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Destiny 2 - Official Launch Trailer
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Vince DiCola
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Just don't go online then, do something else with your time. It's not impossible
The à¹ÛBronx
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They're talking about spoiling the raid, which means finding five other people who haven't seen or heard anything about it. Granted the GoT example was inaccurate in that sense.
Sola Scriptura
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"We all know what needs to be done."
*cue dramatic pause*
"Planned obsolescence for gear, microtransactions for cosmetics and emotes."
*cue dramatic trailer music*
*cue dramatic pause*
"Planned obsolescence for gear, microtransactions for cosmetics and emotes."
*cue dramatic trailer music*
If I remember right, Luke said our Guardian will remain silent during the whole game.
Yeah, I feel it will be really dumb to see our Ghost make all the talk while our character while just be... watching the whole thing. :/
))))))Hispanic! At the Disco
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They said closer to the launch of part 1 that they felt nobody would get off their sparrows cuz it would be too fun, so they arent interested in doing that.
Lol
SUPARSTARX
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I wanna play this in 3rd person
SmoothRunningGun
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Shaxx is awesome. Cade is a dbag. Still good trailer.
Flying Toaster
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You mean Shaxx is boring and Cade is the best freaking friend a person would ever want to have in life.
The hype levels are out of control for me now I cannot wait.
Chaos2Frozen
Member
same.
For me, it doesn't help me become immersed in my guardian. In fact it makes me feel more like a passive viewer to the events going on rather than an active participant in the story.
It sucks and I hate to use this because I know they're damn harder workers but it comes across as lazy.
Raven117
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IMO, it would be fine if they put more work into the Ghost, and its voice...not just some dumb side kick. In the end, it pretty much becomes your monologue of the MC.
Rexatality
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Forerunner
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I'm ready!
To wait for PC.
Well, you said it yourself.
But what can I say? I calls it like I sees it. Bungie has been the king of no fun allowed since the Halo days. And so beest that Bungie remainth the king of no fun. Come nerf unto thee, for their name be Bungie.
Trailer was solid, wasn't completely blown away (ign dot com) but it was good.
I still think even with ~2k hours into Destiny 1 I'm going to either Gamefly it or wait a bit. While their continued refusal to balance PvE/PvP separately is frustrating, more importantly I'm still very very wary of the dual primary system. That horse has been beaten to death so it's not worth dragging out here, but after playing the beta I'm concerned enough about it where I haven't pre-ordered it and likely won't get it day one. Any cool story stuff or mission variety is a moot point if the dual primary system is a bust. Also still wanting to see how the final class balance is, like 90% of my D1 time was a Hunter and I was not thrilled with what we had in the Beta which has apparently changed somewhat, but I need details.
I'd still love to be proven wrong, and this comes out at a near perfect release window for me, but yeah.
I still think even with ~2k hours into Destiny 1 I'm going to either Gamefly it or wait a bit. While their continued refusal to balance PvE/PvP separately is frustrating, more importantly I'm still very very wary of the dual primary system. That horse has been beaten to death so it's not worth dragging out here, but after playing the beta I'm concerned enough about it where I haven't pre-ordered it and likely won't get it day one. Any cool story stuff or mission variety is a moot point if the dual primary system is a bust. Also still wanting to see how the final class balance is, like 90% of my D1 time was a Hunter and I was not thrilled with what we had in the Beta which has apparently changed somewhat, but I need details.
I'd still love to be proven wrong, and this comes out at a near perfect release window for me, but yeah.
Superblatt
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Heads up: the PS4 limited edition is available on GameStop online again. I just preordered a copy using their app even though their stores told me they were sold out.
Rexatality
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These do technically happen. But they're told poorly.
Spartancarver
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I mean you can't deny that the vast majority of the patches in D1 were essentially "No fun allowed"
What up, loot cave? That was some of the most fun to be had in early D1.
I spent a LOT of time at that cave. It was anything but fun^^ I would cross my fingers for some event to take place so I could actually have fun.
