The "official" reveal of Bungie's next game/IP...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwOUi4JDC4o

SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI

COUNT ME IN.

I'm your density.

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

So...the beta is back online, and Xbox owners can join in on the fun the Playstation crowd has been having for a week or so now. Supposed to be up until Sunday.

If anyone here has an Xbox One and would like a code, I have some...no obligation to even play together...just would like to see them put to good use.

Was wondering what happened last week when my PSN friends list went from the usual 40 online to 100+

I haven't ventured into any PvP action yet, but the story missions and exploration stuff are top notch...only playable location as far as PvE goes is Old Russia on Earth but there is a ton of shit in that space and it is all connected...also picking up a ton of gear, including some stuff I can't even use yet (beta level cap is at 8...sad face).

September 9th can't come soon enough.

It's almost here...I won't be able to play my pre-downloaded copy until 2:00...but whatever...

BECOME LEGEND

So, this game is pretty much great. I'm really digging all the customization I can bring to my character, and the fact that there are SO. MANY. GUNS. I'm loving the scout rifle and sniper rifle I'm rocking right now and they are merely "uncommon" rarity...can't wait to start using some rare and legendary weaponry.

My favorite part in the beta was just walking around doing the freeroam "patrol" missions and waiting to come across other players and tag along to see what they are up to, all the while killing massive amounts of enemies. Same can be said for this game, although I'm looking forward to playing more of the strikes as I progress through the game too.

Oh...then there's raiding...I'm pretty sure the Vault of Glass is going to give me nightmares once it unlocks for everyone. Bungie is hyping it to be the hardest thing they've ever created.

No reviews yet, as the servers weren't opened up for public consumption until the day prior to launch, but I'm hearing many of the same things I've heard about other Bungie games: gameplay is fun but the storytelling is a bit lacking. Universal praise on the music, of course (still sad to think this is Marty's last score for a Bungie game).

Become legend!

Is this the game that makes MMOs mainstream? Console only, so it seems so...

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I thought WoW made MMOs mainstream?

I see why Bungie avoided calling this an MMO like the plague...you might run across something like 5 or 6 other people at any given time in an area...pretty sure raids are going to limit your party to 6...don't they get in the dozens for WoW? It's certainly a multiplayer experience in every aspect of the game but I'm not sure it's "massive" enough to be an MMO.

Any person playing WOW was subject to ridicule. Even from other gamers.

Now I see non-gamers playing Destiny. And Destiny is certainly an MMO. I've never played WOW, but I've played several others.

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Onyxia and Molten Core were 40 man raids in WoW when it first came out. Blizzard eventually figured out that was too many and mostly did 10 or 20 man raids after that. They may have left a 40 or 2 in for the hardest of hardcore, but I only played for a few years.

I don't remember many people being ridiculed for playing WoW, Everquest or EVE Online on the other hand...

Just made it to Mars...the Cabal are quickly becoming my favorite alien race to fight in this game...and the music in this level was crazy different and good.

Seeing the reviews start to pop up on Metacritic...and I don't think this game is going to get anywhere near the score Bungie and Activision were expecting...been following the duo from Polygon who are doing the review and they seem less than impressed. Not that I really care since I'm enjoying the shit out of it, but I don't think they are going to get that bonus in the leaked contract for a high metacritic score.

Two and a half weeks later and I'm still in love...gripes about the story aside, this game is pretty much everything I love about video games...shooting stuff, exploring, collecting gear and loot...so much fun. I know the reviews are lukewarm but I also think many of them focused on the aforementioned problems with the story and the fact that it has MMO mechanics (omg I have to grind for XP and loot?!) while underselling just how fun the gameplay is (although a few reviews did point this out, straight up saying "I'm not really sure why but I'm still playing, so it's doing something right).

I'm tempted by it. It'll sound like a dumb question, but what do you "do" in the game? For some reason I've been jonesing for a Freelancer type game, is it open ended? If I just got Diablo 3 for consoles a few weeks ago, should I switch to Destiny or is D3 worth continuing playing until I'm done with it before I bother with Destiny?

Story missions, patrols where you complete shorter quests (kill x amount of enemies, collect y items, scan this object, etc), strikes where you fight through multiple areas until you reach a boss at the end, a raid (more to be coming soon?) and online PvP.

The game is open ended...the company line right now seems to be the game really opens up when you beat it and reach the level cap (note it's a soft cap that can be increased via other methods) and I would agree with that.

Can't comment on D3 as I've never played.

Picked it up Tuesday. The biggest hurdle to me really liking it is that I'm bad at fps games. If I can't overlevel the content I'm stuck.

Well you should be able to overlevel the story content with little problem...end game stuff like the raid, nightfall/weekly heroic strikes and daily heroic story missions might give you trouble.

Some homo keeps tweeting shit out that I dont think anyone could possibly understand unless they played this game. Real pain in the ass.

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Patch 1.1.1 hits today.

The heavy ammo glitch has been killed. Rejoice!

I heard their patch notes include a listing of the new bugs that they have added to the game.

Classic.

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Shocking that a patch addressing so many issues would bring out a new bug...

It's not even that big a deal...it's a fusion rifle spawning with less starting ammo, which is what this patch intended to do...but since the weapon in question is a primary weapon, people are losing their shit over it, saying the gun is now "broken"...

...nevermind that finding primary ammo in the game is absurdly easy.

Patch 1.1.2 dropped today...increased vault space, raid fixes, PvP balancing, and many other quality of life tweaks that make this the best patch yet.

DLC #2 drops next month...info for that will start flowing next week.

Become Legend!

House of Wolves is set to drop in a little over an hour. There were some new public events taking place in various locations over the weekend that were netting players some pretty sweet rewards. The new content will include story missions, a new PvE arena mode, and a new competitive PvP mode. So hyped.

Started playing this last night around 8pm or so. Was playing still at 430a when I realized what time it was.
Pretty fun.

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You folks need to be playing this.

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2.0 drops in 12 hours.
TTK drips in 7 days.
7 days.

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