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Watch Bungies CEO tell you that people like monotony in Destiny

In this interview with Bungie CEO Harold Ryan he gets asked some tough questions regarding the monotonous game-design of the title and the jigsaw-puzzle of a story. Ryan counters the questions by refering to the loot-cave as proof that some people actually enjoy doing the same thing over and over again. Bonus: He promises better storytelling and better mission-design for the DLC (the interview was recorded before its release). Something we now know to be lipservice.

TimeSkipLuffy4055d ago (Edited 4055d ago )

lol... The journalist is really pushing him in a corner with his question. He has no chance but avoiding the questions with telling other stuff. All I hear is blablabla :D total failure...

They do the same thing because they want to level up faster. And why want they do that? Because there is probably nothing else to do then leveling up a digital weapon :D

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joab7774055d ago

It's the crux of every mmo I have played, repetition. Other mmo's counter this with continued content patches, new and different ways to acquire things, and social tools. They also have a myriad of other activities.

It is true that that we love to chase the carrot. And we love to know that if we put in enough time, we will be stronger than everyone else.

rdgneoz34055d ago

Other MMOs also have a lot more content for you to level up with so it's not so much of a pain.

Mikefizzled4055d ago

Things like this and the fact they have a 10 year deal with Activision means I may not buy another Bungie game at this rate. Bought every game since Halo CE but after mediocre Destiny and the fact the sequel has already being confirmed I'm about to abandon ship.

Perjoss4055d ago

i think its ok for bungie fans to not buy bungie games anymore, arent some of the key team members not there anymore? not to mention you know, activision and stuff.

pompombrum4055d ago

Feel the same way, new bungie is a joke and while we don't know just how much influence Activision have, it seems pretty obvious that the deal is clearly toxic. If new bungie want to sell me on Destiny 2 or their next game, they had better really step up their game, fool me once blah blah blah.

realplayer824055d ago

Actually the missions in the dlc are really fun and more in depth than the vanilla missions. I wish they had done this with the regular game. Not bashing the game because I still play and enjoy it even got to level 31 this morning just making an observation.

Ascerendant4055d ago

How? They consist of 90% pre-existing environments, they're still "get to point A to fight of waves of enemies" cookie-cutter-designed, they're about an hour long and they use the same storytelling device - only with a female voice-over instead of Dinklage.

Mikelarry4055d ago

its the queen bounty all over again but this time we are getting charged

HiddenMission4055d ago

Bullshit...your full of shit! Only the starting points are places you saw and that's only from patrol can you run across these areas. Without the expansion you come across areas that you can tell had more to them but go nowhere and now it's clear that they are the starting points for the DLC areas.

It's stupid crap like the shit you're spewing that makes ignorant miss informed sheep of people who miss out on great experiences.

I'll just end up with a bubble down followed up with a comment ban or some other punishment for calling you out for this crap but guess what...it's worth it.

TheRedButterfly4055d ago

Uh, bullshit. The majority of the locations had already been used a couple times throughout the campaign. There were 2 missions where you eventually saw new content, but for the most part, the only new content is the Raid.

And yes, Crota's End is a HUGE chunk of content. I spent all last night absolutely loving it... But the story? And the "improvements" that we were told would be there? ( http://n4g.com/news/1635660... ) Yeah, those were 100% MIA.

Once again, the Raid is the only worthwhile piece of content in the entire package.

I can only imagine how different the House of Wolves DLC is going to be. -_- /s

HiddenMission4055d ago

Full of shit you are and you expose yourself as not have actually playing the game at all...sheep you be...

Only the starting points are from the launch content all of the DLC missions are made up of 90% content that was not accessible unless you glitches an UNFINISHED AREA!

the hell is wrong with you people bunch of sheep!

TheRedButterfly4055d ago (Edited 4055d ago )

@3.2.1

Haven't played the game? Here's 5 minutes of Crota's End footage for you to chew on. http://xboxclips.com/TheRed...

I think we all know which of us is the sheep and/or has the "hidden mission."

wsoutlaw874055d ago

I agree, i actually liked the missions. Who cares if the environments arent all brand new. What do some of you want these missions to be. I will say though that this dlc is stupidly over priced.

Ascerendant4055d ago

1/3 of the price of the original game. So I'd want at least a new planet or WAY more content if they get to recycle pre-existing environments.

wsoutlaw874055d ago

Ya the 20$ price tag is just insane.

