A lot of people solo'd Crota's End and never actually played a full raid with 6 people. I think only 10% or less care about this part of the game.
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Destiny: Rise of Iron Review Thread
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A lot of people solo'd Crota's End and never actually played a full raid with 6 people. I think only 10% or less care about this part of the game.
WrenchNinja
Member
it isn't needed
Been playing it all day. The campaign was short but of very high quality, but it also seems to set the stage for things like strikes and the raid. There are a few missions here and there that are reworks of original missions, with some environmental tweaks and the new SIVA enemies.
The new Plaguelands area is drastically different from others (similar to how the Dreadnought in TTK shook things up) and the Archon's Forge seems like this expansion's equivalent to Court of Oryx from TTK.
I'd say that if you're new to Destiny, $60 for the complete collection is a lot of game for that price. $40 is only worth it if you have friends (or want to join up with friendly GAFfers over in DGAF) that might bring you back into Destiny since you've last been. Lastly, if you're already playing every day, then you don't need convincing on the asking price.
The new Plaguelands area is drastically different from others (similar to how the Dreadnought in TTK shook things up) and the Archon's Forge seems like this expansion's equivalent to Court of Oryx from TTK.
I'd say that if you're new to Destiny, $60 for the complete collection is a lot of game for that price. $40 is only worth it if you have friends (or want to join up with friendly GAFfers over in DGAF) that might bring you back into Destiny since you've last been. Lastly, if you're already playing every day, then you don't need convincing on the asking price.
NowhereFaded
Member
I disagree with 100%
I play solo, meaning I don't have group of buds or a clan.
It's the most fun I've had with a fps this gen. The gameplay and mechanics are second to no one. It's top tier gameplay at its best. The atmosphere is amazing. The music riveting.
Trust me, get the game if you like playing shooters. If for some miraculous reason you hate it, Ill pay for it my damn self. And if your on Ps4 my gt is NowhereFaded. Later.
That's certainly not true. The only people that would go through the tedium of soloing crota without liking raids are hardcore games and/or trophy hunters, and you can't believe that ~10% of the Destiny userbase falls into that
Disagree.
Or they are solo players or are playing with a friend, but wanted to get the best gear in the game and had an opportunity to do it solo. I know two guys who didn't want to spend too much time in Vault of Glass but played Crota's End because they could to it solo/with 1 buddy.
And that's an anecdote about some guys you know but what you are extrapolating from that is very hard to believe.
9/10 of my friends buy digital games only too
VincentMatts
Member
Review thread with no reviews
ethomaz
Banned
I see review there.
Frankly, I would be fine paying $30 and even $40 for expansions IF these expansions contained more of the type of main missions and side missions that started with TTK. But 5 missions and a few side missions for $30 doesn't seem enough unless the raid is Vault of Glass amazing--we'll see come Friday.
And more honestly, these missions don't even seem to be that intricate or complicated, and for the life of me I can't understand why it takes months and months and cost so much (apparently) to come up with 5 of these missions. Must be the ridiculous inefficiency of the engine that has been discussed before, where it apparently takes hours of coding to move a box from one place to the next. I suspect this will be the biggest change to Destiny coming in Destiny 2.
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
Should probably read my follow up post
Edited the initial post for clarification.
jabberwocker
Banned
Because I don't even think they started on this until the beginning of the year. I think that's when they realized that they were not going to hit the date for destiny 2 so then they had to do an expansion. I think the problem is is that taking king was pretty much a full game for 40 bucks. so trying to compare that to this makes a little bit harder to swallow. But if you compare this $30 DLC compared to quotas end or house of wolves. It's really not that bad a deal from what I've seen so far seems like it's a mix somewhere in between the taken king and one of the previous DLC's.
BlackBanditSho
Member
I don't have the time to do raids. Strikes offer the best elements of raids. Only shorter and requiring less people. Long live strikes.
jabberwocker
Banned
Yeah it's the other part of old Russia. I'd have to say it's about similar in size to Venus
Reptars Revenge
Member
I imagine anybody still playing destiny after all these expansions plays the raids. The 90% figure is from the original vanilla version and demo and consists of people constantly bashing destiny on the internet.
