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One of the best aspect about Destiny is the innate sense of humour that the community has developed because whether we wanted it or not, we've stepped into a war with the Cabal on Mars. So let's get to taking out their command, one by one. Valus Ta'aurc. From what I can gather he commands the Siege Dancers from an Imperial Land Tank outside of Rubicon. He's well protected, but with the right team, we can punch through those defenses, take this beast out, and break their grip on Freehold
I agree, the Destiny community is at its best when taniks has no House. He kneels before no banner, owes allegiance to no Kell. He is a murderer, and very good at what he does. I have been tracking him since Wolves broke their chains, yes? Now Taniks works for Wolf pack ...but not for long.
One of my favourite things in the Destiny community is when we came down here as a squad of nine. Got picked off one by one. Watched a Wizard rip the Light out of my best friend and funnel it into some kind of crystal.
You know, its funny you mention this. Sometimes i think bungie reads and utilises all of these inside jokes. You see, we came down here as a squad of nine. Got picked off one by one. Watched a wizard rip the light out of my best friend, and funnel it into some kind of crystal.
It's honestly refreshing to hear someone give Destiny praise in the areas it really deserves. The franchise's sound design is absolutely top notch and shows Bungie haven't lost their touch in that department since leaving Halo. I know Destiny is the Internet's punching bag of "lol dead game" but it's great to just hear little bits of love for the game outside the core community.
@@jakespacepiratee3740 i am always confused by people who claim it "dies" when it hasn't left the most played games list on steam since Shadowkeep's release
Destiny's an odd series. The playerbase can be so negative and critical, but also gush over new content. The game might be deeply flawed, but it survives despite every other game touted as a Destiny-killer. Sometimes grind's are unreasonable in the amount required for the loot you want, but sometimes a once in a lifetime experience is dropped in a secret mission or a raid or a dungeon, which when done blind, fresh, and underleveled, becomes magical. If you want a good time, get a friend or two that's about as experienced as you, and just hop into some of the content blind, except maybe learning the systems of the game. Some things, like the main stories, are going to be snoozefests, while others, like the dungeons, become one of those campfire stories you can talk about in the future.
I'm honestly thankful it has such a negative and critical playerbase. I've already seen the effects of one that overprotects their game and justifies constant low quality (Warframe). D2 would have never turned around if people just appluded Bungie because they always wanted to be positive about anything that was put into the game.
Bungie just seems determined to play to destiny's weaknesses (competitive pvp, campaign narrative) rather than its strengths (base gameplay, endgame). If they got rid of a few more patrol worlds and instead focused on adding more missions like the dungeons, zero hour, or presage, it would be so much better.
@@fieldrook1613 The warframe community is nice, like they’re very open, but they often overlook flaws in the game for the excuse of “its a free game, DE always listens, etc”. The game is still good though
Possibly older than the recorded existence of first arising upon fundament. As Sathona said about the needle ship in the books of sorrow - 'before our ancestors crashed into the fundament.'
@@dova3050 given they’re written by Savathun (who is basically destiny’s version of tzeentch) it’s impossible to know if it’s true or not as only Savathun or Xivu Arath would know for sure.
"Oh damn the gameplays so cool" "It's so fun killing enemies with my new cool looking gun" 5 hours later "Oh damn more gameplay" "Killing enemies for a new cool looking gun" 5 days later "Damn...... gameplay" "Kill enemies get gun" 5 weeks later "Damn" "Ooooooh new gun"
@@Vynirian if the gameplay was more in-depth or more enjoyable. Ironically halo would be a better looter shooter because fighting the covenant is far more enjoyable, more fun and way more dynamic than the enemies of destiny which are usually pretty bland to fight
@@AustinH7 i can agree that destiny's enemies could use an ai upgrade (particularly the deep stone bois, holy shit if you're trying to wipe and can't blow yourself up it literally takes years to die). On the other hand, some of the snipey bois in d2 give them sniper jackals a run for their money.
@@Vynirian They fixed the deep stone crypt enemies so now the only reason they aren’t super annoying is because they still ain’t shit compared to knights.
@@royshavrick oh cool! I was a big halo fanboy a few years back, and i just heard online that destiny was bad, so I never gave it I shot, but i just got the game thought so looking forward too playing it👍😁
As some who loves both Doom and Destiny 2 this made me chuckle. Btw there is a chain saw sword in D2 which gives back health wrt to the damage dealt by it called "The Lament".
I started Destiny as my second T-rated Shooter I had tried, (the first being Fall of Cybertron) and, after not being able to experience any game that felt adult, I was enfatuated. My parents couldnt afford Xbox Live at the time, but I was satisfied enough grinding out on Patrols, and when my parents were able to subscribe to Xbox Live, I felt like Christopher Columbus discovering the Americas, so much untapped content I had never touched before! I have been with Destiny ever since. I'd even argue every game Bungie has made is good.
this is me but the difference is i didn't have money to buy destiny 2 so i played alot of destiny 2 trials edition on battlenet until they made destiny 2 become free to play on steam i was able to experience the whole game
You, sir, are a phenomenal youtuber, and an even better person. Always appreciate your videos, especially given the quality of presentation without sacrificing genuinity.
Some of the older Destiny 1 weapon frames are back. The Destiny 1 vanilla auto rifle Shadow Price is available as a Nightfall reward and plenty of other older frames make up the Vault of Glass' loot pool.
I mean, ever since Dark Below its been pretty obvious Taken King lowkey improved on getting that idea out Not throwin shade btw, thought I should say that ahead of time
@@oreo-postraphe and to add on to that both the guardians and the hive are servants of their respective primordial forces but with their own differences in their servitude with the Guardians being chosen from the dead themselves to defend life but the hive are infested with worms when they are born and are as such life that essentially worships death and I can go and on between the parallels
As a halo fan I was pretty salty towards other fps games. Even though I played maybe a few hundred hours on COD I did not enjoy it nearly as much as halo. Then I found a game called Titanfall 2. Titanfall 2 might one of the most creative fps games ever made. It has one of the best campaigns nearly rivaling halo maybe even has one leval in particular that might be the most creative leval in a fps game ever!
Titanfall 2's campaign was just so fun! Like it reminded me of what I've been wanting from a Halo campaign for years. Here's hoping infinite really brings it in the gameplay and story department
I didn't think other games where as creative as halo. Also I am very in to music I write my own songs so halo having the masterpiece of a sound track kind of spoild me for great video game sound tracks. Music is a big factor for me.
The first Destiny will always have a very special place in my heart. I never owned the game personally, but my best friend had a copy for PS3 when we were in elementary school together. Golden memories of having sleepovers with him are tied to the game, as we would wake up at unholy hours of the early morning to hop on the game and squeeze out as much time as we could before my mom came to pick me up. I especially remember coming across a terrifying easter egg with him that kept me up all night long and sticks with me to this day. It was a voice line that said "A million deaths are not enough for Master Rahool" and was placed near a cave where players would commonly go to farm for engrams. It was the first time I really sat down and thought about what we were really doing: slaughter. It was a brutal realization for such a young kid. Additionally, it revealed the terror that comes with implied lore, which is probably what led me to enjoy Lovecraft so much later in life. I'm now on my way to college for game design, and I still find myself getting a little freaked out by the scale and uncertainty of Destiny's depiction of our universe. Thank you for making this video, it helped me to remember some valuable moments.
I dunno man. For awhile they're whole shitck was freedom and story making the game. Then Bungie decides to team up with Activision Blizzard out of all companies. Then decides to vault multiple core campaigns leaving new players in the dark or just quiting cause their story just got ripped away. Bungie is consistent on being inconsistent. They'll have the smoothest developing of a game then the next is crunch for years back and forth.
@@reyzephlyn105 he’s talking about themes and the story and lore... Btw, it has been years since Bungie had a crunch. They are pretty careful about the health of their developers...
Theres a theory that these are all part of a bungie "multiverse" iirc theres a BIG theory that halo is the marathon universe reborn and that explains why the precursors are older than the universe in halo is because they're godlike beings from marathon.
54 seconds in and I really have to wonder how that game will survive when their "make youtubers read our terrible script about our mobile game" money stops flowing
i honestly had a blast with vanilla destiny 1. i never had any friends to play with but that just added the to lonely atmosphere. evey time i landed on a planet to explore i felt as if i always had to watch my back or some aliens will sneak up on me. i haven’t played destiny 2 since forsaken came out just because i’m kinda confused with what bungie is doing now with the seasons and stuff, feels like it’s harder to catch up with the story
Well the DLCs themselves are still playable, you’ve only missed seasons from before beyond light dropped. Those you can catch up on via vids, byf normally does catch up vids about the story. As for seasons since beyond light, Bungie have made it that the story for them is playable all year, so you can catch up on those by actually playing. Don’t let it discourage you, the seasons are a great way of having an ongoing story rn.
@@TenthSgtSnipes I'm not going to watch UA-cam Videos as homework cause Bungie didn't want to implement a better progress separation system. At that point why would I even play the game instead of watching it all? They could've easily kept the old content and have the new. Not just out right deny the player by cutting it out and making Destiny 2 a crappy experience for new and returning players. An even crappier experience if you were part of the wave of new players who were mid campaign playthrough just for them to cut you off. "Hey you're at this point of the story left off from D1 Or your brand-new who knows ha ha. Alot of stuff has happened and sure we had already designed and made full story quest lines to prepare and get you ready for Destiny 2. But lmao like you won't believe this. I threw them all away lmfao. So like actually now before you actually start playing either except you don't get to play and experience those already made story and quest lines or go do some homework research. Haha lol I'm so quirky and relatable gamers. By now hopefully maybe you're ready to play Destiny 2 and not be totes lost. Don't worry I did this for you! For the players! Cause I love you!" Sure this sounds dramatic but let's not give them a pass for being over dramatic themselves by making lame excuses to cut content instead of making a way to keep both.
As someone who started with Halo 2 back in the day, I have to say the most fun I’ve had gaming has been in destiny. I’ve met friends and made memories in this gaming world. And still, I could listen to you talk about destiny for hours.
Whether we wanted it or not, we've stepped into a war with the Cabal on Mars. So let's get to taking out their command, one by one. Valus Ta'aurc. From what I can gather he commands the Siege Dancers from an Imperial Land Tank outside of Rubicon. He's well protected, but with the right team, we can punch through those defenses, take this beast out, and break their grip on Freehold.
I like reading Destiny lore more than playing it xD The game made me feel old, it's too complicated and confusing for me. All the seasons that have passed make it very hard to jump in it right now. But the lore is really interesting
Since watching this video I have gotten into Destiny two. I recall in a video of yours some time ago you asked where the channel should go from Halo. I think Destiny is a great place to start. I would love to see some more Destiny content out of you. Keep up the good work.
After putting thousands of hours into the destiny franchise, I can say with the utmost certainty that the most compelling part of the game isn't its gameplay. While the gunplay is fluid and the abilities are fun to use, the artistic direction of the franchise and the lore surrounding it are what keeps me coming back. The taken king, rise of iron and forsaken are considered the best expansions between the two games and this is mostly because they featured wonderful art direction and a fairly cohesive narrative direction. While the magic of raids and strikes wears off, the world is cool enough to keep playing and hop on once in a while. I don't play that much anymore and the magic has worn off, this franchise is still one of the best I have ever played.