Can't really fault them for fixing an exploit anyways. There are plenty of legit things to fault them over
Out of all the things to go after Bungie for in regard to a "no fun allowed" patch, a loot cave that clearly needed to be fixed is a silly choice.
As myself a solo player when I first played Destiny 1, I think D2 will hold enough hours of gameplay for you to have fun, especially if you want to come around and just chill while exploring some areas, and will eventually open you new door if you have the chance to find teammates for the Raids.
Strikes (20 to 40 minutes missions) have matchmaking so you can play and replay this content without having to worry for teammates, and this time, the solo campaign seems to be enjoyable (even if I still think it's not the strength of Destiny.
I can't say I would 100% recommend Destiny 1 for solo players, but with some activities having matchmaking and guide game (a low-profit matchmaking), if you like customization, doing good shit with random and having a good gun feel, you will find a somehow good game worth of your time.
It's weird, I have the Pro bundle preordered but I can't get excited over this game. Something from this series just doesn't mesh well with me for some reason. I'll give it a shot but if it doesn't do much for me I'll trade it in while the game has value. Hope it reels me in, look at the excitement in this thread.
Rexatality
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There's plenty of things to criticize Bungie for in terms of patches
Loot cave isn't one of them
Are you talking strictly solo for everything? Cause even if you're avoiding PVP and sticking to PVE, you'll need to have a fireteam for most activities except for patrols and missions. If you want to just only be solo at all times you'll probably get bored too. Destiny is a co-op game above all.
I'd suggest checking out the Destiny 2 OT when it goes up and adding a lot of those people to your friends list for when the game comes out. I did that with Destiny 1 and made several friends who I still play other games with to this day.
LectureMaster
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Not really from what I experienced in beta. regular mobs took much more bullets to kill and pvp ttk was noticeably longer than D1.
Not a fan of this change.
They never released anything that should make you think they were going "full Borderlands." Humor has been part of Destiny for a long time now and the trailer you're referring to was half serious/half humor.
Dunno what you're referring to. Time to kill mobs of enemies was not "noticeably" longer than D1 in the beta. Maybe a little? This will obviously change as you go further into the base game.
MDSVeritas
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These all do certainly occur, but honestly seeing these makes me even more frustrated with some of the storytelling in D1. Because seeing these events laid out like this immediately has me imagine what these could be like; the weight these events could carry, the emotional potency that could come with doing these epic storylines. But I don't really feel they had that weight. The storylines I played in Destiny felt like the shells of what they could of been, what they were supposed to be. Take, for example, Rise of Iron. The whole idea of SIVA, of Saladin's feelings of failing his best friends and comrades and needing to make up for it. The feelings of picking up the mantle of this storied legion of heroes and ending this unstoppable force of corruption when it seems to outnumber you. All of these seem like potentially incredibly effective story elements, but in reality they feel rushed through, or reveal themselves to be far more shallow than they might have been.
I think part of that, like a lot of D1, is because I never felt like the world was truly threatened from these things. The tower was always pristine and un-touched. That's one of the things that has me most excited for D2; a sense of actual emotional weight and a legitimate price to pay for saving the day. Something I felt D1 never really gave me.
ChristianSpicer
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Hot dog, this is a fun fun fun trailer. Hyped!
vatstep
This poster pulses with an appeal so broad the typical restraints of our societies fall by the wayside.
Well, I don't mind playing with randoms; matchmaking is fine. I've just never really been into parties and clans and whatnot since my schedule is pretty erratic.
Thanks for the info.
recklesscognition
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I'm likely going to play hundreds of hours of D2 either way but I'm curious if they can get the story for the casuals and also jam it full of lore for the more diehards out there and satisfy both groups. It looks like they're off to a good start on the story.
Hopefully we get one next week since we're two weeks out from launch. I remember the D1 live action ad being all over tv for a while back around the time that launched.
Japanmanx3
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Good trailer. Hopefully the campaign delivered as such.