Unfinished: Destiny 06/06/2014

The problem with Borderlands-style loot is, 90% of the guns are unplayably shitty crap, 9% kinda make sense, but are unfun to use, and only the fewest of guns actually feel good. That's bullshit design in my opinion.

Why is Brad compelled to say "I don't think so" to pretty much everything? It's almost parody at this point.

Regardless, this is looking better than that leaked footage a few days ago at least.

Man, playing first person shooters on a controller still looks so damn awkward.

Is it just me or did the hit detection during that multiplayer fight toward the end seem pretty poor? Jeff seems to hit the giant ball things quite a few times with no damage registering, and that grenade looked like it should have done damage as well...

I know the Peter Dinklage character is suppose to be like a AI/robot, but he just sounds like a dude delivering flat lines. They need to synthesize his voice more or something. I definitely want to see more of this game though.

Maybe it's just me but this doesn't look very... interesting? It looks like Borderlands with a different art style and less loot.

I completely agree. I didnt play the first one but the second one i got SO annoyed at the stupid loot system that i just quit the game. Almost every good gun i got ended up with some like x7 sniper scope on it. Why is there a sniper scope on my SHOTGUN? I actually wont play another borderlands game unless you can customize the sights on guns.

I think the game looks great and really polished which is to be expected from a Bungie game, but the class differences and RPG elements look so uninspired and basic. The Warlock basically has a grenade, a bigger grenade (super), and a float that leaves you very vulnerable in the air. I know that you get gear later on that decreases cool-downs, but at low levels, classes seem almost irrelevant with 5 minute cooldown timers on specials.

So this is what Destiny is. Looks cool for sure. I was a bit doubtful there for a while but after watching this, Q4 seems a little bit brighter.

Also looks like I need to renew my PlayStation Plus...

Seems cool. If this is basically Borderlands that feels like Halo and I can play it by myself, I'll be all over this.

As someone who doesn't like Halo, this seems to continue Bungie's... legacy.

Maybe it's a small thing, but I liked when they were doing the sort of free roam missions, and ended up dropping a few enemies that had sort of obviously spawned due to someone else's mission.

Kinda weird how they marketed this since it's reveal as a completely new and innovative type of game when it really is very Borderlands. But as a fan of Borderlands it looks like it could be good, with more multiplayer opportunities and possibly a better story/world (though the characters/world felt a bit lifeless/generic/flat in this short look so who knows).

Seemed a bit rough/tedious with the amount of enemies swarming all around them especially at the end there, hopefully they can fine tune that and get it in a sweet spot where it's challenging but you're not bogged down by a billion enemies in every new room and rez zerging, would prefer fewer, stronger enemies and a more tactical approach.

Love Dinklage but ugh that robot sounded awful I have to say. I feel like if you're going to do a robot companion you either have to go full robot, dead serious with maybe some unintentional deadpan humor, not human sounding at all, or you go Portal route with the crazy, charming, hilarious robots that you just can't help liking. This one went somewhere in the middle and it just sounded terrible, ruined the immersion when it just clearly sounds like a human voice actor trying to sound a bit robotic and mostly just sounding bored. It's probably more Bungie's fault than Dinklage's though.

Shame it's not coming to PC... I can't stand shooters on consoles I'm just not good enough with controllers, might be the thing that keeps me from ever playing this.

Looks super boring.

As a fan of Borderlands, this game seems more my speed than Titanfall. Though I don't like how you have to redo sections once you die, unlike Borderlands where you can continue where you left off in regards to killing enemies.

Borderlands got much too idiotic for me in 2, so I'm excited about this.

The menu interface seems like it was designed with a PC in mind (moving a cursor around using the stick). Not the most controller-friendly method... Odd choice imo

Also, Peter Dinklage sounded like he was falling asleep. Hopefully that will be remedied come September. Other than that this game seems really solid, very excited to play it.

@swd said:

I facepalmed so hard at this.

