Kotaku played 45 minutes of it. Thought it was "kind of boring."
http://kotaku.com/i-played-45-minutes-of-destiny-and-it-was-kind-of-bori-1568127899
http://kotaku.com/i-played-45-minutes-of-destiny-and-it-was-kind-of-bori-1568127899
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What do you mean? Competitive multiplayer? Are you saying you think it will be 3vs3?
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My heart sank... but then I read the article. Nothing to see here... let's wait and see shall we? Author seems to want to dislike it even though he/she hasn't seen much of it...
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What do you mean? Competitive multiplayer? Are you saying you think it will be 3vs3?
According to that quote I posted from the joystiq website, it seems that it is teams of 3 on multiplayer too. Perhaps they could mean Battlefield like 'squads' though, or maybe it will be 3v3v3... and have more than two teams.
I'm not going to defend this game whatever is said about or anything, but that preview is a pretty shit one.
I mean, for starters, playing in what is essentially a wave mode (strike) doesn't offer much, she won't care about character level up, the loot she picks up, the customization, the lore, the story (is none in dungeon). It's like playing horde mode in Gears of War, it's limited in what it offers. She played the same strike 3 times and was all she played.
It's clearly not a game that you can jump in half way through, play a random game of horde with a stranger, with no regard for how you fare or your charecter and have a shit load of fun. I mean, the gameplay elements are very Halo - they're solid, rather than innovative or revolutionary. It was never going to overwhelm in that sense.
She can't compare it to COD/Titanfall as she hasn't played the competitive multiplayer yet (clearly that's what she's referring to with COD).
It won't have the memorable spirit of Borderlands because she didn't play in the campaign, she played a horde mode. The lore, the back story, the plot weren't present.
She can't say that the loot isn't as addicting to Diablo also. It wasn't her character, and she won't have known what the loot meant, and wasn't able to upgrade/modify the loot like she would in the game.
It's not really fair to be comparing a tiny part of this game, which is very limited in scope due to it's nature, and then compare it to the best part of other leading franchises.
Hmm, maybe you're right... I'd be surprised though. I thought this game was more massively multiplayer than tiny teams...
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You can do co-op wherever you are in the story (wherever they are too) and enemies scale, and there are raids/dungeons/exploration/side-missions so in that sense it's MMO. It seems they confirmed all that staff to be 3 players though, due to balance of classes (3 classes, so I assume you are forced to have one of each).
Dunno about the pvp side of it, 3v3 would be weird for that.
Nothing about this is really grabbing me so far. I mean, it looks like it could be good but I'm much more looking forward to the likes of The Division.
Same, but they're not really comparable IMO. Whatever people say, destiny is a fps to me.
Oh no, I know they are very different. I just mean that Destiny seems very generic and basically just Halo mixed with a bit of Borderlands. Hope I'm proven wrong and it actually makes me go out and buy a next-gen console.
It actually doesn't look next gen to me. Looks very average graphic wise.
Borderlands is a good game. A Borderlands with better gameplay mechanics (hit detection/gun play in particular), better graphics, better music, more customization, better bosses, better story, a more realized world then it would be a great game.
Add on these strike missions and the competitive multiplayer to the raiding/co-op and there is a ridiculous amount of content and options in this game.
I think it looks great. It won't be helped that it's on last-gen no doubt. Perhaps it's the art style?
I mean, even the article from Lance by the woman who didn't like the game said how stunning it was, that it was a looker and the graphics were the first thing she noticed.
Maybe the video I watched was on old build then. Things just looked a bit flat. I'm still intrigued by it. Know anything about a beta for it? May try getting into one if there is as I know I won't fancy shelling out 50 on it without having a few goes of it first.
You from the UK? Wherever you're from, pre-order from Amazon, they'll send you a code for the beta in like 2 minutes, then cancel the pre-order. You won't be charged a thing.
Then go to bungie.net, register/login and enter the code for BETA access. Coming this summer, I reckon they'll announce it at E3 and it'll hit (Playstation at least) in June.
Cheers, I'll do it tomorrow when at the computer. I'll keep the pre order and only cancel if beta is a major let down though.
She can only comment on what she played. In that respect, it looks fair enough to me.