Diprosalic
Banned
They really don't. Teamwork is the best part of raids and strikes require none of that.
Compsiox
Banned
I played 3 missions and then quit. Too much of the same.
Yeah, it kinda blows. New subclasses could have saved it. Completely anemic expansion.
Twilight Gap
Member
The new stuff is mostly cool by Destiny standards but you can't review shit until you hit the end game, which is where the meat of Destiny has always been. And we wont know how good that is until this weekend.
At this point I think the highs aren't as high as TTK, but the lows are definitely not as low either.
At this point I think the highs aren't as high as TTK, but the lows are definitely not as low either.
I'm in a similar boat to you.
Players seem to be able to Solo some of the Raids, so I'm going to eventually give that a go with the Crota's End and Vault of Glass raids.
AusRoachman
Member
Is there a cheap digital upgrade path if you own the taken king ? Looking at the ps store all I see available is the entire collection.
Yep. You can just buy the expansion. Though it's not exactly cheap.
theytookourjobz
Junior Member
I haven't played RoI yet but pretty much all of the expansions have felt like that to me.
BlackBanditSho
Member
TTK strikes totally required teamwork. Everyone that I've talked to that has played the RAIDs tells me that the well designed strikes TTK brought in are like mini-raids. I don't have anything against RAIDS, it's just that I don't have 6 Destiny friends nor the time it takes to complete a RAID. I'd given up on the game until the TTK came out. The single player was fine, but the PvE stuff - especially the raids - is what I've been looking for.
Sword Of Doom
Member
TTK strikes did require team work and were awesome. Best content in the game are those TTK strikes and VoG imo. That's why I was so bummed when I found out there's only one strike in this new expansion. It also gave me an idea of what kind of expansion it would be so I skipped it.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
$50 Aussie is too rich of a price point IMO. The content and game are so well executed and having a regular group to run with and tackle a new raid has me paying the admission price though.
Bungie you scoundrels
Bungie you scoundrels
$50 Aussie is too rich of a price point IMO. The content and game are so well executed and having a regular group to run with and tackle a new raid has me paying the admission price though.
Bungie you scoundrels
It's $50? That's crazy.
tearsintherain
Member
Played a good 6-8 hours today, got most of the quests done on one character and pushing light 341 (started at 301). I'd give RoI a 6/10 so far, maybe the raid will blow my mind and raise the score but I doubt it.
The setting, atmosphere, etc are all very mediocre. I don't fault bungie, after the epic-ness of the Taken King, where you are hunted by a God who has killed trillions of souls across millions of planets, its hard to get excited about whatever the hell SIVA is supposed to be. The campaign was extremely short and disjointed. There are some cool things, and I haven't even touched PVP yet and I am sure I will really enjoy that for a while.
Its pretty obvious though after 2-3 weeks I'll be bored and quit playing for the most part, which is fine to me. $30 may be a little too high a price for what has been delivered, but I hope they roll out monthly events and stuff until Destiny 2 which makes the price pretty palatable. For anyone who hasn't played Destiny, paying $60 for everything is a fantastic deal.
The setting, atmosphere, etc are all very mediocre. I don't fault bungie, after the epic-ness of the Taken King, where you are hunted by a God who has killed trillions of souls across millions of planets, its hard to get excited about whatever the hell SIVA is supposed to be. The campaign was extremely short and disjointed. There are some cool things, and I haven't even touched PVP yet and I am sure I will really enjoy that for a while.
Its pretty obvious though after 2-3 weeks I'll be bored and quit playing for the most part, which is fine to me. $30 may be a little too high a price for what has been delivered, but I hope they roll out monthly events and stuff until Destiny 2 which makes the price pretty palatable. For anyone who hasn't played Destiny, paying $60 for everything is a fantastic deal.
bonchooski
Member
I second this, I play Destiny mainly as a solo experience and I love it. Once in a while I'll do random strikes but the bulk of my time is solo and it's probably my favorite game of this gen so far.