That speeder bike sure does look like it handles EXACTLY like a ghost!

@oursin_360: I think that's just the way the alpha is set up. I figure we'll get a better impression of what the game truly is like in the beta

omg the sounds coming from that speeder!

This looks way better than the other footage I've seen.

Before watching this I was really upset that this isn't coming to PC right away. Now I'm mostly indifferent. This game doesn't seem particularly skillful (what can you do to prevent damage other than crouch and just barely peak around corners?) and it has a lot of MMO conventions that I've grown tired of. In particular, having to run around a zone to collect the quests from the beacons while you're running through the future areas where you'll be doing those quests seems super unfun. Getting kicked to a menu/hub and waiting feels bad coming from seamless worlds on PC.

PC please :(

@brad@drewbert: That's most definitely Peter Dinklage.

I was a bit sceptical at first, mostly because I didn't really know what the hell the game was. But now I'm totally on-board. I know it's still an Alpha but the interiors look a bit underwhelming while the outdoor environments look great. Hopefully they fix that. And as long as you can play the whole game solo and is just a better Borderlands, to put it simply, I'm stoked.

I kinda like Dinklage's flat-ish read. Makes sense since its a little floating computer thing.

Dude, this game was made to be played with people. When Jeff declined the party invite only to get WRECKED 5 minutes later, I facepalmed so hard. Just because you can play alone doesn't necessarily mean you should. Obviously that's ultimately your choice, but this game seems designed from the ground up for playing with people. Just wondering why someone would even buy this if they want to play on their own.

Drew! Now only Vinny is still MIA..

WHAT, this is prerecorded!?! What did you monsters (LAAAANG!???) do to Drew and VBomb?

I just listened to the new trailer and they applied some heavy robotic-like modulation to Dinklage's voice in that. I'd guess they're going to do that for the rest of the game. Final audio is one of the last things to go in.

I dont like that the numbers falling off of the enemies seem to be coming out of the center of the screen and on the screen rather than in the game world.

I don't think the enemy variety is good enough. I feel like this video shows almost all the different enemies. The variety doesn't even see as good as halo. The hunters are as different than the rest than the hunters in halo

It's like its an alpha with limited resources including enemies or something.

If I like how it controls and the gunplay I'm placing an order. Beta starts late July.

This is the first time I've gameplay of this game, and my initial impressions have me interested. I'll have to check out the alpha or beta next month.

That speeder really sounds like a podracer to me. I'm really looking forward to this game this fall. Hope to get into the alpha

Game looks super sharp to me. Give me more Bungie FPS goodness and I'll be hooked.

Never realized how Borderlandsy this was gonna be.

After wondering what this game is for a while I have say that I'm kinda impressed.

Borderlands without Borderlands sense of humor? Sign me the fuck up.

Really primed to enjoy this game. Bungie is at their best when working with big environments.

I like how they put a cursor in their menus to really really really say "Fuck You" to us PC owners. Man if you only could punch executives in the face...

I listened to the menu music and instantly stopped the video. Space opera warlocks in a Bungie original IP, DONE. It's going to be something that I shall want to experience fresh.

Had absolutely zero hype for this game, but now I'm fairly intrigued. But man, do I really want to get a PS4 this year to truly enjoy this game? Fuuuuuuuuck

Well now I need this. Damn.

Hold on, let me get my bass.

Moon Wizards? Are you saying that this takes place in the Pink Floyd universe?

Also I think this game is pretty easy to understand. It's an MMOFPS reminiscent of Phantasy Star Online in a lot of ways. The reason why ammo seems so scarce in that later mission is because the enemies are out of your level range and you are doing too little damage to kill an enemy that would drop ammo. It's good that your teammates carried you through.

This is NOT an alpha.

i wasn't sure about destiny after that demo its a day 1 purchase

Anyway this game looks neat but I still don't enjoy playing shooters with a controller, so even though I will be getting a PS4 for bloodborne, I will probably give this game a pass