Destiny 2 Beta has shown me just how badly Bioware failed with MEAMP

I bought 10 of those.

Yeah Destiny dlc was expensive.

But for the amount of hours I put (and still do) into the game it has still worked out substantially cheaper per hour spent than MEA, which I have dropped after one playthrough and about 30 h in MP.

destiny was one of those games that started out extremely ambitious, and then got pared down to the version that was launched. however, the taken king expansion really solidified the game with a lot of the polish and balance that was lacking from its initial iteration. It was still held back by previous generation consoles (360/ps3), but still boasted the absolute best gunplay engine on any console FPS.

now that they dropped the previous generation of consoles and brought it to PC, i firmly believe that bungie will be able to realize their original vision for destiny. it will certainly have a level of polish that has been sorely lacking in EA/Bioware's recent games.

D2 on PC. Launching like a month after the consoles beta test it for us.

Mass Effect is the game series that I started with on consoles and was pretty much all I played until Destiny launched 3 years ago. Since then I have logged 3000ish hours on Destiny loving it even when it was in a crappy state due to the game play mostly and the raids. With that said as soon as MEA launched I was so hyped and planned on dumping Destiny.

D2 was something I was really worried about as I really only play one game at a time. I did not know what I was going to do in September.

It is a great sadness that I now know in September I will go back to Destiny and likely not look back at MEA. This is something I never thought would happen. Hopefully Bioware will learn like Bungie about scrapping development plans and rushing a less than developed story to release. Those story issues should not have caused the mess we have in MP, so I have no clue why it was so bad at launch. MP has gotten better with each patch but ME3MP was as good at launch as we have now and by the time Platinum dropped on ME3 it was much much better.

I want this game to be great and I hope it continues to develop but if it is true MEA is running on a small staff I just don't see it ever being what I wished for.

Destiny 2 is a lot like Destiny 1. It uses the same engine and so on. So, they would of learned from their mistakes first time around. Destiny 1 was a mess at first. Mass effect andromeda is using a different engine than mass effect 1, 2 and 3. Also, Destiny 2 just feels the same as the first but had a buff to graphics and in game features. Obviously there will be no bugs if all they have done is made a game that feels like a expansion pack.

Bungie has apparently contracted another development studio to specifically work on the PC version, so hopefully it won't be a straight port.

Meanwhile on bungie.net, after a certain dev/rep named Cozmo has announced extended beta, the proverbial shit seems to have hit the fan. To quote one user: "The way things look Destiny 2 might turn out to be the next Andromeda"...  #justwhenyouthoughtbiowarehaditbad

www.bungie.net/EN/Forums/Post/229354538

Really ? That's some good news. Seems like more and more PvP games are getting PvE content these days

OUCH. Sick burn, bro.

Oh man!  A game mode where I won't be looked down upon for using the smart pistol!

The Taken King was a good expansion. With Destiny it was a cash cow from day one. I do not mind paying money for expansions and DLC as long as the content was worth it. But sadly besides Taken King, and I stopped playing after the Taken King. Expansions like house of wolves and the dark below just feel like they should be included in the base game. That's why I only ordered standard edition this time. I will still play it because destiny is still very enjoyable and fun to play with. But I am holding out on those dlcs even though it is cheaper to pre-order with them.