Unfinished: Destiny 07/18/2014

I'm addicted to punching, best part of the game.

I'm still unsure about this game, I haven't really felt compelled to play it/ look up video of it for some reason, and I Love Bungie as far as Halo was concerned. So i'll probably give this a shot.

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@quantical the punching/knifing IS dope, also KNIFE THROWING!

Online Halo with some rpg elements. Truly the most overhyped snoozefest in a long time.

Pretty sure (going by my time with the Alpha and the Beta) I'm going to love this game ^_^

Loud AD... quiet audio on the video, please guys do something about it. :)

Really concerned about the repetitive use of environments, and not a fan of the way you just select things off a map. I kinda wish it had been more open world like Borderlands.

It remains to be seen if the full game is varied enough for me.

EDIT: Also I am very sad they removed the moon line.

"Some dork telling me about the halo books". Yep, that's what I am.

Playing the multiplayer really got me excited about this game. Finishing the Devil's Lair with only a buddy and myself felt awesome. Reminded me of horde mode.

I'm still loving it to death, but the loot drops are kind of bumming me out, I hardly ever get any Auto Rifles and the ones I do are pretty mediocre - no uncommons at all!

To be fair it has been pretty hyped in my opinion, I've heard lots of talk of it (in videogame circles at least) but I mean, that was kinda destined to happen anyway. It's Bungie, it's Halo. ANY game they come out with was going to be hyped, it was the exact same situation with Titanfall.

I for one am a bit more hopeful that this game will get more traction - weirdly enough, as a big MW1 fan and someone who gets no enjoyment from Halo, I'm super excited about Destiny. Looks like it could be something I get really into.

Played the alpha and now i'm already bored after playing the beta

Glad this exists, 0 interest in playing another bungie shooter even if it has rpg elements

Bungie has been busy. Many improvements are evident, mostly subtle ones, but some not so much, like the very much improved ghost VO. I also really like that my character is voiced and also some of the new UI hints and the unrespawnable warnings. The content is mostly the same as the alpha so people are grumpy, but this beta is for testing and fine tuning. The moon location on the mission map is curious. I wonder if Bungie will offer a mission there before the beta closes.

Oh and the Titan melee and first super just never seems to get old. Love that class.

I would rather play PSO2 over this.

Darkness

Imprisoning me

All that I see

Absolute horror

I cannot live

I cannot die

Trapped in myself

Body my holding cell

Right "dorks" nice one Dan....

Looks kind of boring. I don't really know what is so special about this aside from the multiplayer stuff, and even that does not sound that impressive. It does look a lot like Borderlands, just walk forward while shooting at enemies until their shield breaks.

I'm pretty sure it was 343 industries and not bungie that wrote a story about "rampancy"... I don't remember it ever coming up before halo 4.

The universe just doesn't seem that interesting to me! Is there even a story?

I'm hooked on this game, but similar to Jeff concerned about content. Hopefully the full game is beefier, even in terms of just Earth.

Dead Ghost is almost as good as Moon Wizard.

Yo that's an Elite.

From what I've heard and seen, the alpha and beta have been lacking in substance. Hopefully that will change in the final product.

A lot speaks for there being far more than Old Russia for content on planet Earth, but nothing from Bungie on that. I think it would be pretty nutty if this is what we got, one large zone per planet. No problem hitting 20 as intended but I would seriously think it was a bit gimped on content if so. Old Russia up until the step where you go to the moon goes by so fast too.

The multiplayer announcer is kind of the best.

I'm not sure how much of a draw it'll have on me after level 20, and the beta can't answer that, but I'm willing to take a punt.

@tranquilchaos: Halo 3.

I hope there's more to the game than just "walk around and shoot stuff".

The missions in the game are incredibly uninspired. Typical MMO quests like "kill x number of enemies, collect y number of bear flanks".

Borderlands got away with it cause of its humor and crazy weapons, which Destiny has neither of. Seriously, if mankind became so advanced why do we still use assault rifles, shotguns and sniper rifles? Where are the interesting weapons like the needler and energy sword? And no, a weapon doing fire damage is not interesting.

I just wonder what the end game will be like. Grind for loot like a typical MMO? Do they really expect people will want to keep playing this for 10 years?

Just not finding the game to be particularly exciting. I think the MMO aspect of it is a detriment to what could have been a great single player/co-op game.

Also the pvp needs a new announcer, cause the current one is booooooring. Some high-class military guy saying "we lost A" over and over. How does that make any sense? Why do we basically have some commander telling us stuff? I didnt realize guardians were at war with eachother.

The more I see of this game, the less interest I have. And that bums me out.

Wish there were more to this beta, and boy do I dislike the multiplayer, but I'm still looking forward to this game a lot.

I really hope that GB go back and look at some other games they've covered in the past that have been updated a bunch since they last looked at them. This has now had 2 unfinished's and will have a QL on release while Warframe (which has an established player base in the millions) hasn't been looked at since update 5 back in Feb of last year and the 2 most recent updates completely changed the UI and melee systems along with a bunch of other stuff but because it was labelled as a QL, does that mean it never will be seen again?

Are they counting on the multiplayer to keep people playing the game? I'm interested in seeing what exactly the end game looks like, but if it's just running the same areas over and over to get slightly better gear then that'd be really disappointing. What's there is good, very well made, but I'm still at a loss as to why they think the game will have the legs they predict it will.

maybe my bar is really low, but based on the alpha (haven't touched the beta), Borderlands with way better combat and a more serious world seems A OK to me.

From playing it I could already tell it had legs. I played the Alpha 6 times. No less. I had over 15 hours into it. In the Alpha. The game is going to be awesome.

How does Dan not know PSO?

The holes in his knowledge/experiences are really weird.

Yeah, that comment really rubbed me the wrong way.

Still an FPS MMO, doesn't look that great.

@alexandersheen: Some quality Metallica right there.

I really hope this game will have more interesting missions and an intriguing story.

@machomanny: Dan Ryckert is the writer of 3 books and a short story. Granted, it's not high literature but still.

I guess @danryckert has issues with peeps that like to read books. Wanna remind us again about how much you love soccer? Enjoy your subscription to WWE Network. I hear it's doing really well.

Anyway I'm having a lot of fun with this game, but as Jeff said I hope they change it up a bit and not spend a lot of time in one area.

I'm starting to come around on it. I still think the gameplay falls short of Halo, but the structure is interesting and running around with random people for a few minutes is cool. The strike mission changed my whole perception of the thing.

Now... let's gel the hell out of Old Russia.

Like the looks of this...not feeling the "boring" comments as long as the loot drops are fairly substantial, there's some good character customization and variety in landscapes you're visiting. Though I have a hard time getting into these generic mythic sci-fi magic worlds where it's the the Mugly-Wuglys vs. the Snoodlesnakes and you're all trying to protect The Great Spark or some other MacGuffin. And the enemies in this look and move like Metroid Prime's space pirates.

EDIT: FYI Dan, every one of us visiting this site plays video games. We're all dorks 'round here.

I fell asleep during this snoozefest and missed work, got fired, couldn't pay my bills, my girlfriend left me, then had to go on food stamps. I am currently writing this at a public library.

lol "You're a mystical GuardianNnn" -Jeff

Anyone know if picking a diff race or class or sex makes a difference to the plot or is it all the same, story wise?

I don't like FPS generally, and I've enjoyed it this far.

A Bungie game that has you visiting the same areas over and over again? Weird.

This holds no interest for me. I don't know what it is, but the game just seems very template-y. Maybe something will convince me as we approach release, but there's really nothing here sticking out at me.