Destiny Review

Destiny Review

Overview

Destiny is the multimillion dollar game developed by Bungie and published by Activision. The game is set in the future and allows players to interact with one another and complete missions together similar to a MMORPG. The game was released on September 9, 2014 and is available at your local video game store.

Story

Destiny begins by allowing the player to create their own characters. Soon after it is revealed that the player had been dead for quite a few years and was resurrected by some unknown force. The player is revealed to a guardian one of humanity’s last hope of survival as the forces of darkness have come back. The player is tasked with an intergalactic journey to save the human race.  

Destiny doesn’t do a great job of explaining its story. There’s even one part of the game where the player asks a character why the darkness has returned but the character only responds with “I can tell you but I’d rather not”. The player is never given a real reason to fight. The story has only a few cut scenes and the rest of the world is presented through little dialogues that could easily be missed during gun fights. The lack of story made me feel like my actions did not have an impact on the world.

Gunplay

Destiny is a first person shooter set on different planets. The character chooses between three classes Titan, Hunter, and Warlock. These classes are not very different from one another. They all use the same guns and have the same skills the only thing that sets them apart are their special abilities. The titan is able to slam the ground and wipe out any enemies in the radius while the hunter is able to use a special gun which fires three bullets and finally the warlock is able to shoot a ball of magic which stuns and deals massive damage to enemies. The gunplay is very similar to Bungie’s Halo games, so fans of the game series should feel right at home.

I played more than twenty hours of destiny, and one of the things that kept me engaged was the gunplay. The well polished gunplay kept the firefights dynamic and intense until the credits rolled.

Multiplayer

Destiny’s multiplayer mode is called the crucible. It consists of the general modes, such as team death match, conquest, capture the flag, and all the modes you seen in your basic shooters. The multiplayer mode allows players of all levels to fight against one another. This also allows the players to carry their weapons from single player to multiplayer and vise versa.

Destiny’s multiplayer is very fun to play because it puts all the players to the same level even though some of them gained higher level in the single player mode.   However, their weapons remain the same which gave an unfair advantage to some of the players.

Verdict

Destiny isn’t a perfect game; it has its strengths and weaknesses. The story isn’t explained very well and may have some scratching their head while the gunplay is very well crafted and will provide plenty of intense moments. The multiplayer is also very well done except for the weapons not being scaled down but that will most likely be fixed in a future update. I wouldn’t classify Destiny as a must buy; I’d recommend that you wait until the price drops or it goes on sale.  

Score : 7.5/10

Pros

-Intense well crafted gunplay will provide a shooting experience like no other

-Well crafted multiplayer modes and team cooperation

-The plethora of content will keep players entertained for a long time

-Feels just like Halo

Cons

-Weak and unexplained story

-Weapons in multiplayer not being scaled down provides an unfair advantage


-Apu