Tackling the absurdity of "This small part of an older build means the entire game is ruined!"
PlayStation has scaled back expectations for Bungie after reassessing Destiny 2 development costs, highlighting the risks tied to live-service games.
Honestly Thank Goodness!! Yet another good sign of a possibility of returning to what made them great and undoing Jim Tyans trend chasing love service gamble. Still gotta wait and see just what direction they're going but this is a good sign in my book that they're not betting it all on live service anymore
Not sure what you lot are talking about anymore. They need to cover all range of games. Im primarily a single player gamer, but even I cannot be daft enough to ignore the fact that we need all manner of games including live service games. Everyone here seems to be a market expert.
Yes "all manner" not just exclusively live service like Jim was doing, but you also shouldn't be forcing devs to make games they not only have no experience making, but also flatout dont want to do.
Assuming that anything like that is actually the case and not just a perception of n4g commenters of course.
@isarai_lee
Yes "all manner" not just exclusively live service like Jim was doing.
I don't understand why you people have to keep making up lies. You can say you don't like some or most of their focus being on live service games, but to say they were exclusively focusing on live service games is pure copium. At most half of their games were live service and the rest were single player games. Seriously why lie about something so obvious?
@Redemption-64
You say that as if we don't have word directly from Jim Ryan and PlayStation stating they wanted at least 12 live service games released within a year. Followed by tons of official word of those Live Service games being cancelled after he was pushed out. All studios combined at the time PS had 15 studios, 12 is a hell of a lot more than half of 15, and it was definitely their primary focus evident by the fact that a huge portion of their studios have taken uncharacteristically long to release or announce anything since, hell some studios have yet to release anything this gen almost 6 YEARS LATER! The only one making stuff up is you.
It may take a while but maybe they are finally learning. Good! Now stop with the live service crap.
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with a live service here or there, but to have many of your studios start focusing on it when there has been little to no experience among them was wild.
They say this and then immediately release news of the Horizons co-op game that will definitely be a Live Service game.
I feel like they knew that given the fact that the very furst thing they say in the trailer is to reassure they still make so games 😆
I feel like they knew that given the fact that the very first furst thing they say in the trailer is to reassure they still make so games 😆
They will not. Destiny has been popular for over 10 years, something most games can never hope to achieve. Most people, including myself those Bungie was going to make a D3 after the final shape DLC. Marathon looks to be a hit and a D3 announcement could break records.
Patch notes for Update 9.5.0.5, the one about Equilibrium fixes and more, are now available.
A new survey shows Destiny 2 is considering adding Sparrow Racing League, unvaulted campaigns, NPC sidekicks, new PvP and Gambit modes, and much more.
Exactly. Most of the articles I have read are going off based on just a beta that is from an older build without the core systems in place. People are just jumping the gun without even playing the game in a finished form. Even at the current time the actual game is very different from this beta as announced by Bungie. The beta is just for testing servers, matchmaking, connectivity, ammo economy, weapon balance and class balance so they can make adjustments for the full game. It does not represents the full game in any way.
In the full game we will not start with max levels and abilities. We will most likely not start with the new subclasses. We wont find exotics lying on a rack in the tower. There will be a leveling system, progression, loot drops, lost sector dungeon, sidequests, four worlds to explore instead of just Nessus, the full story campaign, the raid, several strikes, vendors, NPCs, 15 PvP maps, several exotic weapons/armor, various weapons, etc. etc. This beta is barely 2% of the actual game.
Honestly if this was from an early build then the final product should be great. The graphics showcased in the Homecoming and Strike were more than just a little bump, especially showcased in the Homecoming mission. I was thoroughly impressed by the added scope and narrative just from this beta so I hope they keep that caliber throughout the story and have each Strike feel more like a raid as the one did in the beta.
I like PvE but the multiplayer is not fun imo
Reading the responses to practically anything related to this game is making loose more and more faith in humanity. Even the simplest of concepts escapes people. A beta is a small portion of the game to test back-end support of a game, not to give you accurate depiction of the final product.
Just keep your expectations in check, Bungie is exceptionally good at over-promising and under-delivering. People wanted raid matchmaking? We'll do 'guided raids'. People wanted changes to Crucible? We'll make it 4v4.
Wait for reviews, or Gamefly it and see if it's your cup of tea. You'll thank me later.