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3/9/2016 1:52:20 AM
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Destiny's Story and Why It's Better Than People Say
I just very recently got Destiny for the Xbox 360. I know I'm way late, but to no surprise, the community is still very active and I find Crucible matches very fast, contrary to popular lies. No, Destiny is not dying, and it won't be any time soon. Now, back to what I was saying. I've been interested in Destiny since it's announcement, but I tried not to keep up with the times as I'd spoil myself of the story and what not. Well, unlike what many people say (only because they crave the need to give Destiny a bad rep, for some reason), Destiny has GREAT lore! The people who bash its story are the same people who play CoD for the story. I won't say whether or not CoD has a good story, mainly because I don't play the campaigns, but I do know that it is a typical in-your-face story type of shooter that tells its story through many cutscenes and straightforwardness. They expect everything to be given to them, rather than earn it themselves. I, however, am a Dark Souls fan, and I was very, very pleased to find out that Destiny, at least part of it, was inspired by Dark Souls. I will admit that Bungie got pretty lazy with some of the Grimoire cards, but aside from those cards, they're awesome as a whole. Aside from that though, there's a lot of story to be found by just reading dialogue, which I guarantee most of the people who bash Destiny's story don't read. And you have to remember, Destiny has a TEN YEAR plan! If they released all of the story in year one or two, that would make a lot of people mad and probably bored. You have to look at the big picture, and the future, and not expect all of the story to be handed to you in hours worth of cutscenes. If you want a movie, go watch a damn movie.
P.S. Sorry for any spelling mistakes or bad English. It's like 80° in here and on top of that I'm tired. Don't feel like going over this whole thing.
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1 ReplyEdited by Pheonix4545: 3/9/2016 4:03:50 PMLore is not story. I get that they have this magical ten year plan that means they can't have all the story up front, but that doesn't change the fact that the story they have is pathetic, even with the Taken King, and makes the Grimiore feel like a lazy attempt at adding intrigue where there is none. I've read the Grimiore multiple times and pieced it together, but came out disappointed. I assumed the Lore could actually make me care about what I was doing. That would have made it slightly forgivable, if the in-game story was bare-bones, but the Lore was interesting enough to keep me compelled. But, unfortunately, the Lore was just Bungie trying to be mysterious and deep and just coming off as pretentious and lazy. They fail to grasp that you can't fuel a story on intrigue alone, there has to be some substance to it, and more importantly, a reason for the player to give a shit what happens. Neither of these are present. Instead, we get a bunch of half-completed plot threads that hype up unthreatening bosses and the promise that maybe one of these DLCs will tie it all together and actually be interesting. It's pathetic, lazy, and serves as nothing more than a way to hook curious people into buying the DLCs. Tl;Dr The Lore is a bunch of half-completed plot points mashed together to make you want to buy the DLC. 2/10 wouldn't bang.
