Principate
Saint Titanfall
Please the demo was the main reason this game got as much hype as it did (on here at least). Let''s not kid ourselves.
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Destiny: Only one area per planet
- Thread starter murgo
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Please the demo was the main reason this game got as much hype as it did (on here at least). Let''s not kid ourselves.
This is my point exactly.
MarshMellow96
Member
I'm on the fence about all this. While Old Russia is actually an interesting area to explore the first time around, I find myself worrying about the payoff. Is it enough for people to go to a location and say, 'wow, cool'? All this talk of exploring is great and all - I mean, I love exploring too - but so far 'exploring' seems to entail travelling through the map looking in designated loot spawn areas for consumables, ghosts and the odd chest.
It was great spending an hour goofing off in a new area last night but at the bottom of those caves, again, all we found was a bunch of closed doors and chests with common items in them.
It was great spending an hour goofing off in a new area last night but at the bottom of those caves, again, all we found was a bunch of closed doors and chests with common items in them.
Uno Venova
Banned
Are people saying that? There's probably 3 more.
I hope the embargo for reviews is ahead of the actual release, but I'm not holding my breath.
After the beta, one area per planet/moon, does seem maybe a bit small for the sprawling mmo type game I have been pitched on. It was still a blast to play, but I'd rather hold off on a pre-order until some critical output for the whole package has come out.
After the beta, one area per planet/moon, does seem maybe a bit small for the sprawling mmo type game I have been pitched on. It was still a blast to play, but I'd rather hold off on a pre-order until some critical output for the whole package has come out.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
The Librarian
Banned
People expect things based on the information given. If some people were expecting more than one area per planet and others not, it suggests the former had less information than the latter.
I knew Bungie's been working on Destiny for about five years, and a lot of that went into building a new engine. From that alone I wasn't surprised at hearing one area per planet.
Are we sure of that? The sample moon mission picked up at the level right after the last earth one.
Sorry, care to expand there? Pre-order the game based on what exactly?
TatteredHat
Member
I was hyped after the beta, but that sounds like a serious lack of content, I might hold off on buying it for now.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
It's a completely illogical argument. Someone can expect 1 or 5 hours worth of content from the game based on the information coming out. Personal interpretation can do that. That doesn't make that expectation any pointless. It doesn't work like that.
I just saw the "we already got 25% of the game" theory - no way this is true.
Sandy Nipples
Banned
Think there will be more areas on Earth.
I very much doubt that, the moon mission was continuation of the last Earth mission.
Edit:Beaten
Maintenance
Member
I've seen bad posts but this one is on another level.
I know. But they may also get hit by this. It's a lot of work and a lot of money. Destiny may end up on the up, but most games wouldn't.
yeah im a bit afraid that this will mainly be a multiplayer shoot em up instead of a coop experience
fluffydelusions
Member
This.
The Librarian
Banned
When was I talking about people's assumed hours of enjoyment from Destiny?
Novel Mike
Member
We are sure about absolutely nothing, which is why I don't understand why a lot of people are freaking out about this.
There are closed off areas in the beta that you cannot get to and we only go to about 66% of the map for Old Russia, that would imply there is more things to do that we haven't seen yet.
Also its a beta, many things will be different in the final version.
JetBlackPanda
Member
So we can't go back to earth?
What did you expect though?
The single areas you're so disappointed about are huge, and we hadn't even seen all they have to offer yet.
You see "one area per planet" and take that to mean "lack of content".
We haven't seen how much they'll open up. There's nothing to be disappointed about until retail hits and we know for sure.
Do you know how large each if these single areas will be?
No, so you can't say "it sounds like lack of content".
Especially as it's obvious the areas haven't been open up fully to us yet...
Sandy Nipples
Banned
Well at least it's safe to say nobody is shilling, I mean those guys probably only work office hours.
MMaRsu
Banned
The moon mission wasnt anything substantial either. It was over in 5 minutes.
Uno Venova
Banned
There was no information given about what to expect when it comes to the amount of area's on a planet.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
This is a thread about exactly that. What were you talking about then? By hours I mean it can be converted to number of planets or whatever have you the points the same. Interpretations comes in many shapes and sizes.
At 3:46 the map shows that there are available missions on the Moon and Earth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRRKtkuOeig
Oh man, that sucks, especially for the guys who've done the alpha and beta now. There is literally nothing else left for them to do on earth, save for a few small regions, otherwise it's the same Old Russia again.
You really have to wonder, they've been wanting to make this since 2008, have been working on it since 2009 for sure, and I'm kind of assuming why we didn't really see much beyond Old Russia and that Devil Walker tank thing again and again. It's because that was all they had really planned for Earth.
You really have to wonder, they've been wanting to make this since 2008, have been working on it since 2009 for sure, and I'm kind of assuming why we didn't really see much beyond Old Russia and that Devil Walker tank thing again and again. It's because that was all they had really planned for Earth.
Ding! Ding! Ding!
This whole game seems to have been made with DLC and huge profits in mind for Activision. I fully expect the final cost of the game, when you include all the DLC to be in the hundreds of dollars.
Thanks, but no thanks!
fluffydelusions
Member
I don't think much will change this close to release apart from bug fixes/balancing and such.
REMEMBER CITADEL
Banned
I planned on maybe getting the game when it's around 20 pounds, but if it's going to be light on content, on top on everything else, I'll wait until I can get the
Game of the Year edition for the same sum or maybe just skip it altogether. This is turning into quite a trainwreck indeed, as far as I'm concerned.
Bungie
Sounds much more like you're making a lot of assumptions about the size of these areas and making a silly absolute statement.
The Destiny Grimoire shows the following high level places: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Moon, Jupiter, Saturn and The City (The Tower).
We've also seen a multiplayer map on Mars in the Iron Banner match which suggests that there is Mars content as well. Also one of the intro cut scenes in the beta was set on Mars.
MMaRsu
Banned
I heard one.
Sanic
Member
I won't touch his other points but all of the missions are like 10 minutes. They're MMO caliber throwaway fluff. It's not even comparable to a more traditional FPS experience.
I think people we're expecting that which, per my earlier point, is causing this backlash.
"Beta" usually means the content in a game is complete and they are only doing minor bug fixes.
One raid. There's a strike on Earth, one on the Moon, 2 on Venus and the PS exclusive one. So probably 6-7 strikes on PS and 5-6 strikes on Xbox,
Bungie has built a ton of good will with this beta. I think it is time for an actual info drop and let people know exactly what is in the game, average length to play through the campaign (yes I know end game gear farming is limited only by your own desire), number of PVP maps, how many strikes there are in total, and other pieces of information responsible consumers want before buying a game.
MMaRsu
Banned
Did you notice how many areas were blocked of for us?
It is obvious to anyone paying attention that we've not seen the full size of Old Russia or the Moon.
Some of the missions, I think I just sprinted in, threw a grenade, did my super, meleed and was done in literally less than 5 minutes. I think only the level 5 and level 6 strike missions took me longer than most because they were artificially lengthened with ridiculously high bullet sponge bosses or wait and fight mechanics, ie. Wait for the ghost to finish and fight off waves of the same enemy.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
Called climbers of mountains....yeah....
Nah, you can go back and redo the missions if you want.