I checked out some TTK overhauls and strike specific loot was a ttk edition, the exotic faction class items were ttk as well. That expansion was a monster for sure. Also I just want radiance back on warlock, not self rez.
I played D1 literally from the beta to the day D2 released and I swear it is to this day the best gaming experience I have ever had, it just gave me a feeling I can’t describe…so many great memories. I don’t think there will ever be another game that even comes remotely close to it for me, but I honestly hope I’m wrong and there’s another game in the future that gives me that same feeling.
You forgot to talk about the iconic secret black spindle mission that was secretly tucked away into a daily heroic story mission. I absolutely loved the hidden in plain sight stuff they used to do.
And most if not all the LFG people throw you out of the team if you didn't had it because it was the easiest way to fight Golgoroth and the Warpriest :(
D1 nostalgia is unparalleled man. Nothing compares to those first two years of destiny. I fell off of destiny soon after Rise of Iron and never got into D2 as much. It hurt
Agreed. I just started D2 for the first time 6 weeks ago, and I'd say it is overall a positive feeling, but the microtransactions as a new player is insane.
I was OBSESSED with D1. It was almost a lifestyle haha. I remember my favourite memories were gearing up for nightfall with your elemental gear, or spawning into the tower with 7 other players simultaneously when IB started. IB was chaos, thousands of PvE players on just for the power drops. It was a free for all. Running the lamps solo invisible on Crotas end after being useless in VoG as a Hunter main. I had to work in Qatar for 2 weeks and I remember calling my girlfriend and asking her to turn on my PS and directing her to xur just so I didn’t miss the gear. It was some of my most carefree years of my life and now, over 30 and married and with a baby… I wouldn’t change a thing from back then. I will never forget what D1 was.
This is so sweet, thank you for sharing ♡ I'm much younger but even I've come so far since Destiny launched and it's so wild to look back. I couldn't tell you what happened in school those years, but I still remember my first time doing the raids, that ascent up Felwinter Peak, my glory days in the crucible with Lord High Fixer... my heart ACHES
@@kami-._kazi No problem, I enjoy talking about the D1 days. It’s very nostalgic, lol. I have soo many memories from D1 I could talk about it all day. You will always remember the fun. I remember the raids too. Do you remember the hunt for Fatebringer and Vex, the disappointment of the Necrocasm? The raid exclusive drops were awesome too. I had a lord high fixer but a better roll on The Devil You Know. I loved hand cannons in PvP. Then I started using my xurned TLW, two tap on ADS. Did you ever have the pleasure of RNG dropping a Ghorn?
@@gagelindner2438 Yeah, had to use the gun to unlock the perks and then farm materials. Remember ascendant shards for raid weapons? I remember farming the shit out of the strike playlist when I dropped my gally for getting the perks unlocked
I've never been addicted to a game for so many years like I am with Destiny. Sure, I've had my breaks here and there to try out new games but I always keep coming back. I've made some great friends playing this game and I think that's a huge part of it.
I remember years ago, I would shoot a weapon in game and ask my daughter what gun that was, she would yell out, ICE BREAKER !!! hahahaahah. I play this game WAY to much (if that's possible )
Played d1 from beta till d2 dropped. Best gaming memories of my life, the raids with friends made the game for us. Over 200 raid completions beat every raid on hard still have all the armor sets in my vault, the gaming friends down to this day are the same people I had on my raid crew in 2014.
There was a profound sense of mystery and adventure to Destiny 1, and things were so simple. The Light was a mystery, the Darkness was a mystery... everything was unknown and unknowable.
@@Homer890 I got the gally and hawkmoon when the taken king dropped.... Like I just opened up an Instagram after I installed the DLC and boom, But by that point they had been nerfed so it was kind of insulting.
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Have you seen the Cosmodrome farm cave now? [Creepy voice] "a million deaths are not enough for Master Rahoooool" [Crow moment] How many thought as Miisraks and the Light Clan did? So many deaths for a handful of legendary engrams.😞
What I love about Destiny 1 compared to Destiny 2 is the simplicity of it. When I go to Destiny 2, there's always a moment where I have to remember what is what and how to do stuff. When I get into Destiny 1, I just immediately know how to do everything, because it was much more simple in every aspect.
I miss the days of being able to leave the game for more than a month, come back, and still know what’s going on story and gameplay wise, now I don’t know anything past that forsaken dlc because it just became too much, taking over all of my free time when I actually had it.
The end of match rewards was pretty sweet I kinda miss it. This one time, before we ran Crota's End, I needed just a bit of XP to get cluster bombs on my rocket launcher. So, we run a Crucible match I score the highest and Shaxx actually rewards me with a Ghorn itself beautiful really. That's a core memory for me.
That reminds me of getting the last word on my first run through prison of elders on my third character. It was so memorable because weapons in destiny 1 were very difficult to get, but when you got them they were disgustingly good. That is what made it a great game, very very rewarding.