The gunplay (specifically the pew pew shooty shooty) is the best in the industry. Shooting guns in Destiny is fun, abilities is fun. The lore is amazing too. Raids too. Everything else is meh.
@@baileybailey6808 yeah I started in shadowkeep without playing D1. If you care about the story just watch mynameisbyf Now is kind of a eh? Time to get into the game. A) you're missing slot of good gear B) new season has been out for awhile C) bunch of content has been vaulted in November 2020 You can always start now but it'll be a grind
@@baileybailey6808 Honestly, the game right now is in an okay spot. The problem is that bungie keeps shooting themselves in the foot. Destiny 1 got progressively better as time went on, whereas Destiny 2 has had major ups and downs. You can play it for free so there is no reason not to try it out. However, I am uncertain of how good the new player experience is and if I would even play the game if I found it today. Best I can say is give it a try.
For real. I didn't really play Shadowkeep, and only recently went through it because I wanted the two exotics from it since they were really popular. And even though the story felt a little rushed and the campaign was repetitive, I kept playing because HOLY SHIT IS THE HELLMOUTH ONE OF THE COOLEST LOOKING PLACES EVER. The art design is second to none.
I started playing 2 right before the big update. To much content was cut for me to keep playing. All my quest and story progression went poof. Untill they or if they add it back I'm quits
@@Spartan-sz7km I got it on xbox and pc. I also have gamepass too but what does D2 not on have on game pass? It has Beyond Light, Shadow, Keep, and Forsaken as far as I know.
@@Spartan-sz7km I think it does as I was playing on Season Pass at the time. Then they cut paid content. I'm miffed cause the story got cut mid way for me. But I feel worse for people like my brother who paid for those dlcs
Great video! You don't have to keep a character slot open to play the intro. There's a kiosk to the left of the postmaster where you can select all previosly played campaigns and the "new light" intro. Cheers!
i saw this and appreciated it but after stopping playing and recently coming back where is all the other campaigns? i paid for these dlc and cannot replay them? is there anyway to replay all the old campaigns for dlc etc? if not that is BS
I tried to love it but destiny 2 ended up being the furthest thing from “fun” in my experience, I completed all dlc thx to gamepass and I just don’t get it. I wouldn’t call it a bad game because plenty of people enjoy it but I couldn’t bring myself to like it despite giving it many chances.
Its all about the loot, and the gunplay for pvp is probably more enjoyable than any other game in my opinion. Thats just for me though. Raid races are probably some of the best experiences in gaming and theres no better feeling than finally beating a boss
I think the main thing for me about destiny 2 is the fact that it feels like a “safe” game. It just feels so much less unique than destiny 1 ever was. I’m addition they don’t ever try to try anything mainly for pvp. They could easily add some fun new game modes but they don’t, and the same goes for pve. All replayability in the game is completely artificial and it shows in my opinion. I don’t know tho I wish it had more stuff to do that wasn’t just grinding for light to play the raid a couple of times and call it a season.
@@217adaptiveperspective I would've kept playing D2 for the lore. But then Bungie cuts all that paid content so now I'm clueless while trying to catch up. So I quit. So much for Bungie and their montra about story making the game
This video reminded me of why I started playing destiny in the first place and why I'm not enjoying it right now. I'm looking fo the fun in destiny in all the wrong places
I kinda have a love and hate relationship with Destiny. Loving its challenge, strikes, raids, etc, and incredible story (told through the books) and the sandbox that is like you play how you want. Hating stuff like the sweeping changes every few weeks making it feel like there is no solid ground to stand on, not a lot of in-game storytelling and such. I think it's a loveable game for the right person. Edit: Even though I don't really play anymore, Hunter best class for PVE, don't @ me
I got back into it a year ago and had the exact same thoughts on where it struggles. Seemed like the leveling system or loot system changed like the wind. But, having been back I can tell you it's settled significantly, and while not perfect, is in a great place. Things have only been improving so I can def recommend it. Edit: oh and you speak only facts 😤
No one is probably going to read this, but I need some way to talk about this game. I first played Destiny probably back in 2015, when my friend's dad showed it to my dad. The only games I had even played before that were mario games, and a little bit of Titanfall. Somehow, Destiny caught my attention immediately. It was amazing. I can't think of anything that has ever made me feel that wonder and amazement before. I spent every spare second I could playing that game. I never had enough people to play raids, and I would almost always solo queue strikes, but it was still so much fun. I don't even know how to put into words how much I loved that game, or even why I loved it. It was just incredible. When the Taken King expansion came out, that's probably when the game hit it's peak for me. No game has been that much fun since then. When Destiny 2 was announced, me and my friends were going crazy. I loved the Speaker's roast in the trailer. I really enjoyed Destiny 2, but it wasn't as fun as the first. It was when Forsaken came out, that I had stopped playing the game. Even though I pre-ordered it and was super excited to play it, when it finally released, I opened up the game, and just nothing. For some reason, I didn't feel the extreme want to play Destiny as I had every day for the past few years. I decided to go play something else instead, and that was it until 2020. I was thinking about Destiny, and since the game had come out on Steam and was free to play, I decided why not come back to it. The game was so much different. I was able to bring over my playstation saves, but I couldn't play Forsaken for some reason. I know pretty much every game has battle passes and all that, but when I saw that in Destiny, it made me mad. Also, I had finally noticed the absurdity of the expansion prices, it's like buying a whole new game. I don't even know every reason I don't like the game anymore, but I just don't enjoy it as it is now. I miss playing Destiny, but I will always fondly remember the long nights playing that game. It got me into gaming, and I will always appreciate those times, even though I don't like it now. This is probably the longest comment I've ever written. I don't know how to summarize how I feel about the game, and I don't know if this even did a slightly good job in what I was trying to say. Sorry for the ramble, but I just needed to say something.
I was wondering when/if you were ever going to get into Destiny. And yes, The Crucible in Destiny 2 is kinda hit or miss, and it was definitely better in the first game. But Destiny is absolutely amazing, and I'm glad you enjoy it.
@@liplessnavajo4011 oh boy you should see behemoth melee now lol. Slower than a snail. Regen any nerf is good feel like I can use nightstalker again without it hurting me
destiny magic is speical. late nights trying to nail whisper and outbreak getting closer each time, first time in prochecy, first raid, new planets and experiances, they just feel pure magic like yo are the charachter going through these unique experiances. destiny has a lot of issues but the devs truly beleive the best days are ahead. story has grwn a lot. right now the fallen are coming to city and bungie is handing it very good, with good story, tackling real world issues with layers and layers behind each charahcters stance on the falllen. Cant wait to actually be fighting savathun this winter, an even bugger threat than her brother oryx who hs been playing us for years, tricking us, lying, using us to her advantage. she always wins, she wants to be the final force in the universe. pvp could be a LOT better though and we could get more stuff back.
For me my favorite destiny memories have always been in the raids, I love playing the raids whether it be the first time in a raid like Crown of Sorrow or Deep stone, the tricky mechanics of last wish or taken king, or just being able to blow through a raid like VoG, Eater, Scourge, or Crotas. Raids have always been fun to get together six people and just go ham in a relatively more difficult activity.
this was more of a love letter to Destiny than the Halo/Destiny comparison I was expecting, but it was a good video nonetheless we all like to complain about Destiny but deep in our hearts, behind all the pent-up rage formed from continuous disappointment and endless grinding, there's a ton of great reasons we still play it so much, and I am happy you went into such loving detail about those exact reasons
After Destiny's launch in 2014, I blindly joined my friends in their hate for the game. It wasn't until the week before its first expansion "The Dark Below" that I ever gave it a try. From the moment my titan (yes, I am a massive halo fan) landed on Venus and made contact with the Stranger (then fought off hordes of mysterious time traveling machines called Vex) I was absolutely hooked. This game's universe will always captivate my imagination. And even though I might only get on maybe once a week for an hour or two to knock out a raid with my friends on Destiny 2, I still feel a transcendent connection with the characters, the music, and the setting of this franchise. Also, you best believe I've been maining my awoken titan since then.
I came into destiny as someone who hadn't been a big halo fan for years. I had fun with the games but really wasnt into them like I was back in the halo 3 and reach years. You see, I came into destiny as a *Borderlands* fan. I was told I was coming into a NEW looter shooter and if you love the borderlands games, you'll love destiny. And among my friends, that seemed to be true. The crew of people I played through borderlands 2 a million times with, the youtubers I watched, all jumped on the destiny bandwagon. So I played the Beta. Let's make one thing clear, the destiny beta, for some inexplicable reasons was the most fun I had with a shooter in years. It showcased the environments, enemies, and gameplay. And I adored the gameplay. Then the game came out. I played through the segment of the beta, had fun but was just blasting through to get to the stuff I hadn't already played. And then the tedium set in. I got bored, and was content to move on to other things, but everyone in my circle from family to friends kept going, so I went with them, bored out of my mind, and lagging behind to the point where I was a liability because Ihad given up on getting good gear after the grind with literal zero rewards to keep me interested killed my will to play the game on my own. So eventually I just stopped playing completely, it wasnt fun being relegated to long ranges chipping away at bosses because my character was weaker. And that's why I didnt play destiny 2. But seeing your gameplay in a few of your vids, looking into it a bit, I tried it out for a bit becuase it's on gamepass. And then lost interest because of the load times. That's seriously the only thing blocking me at this point lol. I just cannot stand the original xbox morrowind loadtimes and dropped it. The world and weapons seem so interesting this time around, and the gameplay looks like more of what I loved.
Destiny is a game series that I know I would’ve loved in another universe. Like that segment you did on the music filled me with high levels of nostalgia! It really got my attention pre-release and I was hyped. But the more I seen of it post launch, the more I realize that the game wasn’t made for me. Despite falling in love with Borderlands around the same time and Destiny sharing a lot of aspects of it. Destiny was just too... idk, MMO min/max competitive (is probably the best way I can describe it). And even now, despite still wanting to get into Destiny, with corporate influence and the MMOish nature of the game, it looks like the longer you wait to initially get into it, the harder time you’ll have. And overall, it’s seems like the game expects a lot of the player, not just skill wise but also time. And I don’t exactly want another job, I already got that with Elite Dangerous (and that’s on thin ice rn).
I don't play Destiny super often anymore but I have a lot of memories with Destiny 1, mainly getting my first exotic weapon. I don't really remember what I did to get it it but I got a quest to unlock the Hand Canon Thorn. The quest had multiple "stages" and one part of it requires killing a TON of hive. I looked up the best place to grind on the moon and found a tutorial on UA-cam that explained in one of the first hive related missions there was a part where a bunch of hive charge out of a giant door. You could kill all the hive except for one, then let the last one kill you, and then you would be reloaded to a checkpoint right before the big battle starts. I don't remember exactly how long it took but I had to do that for awhile. After that you had to go into pvp and get 500 points. To get points you have to kill players, one kill was 5 points. This might not sound too bad, however the catch was that every time you die you lose 2 points. This means that one bad game could actually take away progress which honestly made me way more competitive than normal in any type of pvp. Finally unlocking the weapon was an interesting feeling, I felt like I went on a long adventure and had to really work for it. Before unlocking Thorn I actually mostly used Scout Rifles but after getting used to my new Hand Canon I've continued to use Hand Canon's the most in Destiny 2.
Im very glad the initial animosity between Halo and Destiny fans seems to have died down now. Btw in my future I plan on working with Bungie to get them to make single-player games set in Destiny Lore events with traditional Halo gameplay elements.