Sounds like they've hit their stride once again after fixing many complaints with Taken King?
Btw DGAF, how are the server queues?
ZeezbruhTV
Member
Day 1 Destiny player here that swore off the game but is strongly considering jumping in for Destiny 2, can you elaborate??
You guys are making it easier for me to hold off on this. I've only just gotten into Destiny this month, my mate gave me vanilla for free and I just spent $30 AUD on TTK which I've enjoyed quite a lot, huge leap in quality in PvE. So kinda bummed I've been locked out of pvp after like week but eh there's enough there to keep me busy til RoI drops in price.
Neolombax
Member
Been a solo player since day 1, never touched any raids, nightfalls if I bother going through the LFG sites. Been doing the story missions, daily heroics, strikes and crucible. I personally love the loot grind. Also, the crucible isn't bad either. Just recently started to get a feel for it, and I must say I prefer it over the likes of COD, Battleborn, etc. Destiny has been a great investment of time and money for me personally, even as a solo player.
Vanillalite
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New player just started. It's my son's favorite PS4 game that he plays with his friends. I like Halo and Bungie, but I just never got around to trying it despite my son telling me to.
So he used some of his birthday money to buy the expansion to play with his buddies. His hype got to me and I figured I would finally jump in.
Didn't have much time tonight to play. Just did the intro to the city.
Considering I'm older now with a life and family I'm sure if I like this there will be more than enough content to keep me busy for the next year. LoL
So he used some of his birthday money to buy the expansion to play with his buddies. His hype got to me and I figured I would finally jump in.
Didn't have much time tonight to play. Just did the intro to the city.
Considering I'm older now with a life and family I'm sure if I like this there will be more than enough content to keep me busy for the next year. LoL
UltimateUnknown
Member
Got a full solid day into the game and it's been the best state Destiny has been in without a doubt.
The main campaign was indeed between 3-4 hours but upon completion a ton of quests open up each with their own missions. I just did two exotic quests (Khovostov and Gally) and they took me up almost as long as the main campaign, along with a few crucible sessions. I've only just spent about 10 hours with the game and I'd say that in itself is worth the $30 asking price. Yet there is SO much more to discover and the raid to do.
I'm just really enjoying the level grind and weapon collecting a lot.
The main campaign was indeed between 3-4 hours but upon completion a ton of quests open up each with their own missions. I just did two exotic quests (Khovostov and Gally) and they took me up almost as long as the main campaign, along with a few crucible sessions. I've only just spent about 10 hours with the game and I'd say that in itself is worth the $30 asking price. Yet there is SO much more to discover and the raid to do.
I'm just really enjoying the level grind and weapon collecting a lot.
hikarutilmitt
Member
The weapons were named after them, after all.
Heck you knew it was Jolder just based on her using her heavy machine gun.
WonkyPanda
Member
If you go digital, do you need your disc in the PS4? I think you did for TTK
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
Yes considering it's an add on.
CambriaRising
Member
It's a completely different game now than vanilla destiny. You will get a TON if content.
The quest structure honestly makes the game 10x better. You always know exactly what you need to do next. TTK had some decent content and I'm liking the Plaguelands so far.
NullPointer
Member
Started at 8pm and finished the campaign at 10:45 pm.
I'm sure there's plenty more in terms of quests and objectives, but that was quick, and I usually average twice as long to get through games as the usual estimates go.
I hope Bungie has plans to sustain interest.
I'm sure there's plenty more in terms of quests and objectives, but that was quick, and I usually average twice as long to get through games as the usual estimates go.
I hope Bungie has plans to sustain interest.
DeaDPo0L84
Member
You can tell by how many of the existing assets were reworked that this was a quick fill in the spot for what was potentially meant to be Destiny 2.
toastyToast
Member
Content wise I don't mind it but the low production value of the story is staggering. By the time you reach the end and become an Iron Lord there's so little fanfare you could blink and miss it. Not that the ending of the main game wasn't a steaming pile but still. Hopefully Bungie tries way harder with the sequel. This shit is ass for something that kind of masquerades as an RPG