Taken King is one of the most memorable times I have ever had playing any video game. Raiding at 4 in the morning being the runner in the boss room. Best expansion in Destiny history imo. I took a break from D2 for a while and now Destiny 2 is harder for me to get into. It’s just so overwhelming coming back after so long. :(
Yeah man same here I was so obsessed with taken king really was bad haha, but it was so much fun I just starting getting into destiny 2 recently and because I’m no longer finishing up high school feels like I got no time to minutely scratch the surface of d2
Yeah bro makes me remember adding random people in the tower and then raiding with them lol , I was 8 back when my dad got the game and he played it a lot so naturally I got interested and I must say we (me and dad) had a little over 3500 hours on destiny 1 and I feel like it has definitely impacted my life so yeah d1 will always be part of me I guess
I'm late to the party but this video was awesome. So nostalgic! I did want to point out that you didn't mention that when you decoded engrams, to get the highest light level, you had to go to your vault, get crap gear that you didn't like but it had a higher light before you went to decrypt - it was the only way to get the highest light level. Great vid, lots of great memories - I miss the odd, wonderful chaos of D1. Cheers!
I was 10 when D1 came out. I’m 18 now, and it’s been a crazy journey watching the characters and story change and progress. I still miss the No Land Beyond
To me: destiny 1 when I got on Christmas was like an experience I've never felt nor since then, it gave me a feeling of wonder and mystery as I learned from one planet to another, facing different races of enemies and learning what they were capable of. That first year for me was probably the best experience I've had in games when I was still new. Destiny will always have a place in my heart and life, and nothing will change my opinion of it.
It felt special and mysterious... fighting enemy aliens and getting exotic armor. Now it feels like a space laser tag and everything is so bright. The setting is worse in D2
I started as a bubble main & stayed that way. Universal Remote was my only exotic weapon & No Backup Plans for exotic armour. I had max light level before VOG dropped & my LFG group was shocked I ran Universal Remote without dying to Minotaurs. The struggle of learning the raid mechanics, panic, chaos, laughter, & tears as we slogged through it for hours. Still waiting for Universal Remote to comeback in D2. Miss the shotgun that got me through most of D1.
Destiny genuinely changed my life. I have never connected with anything like I did with this game. For YEARS I played virtually every single day with my friends, and continued to do so until destiny 2 came out. We play D2 for about 1.5 years or so before we fell put of love with what the game had become. I still miss those days. Everything was so simple.
There were great memories , the problem with D1 is as the video says ... we tend to forget how boring the downtime was in between the great memories ... D1 had a lot of patches in-between content where it struggled to keep people, especially before Taken King dropped
Yeah It was TGIF every day with destiny on my ps4 especially spending time on a Raid or Strike, I feel bad for the new guys that missed out on sparrow racing
The self-rez warlock was literally how I got Vex Mythoclast out of VoG hard mode in D1. Whole team wiped, including me, but I had my super. Rezzed, unloaded fusion grenades into the Aetheon, and just -barely- got the kill before it ran out, only for it to give me the Mythoclast. Haven't complained about RNG in a video game since
My 2nd vog run ever kinda went like this. I didn't self res but I was Last man alive, unloaded everything I had into atheon, got the kill and saved the raid. One of my best gaming memories ever. I did however save an omnigul nightfall with self res. I miss it.
My first run I remembered everyone being pissed I found a really nice group that ran me thru I was self rez anyway about 5 hrs later we killed boss I ended up getting the Gally and Myth first run ever.. instantly became my favorite game and trust and believe I started carrying and helping people thru that dungeon.
Nothing can compare to the first 3 months of Destiny 1. The first exotics dropping, everyone trying them out and talking about them. My first was Mida multi-tool and it was garbage and then TTK comes around and it becomes my beloved. Reverse with Pocket Infinity, busted in PvP, felt great then TTK comes around and they break it. No one can forget their first raid experiences. VoG, first of its kind and then TTK just a top tier VoG.
This game, defined my childhood. Everything was about destiny for me. I remember the feeling of getting an exotic drop, how pvp was the best part of the game for me. Finally completing a raid and getting some of the best looking gear. The king’s fall weapons and armour were some of my favourite pieces. Man, thanks for flooding all the memories back! It both fills me with joy, and a deep sadness. I wish nothing more than to go back to 2014 and discover this gem all over again.
I remember soloing the nightfalls in the middle of the night because I didn't have friends and how tense it would be because if I died that was it. It really got me exploring the sections to see what I could cheese. I still remember that OG orbit music that started off with those little rumbles and low choir
Same man I only had a few friends who played and they always linked me in with their friends. I did beat one with my icebreaker just sniping everyone 😂
Nostalgia just hit me like a ton of bricks. Destiny 1 was such a blast. A few years ago I was a pretty dedicated player and got pretty good. Destiny 2 is fun, but it just doesn't feel the same.
Man all I gotta say is you just had to be there… the community , the brotherhood , whether it be raids, trials, and nightfalls . That feeling you got when you and your brothers finally defeated the boss after hours of grinding was just something I’ll never forget. Had some of my absolute fondest gaming memories ever on D1. Wraith of the machine was my absolute favorite raid. D1 will forever live in a very special place in my heart
Same. It honestly makes me so sad knowing that that feeling and experience will most likely never return. D1 was the best gaming experience I’ve ever had.