It's sad when you realize how much more interesting Joe Staten's vision of Destiny 1's story was going to be. The fact that Traveller was originally going to be an antagonist is really cool and a neat twist. It basically would give all these races Golden Ages and then slowly destroy them through it's influence. It just makes me so mad that Bungie thought that story was boring, yet the story we got is boring and doesn't explain anything about Destiny's universe.
The current season talks a lot about questioning the Traveler's motives. For instance, it abandoned the Fallen and has made them..... Fallen. This season involves an alliance with Fallen and begs the question, why would the traveler leave the Fallen if they had good people among them, some of whom we meet this season? I feel Bungie is bringing that concept back and it's very interesting.
Well in the lore the reason the traveler left the fallen is because it was being hunted by the hive. Still, the idea of an all-powerful entity using planets as proxies to defend itself is an interesting idea.
I’m always jumping in and out of Destiny. & to be honest? I’m perfectly happy with that! I’m currently in my “in phase” with the return of VOG. It’s been a blast, as always, when me and my buds are in our “in phase”
i’m so glad you made this, i can show all my buddies that hate on destiny to this day, my best friend won’t get into it because he thinks it’s too late to, and that he wanted to experience year 1 on both games, but he just hates on it unconditionally
I tried to love Destiny when it first came out, and I did but it wasn't a natural love. I was dredging through content hoping to find something to cling on too and it was a chore in doing so. Eventually I fell off until The Taken King came out. It was such a breath of fresh air for the series and me and I'm glad I gave the game a 2nd chance. As for Destiny 2 It hurt to even think about what Activision was doing to it. I'm so glad Bungie left, they did so much better for themselves and the communit when they did. It's been a bumpy road, but I'm glad I hopped on and stuck with it when I did.
My personal favorite space in terms of sound design and raw aesthetic is definitely the Moon. The surface of the Moon feels like its driven by the music and sounds of the above-ground enemies and the landscape points to a Hive civilization we don't fully understand. But when you go deeper into the Moon, underground, it becomes drastically more sinister. The dull lighting and sometimes claustrophobic, cave-like terrain gives way to a feeling of dread and uncertainty, even when not engaging enemies. The music quiets, and the atmospheric dirge of the tunnel systems feels like it's all you can hear. All this combines with the haunting ghosts of long-dead guardians floating in the open space, disappearing as you approach. The underground spaces on the Moon feel hollow and eerie, but not overwhelmingly so. The dark atmosphere makes the player perceive mere vacancy, as danger. Spectacular location, I'm a PvP primary player, but the Moon is special for me, I highly recommend cranking the sound and just exploring the Moon in its entirety, you can also disable hud as well for further emersion.
Honestly I feel as though destiny pvp has gotten worse and worse, whereas the pve has flucated between getting better and worse. In year one i played so much trials over the summer i can remember every nook and cranny of the destiny 1 maps with my eyes closed. And while the gameplay of year 1 was fantastic as it is now, taken king really showed how amazing destiny can be. Destiny 2 is honestly where the game died to me until beyond light came out. They took a game that was getting better and better and wiped the slate clean, adding tons of filler planets with uninteresting characters and removing all the amazing old content from the first game...but nowadays...i miss the red legion campaign... im unsure how a new player would see the game today. Does it have a story or does it just...drop you off after the tutorial now... expecting you to decide where to go and what to do...? Destiny is an amazing game and is only getting better and better, but im still worried we may get something as bad as year one destiny 2 again...
I cannot stand the grind of destiny, there is never a straight path to anything, there’s always more bullshit designed to take away your fun. Edit: great video tho Edit 2: I take it back this game is lit and I totally agree with the entire video
Just to answer this, they don't need to wash the traveler, for the same reason they can't really build infrastructure on top of it: it is constantly radiating power, in such a way that repels matter, which is part of why it floats. It doesn't get dirty, because nothing can stick to it.
*long read* Destiny had my heart on release lmao. I begged my mom to let me play a rated T game (I was about 10), and I finally convinced her. It was a hard game, but this cool robot guy named cayde 6 made me laugh a lot in the beginning, so I dove deeper into the game. Flash forward 7 years, and I’ve sunk years worth of hours into the game. Such a dedication would make you think I’d eventually get bored and move on. But starting a new guardian and replaying d1 gives me the same butterflies I got when I first booted up. I’ve went days without sleeping trying to do raids, only stopping to shower, eat, and do my natural business. Yeah it was hard, but oh man… getting my first exotic made me lose my mind. Whisper of the worm made me curious about how many cool guns were really out there. Celestial nighthawk gave me new ammo to be a bit more useful in crota’s end. Zhalo supercell made me shred through enemies in crucible. And when trials came for the first time? I got my ass kicked at first, but after a while, I managed to go flawless and eventually carry (I lost my touch in d2, but that’s beyond the point). I truly couldn’t describe my feelings, the memories made, and the lessons I learned/changes I made in my life for self improvement. Destiny will always have a special place in my heart, and I will never forget the masterpiece that it is.
I still can't get into this game no matter how many times I try. First tried with the first game on 360, sold it after 2 weeks. And then again with it free on PC, the tone and grind of the game just didn't do it for me. Also the Online pvp is just dogshit, and waaaaay too sweaty
@@patrick_grundy Yeah, my girlfriend adores it. I'm sure it's a fine game, it just never captivated me. Just made me wish they'd drop the series after the first game, and just make a new game entirely. Oh well, it's their new cash cow.
This video was beautiful. Especially when you talked about the lore and music. Have you ever thought of doing a video on your Raid experiences (new, old, or upcoming)?
I loved Destiny 1, but Destiny 2 is just a mess. I can’t get behind a game that regularly removes content and demands I play on its schedule. It’s manipulative FOMO garbage and it’s the opposite of fun. I played Destiny 1 to relax. Playing Destiny 2 just made me anxious.
I payed 40 bucks for an expansion that was almost entirely removed and all my grind thrown to the trashcan of unusable items, if they just hadn't done that I would have probably bought more dlcs, now I just play every once in a while just to see how it's going :( I miss the game but I also miss the hours spent there for nothing, so I feel conflicted.
as a destiny 1 die-hard you said exactly what i wasn't sure about, i always felt it was weird that i couldn't like destiny 2 AT ALL, but the the unwelcoming approach to new players and weird stance on how they tell their story is just too much to care, if i can't get into it casually to at the very least adjust to it, then how am i going to grow into loving it ever???
The auto rifle frame you like is already a purple - it's called Shadow Price and not only can you can get it through Nightfall Strikes, it can also come with some pretty good rolls
It'd be pretty difficult if they do need to wash it down. Since a lot of the Traveler's body is in space, therefore, any bird poop would've frozen over by now. Guess the people gotta do some scraping as well
Destiny as a whole disappointed me at launch, and I have never really TRUELY enjoyed it since. I tried D1 vanilla, Taken King, then I tried Forsaken up to Beyond Light, and as much as I feel the passion in this game, it doesn't emotionally connect me like Halo did. Sure, Halo's story is simple, and its characters are simple, but there's something so emotional about its story (Up until Halo 5, i just pretend that game never happened) that gets me everytime, that Destiny just doesn't. That and the fact that Bungie isn't the same Bungie that made the halo games. I fucken hate them now as a company.
Some of my favourite moments go back to the Destiny (1) days. Meeting people back before the DLC "The dark below" dropped. I met some wonderful people, that I can't wait to play with again when Season 15 comes out when crossplay becomes "fully" implemented. Other moments in D1 would be getting powerful exotic drops like the Gjallarhorn and the Ice Breaker. Including the Fatebringer - some of my go to weapons back in Destiny. This video has in a way re-kindled the passion I had. Exciting times for Destiny 2 are approaching, more memories to make and some more things to kill.
@@jakespacepiratee3740 It's a chore to unsubscribe from channels so it's probs a long time ago sub. Plus UA-cam will unsub from subscriptions for you whether you wanted to or not lol
btw @Late Night Gaming they actually have a mission where you fight a boss in the old tower its all old and forgotten and there is a lot of lore in this game that explanes why
I always love seeing people come into the Destiny community and seeing it for its full potential rather than the hatred and scandals that have plagued it even up through today. Before I recount my best experiences, I would like to say I'm no longer playing Destiny 2 as I don't support many of the business practices and decisions Bungie has made since Beyond Light (and honestly many incidents before Beyond Light were factors as well, such as the Fellwinter's Lie quest, Trials misfired re-launch, etc.) However I still hold the original Destiny, as well as Destiny 2 up through Forsaken, to a high regard. Without further adieu, enjoy my memories, LNG. I first started playing Destiny after a new friend of mine back in middle school invited me over for his birthday party and showed off his new Xbox One, as well as a couple of the games he'd gotten with the console. One of which, was Destiny. I remember being in complete awe over the flashiness and gunplay of the game, as before then my experience with gunplay was basically the old Star Wars Battlefront games for PS2 and CoD on the Wii (I know it's an atrocious thought to think of playing CoD on a Wii, you do not need to remind me.) As soon as I was able, I got a 360 and Destiny, around the time between the Dark Below DLC (the first one) and House of Wolves DLC (second one.) My very first, and currently longest lasting, Xbox friendships were through Destiny, and the first couple months I did nothing but play Destiny after school. Looking back now, I can say with no small amount of embarrassment that I quickly got addicted to gaming from Destiny, but in my mind even now, I feel that's a testament to how well-made the game was. I didn't have too many friends, slightly more than enough for a raid team was all, but we were really close. My first ever raid, Vault of Glass, was the most memorable and impactful activity in my entire Destiny career to this day. From the deceptively simple mechanics, to the worldbuilding and lore, and the best loot in the game at the time, it was everything a casual player like me could ask for. We certainly took longer than the average raid race team to beat the raid, and it actually took multiple days to do so, but the feeling of satisfaction when we did it was like nothing any of us had ever experienced. My first exotic was actually the final reward for my first ever raid clear as well. On my first clear of VoG, I got the Vex Mythoclast exotic fusion-auto rifle hybrid. I still have some old friends that up till Destiny 2's launch, hadn't gotten the Vex Mythoclast to drop for them, and they certainly hate me reminding them of my jacked newbie luck. Of course, as fate is always balanced in the world, my luck pretty much stopped after getting the Vex and Icebreaker as random drops. My most prized weapons as of this moment in D1 are those Year 1 weapons, as well as my Dragon's breath, Invective, Thorn and Last Word, half I bought from Xur throughout my D1 playtime and half were gruelingly earned from painful exotic quests. Despite pretty much having everything I could want in D1, I still find myself regularly logging back in at times just to visit the social spaces, chat with other long-time veterans, and/ot convince one or two old friends to re-visit the game with me. One thing I've grown particularly fond of doing is taking friends I've made either prior to or after my D1 career, and introducing them to the world of Destiny through the complete first game. I actually bought the collector's edition for a couple of my oldest friends around a couple years back as graduation presents as a way to keep in touch with them after school, and I can certainly say it has helped keep our bonds strong throughout the short time we've been out in the real world for. Destiny is a game that has had, and continues to have, many issues in development, business, and community connections. But it also has many strengths as well. Nearly all of what you'd presented are things I can agree make the Destiny worldbuilding, lore, and game as a whole be solidified in the hearts and minds of players as a good game, despite any flaws. I do get sad when thinking of the many controversies that have happened and continue to happen revolving an IP I used to be grossly addicted to, but my coping methods of re-visiting the classics of D1 helps a lot with that. I'm content to watch the growth of D2 from afar, as it's no longer a game that has the ability to cater to the extremely casual player such as myself, and I do wish Bungie continued success, so long as they don't burn the bridges between them and the community to achieve such successes.