She does seem to want to dislike it though... she seems to be extrapolating her experience into what she thinks the whole game would be like. Fair enough if we do it, because we tend to be kneejerk idiots on the caf... but as a game journalist... I dunno...
Could somebody clarify is this just a multi-player game or is there a single player campaign also?
Think there is a campain, as I am sure I read somewhere you need to do something in the game (get certain level, upto a point, or achievement) to unlock multiplayer.
Actually not too sure, it's just competitive multiplayer which needs unlocking
http://uk.ign.com/articles/2014/05/01/destiny-competitive-multiplayer-needs-to-be-unlocked
http://uk.ign.com/articles/2014/05/01/destiny-competitive-multiplayer-needs-to-be-unlocked
Ya I get the impression it could be just multi-player.
Call me old fashioned but I still prefer single player campaigns every day of the week.Ya I get the impression it could be just multi-player.
I love a good old single player campaign too, too many idiots online in a lot of games who just ruin the experience for me.
Ya it's for this reason I lost interest in COD. Modern Warfare had an excellent campaign but they focused too much with the on-line in MW2 and MW3. Out of curiosity do you know if The Division is only an online multi-player?
I've heard that it does indeed have a single player. But you can drop in on games and stuff too I think if you want multiplayer. I think that will work quite well multiplayer.
Hopefully a few of the lads on the caf will join a division or something. If not I'll probably try getting friends to get it too.
http://www.gamereactor.eu/articles/...+Hands-On+with+Bungie's+Shared+World+Shooter/
There's a ridiclous amount of content on that link for anyone really interested in the game. The above is for those concerned about whether it's single player/multi-player or whatever.
@afrocentricity - you might enjoy checking the full article above mate.
There's a ridiclous amount of content on that link for anyone really interested in the game. The above is for those concerned about whether it's single player/multi-player or whatever.
@afrocentricity - you might enjoy checking the full article above mate.
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The more they compare it to Halo, the more I lose interest... not that I dislike Halo (the first is one of my favourite games), it's just not what I was expecting. Max pop count is lower than I was expecting too, will have to play the beta and see what it's like...
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Mental. 15m for a new IP is incredibly ambitious too.
Still, with it being on all platforms and considering the genre and the studio pedigree then they've got a decent chance.
Still, with it being on all platforms and considering the genre and the studio pedigree then they've got a decent chance.
Is there any good reason this isn't coming out on PC? It's an FPS with MMO elements ffs. Two genres that fits the PC more than consoles. This almost makes me as pissed off as Insomniac making Sunset Overdrive XBone only.
Their reasoning is that they decided not to 'stretch themselves too thin' but thought it was a good idea to release it on the old consoles instead of PC.
It's pretty mental.
Their reasoning is that they decided not to 'stretch themselves too thin' but thought it was a good idea to release it on the old consoles instead of PC.
It's pretty mental.
It really is, especially considering the whole x86 architecture thing. I plan to get a PS4 but I'm not sold on this game. I hate the idea of playing an FPS on console.
I'm with you, this is the kind of huge budget game which will likely push me to get a PS4 but it's just not really grabbing me at the moment.
I'm caught by it. Like Halo to Marathon, my take is Destiny is pretty much a spiritual successor to Halo. The story in Halo is actually quite good and Halo was always a challenging game on the tougher difficulties, which I expect this to be too. I'm probably going to buy an Xbox One for this (and Halo 5).
I'll be buying a PS4 when its released. I think the sheer scale of this game is just amazing and worth buying for that reason. I'd prefer to give my money for a project like this rather than some crappy Assassin Creed/COD remake. At least with Destiny they're pushing boundaries.
When you were talking about Infamous the other month, was that you speaking from playing it on someone else's PS4 or just seeing the gameplay videos?
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I watched someone play it and had a go. I dunno why, but I always think of that game as Second Son. So got confused! Never played the previous titles.
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Oh wait
I watched someone play it and had a go. I dunno why, but I always think of that game as Second Son. So got confused! Never played the previous titles.
I haven't played the previous games either, though I do have the original Infamous on my PS3 so will play it at some pointI tried playing the first game recently, didn't hold up very well for me seeing as I have no nostalgia towards it.