@@deusvultpictures6550 I remember when the taken king launched sun breakers were so broken in crucible. You could survive a snipe to the head and it took multiple shots of golden gun to kill one if you didn’t die right away to a hammer.
D1 was the most amazing experience I had with a online game. Made so many friends, great clans, and so many stories I will never forget. D2 doesn't compare by far.
unfortunately I have to agree... so many good memories even of bullshit 1 trillion hp bosses that one shot you, solar burn valus in a corner, doing ammo runs rotating with friends out of the stairwell, and that was fun... learning new cheese, getting a new exotic, fk... also doing taken king and searching the ship with friends and actually trying to do puzzles.... I could cry
You just written whats in my mind. But it was because it wasn't free to play! Its was a closer family playing it! D1 really holds a sweet place in my heart! And im not a gamer!
Honestly, if we take the eververse out of the equation i think D2 in its current state is an improvement, its just nostalgia making u only remember the best parts of the D1 experience. Only thing that just objectively sucks in D2 compared to D1 is the strike playlist tho. Bungie should do something about that, strikes where THE pve thing to do in D1
The biggest thing you missed was “grapple”. In D1 if you jumped UP to a ledge and you didn’t quite make it, you’d fall to your death (remembering the Tomb Ships in Kings Fall Raid in D1). D2 has that grapple mechanic that pulls you up.
For real! My clan buddy called it "vaulting?" Such an improvement...one of my biggest gripes was the delay from sliding to jump. It took 1/2 to 1 second for it to "reset"
Two things I’ll never miss about D1: 1) having to travel back out to Orbit from everywhere to then go anywhere else and 2) always having to make sure all the highest light level gear was EQUIPPED before decrypting a single engram, making sure whatever you decrypted wasn’t higher light (and therefore would have to be equipped) before decrypting a second engram, and that over and over and over.
Rise of Iron made me feel like part of something bigger. I can't emphasize enough how important that expansion was for me. And now, just recently, Lord Saladin called me Young Wolf again. Feels good man.
@@mxwells216 fr d2 never praises you for shit. Just continuously calling us guardian. Not no Slayer of God's, no Young Wolf, savior of humanity. Almost nothing unless ghost just trying to brag to some jagoff
D1 has a special place in my heart and also the getting the exotic swords quest having to grind for actual hours to get the material to drop so much fun
the thing is, all of these "issues" in D1 really brought the world to life and created a lot of memories. i remember farming the cosmodrone and mars for planetary materials. lot's of fond memories.
I remember getting my first exotic the Red Death in the Prison of elder and was so excited and was in awe. Prison of elder by far was my favorite activity mainly due to how it was fun mowing down enemies and mainly because of Varik's dialogue. It's great walking down memory lane again, so many amazing memories. Thanks Aztecross for the vid.
bro playing D1 first mission at 11 years old, i remember being so scared of the dark and the fallen running around i swear i just looked to the ghost to protect me.
For everyone who didnt play D1 just know that The Taken King was the foundation of D2. Also, Aztec doesnt stress enough how rare exotics were lol legit when a exotic would drop it was breathtaking 😂
I remember exotics could sometimes turn into a legendary and it happened to me one time. I almost broke my hand squeezing that controller lol... Good times.
Are you including the fact that “Aztecross” is mentioned by name in Bungies ginormous lawsuit as a result of the UA-cam takedowns. Congrats on being a part of Destiny history! 😁
@@nicholaspaat7302 Here’s the whole thing broken down by a lawyer. “Cross” comes up around the 37:40 minute mark. It’s rather fascinating. ua-cam.com/video/ZHBqIozJNc4/v-deo.html
@@nicholaspaat7302 They have to, it'll give every single future impersonator a message which is "stop fucking with our community by breaking the law or we'll sue"
This was a fun ride through the past, chock full of nostalgia! I was a hardcore D1 player, had every exotic, something like 95% of all Grimoire cards collected, and played it every day until D2 came out. Fun times, keep up the great work!
i was 11-12 when this game came out, im 20 now and i remember some kid in my class talking about it and that same day i found myself in a gamestop and my life changed. i fell in love with the game but unfortunately i don’t give the game as much love anymore but it will forever be my favorite game
One of my favorite memories of D1 was being a Sherpa. Loved learning every aspect for all the raids and then teaching new players how to do them. It really taught me how to be a more patient human being and I'd like to think that all those blueberries went on to teach others.
Listening to you go through house of wolves was so nostalgic. I played since launch but that DLC was when all my friends came to play too finally. I have so many good memories of just playing the game with friends, we all were playing and we all couldn't stop. And SIDEARMS!
Exactly bro it was the only game like it and it captivated you with everything. The hours and hours spent in raids the desire to play trials on the weekend every weekend. Wait for xur to come on fridays in hopes that he had an exotic you didn’t have and the rng god wouldn’t let you have. Completing the raid on 3 different characters to maximize your drops for exotics. D2ers just don’t get the grind. The vex mythoclast was probably top 5 most sought after gun and you literally couldn’t get it. The game was god tier and the grind made us all fall in love with it.
Thank you for reminding me about the best moments in gaming i ever had,this vid brought tears to my eyes and im just so happy i was there playing D1 with yall,it was truly amazing!!