SteamPowered4055d ago

My good friend is a Halo fanatic and I swear I could almost hear his expectations being crushed when we first fired up Destiny. About 3 hours in we stopped. And I don't think he ever went back.

kurruptor4055d ago

Is he wrong?

Everyone says the game is so boring, but millions of people are playing the game daily.

Either the game isn't boring or the game is boring and people like it.

So, haters.... which is it?

Dudebro904055d ago

People say call of duty is the worst game ever, and it sells over 10 million copies every year.

HeavenlySnipes4055d ago

The only reason I bought it was I had nothing else to play

As soon as Dragon Age came out I have barely touched Destiny at all.

If the Witcher 3 had come out like it was supposed to I probably wouldn't have even bought this game

Jdoki4055d ago

@kurruptor

I'm not a hater. I still play destiny at least once a week.

The truth (for me) is that the game is not exactly boring - but it is repetitive.

It's a grind, and one that is almost pointless, except to get slightly fancier looking gear with slightly higher stats.

But I still play it and enjoy it.

If people don't like that repetition, then they are well justified to call the game boring. It's their opinion and it's not wrong - I would barely bother to raise a counter-argument, because I can see the flaws in this gaming model.

It's the same with Diablo and almost any MMORPG - they boil down to doing roughly the same action over and over for tiny incremental gains, and bragging rights for having rare stuff.

But if people are having fun in that repetitive / boring action - then good for them.

Lawboy24055d ago

I completely agre....spent tons of time in the game but there really isn't much toot....the game has so much potential it's not even funny...it runs extremely well just needs some more tender love and care

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Kotick claims lawsuit objecting to MS-Activision deal was "tied to Embracer's desire to boost sales"

Former CEO describes lawsuit filed by Swedish pension fund as a "collateral attack" on Activision Blizzard.

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OpenGL1d 5h ago

Yeah, the Microsoft deal has DEFINITELY worked out for everyone.

galgor1d 2h ago

Can this mother fucker just get lost already

PRIMORDUS1d 1h ago

He belongs in here ⚰️, hopefully sooner than later.

MrDead10h ago(Edited 10h ago)

Kotick Made $155 million from MS in the buyout, the little b*tch needs to stop whining. Thanks to this Microslop deal and massive industry consolidation thousands upon thousands of devs and other workers lost their livelihoods. This greedy piggie pervert needs shut up and f-off.

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Microsoft needs to listen or risk irreparable harm to Call of Duty

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StoneTitan51d ago

Because ms is so good at managing studios, surely they will get it right

:P

franwex51d ago

In my view, they should probably merge MP with Warzone and essentially make it free to play like Halo Infinite. The campaign/zombies mode can be $30 yearly DLC. I know this would be insanity as most COD players essentially pay the full price of the game simply for the MP. However-with a shrinking player base they may have to consider it. Making it free would bring in a ton of players.

Profchaos51d ago

To late MW3 should have been a lesson but here we are two years later with a steaming pile a shite called blops7

bsingle4051d ago

Nothing lasts forever, eventually something will come along to make people forget about COD

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1Victor51d ago (Edited 51d ago )

@Oumba:”We’ve heard that story many times before 😂”
You know what we seen many times good franchises been run into the ground by bad management like h___o , f___a and most of the sports game oh I forgot the dynasty warriors
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MDTunkown51d ago

Halo killer once arrived and technically call of duty killer also arrived, its name is Fortnite

dveio51d ago

Call of Duty was riding the revenue horse and charts for ~20 years. Whether undeserved or deserved.

But I endorse everyone to remind you that Microsoft could have decided differently when they took it over.

The money was certainly there, and they could have taken their time revamping the franchise:

Current-gen tech, manageable microtransactions, not imitating Fortnite and returning to core values of the franchise's origin.

They didn't.

Let's see next year. Hopefully without the then 13 years old PS4 and One hardware.

blacktiger51d ago

you need to stop saying "let see next year"

XBManiac51d ago

dveo is an alias of Phil Spencer?

XBManiac51d ago

dveio is an alias of Phil Spencer?

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Destiny 2 Red War lawsuit ends as Bungie reaches full settlement with sci-fi author

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Michiel198961d ago

they wanted to wrap it up in preparation for the Marathon lawsuit