I didn't like Destiny because everything about it looked like a Demo of a bigger game. I thought bungie could do better. But as it turned out, that was the peak of what can be achieved... f I knew it couldn't get any better, I would have enjoyed it more. :/
Playing games the last 5 years or watching movies give me a demo/undeveloped vibe. Destiny, Halo 5, Borderlands 3, Prey, etc. That come to the top of my mind. Like you play it and there's hints of something greater. Such galore and feats about soon to be unlocked in the next big scene. Then the credits start rolling and that's it. After some research and looking back at trailers you realize there's been staff and story changes. Content, Story, and features get removed. So in the end you were advertised a better game just to buy what seems to be like an alpha or beta version. Just to get kicked in the jewels to realize "Nope this is it. You paid for this. Congrats me." Months later games like Destiny or Borderlands will announce a new $$$ Dlc with what's that? Something that was hinted/advertised in the main game but got cut. Just for you to spend extra $$$ now that they think it's done enough to make you pay for it. Ah perfect just what I wanted from my $60 initial purchase. More mtx
Finally someone understands and most importantly appreciates how each bit of nuance in sound design, visual story telling, music, stylish designs and exaggerated animations all come together to create a really unique, immersive and fascinating world full of story and character that honestly i love even more than Halos. Thank you Late Night for bringing the small details people look over to everyone’s attention. Also how could you make a Destiny video and not talk about the Raids and dungeons?
I'd rather have the d1 intro mission (which was actually in d2 for a few months last year) and then have the campaign be a thing you do whenever you want to like they are now
I was a younger Halo fan. My older cousin got me into the series with the release of Reach, which we played for hours at a time. Whether it was the campaign or forge or various multiplayer mode. By the time Destiny was revealed I had played Halo 1-3 and was itching for more from Bungie. Then Destiny 1 released and despite its shortcomings, I loved it. The story was a joke, but the lore immediately sucked me into the universe. The campaign was short and unfocused, yet the gameplay satisfied me. Exotics were a blast and I even tried getting into raiding, unsuccessfully with my terrible internet at the time. It wasn't until The Dark Below launched that I was finally able to experience the Vault of Glass from beginning to end and I have to say, that was when the franchise had me hooked. I cannot begin to explain the countless hours I poured into my load-outs for both Crota's End and Vault of Glass encounter by encounter, honing my PvE skill. By the time House of Wolves came around, I was sherpaing people through the Level 35 PoE in pairs. Ever since then I've played every single release of this game, which includes the current season. Despite gripes with what Eververse has become and its parasitic hold on the transmog system, I'm quite happy and hopeful for this franchise. Here's looking forward to Witch-Queen and many more years of punching the enemies of humanity into submission.
@@unequivocalsuffering2734 Well you also don't pay for the base game any more so honestly free crap that you pay to improve (D2) sounds better to me than paying for crap and then paying to improve it (D1)
You probably won’t read this at this point but I want to thank you a lot for this video. I have been with destiny since the end of the the Crota DLC and my fireteam has been with it since the Beta. I can still remember those early days when I could hardly jump around as a hunter and I was constantly crutching on the crouch invis of the blade dancer. I remember my first raid clear, my first exotics.. Red Death and Khepri’s string gave me a level of survival and utility that let my hunter break away from stereotypes. Flash forward to Destiny 2 in the current state. I’m a jaded veteran that can’t help but feed that fire of negativity inside myself with ever bit of news I hear that doesn’t directly impact me or my play style in positive manner. I’ve swapped from being a hunter main to a warlock to better identify as a supportive player as I now have new friends to teach and help. This video helped the memories of days long gone become a little clearer again. For the first time in a awhile I felt that fire die down a bit. Thank you for that.
@@Azrael_Equinox I mean I personally not a big fan of gambit so I'd prefer a crucible maps but I mean if you are going to have gambit in the game either provide new content for it or take it out the game
Dude that was the very best description of Destiny 2. You made me want to get back online after 10 hours of gameplay. Thank you for the absolute best description of this game we play. There's only one thing I would add that's the community. The community is a living being itself. Thank you again.
Oh I’m very aware of the Sword logic and final shape :) I don’t wanna overwhelm people. The key to introducing someone to something is to not “info dump”
Stepping into Destiny 2 felt like stepping into a Halo game with a fresh coat of paint. By that, I mean it *feels* like a Bunjie Halo game. The physics, the vehicle friction, the floaty jumps, the weapons, the melee, and a cherry ontop to nail it home if you rebind the controls to match the MCC defaults. It may be a different universe, may have new mechanics, new artstyle, but it feels like I'm still just playing Halo. And I love that. Now if only it didn't boot me back to the title screen and make me completely relog and reload every time my laptop overheats, and punish me if it happen when playing gambit. Then maybe I'll be able to reinstall and enjoy it again.
Why is "as a halo fan" in the title. I know bungie made it, and that its influenced by Halo alot, but its like saying "learning to love Minecraft as a pong fan"
Here's how I like playing D2s campaigns and just free roaming. 1) put on the red war default armour, noble constant type 2 for titans, the class I play. Over time over free roam and campaigns I'll use transmog to change the suit to its battle damaged varient over time (no longer earnable due to removal of red war). 2) use my favorite exotic, skyburners oath and the kostov, which is actualy the only basic weapon thst is updated in light level if you keep your slot empty, I always vault it when I don't use it. Current kostov is light level 1266 and it's still A REALLY VALID CHOICE FOR PVE AND STRIKES. I love making my guardians just get worn down over constant fighting but just keep going, love to see what witch Queen brings.
Playing destiny 2 at it's peak was fun for a bit but the extremely sparse DLC and season passes were too much for me to keep up with. It is a fascinating and cool series though, wish I had enough friends to make it worth playing more.
I bought Destiny on 360 when it came out loved it took time to learn it all but y'know how it is. Now with destiny 2 I liked the original destiny 2 intro then they changed it all and I got tired of playing ketchup and played mafia 3 lol
Don't let this distract you from the fact that, despite literally making _millions_ of dollars annually, 343 Industries blatantly refuses to add playable Elites to Halo Infinite.
@@vaniellys That doesn't make any sense. They could just disable Elites for competitive play, it probably has more to do with the fact Elites would need to have the very same level of visual customization as Spartans at the very least (which we know is going to be a lot), meaning it would be double the work for them.
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epic
I genuinely thought the ad was going to be a joke
unimpressed
Genshin Impact is better.
@@stevem.9340 late night is just trying to make a living dont beat him up over it
One of the best aspect about Destiny is the innate sense of humour that the community has developed because whether we wanted it or not, we've stepped into a war with the Cabal on Mars. So let's get to taking out their command, one by one. Valus Ta'aurc. From what I can gather he commands the Siege Dancers from an Imperial Land Tank outside of Rubicon. He's well protected, but with the right team, we can punch through those defenses, take this beast out, and break their grip on Freehold
I agree, the Destiny community is at its best when taniks has no House. He kneels before no banner, owes allegiance to no Kell. He is a murderer, and very good at what he does. I have been tracking him since Wolves broke their chains, yes? Now Taniks works for Wolf pack ...but not for long.
One of my favourite things in the Destiny community is when we came down here as a squad of nine. Got picked off one by one. Watched a Wizard rip the Light out of my best friend and funnel it into some kind of crystal.
You know, its funny you mention this. Sometimes i think bungie reads and utilises all of these inside jokes. You see, we came down here as a squad of nine. Got picked off one by one. Watched a wizard rip the light out of my best friend, and funnel it into some kind of crystal.
That skrank gang is still a threat
@@Leitis_Fella gang gang
_indeed_
When he was talking about the music I was like god I hope this man has played the deep stone crypt raid.
Everyone shut the fuck up, Deep Stone Lullaby is playing
I was hoping he would mention it
How do I do it
Yeah Deep stone lullaby us cool but... Athanasia is just *chef kiss*
Or Whisper.
It's honestly refreshing to hear someone give Destiny praise in the areas it really deserves. The franchise's sound design is absolutely top notch and shows Bungie haven't lost their touch in that department since leaving Halo.
I know Destiny is the Internet's punching bag of "lol dead game" but it's great to just hear little bits of love for the game outside the core community.
it becomes dead every now and then but it always gets revived.
That's why it hurts cause you know Bungie can make some amazing stuff. Then at times they release the most polished turd we've ever seen.
I thought TF2 supposed to be the internet joke of Dead game
@@bobmarine7392 I thought overwatch was the one everyone bashes on
@@jakespacepiratee3740 i am always confused by people who claim it "dies" when it hasn't left the most played games list on steam since Shadowkeep's release
Destiny's an odd series. The playerbase can be so negative and critical, but also gush over new content. The game might be deeply flawed, but it survives despite every other game touted as a Destiny-killer. Sometimes grind's are unreasonable in the amount required for the loot you want, but sometimes a once in a lifetime experience is dropped in a secret mission or a raid or a dungeon, which when done blind, fresh, and underleveled, becomes magical. If you want a good time, get a friend or two that's about as experienced as you, and just hop into some of the content blind, except maybe learning the systems of the game. Some things, like the main stories, are going to be snoozefests, while others, like the dungeons, become one of those campfire stories you can talk about in the future.
I'm honestly thankful it has such a negative and critical playerbase. I've already seen the effects of one that overprotects their game and justifies constant low quality (Warframe).
D2 would have never turned around if people just appluded Bungie because they always wanted to be positive about anything that was put into the game.
Bungie just seems determined to play to destiny's weaknesses (competitive pvp, campaign narrative) rather than its strengths (base gameplay, endgame). If they got rid of a few more patrol worlds and instead focused on adding more missions like the dungeons, zero hour, or presage, it would be so much better.
No one hates Destiny more than it’s fans, because we can see the diamond it can be.
@@EatThePath-7 what exactly is the warframe community like?
@@fieldrook1613 The warframe community is nice, like they’re very open, but they often overlook flaws in the game for the excuse of “its a free game, DE always listens, etc”. The game is still good though
As someone who has sunk almost 2000 hours into D2, it’s amazing to see a non-destiny UA-camr show some appreciation 😁
Yes this is so great to hear
"a space wizard raining death" sounds like a Borderlands character idea
Darth Nihilus in a nutshell
Actually the hive aren’t thousands of years old, they’re billions of years old.
Possibly older than the recorded existence of first arising upon fundament. As Sathona said about the needle ship in the books of sorrow - 'before our ancestors crashed into the fundament.'
If you think about it, the book of sorrows is basically just like the precursors.
@@imperatoriacustodum4667 Remember that you can’t take the Books of Sorrow as fact because they are supposedly filled with lies.
@@dova3050 given they’re written by Savathun (who is basically destiny’s version of tzeentch) it’s impossible to know if it’s true or not as only Savathun or Xivu Arath would know for sure.
@@stubbornspaceman7201 They were written by Oryx, but Savathun grafitti’d in them
"Oh damn the gameplays so cool"
"It's so fun killing enemies with my new cool looking gun"
5 hours later
"Oh damn more gameplay"
"Killing enemies for a new cool looking gun"
5 days later
"Damn...... gameplay"
"Kill enemies get gun"
5 weeks later
"Damn"
"Ooooooh new gun"
Well...what else are you going to do in a looter-shooter kind of game? Sure, I get that they're not everyone's kinda game, but...???
