The scene where we are sitting with our Ghost, looking out at the Traveler while the comms between Crow and Zavala play, really struck me, as we finally could rest, knowing that we have, even temporarily, ended the pursuit of our silent benefactor.
@@notaspeck6104it’s cuz the traveler sees the light as a burden/curse and that no one else should bear it unless absolutely necessary for its own survival. It’s stated in the ergo sum lore.
For me, it’s the line before the end of Ghost’s death cutscene. “Guardian… there you are.” “There you are” is the same line Ghost states when he finds the guardian. For our character, losing ghost is far more than just losing a simple companion. Ghost has been with us through our entire journey. For me, it’s been almost 9 years. I started in late 2015 with The Taken King and Ghost has been part of that journey ever since. I rarely cry because for me I don’t have the same physical reaction to emotions. I feel that emotion with the same intensity but I just don’t have the same reaction unless something really stands out that makes it overflow. Seeing Ghost, that tiny little ball that has stuck by the character through everything, that lore-wise has gone through hell and back with us, that has never given up on us. Seeing him take his last breath, then seeing Cayde give his light to bring that little guy back, just for him to look up and say “there you are” broke me down. I had to go through the mission on another character because I sobbed the rest of the way through the following cutscenes. This scene is how you make an emotional statement.
I caught that reference. There's also TONS of call backs like this through the entire campaign. The writers pulled on everything they could, it's crazy.
That line from ghost as well as cayde telling us we’re his favorite really hit me. I know cayde is a fan favorite so of course his true and final “death” would hit harder than most characters but just like we were his favorite he’s also my favorite. Never found another character I liked as much as I like cayde.
I just want to take this time to say Rest In Peace Lance Reddick. We miss you and wish you could be here for this moment, but we know you are here with us in spirit ❤️
It’s devastating that he didn’t get to see it to the end. I really wish he got to see it through but I’m thankful for all he done in his lifetime. Atleast now he can rest in peace.
The music at the end when you're watching the Traveler actually IS Deep Stone Lullaby with most of the instruments removed. I thought that was really interesting choice of music.
The lullaby is something that symbolizes a build up to end on a melancholy/bittersweet note, which is quite appropriate, considering we are sitting there just soaking in the ambiance.
It’s a nice ending. It’s peaceful snowing for now the battle is done. We’ve won for now the witness is no more. I am curious to see what can top the witness. It’s such a menacing force seeing its true form finally. Bungie cooked with tfs and I’m happy to say I don’t regret my purchase
I think it’s fitting, as most of humanities struggles really began when Clovis Bray started fucking around with the vex and basically alerted the black fleet to the traveler’s presence
I was tearing up and crying too Marco. I’ve been playing this game for 10 years and finally is ending on the good note. And I hope that we still have a bright future ahead. Thanks for playing.
Same, I've been playing since year 2 of D1... This was beautiful but at the same time devastating, I hope Bungie announces a new saga on June the 10th.
10 years is al long time. fore me it ment everything and so much more.the fun the laughter making new friends who eventuele became familie to me i wil never forget this game the good and the bad and wish everyone a very good time playing and maybe see you soon guardian!!
It’s the reality setting In for it. Finally it realised it’s no longer in control of its entire race. It’s finally seeing now that most of them no longer want to be part of the witness anymore and accepting this makes it call itself “I”. And it’s almost sad it doenst understand how it lost. It lost because it sees subjection as the only way to have power and the light is weak. We won because we allied for a common enemy and goal.
@@adamboy0559 I really loved how in the final mission of the campaign, as you destroy one statue after the other, the Witness speaks with less and less voices. You are lobotomizing a hive mind god one sword slice at the time without anesthesia ^^
Worst ending for a billion year entity who is supposed to be way stronger than the traveler... and still got defeated by fragments of him. All I want to say is "We-I-I don't understand"
yeah thanks bungie for destroying my experience twice (as far as I know) in one campaign. ' 1. not showing the cutscene where Zavala reunites with cayde (an essentiell cutscene) 2. not showing the endscreen at all... (essentiell for what happens next)
@@CatHarington i got a bug where i cant unlock prismatic on my hunter and am stuck on the first mission lol. I cannot interact with the prismaticc well
@@mandiebonezeh it wouldn’t really make sense for that to happen as it woudnt feel like much of a sacrifice in cayde’s part if he just immediately came back through our ghost and it also wouldn’t really feel like our own ghost actually came back to us but was replaced with cayde.
I love how it ended. Cayde sacrificing himself to bring back our ghost (yes spoiler but you shouldn’t be here if you didn’t wanna know) is a perfect way to go out. It doesn’t undermine his death in forsaken as he didn’t just get to live, but he also gets to choose how he goes out. Throughout the entire campaign he straight up says he misses being at peace, more then he missed his friends. He’s always been the “renegade” and it fits perfectly that instead of staying alive like everybody wanted, he says “screw that, I decide what I wanna do” I mostly love this because I didn’t like that they were bringing back cayde in the first place, but after playing final shape I think it was handled perfectly. The best part for me is it still stung. Even though the writing was on the wall, it still sucked saying goodbye.
I like that line because it knows it lost and was able to comprehend its defeat and death making the victory against such a cruel enemy satisfying, like proving a point
21:56; this track, titled “After All This Time”, is a remastered version of an unreleased track used all the way back in 2014, when Bungie first released footage for Destiny. Such a fitting title…
Was really hoping they’d use the full version of The Hope in order to play credits, but as is was still fantastic. And you’re so right, I can recognize this track a bit after you say that, like it was in a trailer? It definitely has an older feel to it.
Wife and I finished Excision together today and got started on the post campaign, and we're current in FFXIV. I kept making Endwalker references in a hype way, this really is Destiny's Endwalker. 10 years of stories coming together for us to carry the hopes of everything that lives into the face of a cosmic being that preaches about freeing us from the pointless suffering and futility of existence. At the climax of Excision I even quoted the finale of Shadowbringers at her: "Now, strike with all thy might!" and told her to hit it with Ardbert's axe. 😅
This entirety of DLC, from the beginning to the end, truly has felt like a true love letter from the Devs to us, as they said they would deliver. Glad to have grown up with such beautiful and emotional games, still in tears every time I see the ending, even more after you have pointed out the melodies that were playing with all the chaos of the last mission. Destiny has been and will always be a beautiful part of my life
This mission was absolutely amazing. I cried at the end too. Part of me wishes there was so much more like this, but I'm satisfied with this ending. IDK what the future has in store for this franchise, but these last 10 years have been memorable.
I don’t think destiny is going anywhere any time soon Bungie definitely seems to have a plan to continue this series, from some of the things said in the raid and even this mission it seems that the witness was a pawn being used by something else and that this might just be the beginning of an even greater threat to humanity and the universe as a whole.
@@JDxxxxxx all of the talk in various bits of lore over the years about the existence of the Winnower, the Witness even calls itself the First Knife which lore on the Winnower talks about as a tool it found in its hand when it and the Gardener had their fight that started existence. it all sets it up with the hints that the biblical esque lore we have on these two creator god like beings actually being real.
In case someone hasn't pointed out for you Marco, that motif at 13:43 you were asking about is from Bow to No One, one of Mara's themes from way back in Taken King. And every time Bungie has used it since then it hits so fucking hard. I'm also so glad they used Excerpt from the Hope from D1 for the lantern scene. It's one of my favourite tracks from the original OST and always makes me emotional. The music of Destiny is beautiful.
On the track where you asked what it's from, you can hear the darkness theme, then the taken theme, followed by Savathûn's theme, then Mara Sov's (the one you asked about), then the Eliksni's, then the Cabal's, then Lightfall. This track is called Stronger Together, and damage phase is called Make Your Own Fate, if you want to do a separate video analysis (which I personally would love to).
very glad this part of destiny is ending on a good note, the way death is portrayed through cayde reminds me so much of actual accounts of clinical death experiences where people genuinely miss that state of being
@@numbjuhnu I mean, it's been like that every day 1 for the past 10 years. Did you expect anything different? I've got no issues with bungie taking a day or so to get servers stable, so long as it's not during the raid, like Vow.