Appreciate all the work you put into this man..I remember it all....so many good old days. Seems like D1 had a better transition to becoming almost perfect at the end of its life. D2 hasn't had the same traction and progression and it's taking them a minute to change up the game.
Watched this whole video from start to finish with a smirk just reminiscing. Nearly shedding tears thinking of the great times. Thank you for this video.
Thanks for the awesome trip down memory lane! My buddies talked me into getting back into destiny after playing D1 from launch and quit after Taken King. So much has changed, it's basically a new game.
You and I have very different emotional responses to D1 lol. I loved the grinding for great gear and everything. It was a badge of honor wearing something everyone knew it took forever to get. What i hated and made me leave the game until just !yesterday! was the constant change of what mattered and what was important. When light became important, suddenly everything I grinded for wasn't optimal anymore and the level rise to lvl34 let any new player start at level 20! Yea, they bypassed the hours and hours of grind and were exactly the same level as me for just starting the game. The game play was fun but each expansion cost as much as the game itself so full price or you're screwed
I want my crota and king's fall armor. Sickest armor ever. A big gameplay change I've been wanting since vanilla D2 is raid armor that has unique perks that are only from the raids and can be used outside of it unlike current armor. For example, there was the perk that gave you extra recovery on grenade kills (I believe) that was only available on raid chest armor.
We have a similar, if not better, system for raid armor sets. Special mods drop and can be equipped. Some are pretty game changing, like the pervading darkness one for Vow.
@@whisperofthebookworm5341 Again, raid armor sets provide no benefits outside of said raids. D1 armor had special perks for all armor (minus class item) that made them more valuable aside from their looks
This was awesome! I was a Taken Kinderguardian. So many great memories in the crucible with my clan. Especially Iron Banner. I considered that my monthly Xmas. One of the best things D2 brought into the game was the clamber. Remember that mountain you could climb in Rise of Iron's social space? Jumping up that was one of the most frustrating things in that game. Kept bouncing off. Love me some clamber. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Taken Kinderguardian? Thats a new one, I knew those as Taken Tots. Also the glitch in the tower to get on top of the vaults that they kept in cuz everyone loved it lol
I used to play that game mode cuz I sucked at the close up faster paced gameplay. Now it’s the only thing I’m used to. I’d totally be on board for that again
As a D1 House of Wolves player, I would really, really, REALLY appreciate it if Bungo could bring back accessible vehicles in Crucible! Combined Arms was amazing and it really utilized the extent of Guardian armaments
It is too complicated. D1 The Taken King was the highlight of the series. Age of Triumph was the best the series has ever reached. D2 for all it QoL improvements just leaves me cold.
One of the good things that we got from D2 is being able to climb up a ledge instead of just falling to your death if you aren't too careful with your jumps, but yeah, I like D1 more than D2
Bruh this hits home so hard.... The grinds, the feelings of brotherhood when you finally beat a raid, hanging in the tower just chilling with the boys.. I was also one of those guys who got gally during a crucible match. Not gonna lie I almost cried after grinding for months. This needed to be posted, also bring back my dregs promise and dragons breath. I miss my ladies😂👍
Yeah, the brotherhood feeling was a thing. It was a mix of relief and triumph haha. I got my g-horn from a purple engram while farming IB for a felwinters lie with rifled barrel and shot package. Crazy how we remember this stuff isn’t it? You know you did something right when your player base remember exactly how they dropped a gun forever.
Self-Res Sunsinger with Tlaloc. Sunbreakers exotic. Was amazing. Just running around the Dreadnought. Farming Summon items with your fireteam, then challenging in the summon room.
I’ll say it, the strikes and gear in D1 were much more inspired. I miss strike specific loot. I miss dynamic boss fights (two brother cabal fight, pitch black hive fight, etc).
I still remember looking at G-horn Week 2 in Xur's inventory and thinking that I didn't want to "waste" my exotic slot in my loadout on a heavy weapon, and also I thought Wolfpack rounds sounded gimmicky AND there was no indication anywhere that G-horn had tracking as a hidden perk. I bought Truth Week 6 because the aggressive tracking sounded cool to me plus the 3 shell magazine. I spent the next 5 months hitting up every exotic drop chance in both raids on all 3 characters every week until G-horn finally dropped off the Deathsinger. I was actually mad when it finally dropped because I had learned to live without it and didn't like the mentality that it was "required" to get into an lfg group for the Crota's End raid.
Had a similar situation to yours when xur sold ice breaker but i didnt get it because i said i would get it later as a drop (i got it years later in rise of iron SMFH)
@@GothKaida Yeah, I bought Icebreaker Week 5 from Xur and it was the first weapon I bought from him. I was kicking myself for the next few months when Icebreaker kept popping up in his inventory but no Gjallarhorn lol
Amazing you guys remember this stuff! Same ghallahorn story. Icebreaker was my first exotic drop. Before anyone knew how good it was. Didn’t get a mythoclast until a year after launch.
I would love the sun singer to come back, maybe not the revive but I would love the increase in armor, grenade spam and one shot melees on top of granting nearby allies an increase of their grenades when they were nearby. Sun singer was actually quite good without even needing self revive. That super gave me some Goku vibes where I could be like “this isn’t even my final form!”
