You could say it was my ‘destiny’ to review this game. And so, it’s time to see if its ‘destiny’ is to be a really bad game.
\nAlright, enough with the really bad puns. On with the review.<\/p>\n
.
\nTitle: Destiny
\nESRB Rating: T
\nDeveloper: Bungie
\nPublisher: Activision
\nPrice Tag: Unknown (No way to get the release base price)
\nRelease Date: September 3rd, 2014
\nGame Engine: *Unknown*
\nAvailable for these other systems: PS3, XBox 360 & One
\nNumber of Players: Multiplayer(with Single Player-like levels)
\nGenre: 1st\/3rd person shooter with Co-op, RPG, and PvP elements<\/p>\n
Game Features: You are a ‘Guardian’, hand picked by the ‘Traveler’ to defend your homeworld, Earth, from an ancient ‘darkness’ who has followed the Traveler for a very long time.
\nGet your boots on the ground at Old Russia, Earth’s Moon, or even Venus in a 1st person shooter and shoot up some aliens, while meeting your fellow Guardians(other players). The Traveler is counting on you, Guardian.<\/p>\n
Story: 700 years in the future, humans are leaving Earth and populating other planets via colony ships due to the discovery of the “Traveler”; a planet-like being found on Mars. This was known as the “Golden Age”. Time went on, and these colonies mysteriously went dark. The Traveler managed to save what’s left of Humanity by the “Darkness”, a race of unknown alien who have perused the Traveler for centuries. Due to this, the Traveler was greatly weakened and is slowly dying.
\nWith the darkness reaching the Sol system, the Traveler sees the resilience of the human race and hand picks several to be “Guardians” of the being; to help combat the darkness and protect humanity’s last city — ‘Old Russia’ on Earth.<\/p>\n
Main Character: The main character is the player itself(and other players in the game), who can choose between three classes; Titan, Hunter, and Warlock, as well as three races; Human, Awoken, and Exo.
\nThe player has limited customability (and options). They’re able to set their face, hair, and markings. But there’s no real custom face settings. Infact, there’s very limited face options.
\nOnce created, a small flying robot called a ‘Ghost’ manages to bring the player to life, and then instructs them through the prologue.<\/p>\n
Side Characters: The player’s small talking guidebot, which is simply called “Ghost”. The player soon discovers it was created by the Traveler to assist the Guardians. The reason it’s called ‘Ghost’ is it has the power to move through matter (which is how it was able to bring the player back to life).
\nBeing a guidebot, it has a built-in NAV system to help the player reach their objectives. This is also the only way to get back to the player’s ship (or summon their Sparrow).<\/p>\n
Enemies: The player starts with dealing with members of ‘The Fallen’, who aren’t really that good at combat and often make themselves easy targets for the player to take down. As the player progresses in level, they will encounter tougher enemies, such as ‘The Hive’ and other groups of enemies.
\nMost enemies are ranged-based (using a specific weapon or ability), with some getting in the player’s face around Level 3 and beyond.<\/p>\n
Combat\/Health System: Combat is done in first person (with weapons such as assault rifles, shotguns, and sniper rifles), but with no leaning animations as modern shooters. And if the player has to give a quick “FUCK YOU!!”, a one-hit melee to the face is also an option on most weak enemies.
\nThe health system works with regenerative health(indicated by a bar at the top), which goes up if the player isn’t being attacked for 3 or so seconds. If the player dies, they can respawn at the nearest waypoint to them. But when it comes to ‘Darkness Zones'(which usually have a mini boss or a boss), the player respawns back at the beginning of the event and all progress is lost, which can make the game to near ‘brutal’ levels.<\/p>\n
Maps\/Levels\/Chapters: Early in the game, the main levels are in locations of ‘Old Russia’. It isn’t until Level 5 when the player is able to unlock a hoverbike called the ‘Sparrow’ to get around the level more efficiently.