I sincerely appreciate the empathy displayed here. Your reaction was exactly like mine-and the horns playing in the end feel reminiscent of John Williams’ affinity for horns, especially in his Winter Olympics themes. Absolutely awesome and jaw-dropping.
The one sad thing for me is my BEST friend who I did everything with in Destiny with. From the Forsaken campaign to Lightfall, just left everything behind. Cut all online ties with anyone from our group. Was in a rut and have mental issues that left him pretty depressed so I understand him wanting to walk away, but I wish we could have stayed in touch some way. He would have loved this
btw in case you were wondering Crow starts a debriefing with the vanguard while your guardian and ghost are looking at the traveler about 3 strange objects flying out of the traveler, one of which lands on Nessus where episode 1: Echoes starts, and mentions looking for the Fanatic as a tease to episode 2
The whole end of this was so touching. The activity felt like a true final push with all our allies beside us, but after that, it was just us. I couldn't help but start crying at the final stand, and it didn't end until the last cut scene.
I have never in my 3500 hours (game time) cried in this franchise. I cried in Hollow Knight. I cried in God of War. Not until the end of that final mission. It was such a perfect send off to the story and it brought me to tears. God I love this franchise. It has had it ups and downs but this, for me was the best DLC they have ever made.
Watching you watch this, I broke down man, 10 years… I was 8 when I started playing. I grew up with this game and it’s so hard to deal with the fact it’s coming to an end, I’ll never forget Destiny till the day I die, that destiny 1 music in the cutscenes really sent me off🥲
@@lordofwhipI’m hoping they hint towards something even stronger than the witness. Not rn but overtime we get to see more and more of it until we finally confront it. People are saying they think thw witness was a pawn of something bigger. And now it’s dead there’s a massive power vacuum for things like the scorn taken dread shadow legion etc. there leaderless now someone needs to fill that gap.
My favourite song from this expansion is honestly “The Pale Heart” the way it hits as you first emerge into the verdant and overgrown area of the traveller is utterly amazing. It’s such a powerful melody! It’s right up there with “Nessus” and “The Leviathan” in terms of environmental scores in my opinion!
Every single time I watch this set of cutscenes, I cry. Hearing "All Ends are Beginnings" starts the tears, and then hearing the first bit of "Remembrance" never fails to set them off. This campaign and expansion were amazing. Destiny is now in the tier of games that have made me cry.
This game has been a part of our lives for so long. For some, a large chunk, and for those longtime veterans like me, over a decade. It’s crazy to think about. Destiny is a game so it will of course have its ups and downs, but I will never hesitate to state that it is comprehensively my favorite, and the most beautifully done and executed. The hype behind the Final Shape was there-especially for those coming from Destiny 1. As for the music, just wow. You know, it’s not a surprise that Salvatori and the team do this to me with every piece they release for this games soundtracks, but I am always amazed. This music has shaped the game, and for me it is what really wraps the whole thing up. The composers so effortlessly and perfectly tell the story from one piece to the next-from “Guardian” in D1 through every soundtrack to the last piece in Final Shape. It is just utterly an emotional roller coaster. I’ll quit rambling-because I could do it all day. Thank you Marco for sharing your Destiny experience with us, and through the musical lense. I can tell that my friends who play the game love the music but care nothing about it like I do. The Destiny soundtrack is part of my literal life-all the time. I always come back to it-and it is shamelessly always my most listened to music. Thank you to everyone here for appreciating this music with me. It’s been a joy, and until next week with “Echoes” starting…..Eyes Up, Guardian.
Your tears brought me over the edge dude. I’ve been there since 2014 as well brother. I feel ya, we guardians truly are a family. God bless. Love your videos.
God, I felt the exact same way as you did when you said "I was a kid." Been there for the whole ten years, deep in a really bad depression, and Destiny has been my rock from the beginning. What a journey. So, so many emotions.
The second "Excerpt from the Hope" hit me with that cutscene, I just started bawling. Not even so much from the cutscene, just that the music let me reflect upon each and every fond experience and atmosphere between expansions. Like when I triumphed the taken king's raid with my older brother when I was 9. How much seeing those Siva zombies haunted me as a kid. Destiny 2's tone and gameplay. Discovering secrets like Whisper and Outbreak's exotic missions. Watching Cayde die with my dad in 2018. Unlocking Darkness, playing solo, as my fireteam moved on. Replaying Witch Queen's amazingly well crafted campaign with my new friends, over and over again. Even Lightfall I look fondly upon, I played it 13 hours straight doing the legendary campaign with my father. Every single one distinct from one another. It genuinely hit me, in that moment, not even how everything has led up to this point, but how this game had utterly grown along and inside me. I'm a firm believer each human can experience their own specific and unique emotions, especially at a young age. It's why I can't describe to people specifically what I felt in that moment, but it's what I experienced. Deep rooted memories, driven by music, art direction, and a lot of amazing shooting. Destiny's never been perfect, a lot of people say it's never even been good. But nothing had ever, in that moment, made me feel that way. And when the song reprised, and the horns marked the end of it all, every last moment, atmosphere, song, mission, character, left me. And became magic. Something incomparable. Or maybe, it's just because Excerpt from the hope is one of my favorite songs ever, and I'm biased lol. I just want to ruin this moment, by flipping off Sony executives, for executing Salvatori. Money will always triumph over greatness, but that's ok. He gave me something no one else has, and got to completely see through his vision. Thank you Bungie developers and composers. Your excellence will always shine through greed, at least for me it will.
For the first time, i was actually so glad that something was matchmade with randoms. Going through this with guardians I'd never met before, gave me such a good feeling of unity with the community. It'll be nice every time i play through this knowing that most likely, at least a few in the team are experiencing this for the first time.
I was tearing up just watching the cutscenes, but then thinking that, an old glitch ( the 12 man raid glitch) is an actual feature, realising that this is it. The light and darkness saga is done, after 10 long years
Its crazy how i watch video after video of reactions to the ending after experiencing it myself, and the emotion hits at the exact same spot everytime. And its when ghost gives himself to help end the witness, and as you cast your beam of light you can see everyone next to you. People you dont know, all side by side absolutely melting the witness. And you can kinda pan the camera and get a good angle of it depending where you are. And then the witness explodes and its at that moment the realization hits for me that its all over. Everytime i see it, it gets me.
"Guardian...there you are." - Ghost when he found us and revived us at the start of our Destiny journeys. All coming back around. What a masterpiece of a finale to our guardian's story. 10/10
Im happy to see someone else got really emotional from this expansion and these cutscenes. Ive been playing destiny since the beta released back 10 years ago and have played pretty much constantly with the exception of a few times where ive taken a few months break. This game has brought me such great memories and experiences along with tons of friends and fellow players to share them with. Destiny has had its ups and downs but it will always have a special place in my heart.
i was the only one out of my clan to actually BAWL MY EYES OUT during this. This game means so much to me, and it's so insane seeing the 10 year story that i've been apart of since the beginning, finally end.
The final shot at the end takes into account if you were in a fireteam or not. So I was sitting there with the same friends I started playing this game 7 years ago, and then it hit us and we all went "ah fuk."
This is (and will likely remain) one of my favorite moments I’ve ever experienced in all of gaming. 11 years. Since D1 Alpha. I’ve been here. I have been through so much IRL. I’ve seen the game expand and go through massive downs, soaring ups, and the most mediocre of mehs. Since the first time since I beat Atheon. I haven’t felt this level of accomplishment and pride and joy. But also so much more emotional, it’s the end of a chapter. I really hope that they can continue from here just as strong as ever.
I left a comment asking you to listen to track 11 from the ost the other day! The song that played once you entered orbit from the final cutscene was that track! So damn emotional
It’s so crazy especially playing d1 from the start it’s such a crazy trip from the start of d1 to final shape is just crazy. Destiny will always have a place in my heart.
