Vanilla crucible is drop in/out. Iron Banner puts a little more emphasis on gear and load out, but is still casual. Trials of the Nine should be much more competitive and skill based.
It grows on you, especially when running with a good squad.
PC, though I have no hype for the game and haven't even installed the beta. Still burned out on the first game and PUBG consumes all my game time these days. Maybe when D2 releases in a couple months I'll want to make some time for it but that's a big maybe. I really only care about PvP and I have my doubts about the 4 vs 4 format. But I do know that I'm 100% done with 30FPS shooters so I will not play it on console again. Refuse to go back to that after playing so much Titanfall 2 and BF1.
Never really looked at Destiny much before because I couldn't play it.
My impressions
- My god the budget is pouring out of every orifice of this game
- It has a story...? All the characters and concepts seem very abstract
- Wow these are amazing visuals
- Oh it's that part of the AAA game where the big villain puts you down at the start (how many games have done this recently? has this entered trope territory?)
- Time to play PvP... oh hey it's Counter-Strike, and my gun doesn't seem to be doing any damage? Oh well my team stomped, I helped I guess.
- PvE time... Hey this location's art style is based on that metal that forms in weird cube shapes, nice choice art lead
- This game seems very familiar.
- Oh my these gigantic drills are really terrifying, but the movement system feels super clunky when jumping around to dodge them
- Wait I'm a Jedi how did that happen (guess that's what supercharging does?)
- My grenade is on Q and not G... fair enough
- I know why seems feels familiar - it's literally Borderlands
- This robot boss is taking an awfully long time to kill...
- Yay some loot
Overall I enjoyed it. I don't think I'm going to buy it though, I think it's very well made and they obviously poured lots of money into making it. However, the PvP isn't really for me and I have nobody to play the PvE with because they're getting it on consoles. Playing a Borderlands-style game on my own or with randoms isn't really that fun for me.
Also, there's loads of other games coming out that I'd rather get instead.
PvE is what its for. I enjoyed the search and destroy mode but we either steamroll the enemy or they steamroll us. Not had a balanced match yet at all + fuck hand cannons.
I feel the maps are too small for ulties and rockets and one hit abilities but thats nothing new.
Not to make a wall of quotes, but this is basically my concern with this beta. For me, the draw to Destiny has always been the PvE gameplay and loot grinding. This beta doesn't communicate that at all. Sure the one story mission is fantastic and highlights how exciting some of the campaign missions can be - but... I worry PC players are going to find the one story mission fun, and the strike interesting - but they'll be missing the carrot on the stick which is the rewards from those missions.
Then you're stuck with the PVP, which I've been enjoying but is *really* unbalanced on PC. As quoted above, it's stomp or get stomped. If you are not using a hand cannon you are almost certainly at a disadvantage. And the gear sets seem to have very little impact on play - which again neuters the carrot on the stick of finding new gear.
I'm glad the initial feedback seems to be people just being wowed at the performance and visuals... just hope that carries through to people playing the actual game where there is much more to it than an unbalanced PVP mode.
The performance is great, I did not think my computer could run it and in medium/low it looks nice enough and smooth.
Buuuut I am not sold on the game at all. It surely will be fun with friends or a clan, but any game is usually more fun that way. And I am mostly interested in the PvE aspect, but I could just buy Borderlands and play it with friends or The Division I do not see what novelty this game offers so far. I would say that the beta left me with a feeling that the game could become repetitive quickly. And they will release more expansions, so add that to the base price.
On top of that, it is not compatible with Steam Controller, so it was the last nail in the coffin.
Probably why I'm loving it. Even though I put hundreds of hours into Borderlands 2 I never found the gameplay itself very compelling. Destiny feels great thus far.
One thing people need to remember is this Beta is extremely bare bones compared to regular Destiny. No huge open worlds to explore, only 1 strike, and only 1 mission. The actual game itself has waaaay more to offer.
I feel like the PC Beta and the Console Beta should have been different. The PC Beta should have been more similar to D1's Beta / Alpha where you let people level up / explore / gain loot so people could get a feel for the main gameplay loop /hook.
Probably why I'm loving it. Even though I put hundreds of hours into Borderlands 2 I never found the gameplay itself very compelling. Destiny feels great thus far.
I played through this morning again as a Titan and gave the hand cannon a try. I never really used them in D1 on PS4. WOW do they feel great to shoot in PC. Headshots for days!
On another note...
Might be time for someone to make DestinyGAF PC || US 2
Loving it. Playing it at 4k/60fps and it's a stunner. Very good optimization other than the MSAA. I'm yet to get a LOCKED 60 on an i7-7700k/GTX 1080ti/16gb DDR4 @ 3200. The game's baking in FPS counter with V-SYNC is a little off, it stays at 60 when there is clearly a drop. V-SYNC off and it starts telling the truth. I'm curious to see what settings people with my config are using for a solid 60fps while keeping as much of the ultra spec on as possible. I'm a graphic whore but I need 60fps. Luckily if I use FXAA or SMAA instead of MSAA (overkill in 4k anyways) I'm getting 50-60fps consistently and rarely notice a hitch in the action with V-sync as frame pacing is pretty good. It IS a beta but advertised at 4k/60 locked w/ maxed out settings is a bit of an oversell ATM. Still, I'm loving it.
