Yeah it really is. Waiting for TTK you missed out on a ton of cool destiny moments and the best raid was the 1st. As someone who played vanilla since day one it's a dumb comment.
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Destiny 2 Review Thread
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Yeah it really is. Waiting for TTK you missed out on a ton of cool destiny moments and the best raid was the 1st. As someone who played vanilla since day one it's a dumb comment.
Spine_Ripper
Member
Holy shit I remember that
They should have that as the main quote this time round among the praise it's receiving so far. It would be hilarious.
Tranqueris
Banned
So instead people should have to deal with assholes who decide to afk for ages after going into a strike, assholes who don't afk but hang back and let others do the work until they reach the boss, and assholes who ditch after dying on the boss once because Bungie doesn't want to create a miserable experience for solo players? Great design choice there.
There should be an automatic kick for AFK players after a certain amount of time for sure, but there shouldn't be a vote to kick option at all. Not sure how many times I remember people waiting back the entire strike to reap the benefits at the end except for being AFK at the start, and I played a shit load of strikes, and people leaving after wiping once wouldn't matter if there was a kick option because they're already gone, and it usually finds another player fairly fast anyhow. That's just asking duos to abuse the system on a solo player because they aren't good enough for them/trying cool spots out with them/stealing kills, etc. You think there should be a vote to kick in PvP too, which would be equally a dumb decision and would be abused probably even more.
Yes
Stupid gamers and their ability to play games they enjoy despite recognizing their flaws!
Krappadizzle
Member
D1 was lambasted for lack of content almost across the board. It's totally understandable that someone would wait for a honeymoon period of the game to end to see if it's worth a purchase. I know I was disappointed in release and never picked it up after playing for 30 hours or so.
Yeah I saw this with the Souls games. Every review site has somebody who loves these games. Very difficult to figure out if a game is good or "good for the fans"
GodlyTwins
Member
Got preload ready for tonight on PS4 Pro, my brother bought a copy for X1, and we're both double dipping on PC when it eventually comes out. Activision take our money. I wanted to get the digital deluxe, but told myself I can wait it out for a sale on the expansions.
Btw, did Destiny 1 ever have discounts on its expansions?
Btw, did Destiny 1 ever have discounts on its expansions?
Yeah, the subclass and sparrow things are really, really odd choices... What in the world?
electricpirate
Member
That is Literally the keystone of destinies long term success
They can add AFK timers. People "hanging back" could simply be new players or people who aren't that good at the game. Strikes aren't even hard to the point that it matters, lighten up brotha.
Obliterator
Member
Mercador
Member
That's right, you shouldn't. A press junket is (almost) never negative.
Baraka in the White House
2-Terms of Kombat
There's a single-player campaign to this?
Obliterator
Member
Yes. You still have to be online considering how Destiny works but is 100% a solo campaign if you want it to be
Yep. You can play it co-op too
phantasmic_glaive
Member
Dude, Destiny was still the best playing shooter this gen so far. So many dope moments, just marred down by pointless stuff. But the gameplay is hands down the most refined out of all the shooters out.
Just something I felt I needed to shoutout
Just something I felt I needed to shoutout
I played a lot of the first Destiny. Not crazy amounts but enough to do the first couple of raids. I really want to get this but I have no one to play with in my time zone anymore. I could play solo but the grind is better with friends for sure.
Does JapanGaf have a group for Destiny?
Does JapanGaf have a group for Destiny?
BudokaiMR2
Member
Man the wait for the PC version is going to be tough....
It can be pretty tough finding a good group to play with in Japan, especially for raids. I ended up playing a bunch with people I found in Australia/NZ.
If you were getting the PC version I would offer to play together, but I am gonna sit out the PS4 version this time.
It can be pretty tough finding a good group to play with in Japan, especially for raids. I ended up playing a bunch with people I found in Australia/NZ.
If you were getting the PC version I would offer to play together, but I am gonna sit out the PS4 version this time.
I don't think that is technically true if strikes are part of the story like D1. Even if they are self contained stories.
darkwing-buck
Member
Biogamer girl's website looks more robust then I last remembered.
http://www.biogamergirl.com/
That said, that Charlie Sheen 9/11 giveaway on the site is super random.
http://www.biogamergirl.com/
That said, that Charlie Sheen 9/11 giveaway on the site is super random.
All the good shit.
Interficium
Banned
Interesting hill you choose to die on, there.
BiGBoSSMk23
A company being excited for their new game is a huge slap in the face to all the fans that liked their old games.
My god, I can't read anymore spineless Day 1 Destiny apologist posts. Destiny 1 was a fucking scam the way it launched. A total bullshit campaign with an even more bullshit excuse that "the game only starts at level 20".
