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If saying that "there is nothing to spoil" is a spoiler, I guess spoilers ahead.
Let me preface this by saying that I actually really like Destiny and will continue to play it, but whoever allowed the story in this game to pass should really just...not...
Ya, that ending. Not only did it come out of nowhere (I didn't even realize I had picked the last story mission until the ending started), but it was also completely empty... in the most purified, definitive sense of the word. First of all it is probably one of the shortest cutscenes in the entire game, it's in engine as opposed to the intro cutscene, and the dialogue is basically straight up saying "yo, this literally hasn't even started yet so I hope you like expansions." Jeff was entirely right in the Quick Look, nothing of consequence happens in this game except for a very very very minor achievement as a result of the final mission. I'm fine with this but I really didn't need the game to spell it out to me like a slap to the face. The custcene honestly should not have even been in the game because it tells you absolutely nothing of value and offers you zero congratulations. The worst part is The Stranger who is not what could be defined as a character even in the most wild imaginings of a hyperactive preschooler. So it's pretty interesting that they decided that ALL of the relevant dialogue of the final scene should be granted to him/her and it goes about as well as you would expect. And when it's all over with you hop in your ship and fly away, even though you hadn't even talked to The Speaker yet which is what you were there to do... like, dude, where are you going? I'm not joking there is a glaring continuity error in the ending cutscene of this multi million dollar production. Honestly I still like the game, but I'll be skipping cutscenes from now on, and I suggest everyone else do the same.
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