@@Vynirian if the gameplay was more in-depth or more enjoyable. Ironically halo would be a better looter shooter because fighting the covenant is far more enjoyable, more fun and way more dynamic than the enemies of destiny which are usually pretty bland to fight
@@AustinH7 i can agree that destiny's enemies could use an ai upgrade (particularly the deep stone bois, holy shit if you're trying to wipe and can't blow yourself up it literally takes years to die).
On the other hand, some of the snipey bois in d2 give them sniper jackals a run for their money.
2 years later
"Damm"
"Oooohhh new cool gun"
"Kille more enemies with new cool gun"
@@Vynirian They fixed the deep stone crypt enemies so now the only reason they aren’t super annoying is because they still ain’t shit compared to knights.
“When running low on loot you use crucible”
Me a doom fan: wait that’s the chains-
oh, wait a sec…..
Lmao Destiny 2 has a chain sword too, it's called the Lament.
@@royshavrick oh cool!
I was a big halo fanboy a few years back, and i just heard online that destiny was bad, so I never gave it I shot, but i just got the game thought so looking forward too playing it👍😁
As some who loves both Doom and Destiny 2 this made me chuckle. Btw there is a chain saw sword in D2 which gives back health wrt to the damage dealt by it called "The Lament".
@@carlweeks2399 yeah it's a really cool sword with a cool backstory.
@@royshavrick You forgot to mention it *ABSOLUTELY BROKE PVE*
I started Destiny as my second T-rated Shooter I had tried, (the first being Fall of Cybertron) and, after not being able to experience any game that felt adult, I was enfatuated. My parents couldnt afford Xbox Live at the time, but I was satisfied enough grinding out on Patrols, and when my parents were able to subscribe to Xbox Live, I felt like Christopher Columbus discovering the Americas, so much untapped content I had never touched before! I have been with Destiny ever since. I'd even argue every game Bungie has made is good.
Ah what did you think of foc. For me it's my favorite tf game by far. Especially the multiplayer. At the time anyway (f### you Activision!)
this is me but the difference is i didn't have money to buy destiny 2 so i played alot of destiny 2 trials edition on battlenet until they made destiny 2 become free to play on steam i was able to experience the whole game
You, sir, are a phenomenal youtuber, and an even better person. Always appreciate your videos, especially given the quality of presentation without sacrificing genuinity.
Fuck yeah
Ah yes Mylen and Byf guiding the guardians in the lore since year one of destiny
I think byfs videos are my favorite part of destiny
Some of the older Destiny 1 weapon frames are back. The Destiny 1 vanilla auto rifle Shadow Price is available as a Nightfall reward and plenty of other older frames make up the Vault of Glass' loot pool.
He used that gun for like half the video :P
My favorite part of destiny are the lore books. I know reading isn't everyone's cup of tea, but I enjoy it.
But that's also the problem. I'm more immersed in this universe reading those than I am playing the game.
Never knew that the Hive were the Darkness' equivalent of "Guardians."
I mean, ever since Dark Below its been pretty obvious
Taken King lowkey improved on getting that idea out
Not throwin shade btw, thought I should say that ahead of time
@@oreo-postraphe and to add on to that both the guardians and the hive are servants of their respective primordial forces but with their own differences in their servitude with the Guardians being chosen from the dead themselves to defend life but the hive are infested with worms when they are born and are as such life that essentially worships death and I can go and on between the parallels
@@denakarganta1502 Yuh
read the books of sorrow
More or less the veil are but yeah
As a halo fan I was pretty salty towards other fps games. Even though I played maybe a few hundred hours on COD I did not enjoy it nearly as much as halo. Then I found a game called Titanfall 2. Titanfall 2 might one of the most creative fps games ever made. It has one of the best campaigns nearly rivaling halo maybe even has one leval in particular that might be the most creative leval in a fps game ever!
Titanfall 2's campaign was just so fun! Like it reminded me of what I've been wanting from a Halo campaign for years. Here's hoping infinite really brings it in the gameplay and story department
Wait but why were you salty towards other fps?
Funnily enough, there are a lot of folks who are 'salty' against Halo precisely because what it did to the FPS genre.
I didn't think other games where as creative as halo. Also I am very in to music I write my own songs so halo having the masterpiece of a sound track kind of spoild me for great video game sound tracks. Music is a big factor for me.
@@Nanok1d me too man! Being a musician Halo stands apart for me! Infinite's new tracks are sounding sick so far!! 🤟
The first Destiny will always have a very special place in my heart. I never owned the game personally, but my best friend had a copy for PS3 when we were in elementary school together. Golden memories of having sleepovers with him are tied to the game, as we would wake up at unholy hours of the early morning to hop on the game and squeeze out as much time as we could before my mom came to pick me up. I especially remember coming across a terrifying easter egg with him that kept me up all night long and sticks with me to this day. It was a voice line that said "A million deaths are not enough for Master Rahool" and was placed near a cave where players would commonly go to farm for engrams. It was the first time I really sat down and thought about what we were really doing: slaughter. It was a brutal realization for such a young kid. Additionally, it revealed the terror that comes with implied lore, which is probably what led me to enjoy Lovecraft so much later in life. I'm now on my way to college for game design, and I still find myself getting a little freaked out by the scale and uncertainty of Destiny's depiction of our universe. Thank you for making this video, it helped me to remember some valuable moments.
Marathon, Halo, and Destiny have a lot of overlapping themes, Bungie's nothing if not consistent
I dunno man. For awhile they're whole shitck was freedom and story making the game. Then Bungie decides to team up with Activision Blizzard out of all companies. Then decides to vault multiple core campaigns leaving new players in the dark or just quiting cause their story just got ripped away.
Bungie is consistent on being inconsistent. They'll have the smoothest developing of a game then the next is crunch for years back and forth.
@@reyzephlyn105 He means consistent in their narrative themes. Marathon, Halo, and Destiny all basically have the same story with the same ideas.
@@reyzephlyn105 he’s talking about themes and the story and lore...
Btw, it has been years since Bungie had a crunch. They are pretty careful about the health of their developers...
Theres a theory that these are all part of a bungie "multiverse" iirc theres a BIG theory that halo is the marathon universe reborn and that explains why the precursors are older than the universe in halo is because they're godlike beings from marathon.
0 seconds in, already know I'm in for a treat.
54 seconds in and I really have to wonder how that game will survive when their "make youtubers read our terrible script about our mobile game" money stops flowing
@@Draggobuttboi what mobile game? If you're talking about Raid, I don't understand what it has to do with Destiny.
i honestly had a blast with vanilla destiny 1. i never had any friends to play with but that just added the to lonely atmosphere. evey time i landed on a planet to explore i felt as if i always had to watch my back or some aliens will sneak up on me. i haven’t played destiny 2 since forsaken came out just because i’m kinda confused with what bungie is doing now with the seasons and stuff, feels like it’s harder to catch up with the story
Honestly its better to have a game that you struggle to keep up with than a game that you can complete too easily.
With Destiny 2 Bungie has made the decision to not allow you to catch up at all and cut the content
@@jakespacepiratee3740 i see your point but for me i just don’t know where to start from so i just don’t play
Well the DLCs themselves are still playable, you’ve only missed seasons from before beyond light dropped. Those you can catch up on via vids, byf normally does catch up vids about the story. As for seasons since beyond light, Bungie have made it that the story for them is playable all year, so you can catch up on those by actually playing. Don’t let it discourage you, the seasons are a great way of having an ongoing story rn.
@@TenthSgtSnipes I'm not going to watch UA-cam Videos as homework cause Bungie didn't want to implement a better progress separation system. At that point why would I even play the game instead of watching it all?
They could've easily kept the old content and have the new. Not just out right deny the player by cutting it out and making Destiny 2 a crappy experience for new and returning players. An even crappier experience if you were part of the wave of new players who were mid campaign playthrough just for them to cut you off.
"Hey you're at this point of the story left off from D1 Or your brand-new who knows ha ha. Alot of stuff has happened and sure we had already designed and made full story quest lines to prepare and get you ready for Destiny 2. But lmao like you won't believe this. I threw them all away lmfao. So like actually now before you actually start playing either except you don't get to play and experience those already made story and quest lines or go do some homework research. Haha lol I'm so quirky and relatable gamers. By now hopefully maybe you're ready to play Destiny 2 and not be totes lost. Don't worry I did this for you! For the players! Cause I love you!"
Sure this sounds dramatic but let's not give them a pass for being over dramatic themselves by making lame excuses to cut content instead of making a way to keep both.
As someone who started with Halo 2 back in the day, I have to say the most fun I’ve had gaming has been in destiny. I’ve met friends and made memories in this gaming world. And still, I could listen to you talk about destiny for hours.
Late Night Gaming: Creepy thumbnail Zavala can't hurt you.
Creepy thumbnail Zavala: :)
Creepy Zaval Thumbnail: "Hello little boy~"
Oh man, it's so good to see this. Glad you're enjoying the game, especially the music.
My heart will always belong to the D1 year 1 stuff but the new music by the new artists is quite good :)
Whether we wanted it or not, we've stepped into a war with the Cabal on Mars. So let's get to taking out their command, one by one. Valus Ta'aurc. From what I can gather he commands the Siege Dancers from an Imperial Land Tank outside of Rubicon. He's well protected, but with the right team, we can punch through those defenses, take this beast out, and break their grip on Freehold.
Thank you, commander
@@LateNightHalo You're welcome, guardian.
Zanny: "Go play destiny you loser"
(Couple years later)
Zanny: "Today were playing destiny 2(Also has fully enhanced gear)"
I don't think you're in the right comment section, bro
Are you lost?
@@shuvobarua9117 In the video he said that many poeple disliked it. So yes, this guy is in the right comment section.
I like reading Destiny lore more than playing it xD The game made me feel old, it's too complicated and confusing for me. All the seasons that have passed make it very hard to jump in it right now. But the lore is really interesting
I agree
My words
Since watching this video I have gotten into Destiny two. I recall in a video of yours some time ago you asked where the channel should go from Halo. I think Destiny is a great place to start. I would love to see some more Destiny content out of you. Keep up the good work.
My favorite part of destiny is playing it with friends, especially if it's a raid
After putting thousands of hours into the destiny franchise, I can say with the utmost certainty that the most compelling part of the game isn't its gameplay. While the gunplay is fluid and the abilities are fun to use, the artistic direction of the franchise and the lore surrounding it are what keeps me coming back. The taken king, rise of iron and forsaken are considered the best expansions between the two games and this is mostly because they featured wonderful art direction and a fairly cohesive narrative direction. While the magic of raids and strikes wears off, the world is cool enough to keep playing and hop on once in a while. I don't play that much anymore and the magic has worn off, this franchise is still one of the best I have ever played.
The gunplay (specifically the pew pew shooty shooty) is the best in the industry. Shooting guns in Destiny is fun, abilities is fun.
The lore is amazing too. Raids too.
Everything else is meh.
Is destiny 2 worth getting into now even if I’ve never played destiny 1?
@@baileybailey6808 yeah I started in shadowkeep without playing D1. If you care about the story just watch mynameisbyf
Now is kind of a eh? Time to get into the game.