\nEach area of the map has a level that would either be below, at, or above the player’s level. By Level 7, the player can go to Earth’s Moon to quest there.<\/p>\n
.
\nWhat I liked;
\n-First person combat.
\n-Game runs pretty well, staying at 60FPS.
\n-Graphics are very pretty, such as the water reflections. The place really looks ran down and rusted.
\n-Upgrading armor is shockingly simple.
\n-Health regenerates instead of having to heal myself with potions (or shoot needles into my arm).
\n-The game tends to give me these “Woah.. how in the FUCK did I survive?!” moments.
\n-Unused armor and weapons can be sold while on the field, via Dismantle.
\n-The multiplayer aspect feels optional, as you can pretty much solo any level.
\n-On Earth’s Moon, looking up shows a pretty cool easter egg of the ISS (the International Space Station) greatly damaged in orbit around the moon.<\/p>\n
What I didn’t like; Minor nitpicks; Final Opinions\/Thoughts; And yes, there’s also microtransactions. And this alone keeps me from sort of recommending this game. However<\/em>, from what I’ve seen in my playthrough, it seems to be completely optional at best (as there’s other ways to get the main currency of the game). Plus, said currency seems to be only really needed when reaching the Level 40 level cap (as I’ve gotten some pretty good gear upgrades just by quest rewards and drops).<\/p>\n If the price of the full collectors edition drops (to $30 or so), I might<\/span> consider grabbing a copy. Really, this is actually a pretty fun game. It’s a shame I died, and I understand that failing is actually a good thing as you learn from what happened(and this has<\/em> undone previous mistakes). But losing all of my progress is such a pain in the ass! You could say it was my ‘destiny’ to review this game. And so, it’s time to see if its ‘destiny’ is to be a really bad game. Alright, enough with the really bad puns. On with the review. . Title: … Continue reading
\n-Enemy AI (non-melee) don’t chase after you (or try to flank you) if you fuck up. They like to hide like pussies. Plus they tend to spam their shots in hopes I’ll come out and be hit by them. Really bad AI.
\n-Very limited player customization and options.
\n-Excessive number of loading screens (and times).
\n-Selecting a location of where to go, feels like I’m playing Warframe<\/em>. It just has that clunky feeling to the GUI(minus a chat room).
\n-It has microtransactions for the game’s currency.
\n-The ‘Patrol’ missions are highly repetitive.
\n-The game’s auto aiming system tends to get in the way of accurately lining up shots.
\n-The version I have feels like a ‘free trial’ as I’m not allowed to join a party without purchasing the DLCs.<\/p>\n
\n-On Luna (Earth’s Moon), I saw a flag that was..blowing in the wind. Uhh. The moon has no air! How in the FUCK is it moving?!
\n-It seems the player is not allowed to go *jump* “weeeeeee!!!” on Earth’s Moon (due to the near 0g gravity well). It’s possible that future tech has raised the gravity well of the moon to be near Earth’s.
\n-Weapons don’t show the max ammo you can have for each of them. The only way I know it’s full is with a message.<\/p>\n
\nGoing by the number of dislikes outweighing the likes(by 1), you’d think I would dislike the game. Not to mention there is another “I didn’t like”, but it would be more of the fault of Sony for not allowing us to skip updates (they allowed this before) and just play the game as-is.
\nBut overall… I actually kind of like it. Sure, enemies are predictable. But they seem to really make it up as you level up. Infact..I ragequitted at Level 10(halfway to 11) and sent the game back to Gamefly, after spending a half an hour trying to keep from dying..and then doing so and losing ALL of that fucking progress. FUCK that!<\/p>\n
\nBut at least it’s not like Warframe<\/em>, where you can only die a certain number of times and then it’s game over. Plus I’m not losing XP, so isn’t really that<\/em> brutal.
\nIt was made for Multiplayer, but I can’t invite my fellow Guardians to help me as I need the full game. That alone is pure BS. Even with me not having the expansions and they do, shouldn’t make me excluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"