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Destiny: Only one area per planet
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CookedChocobo
Member
lol so much hyperbole in this thread.
How do you know there won't be still hours and hours of content despite only one area in each planet? Hell, we don't even have access to all of Old Russia and people are saying/threatening they will cancel their pre-order? Give me a break lol
How do you know there won't be still hours and hours of content despite only one area in each planet? Hell, we don't even have access to all of Old Russia and people are saying/threatening they will cancel their pre-order? Give me a break lol
That shouldn't take too long, if there are only 6 and all about 20 mins, thats only 2 hours.
TheRealTalker
Banned
what happened to all those other cities mention in ViDocs, Concept art and Developer conferences
man guessing everything is separated via expansion packs
man guessing everything is separated via expansion packs
Zombie James
Banned
"We could go there right now."
RiccochetJ
Gold Member
People are moving from buying to waiting. Nothing more, nothing less.
Primethius
Banned
People are making assumptions off the fact that the missions in the beta are about 10 minutes long. Which is a fair assumption.
RedAssedApe
Banned
gonna be annoyed if this thing is all dlc packs :\
'We could go there right now... but if we jumped off this cliff we'll die. So technically we can't go there at all.'
So you finished the last array story mission in 10 minutes? Must have been quite a speed run
Didn't the leaked site show random higher-level Strikes available at specific times? I'm still waiting for a final judgement about strikes.
And 20 mins is just an estimate from my end. A fireteam can take a long time finishing a Strike if they don't know what they're doing.
Zombie James
Banned
The Bungie devs that read this thread might. Speaking with your wallet and all that.
mercenar1e
Member
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
How else would the world know of their Superiority
I mean they already got the Beta code for free and now the cancellation can go through and they can feel at peace knowing the screwed a dev or publisher out of their whopping $0 money they threw there way
Lucent
Member
Destiny's alpha and beta gave me the impression that it does this, too. I've experienced what we've done in the Destiny alpha/beta before. They've done this crap in Halo already.
And I don't play for trophies/achievements, so there aren't those to entice me either. I just play games that I think are fun and interesting.
Trickster
Member
I care as much about someone canceling their pre-order, as I do about people posting pictures and gifs of their character sitting or dancing in the tower. But hey if that's what they want to post and it's relevant within the context of the thread, go right ahead.
What did you think of the beta story missions?
Unfortunately, the Beta missions weren't great. Not shitty, but not great.
Primethius
Banned
The array was the longest mission for sure but the rest (including the Moon mission) were pretty short.
CookedChocobo
Member
I don't think that's a fair assumption considering Old Russia is technically the beginning of the game, and I would think the missions in beginning of the game, especially the beta, would be the shortest missions you do.
People are absolutely jumping the gun here.
EDIT: And 10 minutes long is exaggerating a bit bro. They're 10 minutes long if you're redoing them, longer for the first time.
EventHorizon
Member
This is pretty much what Microsoft was saying last spring about the negative comments concerning the XB1. How'd that work out for them?
Right now Destiny is to Bungie what Dragon Age 2 was to BioWare with its limited areas and respawning enemies. Funny thing is that BioWare learned their lesson. Dragon Age Inquisition which will be competing with Destiny look to absolutely dwarf it in the amount of content.
Destiny's game play seems based around grinding content. Even if the total time played turns out to be significant, it doesn't seem like a lot of fun.
Cynn
Member
I'm kinda surprised how many posters thought Destiny was Skyrim or Halo 5. It's always been clear to me at least that this is a shared experience / co-op game with a pvp arenas. I've never seen them promise spralling cities or some huge single player adventure.
Maybe I missed something?
Maybe I missed something?
Horribly disappointing if true. I'll wait on Bungie to say something about this. I may cancel my preorder and wait for the reviews detailing the content. If that's the only content in the game, as much as I enjoyed it, I certainly do not value it at a $60 purchase. Would wait until it drops to $30-$40.
johntown
Banned
I don't get all the outrage? 4 planets and about 5 hours a planet is a 20 hour game. That is pretty standard now a days. Plus you will have the free roam on all the planets and a robust multiplayer.
Did Bungie ever promise a really long campaign?
