I didn't realise all of D2s content had been announced. I must have missed that press release. Bungie won't have released details of all content, and from what they've mentioned so far there is a lot of more of the same, but they've also introduced more activities in patrol space.
Completed all the uncharted games, and generation leap aside that provided graphical improvement my point stands. The general mechanics were the same with small changes and improvements in each iteration.
So adding a new campaign is a prerequisite for a sequel? Pretty sure that D2 has a new campaign / story mode which will probably be as long as most games released this year. Hell D1 "story" was longer than most COD campaigns. The upcoming uncharted expansion has a new campaign. Is that a sequel? It looks like more of the same but with different characters.
D2 was always going to look similar to D1. It's set in the same universe. Yet the locales are different, the hud has changed, character abilities have changed, odds are the UI has been overhauled as well. But again go back to the uncharted games, they had slight graphical changes over the years. But if you were shown screen shots from the games randomly most people would identify it as uncharted, they would struggle to identify which specific version it was from.
As for your point of U2 having multiplayer making it a sequel as well. It's not like multiplayer modes can't be patched in after release is it.
The only reason people are calling destiny out on the sequel / expansion thing is because of its MMO links. Yet if you apply the same points to any game series you can argue the same point.
I didn't realise all of D2s content had been announced. I must have missed that press release. Bungie won't have released details of all content, and from what they've mentioned so far there is a lot of more of the same, but they've also introduced more activities in patrol space.
i didn't say they showed it all. with 3 months to release, they showed what to expect content wise. it launches with the same amount of planets, same 1 raid in launch window, and SAME expansion pass coming with 2 expansion packs. it's all looking real familiar. Yes i could be wrong and there could be a mass of content, but I'm going to go with my gut here and say it launches very similar to destiny 1 content wise. even if they added new stuff for us to do in patrols.
Completed all the uncharted games, and generation leap aside that provided graphical improvement my point stands. The general mechanics were the same with small changes and improvements in each iteration.
this is true. but i wasn't asking them to change the general gameplay mechanics of destiny 2. we were hoping it would look and feel like a sequel. They're even keeping the same 3 classes (while making PVP 4on4 now, what a tease) and only adding one new subclass at launch. it just looks real uninspired
So adding a new campaign is a prerequisite for a sequel? Pretty sure that D2 has a new campaign / story mode which will probably be as long as most games released this year. Hell D1 "story" was longer than most COD campaigns. The upcoming uncharted expansion has a new campaign. Is that a sequel? It looks like more of the same but with different characters.
no it's not prereq for a sequel. but it's evident that it's a different game. and the uncharted expansion is clearly labeled that, an expansion. The Taken King could've been Destiny 2 if bungie really wanted to do that, they revamped most of the game systems and could've made it the sequel if they wanted. this in essence looks similar to that.
But if you were shown screen shots from the games randomly most people would identify it as uncharted, they would struggle to identify which specific version it was from.
really?
The only reason people are calling destiny out on the sequel / expansion thing is because of its MMO links. Yet if you apply the same points to any game series you can argue the same point.
is that a factor? possibly. but there are a lot of people (myself included) who spent that money on destiny 1 on the promise of content and felt slighted, and have no plans to repeat that same mistake until they prove otherwise.