A) you're missing slot of good gear
B) new season has been out for awhile C) bunch of content has been vaulted in November 2020
You can always start now but it'll be a grind
@@baileybailey6808 Honestly, the game right now is in an okay spot. The problem is that bungie keeps shooting themselves in the foot. Destiny 1 got progressively better as time went on, whereas Destiny 2 has had major ups and downs. You can play it for free so there is no reason not to try it out. However, I am uncertain of how good the new player experience is and if I would even play the game if I found it today. Best I can say is give it a try.
For real. I didn't really play Shadowkeep, and only recently went through it because I wanted the two exotics from it since they were really popular. And even though the story felt a little rushed and the campaign was repetitive, I kept playing because HOLY SHIT IS THE HELLMOUTH ONE OF THE COOLEST LOOKING PLACES EVER. The art design is second to none.
I’m in the exact boat right now. I just started to play Destiny 2. And wow do I enjoy this game. Very fun and so much to love as hardcore Halo fan
I started playing 2 right before the big update. To much content was cut for me to keep playing. All my quest and story progression went poof.
Untill they or if they add it back I'm quits
@@reyzephlyn105 yeah it's a problem for f2p players right now on pc and PS. But if you're on Xbox, don't you get everything with gamepass
@@Spartan-sz7km I got it on xbox and pc. I also have gamepass too but what does D2 not on have on game pass? It has Beyond Light, Shadow, Keep, and Forsaken as far as I know.
@@reyzephlyn105 yeah that's all the dlcs. The season pass might be included but I'm not sure
@@Spartan-sz7km I think it does as I was playing on Season Pass at the time. Then they cut paid content. I'm miffed cause the story got cut mid way for me. But I feel worse for people like my brother who paid for those dlcs
Great video! You don't have to keep a character slot open to play the intro. There's a kiosk to the left of the postmaster where you can select all previosly played campaigns and the "new light" intro. Cheers!
i saw this and appreciated it but after stopping playing and recently coming back where is all the other campaigns? i paid for these dlc and cannot replay them? is there anyway to replay all the old campaigns for dlc etc? if not that is BS
I tried to love it but destiny 2 ended up being the furthest thing from “fun” in my experience, I completed all dlc thx to gamepass and I just don’t get it. I wouldn’t call it a bad game because plenty of people enjoy it but I couldn’t bring myself to like it despite giving it many chances.
Its all about the loot, and the gunplay for pvp is probably more enjoyable than any other game in my opinion.
Thats just for me though. Raid races are probably some of the best experiences in gaming and theres no better feeling than finally beating a boss
I think the main thing for me about destiny 2 is the fact that it feels like a “safe” game. It just feels so much less unique than destiny 1 ever was. I’m addition they don’t ever try to try anything mainly for pvp. They could easily add some fun new game modes but they don’t, and the same goes for pve. All replayability in the game is completely artificial and it shows in my opinion. I don’t know tho I wish it had more stuff to do that wasn’t just grinding for light to play the raid a couple of times and call it a season.
For me it's the lore
@@217adaptiveperspective I would've kept playing D2 for the lore.
But then Bungie cuts all that paid content so now I'm clueless while trying to catch up. So I quit. So much for Bungie and their montra about story making the game
@@topsnek1375 day one is peak destiny experience. So Satisfying, so frustrating, so cathartic
This video reminded me of why I started playing destiny in the first place and why I'm not enjoying it right now. I'm looking fo the fun in destiny in all the wrong places
I kinda have a love and hate relationship with Destiny. Loving its challenge, strikes, raids, etc, and incredible story (told through the books) and the sandbox that is like you play how you want. Hating stuff like the sweeping changes every few weeks making it feel like there is no solid ground to stand on, not a lot of in-game storytelling and such. I think it's a loveable game for the right person.
Edit: Even though I don't really play anymore, Hunter best class for PVE, don't @ me
I got back into it a year ago and had the exact same thoughts on where it struggles. Seemed like the leveling system or loot system changed like the wind. But, having been back I can tell you it's settled significantly, and while not perfect, is in a great place. Things have only been improving so I can def recommend it.
Edit: oh and you speak only facts 😤
My memories are hitting a brick wall in progression then having to buy a $50 dlc to make it fun again, twice
No one is probably going to read this, but I need some way to talk about this game. I first played Destiny probably back in 2015, when my friend's dad showed it to my dad. The only games I had even played before that were mario games, and a little bit of Titanfall. Somehow, Destiny caught my attention immediately. It was amazing. I can't think of anything that has ever made me feel that wonder and amazement before. I spent every spare second I could playing that game. I never had enough people to play raids, and I would almost always solo queue strikes, but it was still so much fun. I don't even know how to put into words how much I loved that game, or even why I loved it. It was just incredible. When the Taken King expansion came out, that's probably when the game hit it's peak for me. No game has been that much fun since then. When Destiny 2 was announced, me and my friends were going crazy. I loved the Speaker's roast in the trailer. I really enjoyed Destiny 2, but it wasn't as fun as the first. It was when Forsaken came out, that I had stopped playing the game. Even though I pre-ordered it and was super excited to play it, when it finally released, I opened up the game, and just nothing. For some reason, I didn't feel the extreme want to play Destiny as I had every day for the past few years. I decided to go play something else instead, and that was it until 2020. I was thinking about Destiny, and since the game had come out on Steam and was free to play, I decided why not come back to it. The game was so much different. I was able to bring over my playstation saves, but I couldn't play Forsaken for some reason. I know pretty much every game has battle passes and all that, but when I saw that in Destiny, it made me mad. Also, I had finally noticed the absurdity of the expansion prices, it's like buying a whole new game. I don't even know every reason I don't like the game anymore, but I just don't enjoy it as it is now. I miss playing Destiny, but I will always fondly remember the long nights playing that game. It got me into gaming, and I will always appreciate those times, even though I don't like it now.
This is probably the longest comment I've ever written. I don't know how to summarize how I feel about the game, and I don't know if this even did a slightly good job in what I was trying to say. Sorry for the ramble, but I just needed to say something.
I was wondering when/if you were ever going to get into Destiny. And yes, The Crucible in Destiny 2 is kinda hit or miss, and it was definitely better in the first game. But Destiny is absolutely amazing, and I'm glad you enjoy it.
It's fun but quests keeps fucking forcing you to play crucible
@@Spartan-sz7km yep, and that's honestly my biggest complaint about it.
Stasis is hurting my soul in pvp at the moment. At least it's getting a huge nerf, and hopefully it is enough.
@@liplessnavajo4011 oh boy you should see behemoth melee now lol. Slower than a snail. Regen any nerf is good feel like I can use nightstalker again without it hurting me
@@eternityclam8001 can't wait to try out crucible when I get home
Well... looks like I’m playing Destiny tonight.
Oh man I've been itching to hear your take on the sound design of Destiny.
destiny magic is speical. late nights trying to nail whisper and outbreak getting closer each time, first time in prochecy, first raid, new planets and experiances, they just feel pure magic like yo are the charachter going through these unique experiances. destiny has a lot of issues but the devs truly beleive the best days are ahead. story has grwn a lot. right now the fallen are coming to city and bungie is handing it very good, with good story, tackling real world issues with layers and layers behind each charahcters stance on the falllen. Cant wait to actually be fighting savathun this winter, an even bugger threat than her brother oryx who hs been playing us for years, tricking us, lying, using us to her advantage. she always wins, she wants to be the final force in the universe. pvp could be a LOT better though and we could get more stuff back.
Destiny 2 is the worst game I've ever put a thousand hours into.
Me and Jump Force
@@supermysticsonic2 as someone who plays the game semi often with a friend who bought it day one that sounds awful
A thousand hours? I think ive got like 2k in 3 ish Years , its SO bad that a game with so many small issues can still be so damn addicting.
Me as fuck
Worst game with 1k hours? Might I change your mind with Escape from Tarkov?
For me my favorite destiny memories have always been in the raids, I love playing the raids whether it be the first time in a raid like Crown of Sorrow or Deep stone, the tricky mechanics of last wish or taken king, or just being able to blow through a raid like VoG, Eater, Scourge, or Crotas. Raids have always been fun to get together six people and just go ham in a relatively more difficult activity.
this was more of a love letter to Destiny than the Halo/Destiny comparison I was expecting, but it was a good video nonetheless
we all like to complain about Destiny but deep in our hearts, behind all the pent-up rage formed from continuous disappointment and endless grinding, there's a ton of great reasons we still play it so much, and I am happy you went into such loving detail about those exact reasons
*Sees Deus Ex*
Me: “Ah, I see that you’re a man of Unatco as well”.
His vision is augmented
I love how you're so open minded, we need more of that
After Destiny's launch in 2014, I blindly joined my friends in their hate for the game. It wasn't until the week before its first expansion "The Dark Below" that I ever gave it a try. From the moment my titan (yes, I am a massive halo fan) landed on Venus and made contact with the Stranger (then fought off hordes of mysterious time traveling machines called Vex) I was absolutely hooked. This game's universe will always captivate my imagination. And even though I might only get on maybe once a week for an hour or two to knock out a raid with my friends on Destiny 2, I still feel a transcendent connection with the characters, the music, and the setting of this franchise.
Also, you best believe I've been maining my awoken titan since then.
I remember arguing with someone over how dumb Destiny was, now I have over 2k hours, a crucible main and hate myself.
You have become that which you swore to destroy.
@@Vynirian We need to gather the alliance before its to late!
I came into destiny as someone who hadn't been a big halo fan for years. I had fun with the games but really wasnt into them like I was back in the halo 3 and reach years.
You see, I came into destiny as a *Borderlands* fan. I was told I was coming into a NEW looter shooter and if you love the borderlands games, you'll love destiny. And among my friends, that seemed to be true. The crew of people I played through borderlands 2 a million times with, the youtubers I watched, all jumped on the destiny bandwagon.
So I played the Beta. Let's make one thing clear, the destiny beta, for some inexplicable reasons was the most fun I had with a shooter in years. It showcased the environments, enemies, and gameplay. And I adored the gameplay.
Then the game came out. I played through the segment of the beta, had fun but was just blasting through to get to the stuff I hadn't already played. And then the tedium set in. I got bored, and was content to move on to other things, but everyone in my circle from family to friends kept going, so I went with them, bored out of my mind, and lagging behind to the point where I was a liability because Ihad given up on getting good gear after the grind with literal zero rewards to keep me interested killed my will to play the game on my own. So eventually I just stopped playing completely, it wasnt fun being relegated to long ranges chipping away at bosses because my character was weaker.
And that's why I didnt play destiny 2. But seeing your gameplay in a few of your vids, looking into it a bit, I tried it out for a bit becuase it's on gamepass. And then lost interest because of the load times. That's seriously the only thing blocking me at this point lol. I just cannot stand the original xbox morrowind loadtimes and dropped it. The world and weapons seem so interesting this time around, and the gameplay looks like more of what I loved.
Destiny is a game series that I know I would’ve loved in another universe. Like that segment you did on the music filled me with high levels of nostalgia!
It really got my attention pre-release and I was hyped. But the more I seen of it post launch, the more I realize that the game wasn’t made for me. Despite falling in love with Borderlands around the same time and Destiny sharing a lot of aspects of it. Destiny was just too... idk, MMO min/max competitive (is probably the best way I can describe it).