I loved the neutral game of Sun Singer. Self res was just a last resort. Having double grenades without an exotic, grenades that weaken targets, a melee that gave you over shield. Good times..
@@darkreaverhasham yeah that's exactly what I was going to say. I remember thinking to myself "Sunsinger's neutral game is BROKEN compared to everything else", but everyone was more worried about Bladedancer for some reason lol. It wasn't until the other subclasses got nerfed into the ground that the majority realized "ok yeah this subclass isn't fair at all" lol. I was able to double carry people in trials with little to no effort.
Maybe do something like the self revive is only in pve and in pvp it works more so like once your shield break you get full health back instantly (at the cost of maybe part of your super since it not that op) or if cost your full super you would get the instant health plus an overshield and maybe your weapon auto reloaded ??
NGL , this nostalgic video hit me like a truck ( emotional style) I have lost many friends to death that were part of my fireteam and some to prison which goes to shows that even people who were in a weird state in their lives can be rockin this game aswell. I am now 23 almost 10 years later with tears in my eyes writing this, truly shows how videogames can be magical and a bliss ❤
The thing i miss the most about destiny 1 was the mystery of discovery. Now we know every exotic weapon/armor piece before the DLC even drops. People really underestimate the value of discovery which would spark conversations of "look what i got" Data mining, 3rd party API apps that allow people to peak behind the curtain has ruined a lot of the mystery and people don't even realize it. Now it's expected to see every bit of content that is coming with said DLC. that's what i miss the most.
This is true and what is making Elden Ring so successful right now is the joy of exploring and finding new things. Would love to see this back in destiny again!
It's also hard to keep the mystery many years later. But also if I didn't touch the internet and had played all of witch queen including the raid I would be in constant shock. Hell if the trailers never showed the hive guardians we all would have lost our shit lmaooo
100% agree Discovery and going in blind is a lost virtue it seems, no doubt because D2 moved to PC I'm actually trending in my life to know less about stuff before media content comes out, like games or movies or shows, but it's just enjoyable to be led by the story/hints rather than guessing how to shortcut everything
@@eclipsedigi that’s one thing I disliked the most, showing us everything the expansion would include before it was out. They said in a vidoc “crushing a ghost is going to be this, are we doing the right thing and shock feeling” but since I literally just saw it happen over a week before we even play there’s no shock to be had.
In 2014 I saw a friend playing D1, never thought I'd fall in love with D2 at the time. What a trip down memory lane it could have been, even then I'm still glad I get to be a part of this world in D2 !
Gotta say, you opened my eyes on D1. I didn't have a clue what the original game was like. Thanks for taking the time to make this. It was a definite eye opener.
Holy god man this video brought back SO many “that couldn’t have been almost 6 years ago” moments. Fantastic video my guy, love shit like this. If you’re looking for recommendations, dive deeper into the beginning of trials! Those flawless vigil ornaments were, still, my #1 favorite armor ever.
I remember Sunsingers being a requirement in some Crota's End comps because of the bridge cheese. For those who never got to experience this cheese: Once you had a part of the bridge built you would send a hunter with triple jump and the sword across the gap and kill the ogres on the other side. Once the ogres were down and the pylons on the other side were charged everyone including the hunter would jump into the pit killing themselves, but if you had a sunsinger warlock with supercharge if they self-rezzed at just the right moment right before the game would kick you to a menu the bridge would be built and the warlock would run around rezzing everyone allowing you to proceed to Deathsinger. You would do this method because it was way quicker than doing the encounter how it was designed. It was also one of the only ways I found groups despite not having the Ballerhorn because I would play Sunsinger.
My mate got me into D1 right as rise of iron came out, I didn’t get to play the earlier stuff like it was back in the day but knowing how it evolved I’m glad I came in when I did, still a semi active player in D1, tried D2 when I came out and never really went back, D1 to the death for me
I love these "look back" videos as a player who wasn't around for D1. Please do more of these type of comparison videos so newer players can see more of the gameplay history of D1
Also if youre a crucible player you should check out 1v1s and 1v3s amd sweaty trials matches. They really encapsulate the energy d1 crucible had which was so different from d2. It felt so much more raw and had more energy, the weapon, map, and armor designs. The whole aesthetic in general was much more original and authentic and the color use and lighting was just in general much more well designed and implimented, even with the lower resolution and frame rate. I think those last two things actually added to the purely visual aesthetic, enhancing its innate lofi aesthetic from the more matte dark orange/green/blue color palette contrasted with bright, vibrant, colorful neon lighting in a really dramatic style that really made use of shadows much more effectively and dramatically. Theyd move away from that aesthetic in new content they added in rise of iron but a huge part of the game still had it in spades. I think comparing the classic shaders from d1 like glowhoo and stuff with the more clean, refined, meticulously painted shaders from d2 perfectly encapsulates the subtly dramatic shift in overall aesthetic, excuse the oxymoron. Like you barely notice it at first, but the more you think about it the more you realize it completely changes the atmosphere of the game and bleeds into how they changed subtle things about their entire approach to mechanic balancing and map/level design for a more streamlined, clean cut, carefully crafted and curated experience, with less of an emphasis on atmosphere and more of an emphasis on the more tangible content. Similar to how they ditched their more distinct lofi style with unique color use and dramatic lighting techniques in (my personal opinion) a misguided attempt to shift the focus entirely on the much more intricate, detailed, much higher resolution character models that they were capable of creating with the next gen modeling software they used to make d2 with. It seems like their new approach viewed their original heavily stylized lofi sci fi aesthetic as fat to trim to make the game more concise and less polarizing in all areas. Which i suppose i hear the pitch for, but i think they just cut way too much of the original personality destiny had away that they dont even come close to recapturing with the much more mechanically and sculpturally intricate achievements they were able to accomplish with more advanced software.
