http://kotaku.com/the-messy-true-story-behind-the-making-of-destiny-1737556731
Many of us have wondered what the heck happened to the original Destiny concept from years back and what role Activision had in the shadows of development. Well, here you go. Enjoy.
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This is it, the inside story we've been waiting for since launch. [u]Highlights:[/u] - story reboot started summer of 2013 - Frankenstein story - cut content, not just from vanilla Destiny but also from The Taken King - difficult to use development tools slowing Bungie down - Activision has another studio helping Bungie make content - Bungie thought the metacritic score would be 90 - Diablo III devs brought in to talk Bungie out of RNG (I always say RNG is the worst way to reward players, and that's because it's true.) The article is phenomenal. I could read a whole book on Destiny's botched launch.