Iven been playing Destiny since the BETA of D1. Its been such a long journey and I'm happy that I stuck around. Seeing Cayde sacrifice himself is sad but also bittersweet simply because he will be with his Ghost Sundance. I cant wait to see the future that they are going to show us on Tuesday. I'll see you starside Guardians.
It's insane to think about. 10 years ago, all of us who played the beta probably didn't think Destiny would blow up like it did. Fast forward to today and it's grown so much more than anyone of us would've believed. We've lost friends and family in that time and lost Lance Reddick, who would've loved to have seen how it ended. These 10 years have been amazing, Bungie might have had their moments, but if there's one thing they know how to do is go out with a bang.
I haven't played destiny since the mass vaulting so I wanted to check in on a story that genuinely intrigued me and the most eye-opening part I noticed was the fallen and human children running together. Pulls the heartstrings a lil.
Best mission in Destiny. Period. Not only clapping the Witness but everyone running up those stairs at the start psyched me the Hell up so much. 😂 And, of course, there's good old Cayde. "Nobody makes my fate but me."
I remember being Raised back in 2016, after Oryx’s defeat. I was there to see Siva destroyed. Ghaul pushed back. Penoptes destroyed. Xol, obliterated. Eramis pushed back. Neomuna being discovered. And i was here for the Witnesses last breath drawn by our hands. This community can be toxic at times yes. But at others can be amazing and extremely friendly, it’s how i met my boyfriend back during Lightfall. The events i mentioned never made me cry, however. This. This i could not help but to cry. The memories, the joy. The happiness i felt finding my love, My Light. Writing this, makes me tear up and hits me extremely hard. I’ll see you among the Stars, Guardians. Be hopeful for the Future, and please, be kind to fellow Guardians their lives behind their Guardians eyes may be harder and stressful than you can imagine. Be the one who ignites the lights in others eyes, not one who snuffs said lights out with malice.
I've been playing Destiny from the beginning, through all its ups and downs, as extreme as they got. It's what introduced me to my partner and it means so much to me. I'm so emotional over the finale to this saga, and as much as they've suffered to get us here, I hope the future is brighter for all of the devs and creators whose passion made this expansion as good as it is.
Half of my life in this world. To see this story come to an end as new beginnings take place was just absolutely beautiful. It mimics my own life in a way, being so caught in turmoil and chaos. But I overcame, and am beginning anew myself. Nothing but the future ahead of me. I'm glad my favorite universe could be here on this journey with me. It helped keep me here. It helps me to keep going. I love Destiny, and I always will
this is my first time on your page... i have played destiny since 2017 and this is the first time I have actually appreciated the music on the background. watching you react to the songs, made me realize how much details to destiny i have lost. I am going back to listen to all the music that this game has provided. Thank you for opening my eyes
I remember getting this game around a month after it first came out. I was playing on the Xbox with a few friends I'd made on other games. We didn't play all the time, but had week long bursts of activity whenever a new update or expansion came out. When the Taken King came out, we did the Raid together, I wish I still had some of my old recordings to go back and revisit the hype. After completing the raid, we logged off, planning to face whatever came next together. I'm still unsure what happened, but when Rise of Iron eventually came out, I was the only one who returned, and I never heard from any of them again. Eventually, I decided to make it part of my guardian's lore. That I'd lost my fireteam during the battle with Oryx, and had returned home alone. I decided it was only right to carry on, keep going, I was certain they would've had they come back. Through the early days of Destiny 2, all the way through Forsaken, I didn't find any new friends to play with, so I played alone. A lone hunter exploring the system. Eventually, I found new friends to play with, and we played many parts of The Witch Queen and Lightfall together. And in a turn of events, all of us were around to play this final mission together. I'm so happy to have grown up with this amazing story, and I'm looking forward to the future of our story, wherever it leads.
I cried really hard during this scene, I started playing destiny at the end of house of wolves, and got really into it when taken king and rise of iron dropped. While the beginning of D2 was rough, I stuck it through. From avenging Cayde, to learning stasis. This was our victory, and we can continue our story with our little buddy.
I was with my friends when we first did this and we were so overwhelmed we just sat in orbit and didn't say a word and listened to the music. Loved your reaction and here is to another 10 years of Destiny!
This was the perfect end to this saga, I cried a lot more than I like to admit during those last cutscenes, the entire theming around life and loss is so amazing, absolutely bungies best work to date, Its been an honor to be on this journey with you all
Being a Destiny player has for the longest time felt like being a close friend with a fuckup friend who you know could do so much better than they do, and every time things seem to go the right way with them they relapse and go back to where they began. The Final Shape felt like the catharsis of FINALLY seeing them own up to their potential and becoming the person you know they were always capable of becoming. It was amazing not just because the expansion was incredible, but because we were there with the game for every high and low until now
it’s crazy to think that this game has been there for 10 years. i may not have played for that entirety but this was a great closure for this saga. to this day i still get goosebumps from the horns of the main theme.
Destiny. Has been my life. I was 13 when I got D1 in the middle of the taken king, my dad had just passed and I was given a PS3 with the dlc and game. I escaped into the game and was absorbed into it for all of my teens, I took a break back in 2021 but came back on and off. Otherwise I really played throughout my entire life after he passed and it’s been the only recurring thing I’ve had since. It’s been something to go back home to and play when life gets hard. And having it coming to an end and knowing that my Warlock is over 10 years old almost now. It hits truly, different. I haven’t always loved everything they did like how they brought Crow back and then lance redict passed a year ago. It’s been sad at times. But it’s also been something amazing to be able to have in my life even though a lot of the friends I’ve made over the years have stopped playing, some have even passed, some have stopped playing with me, etc. but it’s been a journey. And even though it’s been hard, I would give a lot to be able to have it again if I could. I cried when I realized that were already at the dlc that marks the last. I knew it was coming, but I was never ready for it to come. But knowing it’s meant so much for so many others helps. I’m not alone, even if I don’t know a lot of people out there I know a lot of people love it as much as I do. And I’m glad others were able to be a part of it. I’m glad to be able to play with you guys and have been here for most of it
I remember back in D1 collecting Spinmetal out in the cosmodrome for hours.. I was a teenager back then met friends.. lost friends.. got sick and did surgeries and every night and day I comeback to Destiny.. now I’m a grown adult working and trying to make money and getting married and still this game is by my side. I remember playing the Alpha D1.. this game has been through a lot and gave me things to do when I didn’t have anything to do.
it may not be a 10 years journey for me in Destiny universe, but its been an honor fighting alongside yall Guardians. I've gained and lost friends in my journey of playing Destiny 2, but i am grateful for all of it
I was so emotional the whole time playing this mission and in that ending where you’re just sitting there with your ghost was perfect to end. Absolutely beautiful
I'm really glad you covered this, Marco. I fucking ADORED the Final Shape, start to end. Made me cry, made me laugh, and it made me think. It was so real and raw, and the music, as always, tied it all together. The Devs and Music Department did amazing, and I can't thank them enough for giving us an experience like the Final Shape.
A 10yr fan like yourself, even since the Legendary Edition of D1, I couldn't help myself but to just cry full heartedly. I sat and stared at the traveler with my friend for as long as he could stand to just remembering Cayde is still a part of it, Sundance too.. I'm going to miss him, but I'm glad at least this time he got to choose how he went.. I will remember him, always. In my heart he is still with me, just like the others we have lost on this great journey. Continue to let your light shine bright, Guardian. In memory of those who have fallen
I honestly as much as I hate to love Destiny because I have SO many problems with Bungie, it means so much to me. When I was a kid me and my dad while close never really had a super close connection because he was always working or at college. When we bought a PS4 he didn't remember how to use a controller since his last game was on the PS2. I was 10 at the time, he guided me and I shot the gun. As he got more confident with the controller I got my own PS4 and played together. We have played every DLC and it made us a lot closer. Today after this I went downstairs crying and me and my dad hugged he also was sniffling. Now 20 I truly appreciate it.