I'm having massive issues with it though going from my 4k monitor to my 4k HDR tv. HDR doesn't seem to be working in the sense I don't see much difference in the IQ but Windows CU completely killed TV HDR for now, that's another story. The biggest issue is for my TV it is showing the max res of like 1980x1400. WTF? I just went to borderless and was back to enjoying it at 4k.
I'm nitpicking this beta but that's why they do these (and to hook the masses). The story arc at the beginning is amazing. The fidelity, gun play, everything is just spot on. My only concern is the willpower not to buy this on ps4 pro waiting almost two months for it (or on xbox if the X improvements will be greater) but still 30fps is a hard sell.
Fucking moronic decision from the idiots that are Bungie to add time limit to a fucking pvp match that is barely 5 minutes long to begin with. Moronic fucking idiotic shit decision.
3-0 against this shit team, 70-85 in opponents favour. We could easily win if we hold the powerplay for 30 seconds.
I enjoyed the story mission and the dig site mission. I have no interested in PvP though, still not sure if I should get it. I don't have friends that play on PC and playing with strangers doesn't sound like too much fun to me.
I enjoyed the story mission and the dig site mission. I have no interested in PvP though, still not sure if I should get it. I don't have friends that play on PC and playing with strangers doesn't sound like too much fun to me.
Never played Destiny on console and basically knew nothing about it and its sequel other than that it's some kind of "looter shooter". But I've got to say, I liked what I saw (well - played) a lot.
The opening solo mission chucked me out twice due to some kind of connection issue, but I managed to complete it and unlock the rest of the beta on my third attempt. The next mission made me realise that this game is fundamentally just Borderlands, which is by no means a bad thing.
Performance was rock-solid on the highest preset with a few things turned off (AA and the bottom few options), and I even had headroom to set rendering resolution to 120% with my 4670K (stock) and GTX1070 at 1080p. Frame never dipped below 60fps and fluctuated in in the 70-100fps region depending on the scene. Combat was super smooth and highly responsive.
Overall I really enjoyed my first run. I'll probably give it another go tomorrow and possibly try out the PvP stuff. Will definitely be getting the full game me things!
I had to replay the dig site mission 3 times with 3 people to succeed, I wouldn't have had a chance alone. Wasn't there some awesome missions in D1 that required other people to play? I don't enjoy games forcing online play.
I had to replay the dig site mission 3 times with 3 people to succeed, I wouldn't have had a chance alone. Wasn't there some awesome missions in D1 that required other people to play? I don't enjoy games forcing online play.
I had to replay the dig site mission 3 times with 3 people to succeed, I wouldn't have had a chance alone. Wasn't there some awesome missions in D1 that required other people to play? I don't enjoy games forcing online play.
I wish the game gave me AI companions when I didn't feel like playing with strangers. What if I can't find players to do Raids? I really enjoyed what I played but I feel like I don't have the "gaming" social life to fully enjoy this.
I wish the game gave me AI companions when I didn't feel like playing with strangers. What if I can't find players to do Raids? I really enjoyed what I played but I feel like I don't have the "gaming" social life to fully enjoy this.
I know. I don't love them either. I got fatebringer my first raid and felt like I had to use it most the time. Then the thorn fiasco. I hope for more variety this time.
Played through the mission, first time Destiny player, it was a lot of fun. But without loot, whats the point in playing? They should have started us lower with worse gear so we know what can drop loot and stuff.
Runs really nice and I appreciate all the options.
My only two experiences with Destiny or Destiny 2 were short PvP sessions on console at Gamescom. Not ideal.
This feels good, but I'm not sure I understand the actual game appeal.
It's so colorful I'm not entirely sure whats a door and whats just stuff - I'm really tired right now though, so that could also be that.
It's so easy! I died a few times, but always to something environmental or 1hit stuff I didn't know about. The enemies were really butter - I appreciate them not being sponges though.
And then there's the level design - You just have to push forward? There is 0 interaction with your environment? No physics, no stuff laying around to find? No codecs, nothing destructible? I was trying to find some stuff, since I heard it was a loot game, but even if you go out of your way to explore, there is nothing there. All that space and it's completely empty apart from teleporting enemies and one or two mini-scripted events.
Story felt very clichee so far. Why would none of your sensors pick up on that giant fleet approaching until they enter line of sight?
I like the gunplay and the movement so far. Will try PvP and the coop mission tomorrow, but if this is all that Destiny has to offer for SP, I might just play Doom one more time or finally buy Wolfenstein.
