Destiny 2

I know what you mean by the beta being underwhelming in a sense. There wasn't as much available to do as there was in the D1 beta and being able to go on patrol and engage in a public event would have been nice but I still enjoyed it. The opening mission has actually given me hopes that they are finally getting the story mode right. One highlight for me was that Zavala actually died right beside me and I got to revive him. He came back to life giving the most pissed off growl, lol. I thought it was a great way to get the NPC's involved as it really felt like they were fighting along with you instead of just being there.

To me the gunplay felt amazing. It actually felt like there was some grunt to it and the aim assist felt less dominant than it did in D1. I think the change in loadout will take a bit in getting used to. I found myself switching to my secondary quite a few times to use my fusion rifle instead of switching to my heavy. Overall though I like the idea of being able to have two primary weapons equipped at the same time.

The grenades did feel underpowered imo, which isn't great for PvE and I do feel like ability charges are a bit too slow. I was lucky to get one super in a crucible watch but at the same time it solves the problem of ability spamming. Now crucible feels more like a gunfight that requires teamwork but I'm okay with that. Once we figured out a solid strategy in crucible we owned a lot of the matches we played in and it's where I spent a majority of my time in the beta.

The strike was just as good if not better than we have had in D1. The mechanics of it made it feel more like a mini raid rather than just a long story mission. Yeah the boss was still a bullet sponge but he was a more interesting bullet sponge than we the ones in D1.

Checked out the PC beta. The game looks and runs flawless. 1440p with 1080Ti, averaging 120fps on High settings. Gameplay is fine, I mean it's Destiny so nothing groundbreaking. But it should be worthwhile purchase. It blows ME:A out of the water, IMO. I really don't see Anthem succeeding in this arena.

Some gameplay I recorded today. This game honestly does look and sound amazing, and the more I play and experiment new guns and sub-classes, the more I enjoy it.



There is still one-ish day left for the Beta. If there is someone curious about the game but haven't tried it out yet, I highly recommended they do it. I can't judge the game yet, but at least as far as this Beta for PC is concerned, this is one exceptionally fine and polished product.

Destiny 2 Netcode analysis from Battlenonsense.


He mentions this at the start of the video, but if you haven't seen any of his analyses before, you should probably check out this video beforehand. It's a long one, but it covers all the terminology and testing methodologies he uses in easy to understand terms.

Ugh stuck at work. Im firing that bad boy up as soon as I get in.

I must say, the steps forward in storytelling, worldbuilding and intense pvp are quite awesome: 6 hours of solid time spent in-game, loving it.

OK so the entire prologue is pretty great, but my immediate complaint had to be with the appearance of the titan I carried over. Good thing you start fresh regardless, so delete.

Good question since I'm a bit curious about this too. The reviews make it appear that it's more or less Destiny 1.5, for being more of the same with some improvements.

Yeah, I wasn't an avid player of the first game, but to me this does feel like more of the same. I play it mostly because my friends insist that it's amazing, but I feel that it's just... okay. I mean, I understand that customization isn't the most important in an fps-game, but it's exactly the same. Even the powers are to a great extent the same. The story does seem better though, and if you really like fps-games, and Destiny in particular, you will probably enjoy this too.

Funny played destiny for ages even bought all dlc but i'd rather wait n buy dragons dogma remastered on oct 3rd an in meantime play warframe, might buy it once all dlc released an get it for £30