I love how pre excision orbit theme is called "hope in blossom" and post excision is "a knife in the garden" they both do refers to the gardener and the winnower.
I love how when you're freeing the statues with the sword it plays the guardian theme but it uses darkness/pyramid sounds/instruments. It's like the statues are cheering you on for victory.
The end was very touching for me, seeing my guardian sitting alone with the traveler. I'm the last out of my original group from D1 that still plays. I stand alone, 9 years later. Would have never thought I'd end up here all those years ago. I've treasured every minute, second, hour, day, month, year
18:25 around when you talk about the themes of the expansion and how it hits harder when you’ve lost someone. This exactly. a few months before this expansion released, I had lost a close friend of mine to cancer who I’d played destiny with for many years. This expansion was a hwavy but needed experience after that loss. It felt like such a beautiful way to honor thise we have all lost. ❤
Stronger together is a comprising piece that combines the coalition themes and Savathûn's themes, including Neomuna's theme, except Nimbus only appears in the lineup so it really is only there as a reference to your journey through the past 4 years.
Such a wonderful wrap up, I smiled, I cried a little, I smiled again. Also so good to finally see Crow shouldering his role as a Hunter Vanguard. While I might be a Titan main I say he earned that cape, earn that role fair and square.
I quite literally grew up alongside this game I was 13 when Destiny 1 came out and I've been with the series since. Now I'm 23 I've gone through so many changes since then and seeing it come to a close is just such a bittersweet and satisfying feeling...
It depends on what Bungie wants to do with the franchise, they definitely have set up and still have a lot to go through as we still have Xivu Arath, The Mortal, House of Light, and who knows how many different potential villains, corrupted species, individuals, or disciples across the cosmos that will rise up and try to fill the power vacuum we’ve now created. But that is if they want to continue with destiny 2 or make a destiny 3, or if they just want to wrap up what’s left with small expansions and large seasons and end the story there and move onto their new extraction shooter. Edit: Grammar correction
@@Death_Brigade Im certain they might work on something smaller budget being the shooter for a couple years while they develop creative ideas and build a new engine for D3 I imagine. It takes 7 years for a new big ip and around 5 for an existing so it’s going to be a while either way. I haven’t been involved with D2 for a bit now but is a prequel there only real story or is there more beyond the witness to tell and fight?
@@Bro-dot- I honestly think the right play for a third game is to tell the story of what’s happened before, during, and right after the collapse. We can see the actual collapse and what happened, experience the age of the iron lords, and answer many questions that we’ve had about the story for a while now. Kinda like the Star Wars prequel trilogy for Destiny.
@@Death_Brigade Yes that would be very cool, I’m hoping for something around that time. Would certainly take the right amount of ambition for it to work but I think all destiny players even those like me who can’t play much or quit would look forward to that.
I cried when that D1 music started playing man, and the fact that they didn’t just use the Excerpt From the Hope that we all heard in orbit all those years ago, but the full thing, piano and horns and all (minus the second half with Paul McCartney of course) made me so incredibly happy. I of course started crying as soon as it started, given how many memories are associated with that track, and then the music nerd in me that has consumed every facet of Destiny music was gratified too, grinning and laughing and crying. If I ever hear that music, in orbit, me humming little bits of it, even rewatching someone else react, I’m going to start crying. Absolutely incredible. I’ve been playing since I was 11. I’m almost 21. I’ll never forget this.
The scene sitting down with your Ghost at the end, hit hard. If your playing with friends, your friends will be sitting with you staring at the traveler as well. I had the amazing privilege to sit next to my buddy who started Destiny 1 Beta with me back in 2014. We started our journey together and we ended it together. :)
I never thought I would cry at a destiny dlc but bro deep stone plus the story made me tear up as my adventures with this game and Cayde made it hard to not cry
That song you’re asking about is called “Bow to No One”. It’s from Destiny 1 and reoccurs in some other fantastic pieces like “Queen’s Oracle” from the Forsaken DLC or “Mara’s Theme” from Destiny 1. It’s amazing. And it actually quotes Mara. She once told the Guardian to bow to no one.
The track thar plays during this mission is "Stronger Together" in case anyone wants to listen to it. It indeed has every allied race motif (Cabal, Hive, Awoken, Humanity/Exos, Eliksni) mixed with the Darkness theme and even a small section where a potion of Oryx's motif plays. And the "Guardian" motif at the end is the cherry on top.
Knowing we all share the same love for this game, is so great! Honestly its been most amazing game the last 10 years of my life, growing from 10 to now turning 20. Wouldnt had it any other way!
The scene where we are sitting with our Ghost, looking out at the Traveler while the comms between Crow and Zavala play, really struck me, as we finally could rest, knowing that we have, even temporarily, ended the pursuit of our silent benefactor.
The traveler is such a pos though. Like what, it couldn't bring back one ghost?
@@notaspeck6104 bro it left like 3 civilizations in the dust before lmao, it doesn't have a very good track record in general
@@notaspeck6104it’s cuz the traveler sees the light as a burden/curse and that no one else should bear it unless absolutely necessary for its own survival. It’s stated in the ergo sum lore.
It’s not the end
But take a rest a Guardians, We’ve earned it.
Bro I knew i should’ve taken the screenshot, but this way is better, eyes up guardians.
“He’s just a ghost. You raised an army. You can bring back one ghost!”
I started crying right here.
Me to my wife at that moment: "Please, my son - he is very sick."
It comes to a crescendo, not at a defiant scream of US against WE, nor a roar of victory. But a quiet, heart-rending sob of *please!*
“You’re my favourite. Don’t ever forget that.”
Goodbye Cayde❤😭
"This one you shall cherish. O Guardian mine!" Riven
For me, it’s the line before the end of Ghost’s death cutscene.
“Guardian… there you are.”
“There you are” is the same line Ghost states when he finds the guardian. For our character, losing ghost is far more than just losing a simple companion. Ghost has been with us through our entire journey. For me, it’s been almost 9 years. I started in late 2015 with The Taken King and Ghost has been part of that journey ever since.
I rarely cry because for me I don’t have the same physical reaction to emotions. I feel that emotion with the same intensity but I just don’t have the same reaction unless something really stands out that makes it overflow. Seeing Ghost, that tiny little ball that has stuck by the character through everything, that lore-wise has gone through hell and back with us, that has never given up on us. Seeing him take his last breath, then seeing Cayde give his light to bring that little guy back, just for him to look up and say “there you are” broke me down.
I had to go through the mission on another character because I sobbed the rest of the way through the following cutscenes. This scene is how you make an emotional statement.
I caught that reference. There's also TONS of call backs like this through the entire campaign. The writers pulled on everything they could, it's crazy.
Yes. That exact moment. Damn... What is the name of the song just after "there you're" ?
That line from ghost as well as cayde telling us we’re his favorite really hit me. I know cayde is a fan favorite so of course his true and final “death” would hit harder than most characters but just like we were his favorite he’s also my favorite. Never found another character I liked as much as I like cayde.
@@Real28 I really loved where we got our new Super.
I just want to take this time to say Rest In Peace Lance Reddick. We miss you and wish you could be here for this moment, but we know you are here with us in spirit ❤️
It’s devastating that he didn’t get to see it to the end. I really wish he got to see it through but I’m thankful for all he done in his lifetime. Atleast now he can rest in peace.
The music at the end when you're watching the Traveler actually IS Deep Stone Lullaby with most of the instruments removed. I thought that was really interesting choice of music.
To me it's because the Lullaby just triggers peace, it makes me feel at ease, like everything will be okay.
The lullaby is something that symbolizes a build up to end on a melancholy/bittersweet note, which is quite appropriate, considering we are sitting there just soaking in the ambiance.