People who play nothing but FPS games should not complain at all. Considering COD and other shooters have like 4 hour campaigns.
Did Bungie ever promise a really long campaign?
People who play nothing but FPS games should not complain at all. Considering COD and other shooters have like 4 hour campaigns.
TatteredHat
Member
I liked the mission where you first meet the Hive, but other than that the missions were forgettable. If the beta is representative of the way missions are going to be in the final product I'm not too optimistic.
agreed
but those missions in the beta weren't exactly great. The strike was fun, but I imagine it'll get boring after a couple of playthroughs.
TheDarkKnight774
Member
Well it seems to have enough content for me. If others don't then fine enjoy something else. Some think the COD 6 hour campaign and multi is worth full value, others don't. As long as there's enough people online for me to enjoy the strikes and raids I'm happy. And I doubt I'll have problems there.
And you can always wait for price drops to get it closer to your perceived value if you want.
Can't wait for the full game.
And you can always wait for price drops to get it closer to your perceived value if you want.
Can't wait for the full game.
In the beta there is a disappointing lack of uniqueness to each mission. 4 of the alleged 22 are already meh.
Zombie James
Banned
This isn't about hours and length.
I wasn't a huge fan, either, but I was under the impression that the Beta quests weren't representative of the final product. As in they were abridged or something.
They seem ridiculously short, so I figure there was more to the full game.
TheWorthyEdge
Member
Looking at it again he said "they revealed everything that's going to be in the game" so I mean.....there could be more than 1 area in each place,
Northeastmonk
Gold Member
I could throw a fit, but I'm not.
Swarming101
Member
We're going by our actual hands-on experience of the game. Some of us have put dozens of hours into the alpha and beta of this game. Nothing that we have actually played shows any indication that what you suggest is the case.
When you say that there might be hours and hours of content even if there's only one area per planet, sure, there might be. But we've already played at least five story missions, a strike, plus an extra story mission on the moon, and they don't suggest that this is the case at all: they suggest that story missions will be very short, very boring, and very repetitive.
I think players making purchasing decisions based on their actual hands-on experience of the public beta of a game is actually one of the most reasonable/I] ways to base a pre-order decision on. I'm not just relying on hype and trailers when I make a purchasing decision, I'm basing it on what I've actually personally experienced of the game. If reviews come out that completely allay my fears and concerns about this game then maybe I will order again, and I think many others are just like me in that respect, but there's no way I can pre-order this game based on what I played of it.
I'm still waiting for them to give us one great mission, let alone 22.
Trickster
Member
You don't have a basis for saying that though. Whereas people making assumptions based on their experience with the beta do.
Nah, those are the same missions you will play come release, count on it. I expect the later missions for each zone to be bigger and more interesting though,
Rolodzeo
Member
I honestly think that the Moon mission was great and the boss on Earth too. Other than that... pretty meh. I mean, go there, kill those guys, wait until the Lannister scans something... going home in 3,2,1... repeat. :/
The moon mission took longer than 10 minutes unless all you did was rush from one point to another. All the other missions before last array were literally the first 4 missions in the game. Extrapolating from there isn't wise. Not to mention that these were hand picked for the beta and we have no idea if the mission structure and narration would be the same in the final game. It's anything but a "fair" assumption.
I hope so. Especially the story-telling wasn't very developed.
Lucent
Member
LOL! I was gonna quote that and say "But I won't...'cuz it's not real..." I would've shouted "NO! At least walk down it a bit! Show that it's not complete BS!"
I was under the impression that the higher level strikes are the same, but with higher level enemies, like with the difficulty select. If they are different encounters, but in the same area, then that's not so bad. I was just expecting a lot more of them, as that seems to be where the meat of the game will be.
COOL! See you on day one!
Psychoward
Banned
postcyberpunk
Banned
Have we been reading the same thread?
Storm Raider
Banned
Damn, that FOV was much larger..
Well considering how pisspoor the missions are in the beta, even reaching 22 should be impressive.
Primethius
Banned
I didn't rush. I played the mission once the way I felt like playing, which was how the game kind of directed me to play. I went to the first area, biked to the second and third areas and completed it there. Its a fair assumption for me.