Custom/Private PVP lobbies are what is needed most, IMO. Those are why Halo was such a powerhouse in online gaming.
It would be fantastic in Destiny. The current online 'meta' is really stale and even with the rebalancing planned for Sept, this would allow players to keep things fresh on their own.
@_-EDMIX-_
You don't seem to understand what the Destiny community has been badgering Bungie about for the last 10 months.
Do you think they're just sitting there going "Gee this bland open world is great Bungie! Never change it!"
There's been a TON of critical feedback from the same players who are still putting in hundreds of hours of PT. Bungie is on the forums like Reddit and Neogaf building lists from those suggesti...
There's something weirdly not-Halo about the look of the game.
I think it's due to the 60 FPS. Halo games last gen always had best in class visuals in terms of lighting and effects. That's missing here.
The soft body physics and death animations on the enemies just look really off. Not comparing the games, but Bungie really nailed that with Destiny and it's a big reason why people still play it so much.
"Overall it looked a bit more smoother than in the previous game."
60 FPS. It's DICE so they're likely using Frostbite, which means they'll be aiming for 60 FPS on consoles too.
Should be good.
I'd reserve judgement on how the color's "pop" until you see it live on your screen. Those types of things always come across far better direct from the console.
God damn it, timed exclusive. Why you gotta do me like that Phil?
Hope there's some sweet Tomb Raider X1 bundles this holiday. Will likely pick one of those up.
Still really want to play SSO, Ori & Quantum Break next year, so why not?
@JeffGUNZ
Apparently they ARE adding more dialogue and story background. He didn't just rerecord Dinklages lines. They're even redoing how the campaign flows.
They also hinted at Grimoire/lore being transmitted through your Ghost...so it looks like they may have had him record additional lines for that stuff as well, which would be great.
They actually said this expansion has more new weapons than the original game + 2 DLCs combined.
The 8 story missions are just "act 1", followed by quest lines given by various NPCs, also quests related to certain characters from the lore (like Praedyth).
4 new strikes, a new raid, a new patrol area.
8 new PVP maps and 3 new crucible game types is almost as much as launch.
This costs almost half what the original ...
Shooting and movement mechanics feel better than Halo to me.
But yeah, the NPC interaction and looting in Borderlands is on another level.
I've said it before but if you could get Destiny's gunplay and movement into Borderlands you'd have the ultimate FPS.
Creative lead on the new expansion admitted as much in his interview with Gameinformer.
Also said that "they actually have a story this time". Pretty funny stuff.
They've acknowledged that the story sucked in the original release.
They're actually changing how the entire campaign flows mission wise + added dialogue from Nolan North's ghost to missions that explains more. Sounds like a smart thing to do for new players who pick it up this fall.
They seem to have learned from their mistakes, I expect the campaign in the expansion will be far closer to Halo missions than Destiny.
Bungie said there's more new weapons in this expansion than vanilla Destiny + the first 2 DLCs combined.
So, yeah, there will be enough. You can take your exotics with you too, those can be ascended.
How is it a waste? The point is to enjoy playing the game along the way. If you feel like the time played was a waste, why did you even want to be a higher level to begin with?
I don't really get that mindset.
All your exotics are still relevant, you can take those with you.
I have no issue with legendaries being phased out. They're adding a ton of new weapons, would be pretty boring seeing the same fatebringer/vision load outs throughout year two.
(I'll never dismantle my Fatebringer though)
Armor transmorg was #1 on their internal wishlist. Pretty sure they have things planned so everyone doesn't end up looking the same like they did in The Dark Below.
It's unfortunate that the two best options for Drake - Chris Evans and Chris Pratt - are just too damn big to ever play the role now.
Game Informer: Will there be any big story twists in The Taken King?
Luke Smith: Twists? I mean...well, yeah. There's a real story now. That's the twist.
They're not shying away from the fact that Destiny's launch lacked a real narrative. It seems like some shit went down in the last year of development that lead to things getting cut, but it's good to see they're more focused there now.
That space battle cinematic loo...
I believe the voice in that trailer is the guy who plays "Osiris", which is pretty cool.
They seem far more focused on narrative now. Having North rerecord the entire campaign + additional lore stuff is the best thing to happen to the game. Apparently 'grimoire' will be handled through your Ghost now, which may mean they'll have NolanBot read all of it out. That would be badass.
The only thing you can't match make for now is raids, nightfalls and trials of osiris.
They need matchmaking for Nightfall strikes, but matchmaking for raids and trials would be a disaster. Takes about 2 mins on an LFG site to find a group tho.
@Jmanzare
Things like bounties and stat tracking would be disabled in custom lobbies.