@@Alex-kc7tp dude what? Bro I get you like d1 but d2 is more fluid, more movment. D2 is cleaner and well more sweaty when it comes to PvP. More so w the fact the medals are also assist based as well. Destiny 1 crucible was just as bad as d2, nolstagia is one hell of a drug. Also what with the color saturation comment? Dark colors are depressing. And it’s used to hide details.
A few things I miss from D1: -Three of Coins and Ultraknight Exotic farming -OG Vex Mythoclast -Khovostov 7G-0X Exotic -Zhalo Supercell -Red Death Pulse Rifle (no offense to Crimson, but I love Red Death) -Devil's Dawn sniper -Darkblade Helm (would like to see a Lightblade Helm in The Witch Queen) -Atheon cheese with Solar Warlocks
We complained about content droughts but we were more patient then and still played it. If there isn’t new content within a few months in Destiny 2 people start crying and throwing fits. My theory is it’s because there isn’t the same grind from D1 where you pretty much always had something to do or grind for. It’s all streamlined and much easier. Takes a lot of the thrill out of getting new items you were grinding for forever to get. Whether D2 is a better or worse game for that is really a matter of preference.
agreed, the hunt for a god roll eyasluna in d1 was rough. and that was just one of many weapons to try to get. everything needed more grind but it made it feel worth it. in d2 you can grind and get things so easily that the most end game part of the game is armor stats
I loved content droughts because it gave people time to play all the content on there own terms and not feel left behind, plus you could take a break and play another game for awhile and not feel left out and you weren't constantly playing catch up. Plus it made the big expansions feel so much more impactful and inspired me to grind again. On D2 if i take a two month break i've missed out on a season pretty much, ingame story, random limited time modes, etc. It feels so forced in Destiny 2 that the story just doesn't hit the same at all. Part of the charm of D1 was its simplicity. Plus having to pay money for a fucking season every few months is a scam and its so frustrating that its lead to me despising what once was easily my favorite game series of all time.
" i lost my fiance at the time, but i got to level my last word, but it was worth it" -aztecross lmao I also really miss self res lol it was super dope.
Destiny 1 to me was hanging out with friends non stop :) The day I started Destiny 2 I brought my Destiny 1 charracter looks. The were there allready! Started 2 at Beta. I had a long break , and came back when I heard Cayde-6 comes back! He still stands next to my tv as a statue.
One thing i miss was the super rare things outside of emblems. Now the only rare things are maybe raid exotics and emblems but you can buy the emblems but in d1 getting certain exotics was rare and ships and shaders it gave something you can flex or something to be proud of but theres nothing like that in d2.
Wow. What a trip remembering all this stuff that we lived through day by day. I have only just got back into Destiny 2 after a few years away. I’m just doing free to play right now but I’m thinking about buying this new Witch expansion and maybe a battle pass. Can anyone recommend it? I’ve been playing Apex lately and I miss the more chill PVE style that Destiny provides.
as someone who hadn't actively played D2 since the first week or 2 after Beyond Light, I cannot overstate how hard Witch Queen pulled me back in. I'm sitting just shy of 1580 Light Level right now, and I started back at 1350. The story is fantastic and answers a lot of questions without feeling expository. Weapon crafting is dope, and the new destination is hella fun, with tons of little secrets just like TTK. I've never seen more people in the Tower or on destinations in months. I can't imagine it would be hard for you to find a clan for raiding and stuff too.
Man do I miss booting up my 360 to play some D1 after school. There was just something special about that game and it’s environment, and you can’t forget how much better the D1 community was.
In the height of people feeling left out because they didn't have a certain weapon for groups, me and buddy of mine would only run new people or people without those certain weapons through nightfalls and raids. It was an amazing time hearing how excited and how thankful they were for actually helping out and getting them there first raid or nightfall completion!
This brought back the feels for D1. But a solid reminder of the content droughts. That was brutal. I really feel like D2 is finally where it should have been when it first released. It now feels like a true continuation from D1.
