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[–] nicpicname@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Wait, there was a sequel to Destiny?

[–] CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 1 points 3 minutes ago

Yup, and it was a shameless money grab.

[–] Hazmatastic@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Man, I was hooked for a long time before I woke up and smelled the business model. I haven't touched it in years, but I do miss the lore. Always thought it was their strong suit. Maybe they can set a better, non-live-service game in the same universe, but this is Bungie. Not gonna happen...

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 2 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (2 children)

I bought the Destiny PS4 when the game launched. I knew I was basically signing up for World of Halocraft and all the bs that comes with it.

But what did surprise me was how poor the execution was. Every single DLC made all the previous gear/items COMPLETELY USELESS.

[–] Naz@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 hours ago

Yeah. I quit when a green floor item was a higher light level than the legendary yellow emperor launcher.

It was so liberating to just.. uninstall and never look back, lol

[–] underscores@lemmy.zip 0 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

isn't this how MMOs work ? you're asking for horizontal fearing which is less traditionally(GW2 does it) but most MMOs do not.

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Not exactly. Did you play the first seasons? Basically every dlc there were items you'd farm to buy gear (or something it's been a decade now and I forget) that became completely obsolete when the next dlc came out.

Most rpgs you can sell those items. But in Destiny you had to delete them.

I played tf out of MMOs. It wouldn't have stood out to me if it was at all a typical experience.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 9 points 18 hours ago

I miss when video game companies made video games and not "not live service models."

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 8 points 19 hours ago

I swore that Bungie was dead to me the moment they walked back their plans to carry player gear over from D1 to D2. Every single thing I've ever learned about D2 has been secondhand and it has all completely validated that decision.

[–] godsammitdam@lemmy.zip 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I'd love if SKG was able to get some wins before they pull the plug entirely. Allow the community to keep it running, let them restore the lost content, unlock/add cosmetics, etc etc.

A guy can dream...of essentially what games were 15-20 years ago.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

If I could play the two games from start to finish right now, I probably would. As it stands, I don't regret sitting this out.

[–] BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Lol, I remember release - it couldn't run on Linux because of DRM so I never even played it.

Around the same time WarThunder got massive upgrade - native client ran like charm with better graphics and Vulkan rendering.

Fuck you bungie. I've played over 1000h in WT.

[–] devolution@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Unpopular Opinion: It should have ended after The Final Shape, not hobbled along.

[–] Zaraki42@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 hour ago

Not unpopular at all. That's precisely when I stopped.

[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 2 points 21 hours ago

Me: "The Final Shape, huh? Is this going to be the final expansion? I'm several DLCs behind."

Bungie: "We've got another one planned. And a Star Wars crossover too."

Me: "Oh fuck off now. Peace out."

[–] eletes@sh.itjust.works 1 points 17 hours ago

The Destiny games were a little too corny for me. But a lot of people liked them so hopefully something else comes along

[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Destiny 2 died a long time ago. Sure people were playing with its corpse but they’re finally getting bored with that too. Shame bc there’s a lot of fun stuff in there (especially the stuff they ripped away from their paying customers already) that will go away forever.

[–] TemplaerDude@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Died when they decided to put the onus of their development debt onto paying customers and throw shit they paid for in the trash.

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[–] mrcleanup@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Now that they've given up on it they are going to open it up to Linux, right?

[–] BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago
[–] Aerosolcb@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I've never really played Destiny. But I get the feeling that Bungie absolutely hates that game and the playerbase. I dont know why.

[–] GimmeUrBelt@lemmy.today 1 points 1 hour ago

Well this is called an uninformed opinion. There's no logic behind it, that's why you don't know why.

[–] JohnDarlen@lemmy.today 48 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

This is the game I put more time on my entire life. I ditched it back in 2022-2023. Greed ruins everyone's lives, that's all I can say.

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[–] IEatDaFeesh@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Warframe gonna get a shit ton of new players.

[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 9 points 1 day ago

Bungie believes they’ll play Marathon. lol

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[–] SoupBrick@pawb.social 36 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (34 children)

Thank goodness they didn't over deliver.

I am so spiteful that the upper/middle management destroyed a game with so much potential just to chase MTX and bonuses.

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[–] AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Wish I could care but I never got to play Destiny 2 since they never supported Linux. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I'll do a replay of the original Marathon in honor of old-Bungie. 🍷

[–] directive0@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

See ya starside!

[–] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago

I wouldn't a game that is still playable call "be dead". Destiny 2 enters the "retirement" stage.

[–] fuzzywombat@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I bailed on Destiny 2 after Shadowkeep when they announced content vaulting and I never looked back. The writing was on the wall back then that the game will end up in a ditch. My experience with Destiny 2 is basically frozen as of Shadowkeep so it's relatively positive but I just can't understand how anyone could tolerate player hostile decisions Bungie has made over the years. Here is Aztecross' video explaining some of them including pay to win elements. His video is already two years old so I'm sure even more nonsense has been added to the game since. Destiny franchise started out as something special but it died as a horrific heap of anticonsumer garbage due to unchecked greed of a corporation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsIdPWB2_JA

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Ngl this video pissed me off so much just now that I don't want to play any games with any microtransactions at all.

Devs will try anything to make money except making a fun game

Edit: oof. That video ended with "I'll still buy macrotransactions quarterly. Making it stop is impossible."

How did he get so close, yet when faced with "we are a business and have to make money", totally caved to late stage capitalism

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