It’s a nice ending. It’s peaceful snowing for now the battle is done. We’ve won for now the witness is no more. I am curious to see what can top the witness. It’s such a menacing force seeing its true form finally. Bungie cooked with tfs and I’m happy to say I don’t regret my purchase
Oh shit, you’re actually right. It didn’t even cross my mind at first😭
I think it’s fitting, as most of humanities struggles really began when Clovis Bray started fucking around with the vex and basically alerted the black fleet to the traveler’s presence
I was tearing up and crying too Marco. I’ve been playing this game for 10 years and finally is ending on the good note. And I hope that we still have a bright future ahead.
Thanks for playing.
Same and as a d1 vet hearing the music from d1 playing just hit different
Same, I've been playing since year 2 of D1... This was beautiful but at the same time devastating, I hope Bungie announces a new saga on June the 10th.
I got to witness the destiny demo at E3 even took video on my phone.
Those who played Destiny 1 are a rare breed from what I've heard. I only know 2 others myself.
10 years is al long time. fore me it ment everything and so much more.the fun the laughter making new friends who eventuele became familie to me i wil never forget this game the good and the bad and wish everyone a very good time playing and maybe see you soon guardian!!
"We-I-I don't understand." has to be some of my favorite final words from an antagonist
Switching from the We to I in the final moments is such a subtle and satisfying touch
It’s the reality setting In for it. Finally it realised it’s no longer in control of its entire race. It’s finally seeing now that most of them no longer want to be part of the witness anymore and accepting this makes it call itself “I”. And it’s almost sad it doenst understand how it lost. It lost because it sees subjection as the only way to have power and the light is weak. We won because we allied for a common enemy and goal.
@@adamboy0559 I really loved how in the final mission of the campaign, as you destroy one statue after the other, the Witness speaks with less and less voices.
You are lobotomizing a hive mind god one sword slice at the time without anesthesia ^^
@@LtCWest yup overtime it just gets weaker and weaker until it’s got nothing left
Worst ending for a billion year entity who is supposed to be way stronger than the traveler... and still got defeated by fragments of him. All I want to say is "We-I-I don't understand"
Can’t believe it happened but they did it. They pulled it off. What an emotional high. Thanks bungie
yeah thanks bungie for destroying my experience twice (as far as I know) in one campaign. '
1. not showing the cutscene where Zavala reunites with cayde (an essentiell cutscene)
2. not showing the endscreen at all... (essentiell for what happens next)
@@CatHarington i got a bug where i cant unlock prismatic on my hunter and am stuck on the first mission lol. I cannot interact with the prismaticc well
@@zenmeteor9474 they are aware of this issue, let's hope they fix it😑
@@CatHaringtonsounds like a secondary character to do FS then, because I never encountered either of the issues, shame it did for ya tho
''You're my favorite, don't ever forget that''.
I loved the ending what would of made it even better is if our ghost would of woke up with caydes voice. ❤️
@@mandiebonezeh it wouldn’t really make sense for that to happen as it woudnt feel like much of a sacrifice in cayde’s part if he just immediately came back through our ghost and it also wouldn’t really feel like our own ghost actually came back to us but was replaced with cayde.
I love how it ended. Cayde sacrificing himself to bring back our ghost (yes spoiler but you shouldn’t be here if you didn’t wanna know) is a perfect way to go out. It doesn’t undermine his death in forsaken as he didn’t just get to live, but he also gets to choose how he goes out. Throughout the entire campaign he straight up says he misses being at peace, more then he missed his friends. He’s always been the “renegade” and it fits perfectly that instead of staying alive like everybody wanted, he says “screw that, I decide what I wanna do” I mostly love this because I didn’t like that they were bringing back cayde in the first place, but after playing final shape I think it was handled perfectly. The best part for me is it still stung. Even though the writing was on the wall, it still sucked saying goodbye.
"We...I...I don't understand"
Those are the perfect final words from the Witness.
This mission was absolutely amazing
I like that line because it knows it lost and was able to comprehend its defeat and death making the victory against such a cruel enemy satisfying, like proving a point
21:56; this track, titled “After All This Time”, is a remastered version of an unreleased track used all the way back in 2014, when Bungie first released footage for Destiny. Such a fitting title…
Damn someone already beat me to making this comment I see lol
that makes a lot of sense, it sounds very halo with the bass and stuff. they made it right after they finished halo
Was really hoping they’d use the full version of The Hope in order to play credits, but as is was still fantastic. And you’re so right, I can recognize this track a bit after you say that, like it was in a trailer? It definitely has an older feel to it.
This is the best expansion Bungie has shipped. This is up there with Endwalker for me. A great ending.
It's also pretty cool how similar the themes of this expansion was to endwalker.
Wife and I finished Excision together today and got started on the post campaign, and we're current in FFXIV. I kept making Endwalker references in a hype way, this really is Destiny's Endwalker. 10 years of stories coming together for us to carry the hopes of everything that lives into the face of a cosmic being that preaches about freeing us from the pointless suffering and futility of existence. At the climax of Excision I even quoted the finale of Shadowbringers at her: "Now, strike with all thy might!" and told her to hit it with Ardbert's axe. 😅
@@CaeClips Fighting Entropy.
I think it compares a bit more with Shadowbringers, no ?
Either way, both are masterpieces of expansions for FF14
Ayyyy fellow FF14 fans. Yea, nah, I was crying my eyes out when our Guardian was begging the Traveler to give back our ghost.
I cried at the end, too. I've been playing Destiny for 10 years. It's how I met my best friend and it truly feels like the end.
This entirety of DLC, from the beginning to the end, truly has felt like a true love letter from the Devs to us, as they said they would deliver. Glad to have grown up with such beautiful and emotional games, still in tears every time I see the ending, even more after you have pointed out the melodies that were playing with all the chaos of the last mission. Destiny has been and will always be a beautiful part of my life
Grātiās vōbis agimus
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We are grateful to you
This mission was absolutely amazing. I cried at the end too. Part of me wishes there was so much more like this, but I'm satisfied with this ending. IDK what the future has in store for this franchise, but these last 10 years have been memorable.
I don’t think destiny is going anywhere any time soon Bungie definitely seems to have a plan to continue this series, from some of the things said in the raid and even this mission it seems that the witness was a pawn being used by something else and that this might just be the beginning of an even greater threat to humanity and the universe as a whole.
This is just Act 1. This isnt the end. This isnt the real Final Shape.
@@Jpow5734where did it imply he was just a pawn?
@@JDxxxxxx all of the talk in various bits of lore over the years about the existence of the Winnower, the Witness even calls itself the First Knife which lore on the Winnower talks about as a tool it found in its hand when it and the Gardener had their fight that started existence. it all sets it up with the hints that the biblical esque lore we have on these two creator god like beings actually being real.
@@wolffang-vz2ty yea I just read it on Reddit. Witness says that knife line in the raid. Crazy
RIP Lance, wish you could've seen this..
In case someone hasn't pointed out for you Marco, that motif at 13:43 you were asking about is from Bow to No One, one of Mara's themes from way back in Taken King. And every time Bungie has used it since then it hits so fucking hard.
I'm also so glad they used Excerpt from the Hope from D1 for the lantern scene. It's one of my favourite tracks from the original OST and always makes me emotional. The music of Destiny is beautiful.
"Eyes wet, Guardian."
On the track where you asked what it's from, you can hear the darkness theme, then the taken theme, followed by Savathûn's theme, then Mara Sov's (the one you asked about), then the Eliksni's, then the Cabal's, then Lightfall. This track is called Stronger Together, and damage phase is called Make Your Own Fate, if you want to do a separate video analysis (which I personally would love to).
very glad this part of destiny is ending on a good note, the way death is portrayed through cayde reminds me so much of actual accounts of clinical death experiences where people genuinely miss that state of being
Its not the ending of destiny
@@ddawliet355that’s why they said this part
@@LucDeTruc Ngl bro, it probably is now :hollow:
Sticking the landing is something I didn't think Bungie could pull off but the climax to 10 years was perfect
It was still somewhat rough landing. Day 1 server issues were pain but it's something I can overlook at this point
Don't forget that for some final cutscene (silently staring at the Traveller) DID NOT load in.