And even now, despite still wanting to get into Destiny, with corporate influence and the MMOish nature of the game, it looks like the longer you wait to initially get into it, the harder time you’ll have. And overall, it’s seems like the game expects a lot of the player, not just skill wise but also time. And I don’t exactly want another job, I already got that with Elite Dangerous (and that’s on thin ice rn).
The year 1 Marty destiny soundtrack is absolutely beautiful and iconic
Hoped you would talk about Deep Stone Lullaby, oh well. I'll listen to it later
I don't play Destiny super often anymore but I have a lot of memories with Destiny 1, mainly getting my first exotic weapon. I don't really remember what I did to get it it but I got a quest to unlock the Hand Canon Thorn. The quest had multiple "stages" and one part of it requires killing a TON of hive. I looked up the best place to grind on the moon and found a tutorial on UA-cam that explained in one of the first hive related missions there was a part where a bunch of hive charge out of a giant door. You could kill all the hive except for one, then let the last one kill you, and then you would be reloaded to a checkpoint right before the big battle starts. I don't remember exactly how long it took but I had to do that for awhile. After that you had to go into pvp and get 500 points. To get points you have to kill players, one kill was 5 points. This might not sound too bad, however the catch was that every time you die you lose 2 points. This means that one bad game could actually take away progress which honestly made me way more competitive than normal in any type of pvp. Finally unlocking the weapon was an interesting feeling, I felt like I went on a long adventure and had to really work for it. Before unlocking Thorn I actually mostly used Scout Rifles but after getting used to my new Hand Canon I've continued to use Hand Canon's the most in Destiny 2.
Im very glad the initial animosity between Halo and Destiny fans seems to have died down now.
Btw in my future I plan on working with Bungie to get them to make single-player games set in Destiny Lore events with traditional Halo gameplay elements.
Pls do. The main games need this
A great memory I had with Destiny was when I first played it with my dad shortly after it came out. I will never forget it
It's sad when you realize how much more interesting Joe Staten's vision of Destiny 1's story was going to be. The fact that Traveller was originally going to be an antagonist is really cool and a neat twist. It basically would give all these races Golden Ages and then slowly destroy them through it's influence. It just makes me so mad that Bungie thought that story was boring, yet the story we got is boring and doesn't explain anything about Destiny's universe.
The current season talks a lot about questioning the Traveler's motives. For instance, it abandoned the Fallen and has made them..... Fallen. This season involves an alliance with Fallen and begs the question, why would the traveler leave the Fallen if they had good people among them, some of whom we meet this season? I feel Bungie is bringing that concept back and it's very interesting.
The story is basically going in that direction now
It was really not. Read the unveiling lore book.
Well in the lore the reason the traveler left the fallen is because it was being hunted by the hive. Still, the idea of an all-powerful entity using planets as proxies to defend itself is an interesting idea.
Wouldn't that just make it Dead Space?
Love your videos! This is one of my favorite channels to have on when Im playing games or just trying to relax. Your narrating is just 10/10
I played destiny 1 and 2. I remember had so much fun with friends. I miss those days
you always speak so passionately about things and i just love it
I’m always jumping in and out of Destiny. & to be honest? I’m perfectly happy with that! I’m currently in my “in phase” with the return of VOG. It’s been a blast, as always, when me and my buds are in our “in phase”
Nothing wrong with that tbh.
i’m so glad you made this, i can show all my buddies that hate on destiny to this day, my best friend won’t get into it because he thinks it’s too late to, and that he wanted to experience year 1 on both games, but he just hates on it unconditionally
I tried to love Destiny when it first came out, and I did but it wasn't a natural love. I was dredging through content hoping to find something to cling on too and it was a chore in doing so. Eventually I fell off until The Taken King came out. It was such a breath of fresh air for the series and me and I'm glad I gave the game a 2nd chance.
As for Destiny 2 It hurt to even think about what Activision was doing to it. I'm so glad Bungie left, they did so much better for themselves and the communit when they did.
It's been a bumpy road, but I'm glad I hopped on and stuck with it when I did.
Thoughts on Beyond light?
My personal favorite space in terms of sound design and raw aesthetic is definitely the Moon. The surface of the Moon feels like its driven by the music and sounds of the above-ground enemies and the landscape points to a Hive civilization we don't fully understand. But when you go deeper into the Moon, underground, it becomes drastically more sinister. The dull lighting and sometimes claustrophobic, cave-like terrain gives way to a feeling of dread and uncertainty, even when not engaging enemies. The music quiets, and the atmospheric dirge of the tunnel systems feels like it's all you can hear. All this combines with the haunting ghosts of long-dead guardians floating in the open space, disappearing as you approach. The underground spaces on the Moon feel hollow and eerie, but not overwhelmingly so. The dark atmosphere makes the player perceive mere vacancy, as danger. Spectacular location, I'm a PvP primary player, but the Moon is special for me, I highly recommend cranking the sound and just exploring the Moon in its entirety, you can also disable hud as well for further emersion.
Honestly I feel as though destiny pvp has gotten worse and worse, whereas the pve has flucated between getting better and worse. In year one i played so much trials over the summer i can remember every nook and cranny of the destiny 1 maps with my eyes closed. And while the gameplay of year 1 was fantastic as it is now, taken king really showed how amazing destiny can be. Destiny 2 is honestly where the game died to me until beyond light came out. They took a game that was getting better and better and wiped the slate clean, adding tons of filler planets with uninteresting characters and removing all the amazing old content from the first game...but nowadays...i miss the red legion campaign... im unsure how a new player would see the game today. Does it have a story or does it just...drop you off after the tutorial now... expecting you to decide where to go and what to do...? Destiny is an amazing game and is only getting better and better, but im still worried we may get something as bad as year one destiny 2 again...
They now have a new light mini campaign for new players to get them adjusted to the world
I don’t think we’ll ever get D2Y1 ever again. The devs and higher ups have clearly stated they messed up.
You missed out on year 2 if you didn’t play again till beyond light
I cannot stand the grind of destiny, there is never a straight path to anything, there’s always more bullshit designed to take away your fun.
Edit: great video tho
Edit 2: I take it back this game is lit and I totally agree with the entire video
It's always pointless grind for a temporary reward just to have it taken away from you so you can chase something else
You should do audiobooks... the way you narrate stories is just... amazing.
You should check out Titanfall and Apex, Respawn currently reminds me a lot of Halo era Bungie
I agree
Just to answer this, they don't need to wash the traveler, for the same reason they can't really build infrastructure on top of it: it is constantly radiating power, in such a way that repels matter, which is part of why it floats. It doesn't get dirty, because nothing can stick to it.
when I first heard about destiny 1 I thought it was still halo but in the future (I was 12).
*long read*
Destiny had my heart on release lmao. I begged my mom to let me play a rated T game (I was about 10), and I finally convinced her. It was a hard game, but this cool robot guy named cayde 6 made me laugh a lot in the beginning, so I dove deeper into the game. Flash forward 7 years, and I’ve sunk years worth of hours into the game. Such a dedication would make you think I’d eventually get bored and move on. But starting a new guardian and replaying d1 gives me the same butterflies I got when I first booted up. I’ve went days without sleeping trying to do raids, only stopping to shower, eat, and do my natural business. Yeah it was hard, but oh man… getting my first exotic made me lose my mind. Whisper of the worm made me curious about how many cool guns were really out there. Celestial nighthawk gave me new ammo to be a bit more useful in crota’s end. Zhalo supercell made me shred through enemies in crucible. And when trials came for the first time? I got my ass kicked at first, but after a while, I managed to go flawless and eventually carry (I lost my touch in d2, but that’s beyond the point). I truly couldn’t describe my feelings, the memories made, and the lessons I learned/changes I made in my life for self improvement. Destiny will always have a special place in my heart, and I will never forget the masterpiece that it is.
I still can't get into this game no matter how many times I try. First tried with the first game on 360, sold it after 2 weeks. And then again with it free on PC, the tone and grind of the game just didn't do it for me. Also the Online pvp is just dogshit, and waaaaay too sweaty
Its bad but I enjoy it lol. Gonna stop playing after this season, but raids and some missions are worth getting the game alone.
@@patrick_grundy Yeah, my girlfriend adores it. I'm sure it's a fine game, it just never captivated me. Just made me wish they'd drop the series after the first game, and just make a new game entirely. Oh well, it's their new cash cow.
This video was beautiful. Especially when you talked about the lore and music. Have you ever thought of doing a video on your Raid experiences (new, old, or upcoming)?
I loved Destiny 1, but Destiny 2 is just a mess. I can’t get behind a game that regularly removes content and demands I play on its schedule. It’s manipulative FOMO garbage and it’s the opposite of fun.
I played Destiny 1 to relax. Playing Destiny 2 just made me anxious.
They made seasonal content last an extra year so people didn’t miss out as much
I payed 40 bucks for an expansion that was almost entirely removed and all my grind thrown to the trashcan of unusable items, if they just hadn't done that I would have probably bought more dlcs, now I just play every once in a while just to see how it's going :( I miss the game but I also miss the hours spent there for nothing, so I feel conflicted.
as a destiny 1 die-hard you said exactly what i wasn't sure about, i always felt it was weird that i couldn't like destiny 2 AT ALL, but the the unwelcoming approach to new players and weird stance on how they tell their story is just too much to care, if i can't get into it casually to at the very least adjust to it, then how am i going to grow into loving it ever???
The auto rifle frame you like is already a purple - it's called Shadow Price and not only can you can get it through Nightfall Strikes, it can also come with some pretty good rolls
Yesssssss another Destiny lore nerd has been created. Excellent.
And a warlock main to boot! We welcome you
“Bungle... Can you confirm that the Traveller needs to be washed?”
You earned a sub, my friend
It'd be pretty difficult if they do need to wash it down. Since a lot of the Traveler's body is in space, therefore, any bird poop would've frozen over by now. Guess the people gotta do some scraping as well
Destiny as a whole disappointed me at launch, and I have never really TRUELY enjoyed it since.
I tried D1 vanilla, Taken King, then I tried Forsaken up to Beyond Light, and as much as I feel the passion in this game, it doesn't emotionally connect me like Halo did.
Sure, Halo's story is simple, and its characters are simple, but there's something so emotional about its story (Up until Halo 5, i just pretend that game never happened) that gets me everytime, that Destiny just doesn't.
That and the fact that Bungie isn't the same Bungie that made the halo games. I fucken hate them now as a company.
Some of my favourite moments go back to the Destiny (1) days. Meeting people back before the DLC "The dark below" dropped. I met some wonderful people, that I can't wait to play with again when Season 15 comes out when crossplay becomes "fully" implemented. Other moments in D1 would be getting powerful exotic drops like the Gjallarhorn and the Ice Breaker. Including the Fatebringer - some of my go to weapons back in Destiny. This video has in a way re-kindled the passion I had. Exciting times for Destiny 2 are approaching, more memories to make and some more things to kill.
"Destiny 1 was a meme"
*Shows poorly-animated Flashgitz eyesore*
Uh is this a bad thing or not?