The next big sci fi game from Bungie was just a series of "guard this thing while monsters spawn" missions strung together via salvaged "lore", and a couple of free roam hubs and Co op missions... that revolved around the same "guard my beer" concept!
It was a joke!
To say that a fully priced expansion a whole year later "fixed the game" is such pusillanimous corporate grovelling horseshit, it's no wonder publishers have no respect for our wallets anymore.
Fuck's sake, man. Have some perspective.
Enjoy the game and do as you please with your money, but call a spade a spade.
MadraptorMan
Member
With Destiny I never played with GAF people, but I just bought 2 and I live in Japan so if you (or anyone) want to add me on PSN I'm willing to give it a shot if we're on at the right times. PSN name is Schaberu.
Yep, unfortunately why I can't buy Destiny 2. The best thing about Destiny 1 was the alpha, the worst was realising the full game was a glorified beta.
Rexatality
Member
Okay, we get it, you don't like the game at all. But there's nothing unreasonable about players who had great time playing Destiny 1 during Year 1 and Year 2
joe_zazen
Member
l feel the same.
It is still fun to watch the hype and enthusiasm of the more forgiving among us for more Destiny.
I'm at work right now and won't be able to get onto the PS4 until later so if you or anyone wants to add me too my ID is ZeroDS
FF Seraphim
Member
At work but will add ya when I get home: PSN SeraphimJulius
If we can get more JapanGAF that would be great.
BiGBoSSMk23
A company being excited for their new game is a huge slap in the face to all the fans that liked their old games.
I'm actually really tempted to buy this game because how much I like the universe.
It's the fact that I know (or don't) what happened to the story and in game lore that cripples any excitement I can muster.
MadraptorMan
Member
Added both of you via the PS app...I'm also at work now. See ya online later hopefully!
TheWeaponeer
Banned
"Guided Games" is ONLY for Normal Difficulty. Hard Difficulty is still the same as D1 (better find some people).
GAF Thread Link HERE
You do now get a chance to actually do a raid, but if you want HARD difficulty items and benefits, it is still the same old song and dance.
TheWeaponeer
Banned
Catshit
Dogshit
Horseshit
Muleshit
Sharkshit
Komondo Dragonshit
Zebrashit
Abyssal Fishshit
Goldfishshit
Lemurshit (Luke Smith's personal favorite... *ALLEGEDLY*)
Sparrowshit
Speakershit
Ghostshit (does it vapor in the air now too like killed enemies?)
Ikorashit
Cayde6shit
Zavalashit (and trust me, his shit never makes sense...)
Gunsmithshit
LukeSmithshit (the elemental opposite of Gunsmithshit)
ThatGuardianYouNeverShutUpAboutShit
Acitivsionshit
Microtransactionsshit
ExpansionPassShit
Eververseshit
Soccerballshit
Plenty of "shit" to be had with this game... this is Bungie, they will find a way to make the "shit" rise to the top at some point. Too many examples from D1 to think otherwise.
rokkerkory
Member
Might need to jump in on this. Perhaps on the 1x edition.
ShemhazaiX
Member
If you didn't like it that's fine, but seriously, you're coming across as a gigantic twat with how you're talking about people who actually enjoyed the game. Grow up.
Dont't know why but Komodo dragonshit made me laugh out loud. Well done.
JimmyRustler
Gold Member
Any word on how long the SP campaign is?
Think of it as 1st person Diablo. The story is a non-factor.
Melchiah
Member
I've played +600 hours of Destiny's PVE content since the alpha, and had a break between Dark Below and The Taken King. I don't feel like I would have missed anything crucial, if I had started from TTK. I played all raids once, three of them when they were fresh (Crota's End being the exception), and I didn't care to replay any of them. Aside from the raids, everything else can be experienced perfectly well later on. The loot connected to certain activities, like those of the first two expansions, might be dated at that point, but that's not an issue to me. I also played most of those hours solo or with randoms, so it doesn't bother me that much that my friends are now playing without me.
That being said, reading the impressions and reviews makes me tempted to get the sequel, but at the same time I don't want to feel tempted to buy all the expansions separately. So, I'm hoping my resolve holds until the equivalent of TTK arrives.
This is the issue with me too. Bought vanilla, got burned superhard. Bought Taken King since my friends told me it fixed vanillas issues... sort of true, still a slog of a game. I LOVED the gunplay, gameplay, enemies, even the raids.
But in both of those games, I felt like I did not do enough to be able to play with my friends. They grinded and grinded to no end, I just got burned by it all.
And I've watched streams of D2. It looks cool, but deceitful in the same way the first one did. "Plenty to do", when there most likely is not. :/
Exactly what i was thinking, this review site has ensured that I will be weary of any reviews coming from this outlet as it seems hype takes over and common sense goes out the window