@@numbjuhnu I mean, it's been like that every day 1 for the past 10 years. Did you expect anything different? I've got no issues with bungie taking a day or so to get servers stable, so long as it's not during the raid, like Vow.
@@brandondennis7527 I know it's been an issue, which is why I said Ii can overlook it.
I sincerely appreciate the empathy displayed here. Your reaction was exactly like mine-and the horns playing in the end feel reminiscent of John Williams’ affinity for horns, especially in his Winter Olympics themes. Absolutely awesome and jaw-dropping.
The one sad thing for me is my BEST friend who I did everything with in Destiny with. From the Forsaken campaign to Lightfall, just left everything behind. Cut all online ties with anyone from our group. Was in a rut and have mental issues that left him pretty depressed so I understand him wanting to walk away, but I wish we could have stayed in touch some way. He would have loved this
He will return, if destiny has taught you anything is to never loose hope.
@@LCD04 thanks, though it’s been around a year now, I hope he’ll come back
btw in case you were wondering Crow starts a debriefing with the vanguard while your guardian and ghost are looking at the traveler about 3 strange objects flying out of the traveler, one of which lands on Nessus where episode 1: Echoes starts, and mentions looking for the Fanatic as a tease to episode 2
Im pretty sure it was only 1 object
Im glad you noticed the new orbit music. its so nice to hear after 10 years of playing to feel like we actually won this time.
The whole end of this was so touching. The activity felt like a true final push with all our allies beside us, but after that, it was just us. I couldn't help but start crying at the final stand, and it didn't end until the last cut scene.
I have never in my 3500 hours (game time) cried in this franchise. I cried in Hollow Knight. I cried in God of War. Not until the end of that final mission. It was such a perfect send off to the story and it brought me to tears.
God I love this franchise. It has had it ups and downs but this, for me was the best DLC they have ever made.
Watching you watch this, I broke down man, 10 years… I was 8 when I started playing. I grew up with this game and it’s so hard to deal with the fact it’s coming to an end, I’ll never forget Destiny till the day I die, that destiny 1 music in the cutscenes really sent me off🥲
People thought that after the expansion, we would be satisfied and then leave.
But I believe that right now, we are hungry for more!! 😢😢😢
now we're going into episodes, next week starting with echoes, who knows what we'll fight this first episode
@@lordofwhipI’m hoping they hint towards something even stronger than the witness. Not rn but overtime we get to see more and more of it until we finally confront it. People are saying they think thw witness was a pawn of something bigger. And now it’s dead there’s a massive power vacuum for things like the scorn taken dread shadow legion etc. there leaderless now someone needs to fill that gap.
@@adamboy0559 I absolutely not hope there's something stronger than the witness.
This is captain bones approved
The end of an era, the end of the saga. Been a very up and down ride, but boy did they deliver a fantastic end. "Nobody makes my fate but me."
My favourite song from this expansion is honestly “The Pale Heart” the way it hits as you first emerge into the verdant and overgrown area of the traveller is utterly amazing. It’s such a powerful melody! It’s right up there with “Nessus” and “The Leviathan” in terms of environmental scores in my opinion!
Every single time I watch this set of cutscenes, I cry. Hearing "All Ends are Beginnings" starts the tears, and then hearing the first bit of "Remembrance" never fails to set them off. This campaign and expansion were amazing. Destiny is now in the tier of games that have made me cry.
This game has been a part of our lives for so long. For some, a large chunk, and for those longtime veterans like me, over a decade. It’s crazy to think about. Destiny is a game so it will of course have its ups and downs, but I will never hesitate to state that it is comprehensively my favorite, and the most beautifully done and executed. The hype behind the Final Shape was there-especially for those coming from Destiny 1.
As for the music, just wow. You know, it’s not a surprise that Salvatori and the team do this to me with every piece they release for this games soundtracks, but I am always amazed. This music has shaped the game, and for me it is what really wraps the whole thing up. The composers so effortlessly and perfectly tell the story from one piece to the next-from “Guardian” in D1 through every soundtrack to the last piece in Final Shape. It is just utterly an emotional roller coaster.
I’ll quit rambling-because I could do it all day. Thank you Marco for sharing your Destiny experience with us, and through the musical lense. I can tell that my friends who play the game love the music but care nothing about it like I do. The Destiny soundtrack is part of my literal life-all the time. I always come back to it-and it is shamelessly always my most listened to music. Thank you to everyone here for appreciating this music with me. It’s been a joy, and until next week with “Echoes” starting…..Eyes Up, Guardian.
Yes. If one does not choke up at the ending of d2's final shape ending is a monster, or not that invested into d2
Or sleep deprived from watching the world's first race
Then you got people who left after forsaken complaining about how they don’t understand the story 😂
this is a highly underrated comment!!
"I thought it was pretty funny and entertaining actually. I am stuffed after a banquet like that. Be seeing you O Guardian mine!" The Winnower
Your tears brought me over the edge dude. I’ve been there since 2014 as well brother. I feel ya, we guardians truly are a family. God bless. Love your videos.
God, I felt the exact same way as you did when you said "I was a kid." Been there for the whole ten years, deep in a really bad depression, and Destiny has been my rock from the beginning. What a journey. So, so many emotions.
The second "Excerpt from the Hope" hit me with that cutscene, I just started bawling. Not even so much from the cutscene, just that the music let me reflect upon each and every fond experience and atmosphere between expansions. Like when I triumphed the taken king's raid with my older brother when I was 9. How much seeing those Siva zombies haunted me as a kid. Destiny 2's tone and gameplay. Discovering secrets like Whisper and Outbreak's exotic missions. Watching Cayde die with my dad in 2018. Unlocking Darkness, playing solo, as my fireteam moved on. Replaying Witch Queen's amazingly well crafted campaign with my new friends, over and over again. Even Lightfall I look fondly upon, I played it 13 hours straight doing the legendary campaign with my father. Every single one distinct from one another. It genuinely hit me, in that moment, not even how everything has led up to this point, but how this game had utterly grown along and inside me. I'm a firm believer each human can experience their own specific and unique emotions, especially at a young age. It's why I can't describe to people specifically what I felt in that moment, but it's what I experienced. Deep rooted memories, driven by music, art direction, and a lot of amazing shooting. Destiny's never been perfect, a lot of people say it's never even been good. But nothing had ever, in that moment, made me feel that way. And when the song reprised, and the horns marked the end of it all, every last moment, atmosphere, song, mission, character, left me. And became magic. Something incomparable. Or maybe, it's just because Excerpt from the hope is one of my favorite songs ever, and I'm biased lol. I just want to ruin this moment, by flipping off Sony executives, for executing Salvatori. Money will always triumph over greatness, but that's ok. He gave me something no one else has, and got to completely see through his vision. Thank you Bungie developers and composers. Your excellence will always shine through greed, at least for me it will.
For the first time, i was actually so glad that something was matchmade with randoms. Going through this with guardians I'd never met before, gave me such a good feeling of unity with the community. It'll be nice every time i play through this knowing that most likely, at least a few in the team are experiencing this for the first time.
I was tearing up just watching the cutscenes, but then thinking that, an old glitch ( the 12 man raid glitch) is an actual feature, realising that this is it. The light and darkness saga is done, after 10 long years
Its crazy how i watch video after video of reactions to the ending after experiencing it myself, and the emotion hits at the exact same spot everytime.
And its when ghost gives himself to help end the witness, and as you cast your beam of light you can see everyone next to you. People you dont know, all side by side absolutely melting the witness. And you can kinda pan the camera and get a good angle of it depending where you are.
And then the witness explodes and its at that moment the realization hits for me that its all over. Everytime i see it, it gets me.