FlashGitz is kek
@@supermysticsonic2 Yandere Dev subscriber lol
@@jakespacepiratee3740 I haven't heard that name in half a decade
@@jakespacepiratee3740 It's a chore to unsubscribe from channels so it's probs a long time ago sub. Plus UA-cam will unsub from subscriptions for you whether you wanted to or not lol
btw @Late Night Gaming they actually have a mission where you fight a boss in the old tower its all old and forgotten and there is a lot of lore in this game that explanes why
Finally! Someone saying something good about destiny
I always love seeing people come into the Destiny community and seeing it for its full potential rather than the hatred and scandals that have plagued it even up through today. Before I recount my best experiences, I would like to say I'm no longer playing Destiny 2 as I don't support many of the business practices and decisions Bungie has made since Beyond Light (and honestly many incidents before Beyond Light were factors as well, such as the Fellwinter's Lie quest, Trials misfired re-launch, etc.) However I still hold the original Destiny, as well as Destiny 2 up through Forsaken, to a high regard. Without further adieu, enjoy my memories, LNG.
I first started playing Destiny after a new friend of mine back in middle school invited me over for his birthday party and showed off his new Xbox One, as well as a couple of the games he'd gotten with the console. One of which, was Destiny. I remember being in complete awe over the flashiness and gunplay of the game, as before then my experience with gunplay was basically the old Star Wars Battlefront games for PS2 and CoD on the Wii (I know it's an atrocious thought to think of playing CoD on a Wii, you do not need to remind me.) As soon as I was able, I got a 360 and Destiny, around the time between the Dark Below DLC (the first one) and House of Wolves DLC (second one.) My very first, and currently longest lasting, Xbox friendships were through Destiny, and the first couple months I did nothing but play Destiny after school. Looking back now, I can say with no small amount of embarrassment that I quickly got addicted to gaming from Destiny, but in my mind even now, I feel that's a testament to how well-made the game was.
I didn't have too many friends, slightly more than enough for a raid team was all, but we were really close. My first ever raid, Vault of Glass, was the most memorable and impactful activity in my entire Destiny career to this day. From the deceptively simple mechanics, to the worldbuilding and lore, and the best loot in the game at the time, it was everything a casual player like me could ask for. We certainly took longer than the average raid race team to beat the raid, and it actually took multiple days to do so, but the feeling of satisfaction when we did it was like nothing any of us had ever experienced.
My first exotic was actually the final reward for my first ever raid clear as well. On my first clear of VoG, I got the Vex Mythoclast exotic fusion-auto rifle hybrid. I still have some old friends that up till Destiny 2's launch, hadn't gotten the Vex Mythoclast to drop for them, and they certainly hate me reminding them of my jacked newbie luck. Of course, as fate is always balanced in the world, my luck pretty much stopped after getting the Vex and Icebreaker as random drops. My most prized weapons as of this moment in D1 are those Year 1 weapons, as well as my Dragon's breath, Invective, Thorn and Last Word, half I bought from Xur throughout my D1 playtime and half were gruelingly earned from painful exotic quests.
Despite pretty much having everything I could want in D1, I still find myself regularly logging back in at times just to visit the social spaces, chat with other long-time veterans, and/ot convince one or two old friends to re-visit the game with me. One thing I've grown particularly fond of doing is taking friends I've made either prior to or after my D1 career, and introducing them to the world of Destiny through the complete first game. I actually bought the collector's edition for a couple of my oldest friends around a couple years back as graduation presents as a way to keep in touch with them after school, and I can certainly say it has helped keep our bonds strong throughout the short time we've been out in the real world for.
Destiny is a game that has had, and continues to have, many issues in development, business, and community connections. But it also has many strengths as well. Nearly all of what you'd presented are things I can agree make the Destiny worldbuilding, lore, and game as a whole be solidified in the hearts and minds of players as a good game, despite any flaws. I do get sad when thinking of the many controversies that have happened and continue to happen revolving an IP I used to be grossly addicted to, but my coping methods of re-visiting the classics of D1 helps a lot with that. I'm content to watch the growth of D2 from afar, as it's no longer a game that has the ability to cater to the extremely casual player such as myself, and I do wish Bungie continued success, so long as they don't burn the bridges between them and the community to achieve such successes.
I didn't like Destiny because everything about it looked like a Demo of a bigger game.
I thought bungie could do better.
But as it turned out, that was the peak of what can be achieved...
f I knew it couldn't get any better, I would have enjoyed it more. :/
Playing games the last 5 years or watching movies give me a demo/undeveloped vibe.
Destiny, Halo 5, Borderlands 3, Prey, etc. That come to the top of my mind. Like you play it and there's hints of something greater. Such galore and feats about soon to be unlocked in the next big scene.
Then the credits start rolling and that's it.
After some research and looking back at trailers you realize there's been staff and story changes. Content, Story, and features get removed.
So in the end you were advertised a better game just to buy what seems to be like an alpha or beta version. Just to get kicked in the jewels to realize "Nope this is it. You paid for this. Congrats me."
Months later games like Destiny or Borderlands will announce a new $$$ Dlc with what's that? Something that was hinted/advertised in the main game but got cut. Just for you to spend extra $$$ now that they think it's done enough to make you pay for it. Ah perfect just what I wanted from my $60 initial purchase. More mtx
@@reyzephlyn105 Yet destiny changed gaming perhaps ALMOST as much as Halo :/
Finally someone understands and most importantly appreciates how each bit of nuance in sound design, visual story telling, music, stylish designs and exaggerated animations all come together to create a really unique, immersive and fascinating world full of story and character that honestly i love even more than Halos.
Thank you Late Night for bringing the small details people look over to everyone’s attention.
Also how could you make a Destiny video and not talk about the Raids and dungeons?
This is an excellent video, but the new intro mission for Destiny 2 is terrible. I want the campaign back.
IKR! Tedious
I'd rather have the d1 intro mission (which was actually in d2 for a few months last year) and then have the campaign be a thing you do whenever you want to like they are now
I was a younger Halo fan. My older cousin got me into the series with the release of Reach, which we played for hours at a time. Whether it was the campaign or forge or various multiplayer mode. By the time Destiny was revealed I had played Halo 1-3 and was itching for more from Bungie.
Then Destiny 1 released and despite its shortcomings, I loved it. The story was a joke, but the lore immediately sucked me into the universe. The campaign was short and unfocused, yet the gameplay satisfied me. Exotics were a blast and I even tried getting into raiding, unsuccessfully with my terrible internet at the time.
It wasn't until The Dark Below launched that I was finally able to experience the Vault of Glass from beginning to end and I have to say, that was when the franchise had me hooked. I cannot begin to explain the countless hours I poured into my load-outs for both Crota's End and Vault of Glass encounter by encounter, honing my PvE skill. By the time House of Wolves came around, I was sherpaing people through the Level 35 PoE in pairs.
Ever since then I've played every single release of this game, which includes the current season. Despite gripes with what Eververse has become and its parasitic hold on the transmog system, I'm quite happy and hopeful for this franchise. Here's looking forward to Witch-Queen and many more years of punching the enemies of humanity into submission.
I just don’t like how you have to buy the actual good parts of the game instead of getting what you paid for (Destiny 1)
That... was the case with D1 as well though? The improvements came through new releases?
@@lagswitchengage3893 lol exactly, plus D2 expansions are on gamepass
@@lagswitchengage3893 But you had to buy a game and then buy the actual good parts of it.
@@unequivocalsuffering2734 Well you also don't pay for the base game any more so honestly free crap that you pay to improve (D2) sounds better to me than paying for crap and then paying to improve it (D1)
@@arcadeinvader8086 Yeah, that’s why I love D2, D1 had good memories but it’s was manipulative asf
You probably won’t read this at this point but I want to thank you a lot for this video.
I have been with destiny since the end of the the Crota DLC and my fireteam has been with it since the Beta. I can still remember those early days when I could hardly jump around as a hunter and I was constantly crutching on the crouch invis of the blade dancer.
I remember my first raid clear, my first exotics.. Red Death and Khepri’s string gave me a level of survival and utility that let my hunter break away from stereotypes.
Flash forward to Destiny 2 in the current state. I’m a jaded veteran that can’t help but feed that fire of negativity inside myself with ever bit of news I hear that doesn’t directly impact me or my play style in positive manner. I’ve swapped from being a hunter main to a warlock to better identify as a supportive player as I now have new friends to teach and help.
This video helped the memories of days long gone become a little clearer again. For the first time in a awhile I felt that fire die down a bit.
Thank you for that.
Remember that time when bungie made a PvP map
605 days. 605 days.....................
Remember the last time the made a gambit map. No?
Well we went up from 4 to 6 then for some reason, back down to 4 again.
@@Azrael_Equinox I mean I personally not a big fan of gambit so I'd prefer a crucible maps but I mean if you are going to have gambit in the game either provide new content for it or take it out the game
We dont get one until June 2022
@@Zero_XTZ5 and I made that post 5 months ago and still not here lol
Dude that was the very best description of Destiny 2. You made me want to get back online after 10 hours of gameplay. Thank you for the absolute best description of this game we play. There's only one thing I would add that's the community. The community is a living being itself. Thank you again.
Listening to someone else explain Sword Logic without knowing Sword Logic is amazing.
I mean the easiest explanation is that its a pyramid scheme
Oh I’m very aware of the Sword logic and final shape :) I don’t wanna overwhelm people.
The key to introducing someone to something is to not “info dump”
Stepping into Destiny 2 felt like stepping into a Halo game with a fresh coat of paint. By that, I mean it *feels* like a Bunjie Halo game. The physics, the vehicle friction, the floaty jumps, the weapons, the melee, and a cherry ontop to nail it home if you rebind the controls to match the MCC defaults. It may be a different universe, may have new mechanics, new artstyle, but it feels like I'm still just playing Halo. And I love that. Now if only it didn't boot me back to the title screen and make me completely relog and reload every time my laptop overheats, and punish me if it happen when playing gambit. Then maybe I'll be able to reinstall and enjoy it again.
Why is "as a halo fan" in the title. I know bungie made it, and that its influenced by Halo alot, but its like saying "learning to love Minecraft as a pong fan"
Watch the video :) halo is very much relevant
@@LateNightHalo aight
Here's how I like playing D2s campaigns and just free roaming.
1) put on the red war default armour, noble constant type 2 for titans, the class I play. Over time over free roam and campaigns I'll use transmog to change the suit to its battle damaged varient over time (no longer earnable due to removal of red war).
2) use my favorite exotic, skyburners oath and the kostov, which is actualy the only basic weapon thst is updated in light level if you keep your slot empty, I always vault it when I don't use it. Current kostov is light level 1266 and it's still A REALLY VALID CHOICE FOR PVE AND STRIKES.
I love making my guardians just get worn down over constant fighting but just keep going, love to see what witch Queen brings.
This is a great introspective. Good work dude
Playing destiny 2 at it's peak was fun for a bit but the extremely sparse DLC and season passes were too much for me to keep up with. It is a fascinating and cool series though, wish I had enough friends to make it worth playing more.
The hand cannon is what happens when you take the pistol from Halo: Combat Evolved and make it into a whole genre of weapons.
I bought Destiny on 360 when it came out loved it took time to learn it all but y'know how it is. Now with destiny 2 I liked the original destiny 2 intro then they changed it all and I got tired of playing ketchup and played mafia 3 lol
HOLY SHIT! 30 Minutes!
This is going to be good.
Don't let this distract you from the fact that, despite literally making _millions_ of dollars annually, 343 Industries blatantly refuses to add playable Elites to Halo Infinite.
Because they want an e-sport PvP.
@@vaniellys That doesn't make any sense. They could just disable Elites for competitive play, it probably has more to do with the fact Elites would need to have the very same level of visual customization as Spartans at the very least (which we know is going to be a lot), meaning it would be double the work for them.