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Reddit: The gutting of Destiny's story
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ComputerMKII
Banned
The story so far with alleged Bungie insider 404Architect.
Holy shit!
Don't think you can get any worse than what Destiny currently is
I took from that that the original story had tons of production and was too in depth and too fantastical for the basic cod crowd they were going for. They decided to go more casual and the writer got pissed and left. They then scrapped the story and pieced together what they could.
If what is coming out is true Bungie should not be proud of what they put out. To spend so much time and effort and put out what they did is beyond disappointing considering their pedigree.
Maybe they should have stuck to the traditional single player and multiplayer split, lower production cost and create a more focused narrative and universe.
Maybe they should have stuck to the traditional single player and multiplayer split, lower production cost and create a more focused narrative and universe.
NoPiece
Member
From the Bungie/Activision contract we know the original target date was Fall 2013, so Bungie got an extra year to work on it.
Didn't DeeJ just straight up come out and say this is all BS?
Of course he did. He would not say it was true. He could also still be lying.
ComputerMKII
Banned
If the insider thing is true, they might as well make as little DLC as possible and start developing with Destiny 2 straight away.
Vincent4756
Member
which makes me think there is some truth in the reddit posts. not all of it, just some of it. idk just a feeling I have.
gamechanger87
Member
They also promised us a ton in the Vidocs that never came to be.
They already came out and stated that the DLC isn't for the most part already on the disks when people can glitch themselves into the locked off areas that are completely populated.
This. It is pretty insulting the hacked up nonsensical story they shoved on us
ComputerMKII
Banned
Twilight Gap
Member
clearly there wasn't enough negative feedback because there's a whole lot of "too many things blocking firing lines" on the crucible maps.
The story so far with alleged Bungie insider 404Architect.
Whether or not this is true, now I'm super interested to hear what actually went on in the studio. It's obvious that something must have happened during development and this does sound incredibly plausible.
JetBlackPanda
Member
I'm sorry but this is bullshit. If this was true he would not say anything. He wouldn't straight up lie. I guess I have too much faith in people.
NullPointer
Member
Anybody got a link to this? It keeps being mentioned.
JetBlackPanda
Member
http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/70908920/0/0/1
Also here is the reddit thread that got deleted because mods can't confirm 404 is legit.
http://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheG...equest_someone_from_bungie_or_activision_who/
Watching this is even more painful now, lmao.
Getting loot from killing a boss?
"EXOTIC!"
Bungie plz
riskVSreward
Member
This is a really sad story for me. Destiny was my most anticipated game of all time, and while I still love it despite its flaws, it pains me to hear that we arent getting the original full vision of the game.
EDIT: The parallels people were drawing between the Twinkle Twinkle Little Star lyrics and what actually exists of a story in Destiny were fun. I wonder if that played a more significant role in the earlier builds.
EDIT: The parallels people were drawing between the Twinkle Twinkle Little Star lyrics and what actually exists of a story in Destiny were fun. I wonder if that played a more significant role in the earlier builds.
JetBlackPanda
Member
I can see it now.
So only hardcore players will kill monster X on hard and get loot? That's not fair!! Randomize that shit and let it be a big slot machine, dude bros will love it.
Arkage
Banned
It's so depressing that this game could've had a truly fleshed out, well developed story, and it just didn't happen. And this is a company that's been in the business of making great games for 20 years, an incredibly solid track record, shit loads of money, and even they can't do it. It all falls apart and we end up with shit in the end, even if it's a slick shootbang piece of shit.
My hopes for awesome stories in AAA games dashed once more. Is there no hope?
My hopes for awesome stories in AAA games dashed once more. Is there no hope?
yo damn
NullPointer
Member
Thanks for this.
Well then, I'm inclined to believe a direct denial, so looks like the mystery behind this game's development is still just that.
Nathan Filion is in Destiny?!
riskVSreward
Member
Pandering to the dudebros can't possibly sustain a game over a period of several years. I really hope this is all bullshit, or at least all of the cut content is reintroduced via dlc.
NullPointer
Member
Yes, he's the Hunter Vanguard. There is lots of well known talent behind the voices in Destiny.
Holy shit, just looking over that link I had no idea the exo stranger was Maggie from the Walking Dead.
DarkChronic
Member
It's shocking to me that they have all these cool characters and they don't even use them! Imagine getting scenes where all three of the Vanguard leaders show up to fight the Darkness? Or just getting any kind of interaction with them besides a glorified shopkeeper?
Ugh.
Look at that. Crow is in the cast.
I find her British accent bizarre in interviews, because I am so used to her Maggie voice.
I also think we should be careful about glorifying Staten. We have no clue how bad those early cutscenes were. They probably would have been much better than what we got, but seems like from the early impressions, it wasn't exactly stellar either.
I would love to know how much of that $500 mil was burnt on the VAs.
I would love to know how much of that $500 mil was burnt on the VAs.
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Deleted member 80556
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Which really does make me wonder what the heck happened?
Maybe it's what another poster said about internal conflict on the vision of the game. If there truly was a vision to make it FPS Mass Effect MMO-like game, then I'm sad it never came to be. Making it a FPS grind with bare story seems like a waste of half a billion dollars.
The leaks from the early play tests are not kind to the original story or the way it's told. In fact, they rip it to shreds.
gamechanger87
Member
Look at Joseph Staten's LinkedIn resume for his Destiny period. It sure doesn't seem all the story foundation/narrative he worked for 4 years found its way into the game.
Wait there are serial stories in this game? I just want one.
KnightHart
Member
The damage is done now though. Real or not. Even before those claims people suspected they cut out content just because of how BAD the story mode was. Every person with the slightest bit of cynicism in them probably believes they cut out content from the game to release as DLC.
The point is that now it has people talking and really wondering what happened at Bungie for them to give us... Whatever the shit Destiny is now. I just hope that... Uh... Jason guy from Kotaku finds a way to dig something up.
NullPointer
Member
Why get one story when you can get the sampler pack instead? You get the first act of six different stories. That's value.
BattleMonkey
Member
Its not hard to believe any of this with how the game turned out. It feels like a very incomplete game.
I feel like I'm getting gypped by the Cryptarch.
Lucent
Member
Yeah. It just doesn't make any sense and it didn't do enough to make it worthy of my money for the DLC. It's just so barebones.
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