To me there never was content droughts there was time for crucible or to play other games for a bit d2 feels much worse with its seasons they feel hollow and shallow and they drip feed to make it seem like there is more to them. Also dont like the stuff getting removed still you can't take a break and come back you skip a year u just miss out encouraging people to just never come back
Great memories, but also great amount of memories we "choose" to not remember ... like loading into the same strike so many times you remember the dang voice lines and it becomes a meme
The droughts were great because you could grind the game then take a break and still feel like when a new expansion is coming out you arent playing catch up. D2 is so painful to play because if you arent consistently playing it even a two month break means youre playing catch up. Plus with how leveling works in D2 now you cant take a break and comeback and play trials or endgame content because the other players are scaled higher and its overall just a frustrating experience. D2 genuinely is a decent game, but its not destiny anymore, it is a mere shell of what it once was. Exotics are so constant they feel dull and there isn't any hype to getting them. The crucible is unfixable because you cant balance 4 subclasses on each class, hundreds of weapons where even some blues are better than exotics at times, so many different abilities that it feels like overwatch half the time etc. The raids are still good and fun but honestly the one that really set the best atmosphere and felt like a D1 raid was the very first one on the world eater ship. The other ones have felt kind of bleak and like copies of D1 raids with their style. I dont have a problem or hatred for D2 but in my opinion they went overboard with it, the simplicity of destiny 1 and how unique it felt is what made it special. Not the exotics, not the over abundance of content. But the good content that took time and the love for the game and community. All which feel very distant in D2. (plus season passes are a fkn scam and a joke, dont even get me started on those)
i remember one of my friends had the exotic helmet for the hunter that gave you an extra golden gun shot and was so blown away when i first saw a exotic for the first time and fell in love with the game even more
I miss the early grind for specific weapon perks that were random. Shot package & hammer forged shotties were so hard to come by but so rewarding. Great job on the video!
Cool name. I can’t relate to calling your kid after what you’re a fan of. I called my daughter Victoria after a character called Victra from the Red Rising book series. I call her Victra for short.
D1 in the age of triumph was destiny at its peak. There were definitely huge lows but some epic highs. I loved obviously strike specific loot. Then weekly raids rotating with adept versions of weapons and better armor.
I think the good thing about Age of Triumph was that the difficulty of all old content was brought up to post-RoI levels. Bungie would never do that same thing now because they want you to play the new content over the old content, but imagine.. Every PvE activity has a normal mode @ DLC level, a hard mode @ DLC level, and then a seasonal level that increases each and every DLC as light level goes up Kinda like Master mode, but for everything in the game. Imaginr
@@dtps_champion6016 How is Destiny at its peak now when the strike playlist is dead, Gambit is dead and PvP has had no new updates for 900 days. You need to watch SkillUp’s review / breakdown before making statements like that. The Witch Queen is good, but a lot of the core activities haven’t been updated since forsaken…
@@billynahar9861 I've seen his review. Hopefully the following criteria are enough for me to have a fucking opinion on the game: I cleared the raid on day one, went flawless every weekend so far this xpac, and I'm a gilded conqueror.I can agree that gambit does kind of suck, but it's one game mode so I don't care very much. I'm level 289 on the season pass, so I can say I've played a little Witch Queen. One thing I find interesting is that Skill up says he wants matchmaking for master wellspring but doesn't use champ mods in the vod he used for his opinion piece. He literally defeated his own point in the video. Last but not least don't tell me what kind of statements I can make. I can put my opinion out there just the same as anyone else, and I just did.
I still go back and play every now and again. Rise of Iron/AoT was my favorite time for D1 but, I remember awaiting the april update and the taken armor/ship/sword. I remember farming on Venus during Y1 just trying to get as raid ready as possible. I had such a blast in Destiny 1 and I'm glad that even when I don't want to play D2 that I still stay invested in the universe through the lore and youtube.
I just remember doing my very first nightfall solo run against phogoth with increased void damage. It took me so long to beat it, but it was the best feeling ever. I really miss this game
I joined the game in December 2014. Back then I got called a Dark Below Christmas noob. Look what time made me now you fools, a veteran! Destiny 1, forever in my heart.
The destiny 1 leveling system felt so rewarding and the amount of time and work put into it made all the drops so exciting. I’ve never felt the same way about d2
@@ExtraordinaryFate you are right, they have been doing better in that regard. But there are still many things Destiny 1 did better than Destiny 2 that could be implemented into the game.
*also, we didn’t have MANTLE in d1!!!*
Me watching this ready for the April fool's joke...
I checked out some TTK overhauls and strike specific loot was a ttk edition, the exotic faction class items were ttk as well. That expansion was a monster for sure. Also I just want radiance back on warlock, not self rez.
This right here ^
you lost your job and fiancee?
You have a wife rn right?
Yeah slammed body/face against too many ledges
You know you're a Destiny One vet when at one point during a mission you think "I really wish I had a heavy ammo synth right now!"
Fr bro
Always crossing my mind in D2. Lol
Dude I just said this the other day doing a dungeon 😂
ONG!!!!
The synths saved my ass too many times
I played D1 literally from the beta to the day D2 released and I swear it is to this day the best gaming experience I have ever had, it just gave me a feeling I can’t describe…so many great memories. I don’t think there will ever be another game that even comes remotely close to it for me, but I honestly hope I’m wrong and there’s another game in the future that gives me that same feeling.
d1 beta vet here too
That’s what halo three felt like to halo fans
@@ectomorph_7 so true 🥲
Yep and I haven’t touched D2 in months. It’s just… old now
Same here. I miss d1 so much
You forgot to talk about the iconic secret black spindle mission that was secretly tucked away into a daily heroic story mission.