"Guardian...there you are." - Ghost when he found us and revived us at the start of our Destiny journeys. All coming back around. What a masterpiece of a finale to our guardian's story. 10/10
Im happy to see someone else got really emotional from this expansion and these cutscenes. Ive been playing destiny since the beta released back 10 years ago and have played pretty much constantly with the exception of a few times where ive taken a few months break. This game has brought me such great memories and experiences along with tons of friends and fellow players to share them with. Destiny has had its ups and downs but it will always have a special place in my heart.
i was the only one out of my clan to actually BAWL MY EYES OUT during this. This game means so much to me, and it's so insane seeing the 10 year story that i've been apart of since the beginning, finally end.
The final shot at the end takes into account if you were in a fireteam or not. So I was sitting there with the same friends I started playing this game 7 years ago, and then it hit us and we all went "ah fuk."
This is (and will likely remain) one of my favorite moments I’ve ever experienced in all of gaming.
11 years.
Since D1 Alpha.
I’ve been here.
I have been through so much IRL. I’ve seen the game expand and go through massive downs, soaring ups, and the most mediocre of mehs.
Since the first time since I beat Atheon. I haven’t felt this level of accomplishment and pride and joy.
But also so much more emotional, it’s the end of a chapter. I really hope that they can continue from here just as strong as ever.
i can't help but start tearing up every time i hear the original destiny music
youre not alone, guardian. that message at the ghost after the mission made me tear up. this is a complete love letter from bungie to the fans
i got hyped, then i cried, then i smiled..... in that order...just wow...
I left a comment asking you to listen to track 11 from the ost the other day! The song that played once you entered orbit from the final cutscene was that track! So damn emotional
It’s so crazy especially playing d1 from the start it’s such a crazy trip from the start of d1 to final shape is just crazy. Destiny will always have a place in my heart.
We can now rest and move on to greater things in our own personal lives. It was great playing together with y’all!
Iven been playing Destiny since the BETA of D1. Its been such a long journey and I'm happy that I stuck around. Seeing Cayde sacrifice himself is sad but also bittersweet simply because he will be with his Ghost Sundance.
I cant wait to see the future that they are going to show us on Tuesday.
I'll see you starside Guardians.
It's insane to think about. 10 years ago, all of us who played the beta probably didn't think Destiny would blow up like it did. Fast forward to today and it's grown so much more than anyone of us would've believed.
We've lost friends and family in that time and lost Lance Reddick, who would've loved to have seen how it ended.
These 10 years have been amazing, Bungie might have had their moments, but if there's one thing they know how to do is go out with a bang.
@@mattbailey9894 Absolutely agree.
I havent seen anyone talk about it but i really love that Only Echoes Remain is a reprise of Deep Stone Lullaby, thank you for pointing it out!!
I haven't played destiny since the mass vaulting so I wanted to check in on a story that genuinely intrigued me and the most eye-opening part I noticed was the fallen and human children running together. Pulls the heartstrings a lil.
Best mission in Destiny. Period. Not only clapping the Witness but everyone running up those stairs at the start psyched me the Hell up so much. 😂
And, of course, there's good old Cayde.
"Nobody makes my fate but me."
I remember being Raised back in 2016, after Oryx’s defeat. I was there to see Siva destroyed. Ghaul pushed back. Penoptes destroyed. Xol, obliterated. Eramis pushed back. Neomuna being discovered. And i was here for the Witnesses last breath drawn by our hands. This community can be toxic at times yes. But at others can be amazing and extremely friendly, it’s how i met my boyfriend back during Lightfall. The events i mentioned never made me cry, however. This. This i could not help but to cry. The memories, the joy. The happiness i felt finding my love, My Light. Writing this, makes me tear up and hits me extremely hard.
I’ll see you among the Stars, Guardians. Be hopeful for the Future, and please, be kind to fellow Guardians their lives behind their Guardians eyes may be harder and stressful than you can imagine. Be the one who ignites the lights in others eyes, not one who snuffs said lights out with malice.
13:42 Thats the soundtrack "bow to no one" its a Awoken themed track
I've been playing Destiny from the beginning, through all its ups and downs, as extreme as they got. It's what introduced me to my partner and it means so much to me. I'm so emotional over the finale to this saga, and as much as they've suffered to get us here, I hope the future is brighter for all of the devs and creators whose passion made this expansion as good as it is.
This ending was like someone passing me the strongest blunt of nostalgia in existence. And I took a loooooooong puff.
Half of my life in this world. To see this story come to an end as new beginnings take place was just absolutely beautiful. It mimics my own life in a way, being so caught in turmoil and chaos. But I overcame, and am beginning anew myself. Nothing but the future ahead of me. I'm glad my favorite universe could be here on this journey with me. It helped keep me here. It helps me to keep going. I love Destiny, and I always will
Man every time i hear D1 music i cry
this is my first time on your page... i have played destiny since 2017 and this is the first time I have actually appreciated the music on the background. watching you react to the songs, made me realize how much details to destiny i have lost. I am going back to listen to all the music that this game has provided. Thank you for opening my eyes
I remember getting this game around a month after it first came out. I was playing on the Xbox with a few friends I'd made on other games. We didn't play all the time, but had week long bursts of activity whenever a new update or expansion came out. When the Taken King came out, we did the Raid together, I wish I still had some of my old recordings to go back and revisit the hype. After completing the raid, we logged off, planning to face whatever came next together. I'm still unsure what happened, but when Rise of Iron eventually came out, I was the only one who returned, and I never heard from any of them again. Eventually, I decided to make it part of my guardian's lore. That I'd lost my fireteam during the battle with Oryx, and had returned home alone. I decided it was only right to carry on, keep going, I was certain they would've had they come back.
Through the early days of Destiny 2, all the way through Forsaken, I didn't find any new friends to play with, so I played alone. A lone hunter exploring the system. Eventually, I found new friends to play with, and we played many parts of The Witch Queen and Lightfall together. And in a turn of events, all of us were around to play this final mission together. I'm so happy to have grown up with this amazing story, and I'm looking forward to the future of our story, wherever it leads.
I cried really hard during this scene, I started playing destiny at the end of house of wolves, and got really into it when taken king and rise of iron dropped. While the beginning of D2 was rough, I stuck it through. From avenging Cayde, to learning stasis. This was our victory, and we can continue our story with our little buddy.
I was with my friends when we first did this and we were so overwhelmed we just sat in orbit and didn't say a word and listened to the music. Loved your reaction and here is to another 10 years of Destiny!
This was the perfect end to this saga, I cried a lot more than I like to admit during those last cutscenes, the entire theming around life and loss is so amazing, absolutely bungies best work to date, Its been an honor to be on this journey with you all
Being a Destiny player has for the longest time felt like being a close friend with a fuckup friend who you know could do so much better than they do, and every time things seem to go the right way with them they relapse and go back to where they began. The Final Shape felt like the catharsis of FINALLY seeing them own up to their potential and becoming the person you know they were always capable of becoming. It was amazing not just because the expansion was incredible, but because we were there with the game for every high and low until now
I really, really appreciated your breakdown of the music, it's something Bungie has done so well for SO long, and a lot of people gloss over it.
it’s crazy to think that this game has been there for 10 years. i may not have played for that entirety but this was a great closure for this saga. to this day i still get goosebumps from the horns of the main theme.
Destiny. Has been my life.
