instead of getting the game out when its ready just seems wierd in itself imo.
Absoludacrous
Member
According to bungie themselves, they brought in experienced players who attempted to beat it for over 10 hours and couldn't even do it.
The reactions from people tomorrow once it drops are going to be interesting to watch.
Alx
Member
Well it's Bungie's last chance to redeem the launch game (since we're still in launch window). If the raid is brilliant, it could counter a lot of the criticism they've received until now, even make some people reconsider their review/purchase. If not, the game will keep being considered a disappointment by many.
Sounds like a bullet sponge. Makes me feel that all they did was put a high number in the HP field and called it a day.
speculawyer
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