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Destiny Alpha Gameplay Leaks [Update: Luke from Bungie comments, read post 1557]
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block tower
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whats the story with dude having the game and being able to stream it? 
Scientist Supreme!
Banned
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Bungie's Alpha has been out a little bit for friends and family.whats the story with dude having the game and being able to stream it?
Don't think an employee would disown someone over this but probably a 'friend' isn't going to be one very much longer.
LookAtMeGo
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The vistas at the end of the second video and the start of the third are gorgeous!! I cant wait to see more places. This still looks like old russia.
Yup, he is playing this game like it a standard FPS.
Totally wrong playstyle for a FPS-MMO due to loots/time efficiency.
Why even cover when you aren't near dying. You have HP bar yo.
He needs to rush in, throws grenades, uses skills, and spray/pray until forced into recovering his shield/hp.
Or train a whole pack of mobs so he can maximize his AOE skills/explosion
fastballspecial
Member
Halo + Borderlands = Destiny
I've seen this coming since last year so my hype stays at maximum.
I've seen this coming since last year so my hype stays at maximum.
ZeroMaverick
Member
Looks awesome. Can't wait. Hope it does well.
he screwed him self.. he deserves what's coming to him.
edit- it's almost E3 can't take any chances....no matter how I feel about this situation.
LookAtMeGo
Member
Dinklage reminds me of kevin spaceys voice work in Moon. Seems without much personality but hes a frickin robot so its all good. I think it will be fine. A line or 2 did make me cringe a wee bit.
Backfoggen
Banned
This is even more Borderlands than expected
Marketing is generally where the lion's share of the budget goes.
LookAtMeGo
Member
Halolands effect.
$500 million and mostly marketing.
bloodyroarxx
Member
I bet infrastructure was a huge part of it.
And you have to figure this was in some form of development when ODST was being made, and people need to be paid.
The Librarian
Banned
You're seeing only one small part of the game. A part that wasn't intended to be leaked, mind you.
Auto-Reply
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Maybe it reveals what's so special about it if you play it yourself, I'm still havin a hard time getting excited for this game having watched these videos. All i see at the moment is run of the mill ads shooting at mob-enemies without much personality. Let's see if E3 will turn this around for me.
ShinMaruku
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Trickster
Member
Didn't watch very much of it. Mainly just a quick skim through. No point in watching some leaked alpha gameplay when we're only 3 days from E3, where Bungie will have a proper blowout for the game.
That said, I love the part where he's out in the open area, then walk into a small crumbled building, and then there are stairs leading down into a basement area with mobs that he can't even touch. That's the kind of exploration and discovery I really wanted to see. Of course there needs to be something to actually discover in a place like that. Video footage from before the fall, something that begins a quest/questline, audilog, textlogs etc. Stuff like these needs to be littered across destiny while you're exploring the worlds. If they have that in the game, I'm so fucking sold.
Wonder what will happen to the leaker, because he sure did done fuck up bigtime
That said, I love the part where he's out in the open area, then walk into a small crumbled building, and then there are stairs leading down into a basement area with mobs that he can't even touch. That's the kind of exploration and discovery I really wanted to see. Of course there needs to be something to actually discover in a place like that. Video footage from before the fall, something that begins a quest/questline, audilog, textlogs etc. Stuff like these needs to be littered across destiny while you're exploring the worlds. If they have that in the game, I'm so fucking sold.
Wonder what will happen to the leaker, because he sure did done fuck up bigtime
Aim Down Sights, if that's what you're asking.
block tower
Member
WOW.. can't believe a friend or family member of an employee would jeopardize the bungie employee's job by doing a live stream just days before e3 when the game will inevitably shown anyway. dick move.
You're right, they spent more. Good fucking god. The scale better be something else entirely.
I was trying to be generous. Also good chunk of that 500 million is going towards marketing.
Aim down sights.
Aim Down Sights, when you bring the sights up to the middle of the screen, slowing your character down and blocking most of the view with a giant gun model.
AKA Bad FPS
Miles Quaritch
Member
Oh wow, you weren't kidding.
Amazing atmosphere though. They really nailed the abandoned look and feel in the environments. Lighting is impressive too.
Wait , so if a FPS has ADS it's considered the bad type .. ? Alright.
ShinMaruku
Member
Also it's not 500 million on this game, that's the franchise budget. This game probably has 50-70 million into it the rest is marketing and other things.
Backfoggen
Banned
Videos are private now?
Ah. I thought it was a reference to the A, D and S keys on a keyboard, i.e. he strafes and retreats a lot without moving forward much. Funnily enough, that was also true here.
I thought he was good, reminded me a lot of Tony Stark's AI in the Iron Man films.
zerodayPopbot
Member
Great presentation, but pretty dull otherwise.
AHA-Lambda
Member
2014: year of the delay and the leak
Orthogonal
Member
Look like Activision put the kabosh on those videos.
They looked semi-interesting, but there just wasn't a lot going on. I'm still cautiously optimistic for it. Just can't wait for the Beta to start.
They looked semi-interesting, but there just wasn't a lot going on. I'm still cautiously optimistic for it. Just can't wait for the Beta to start.
Nightengale
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There's supposed to be multiple planets, a properly fleshed out single player campaign, a lot of dynamic co-op stuff, PvP, etc.
It's like judging World of Warcraft without seeing a major boss raid or the capital cities. The concern over the gameplay is fine, but this is obviously far, far, far from the whole game's content.
It's like judging World of Warcraft without seeing a major boss raid or the capital cities. The concern over the gameplay is fine, but this is obviously far, far, far from the whole game's content.
Just the first game is by itself has a development cost around $200 million now. We know this from the leaked contract awhile ago(which was before the delays). It's not 50 million or anything that low. Marketing rule of thumb is double the development/production costs. So yea, the first game alone is at least in the 300 million range on up. Don't forget those DLC and expansion packs.
NullPointer
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Was only able to see the last video. The environment was impressive enough, and the stab melee looked and sounded great, but enemies seemed like bullet-sponges and there was a real lack of personality or action.
Will be interesting to see exactly what is showcased at e3, because this still looks kindof like a Borderlands designed by committee to smooth out any and all edges.
Will be interesting to see exactly what is showcased at e3, because this still looks kindof like a Borderlands designed by committee to smooth out any and all edges.
GlamFM
Banned
Sure...
Miles Quaritch
Member
Surely the gameplay is the only aspect that matters? It looks somewhat uninspired in the videos so far. Gunplay looks good though and they've nailed the atmosphere, but general gameplay doesn't really inspire much confidence at this point.
Enemy encounters aren't interested, the AI is awful, the less said about the voice acting the better and the music isn't exactly great either. Not sure if that's because it's still place-holder with what happened with Marty, but it's not what I expected...
That might be a problem. People were right about Watch_Dogs.
Given that Halo is the best controlling modern FPS series and doesn't have ADS, I would agree.
IMO of course.