I was 13 when I got D1 in the middle of the taken king, my dad had just passed and I was given a PS3 with the dlc and game. I escaped into the game and was absorbed into it for all of my teens, I took a break back in 2021 but came back on and off. Otherwise I really played throughout my entire life after he passed and it’s been the only recurring thing I’ve had since. It’s been something to go back home to and play when life gets hard. And having it coming to an end and knowing that my Warlock is over 10 years old almost now. It hits truly, different. I haven’t always loved everything they did like how they brought Crow back and then lance redict passed a year ago. It’s been sad at times. But it’s also been something amazing to be able to have in my life even though a lot of the friends I’ve made over the years have stopped playing, some have even passed, some have stopped playing with me, etc. but it’s been a journey. And even though it’s been hard, I would give a lot to be able to have it again if I could. I cried when I realized that were already at the dlc that marks the last. I knew it was coming, but I was never ready for it to come. But knowing it’s meant so much for so many others helps. I’m not alone, even if I don’t know a lot of people out there I know a lot of people love it as much as I do. And I’m glad others were able to be a part of it. I’m glad to be able to play with you guys and have been here for most of it
20:38 right there, right there is the moment I couldn’t hold in tears no more dude 😭😭
I remember back in D1 collecting Spinmetal out in the cosmodrome for hours.. I was a teenager back then met friends.. lost friends.. got sick and did surgeries and every night and day I comeback to Destiny.. now I’m a grown adult working and trying to make money and getting married and still this game is by my side.
I remember playing the Alpha D1.. this game has been through a lot and gave me things to do when I didn’t have anything to do.
it may not be a 10 years journey for me in Destiny universe, but its been an honor fighting alongside yall Guardians.
I've gained and lost friends in my journey of playing Destiny 2, but i am grateful for all of it
I was so emotional the whole time playing this mission and in that ending where you’re just sitting there with your ghost was perfect to end. Absolutely beautiful
What got me was they used the original opening music for orbit in the lantern scene and a wave of nostalgia hit what an incredible journey its been
I love your music breakdown of the mission! It’s such a fresh perspective
I'm really glad you covered this, Marco. I fucking ADORED the Final Shape, start to end. Made me cry, made me laugh, and it made me think. It was so real and raw, and the music, as always, tied it all together. The Devs and Music Department did amazing, and I can't thank them enough for giving us an experience like the Final Shape.
A 10yr fan like yourself, even since the Legendary Edition of D1, I couldn't help myself but to just cry full heartedly. I sat and stared at the traveler with my friend for as long as he could stand to just remembering Cayde is still a part of it, Sundance too.. I'm going to miss him, but I'm glad at least this time he got to choose how he went..
I will remember him, always. In my heart he is still with me, just like the others we have lost on this great journey. Continue to let your light shine bright, Guardian. In memory of those who have fallen
I honestly as much as I hate to love Destiny because I have SO many problems with Bungie, it means so much to me. When I was a kid me and my dad while close never really had a super close connection because he was always working or at college. When we bought a PS4 he didn't remember how to use a controller since his last game was on the PS2. I was 10 at the time, he guided me and I shot the gun. As he got more confident with the controller I got my own PS4 and played together. We have played every DLC and it made us a lot closer. Today after this I went downstairs crying and me and my dad hugged he also was sniffling. Now 20 I truly appreciate it.
This was beautiful. I hope more can find a relationship as close as that. Honestly teared up. What a journey for us all
Lovely. I hope you guys cherish this memory.
Having "SO many problems" with a game company is so cringe.
@@saltybulldog3241I know right how cringe is this guy ☠️☠️☠️☠️
This comment made me tear up oh my goodness that's beautiful
I love how pre excision orbit theme is called "hope in blossom" and post excision is "a knife in the garden" they both do refers to the gardener and the winnower.
I love how when you're freeing the statues with the sword it plays the guardian theme but it uses darkness/pyramid sounds/instruments. It's like the statues are cheering you on for victory.
The end was very touching for me, seeing my guardian sitting alone with the traveler. I'm the last out of my original group from D1 that still plays. I stand alone, 9 years later. Would have never thought I'd end up here all those years ago. I've treasured every minute, second, hour, day, month, year
18:25 around when you talk about the themes of the expansion and how it hits harder when you’ve lost someone. This exactly. a few months before this expansion released, I had lost a close friend of mine to cancer who I’d played destiny with for many years. This expansion was a hwavy but needed experience after that loss. It felt like such a beautiful way to honor thise we have all lost. ❤
Stronger together is a comprising piece that combines the coalition themes and Savathûn's themes, including Neomuna's theme, except Nimbus only appears in the lineup so it really is only there as a reference to your journey through the past 4 years.
Such a wonderful wrap up, I smiled, I cried a little, I smiled again.
Also so good to finally see Crow shouldering his role as a
Hunter Vanguard. While I might be a Titan main I say he earned that cape, earn that role fair and square.
I also main Crayon-Eater, but Crow is now officially Cayde-approved - I can't argue with that.
I quite literally grew up alongside this game I was 13 when Destiny 1 came out and I've been with the series since. Now I'm 23 I've gone through so many changes since then and seeing it come to a close is just such a bittersweet and satisfying feeling...
It was an incredible finale. I'm looking forward to going in and doing the raid on normal.
Can't wait for the vidoc of what's to come tomorrow.
I dont play destiny, and even i was moved to tears with that piece. Very impressive. Great content as always meatball
Thank you kindly!
It's not over man .. we are just developing / changing.
It depends on what Bungie wants to do with the franchise, they definitely have set up and still have a lot to go through as we still have Xivu Arath, The Mortal, House of Light, and who knows how many different potential villains, corrupted species, individuals, or disciples across the cosmos that will rise up and try to fill the power vacuum we’ve now created. But that is if they want to continue with destiny 2 or make a destiny 3, or if they just want to wrap up what’s left with small expansions and large seasons and end the story there and move onto their new extraction shooter.
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@@Death_Brigade Im certain they might work on something smaller budget being the shooter for a couple years while they develop creative ideas and build a new engine for D3 I imagine. It takes 7 years for a new big ip and around 5 for an existing so it’s going to be a while either way. I haven’t been involved with D2 for a bit now but is a prequel there only real story or is there more beyond the witness to tell and fight?
@@Bro-dot- I honestly think the right play for a third game is to tell the story of what’s happened before, during, and right after the collapse. We can see the actual collapse and what happened, experience the age of the iron lords, and answer many questions that we’ve had about the story for a while now. Kinda like the Star Wars prequel trilogy for Destiny.
@@Death_Brigade Yes that would be very cool, I’m hoping for something around that time. Would certainly take the right amount of ambition for it to work but I think all destiny players even those like me who can’t play much or quit would look forward to that.
I cried when that D1 music started playing man, and the fact that they didn’t just use the Excerpt From the Hope that we all heard in orbit all those years ago, but the full thing, piano and horns and all (minus the second half with Paul McCartney of course) made me so incredibly happy. I of course started crying as soon as it started, given how many memories are associated with that track, and then the music nerd in me that has consumed every facet of Destiny music was gratified too, grinning and laughing and crying. If I ever hear that music, in orbit, me humming little bits of it, even rewatching someone else react, I’m going to start crying. Absolutely incredible. I’ve been playing since I was 11. I’m almost 21. I’ll never forget this.
The scene sitting down with your Ghost at the end, hit hard. If your playing with friends, your friends will be sitting with you staring at the traveler as well. I had the amazing privilege to sit next to my buddy who started Destiny 1 Beta with me back in 2014. We started our journey together and we ended it together. :)
I never thought I would cry at a destiny dlc but bro deep stone plus the story made me tear up as my adventures with this game and Cayde made it hard to not cry
That song you’re asking about is called “Bow to No One”. It’s from Destiny 1 and reoccurs in some other fantastic pieces like “Queen’s Oracle” from the Forsaken DLC or “Mara’s Theme” from Destiny 1. It’s amazing. And it actually quotes Mara. She once told the Guardian to bow to no one.
The track thar plays during this mission is "Stronger Together" in case anyone wants to listen to it. It indeed has every allied race motif (Cabal, Hive, Awoken, Humanity/Exos, Eliksni) mixed with the Darkness theme and even a small section where a potion of Oryx's motif plays. And the "Guardian" motif at the end is the cherry on top.
This ending hit me deep in the feels. Loved it! Looking forward to the upcoming acts for more battles to face!
Knowing we all share the same love for this game, is so great! Honestly its been most amazing game the last 10 years of my life, growing from 10 to now turning 20. Wouldnt had it any other way!