I absolutely loved the hidden in plain sight stuff they used to do.
And most if not all the LFG people throw you out of the team if you didn't had it because it was the easiest way to fight Golgoroth and the Warpriest :(
Ah, and when you didn't have Raze-Lighter or Dark-Drinker with a ward of dawn to speedrun the boss... Yeah, things haven't changed a bit hasn't it?
d1 was mint such a good game
Because the black spindle wasnt a thing for years to come. The black hammer was the OG sniper.
@@cyanessence420 wdym years? It was literally only one year or less, it came with the release of The Taken King.
D1 nostalgia is unparalleled man. Nothing compares to those first two years of destiny. I fell off of destiny soon after Rise of Iron and never got into D2 as much. It hurt
Agreed. I just started D2 for the first time 6 weeks ago, and I'd say it is overall a positive feeling, but the microtransactions as a new player is insane.
Rise of Iron wasn’t that bad tho.
@@user-wp5z3x4r8t never said it was bad, just that I fell off of the game after that specific dlc.
@@adrien3697 I see what you mean, my bad.
I feel the exact same! Never even bought D2 (due to more responsibilies)
Some of my best gaming memories came from playing destiny 1. Will have a place in my heart for that game always
Agreed
Same
Same bro. Next level experience that I'll never forget
I was OBSESSED with D1. It was almost a lifestyle haha. I remember my favourite memories were gearing up for nightfall with your elemental gear, or spawning into the tower with 7 other players simultaneously when IB started. IB was chaos, thousands of PvE players on just for the power drops. It was a free for all. Running the lamps solo invisible on Crotas end after being useless in VoG as a Hunter main.
I had to work in Qatar for 2 weeks and I remember calling my girlfriend and asking her to turn on my PS and directing her to xur just so I didn’t miss the gear. It was some of my most carefree years of my life and now, over 30 and married and with a baby… I wouldn’t change a thing from back then. I will never forget what D1 was.
This is so sweet, thank you for sharing ♡ I'm much younger but even I've come so far since Destiny launched and it's so wild to look back. I couldn't tell you what happened in school those years, but I still remember my first time doing the raids, that ascent up Felwinter Peak, my glory days in the crucible with Lord High Fixer... my heart ACHES
I remember the original house of glass using Mida multitool and spamming nova bombs. Remember unlocking perks on weapons
@@kami-._kazi No problem, I enjoy talking about the D1 days. It’s very nostalgic, lol. I have soo many memories from D1 I could talk about it all day. You will always remember the fun.
I remember the raids too. Do you remember the hunt for Fatebringer and Vex, the disappointment of the Necrocasm? The raid exclusive drops were awesome too. I had a lord high fixer but a better roll on The Devil You Know. I loved hand cannons in PvP. Then I started using my xurned TLW, two tap on ADS. Did you ever have the pleasure of RNG dropping a Ghorn?
@@gagelindner2438 Yeah, had to use the gun to unlock the perks and then farm materials. Remember ascendant shards for raid weapons? I remember farming the shit out of the strike playlist when I dropped my gally for getting the perks unlocked
Yessss I did the same thing but with my little brother LOL
I've never been addicted to a game for so many years like I am with Destiny. Sure, I've had my breaks here and there to try out new games but I always keep coming back. I've made some great friends playing this game and I think that's a huge part of it.
I remember years ago, I would shoot a weapon in game and ask my daughter what gun that was, she would yell out, ICE BREAKER !!! hahahaahah. I play this game WAY to much (if that's possible )
Same dude, it’s incredible how long this game has been in my life.
Facts destiny is just different man. I don’t know what it is, but it’s different.
i LOVE Destiny...always enjoy playing the 3 person Strikes. Destiny and Borderlands are my fav games ever
Same
Played d1 from beta till d2 dropped. Best gaming memories of my life, the raids with friends made the game for us. Over 200 raid completions beat every raid on hard still have all the armor sets in my vault, the gaming friends down to this day are the same people I had on my raid crew in 2014.
Lol that’s the dream
There was a profound sense of mystery and adventure to Destiny 1, and things were so simple. The Light was a mystery, the Darkness was a mystery... everything was unknown and unknowable.
And it was much more fun, these half-ass scripted story lines, with so many things not said, much more than what was said, so mystic and mysterious.
The traveler is evil!!!
@@macroscalequantumsys reason why I stopped was because the first 2 expansions were underwhelming
This dude is Toland reincarnated lmao
Everything was unknown because you had to go online to read the lore.
Day 1 was something you really just had to be there for. It was an incredible experience.
I feel that...
I was there, still have the day one gear and banners,
yup
Played the alpha, closed beta, open beta, launch day and through all DLC’s never got a gjally or a vex mythoclast 😂
@@Homer890 I got the gally and hawkmoon when the taken king dropped.... Like I just opened up an Instagram after I installed the DLC and boom, But by that point they had been nerfed so it was kind of insulting.
Guys, HERE is The Savior
HalleluYAH translates “Praise ye YaH”
YaH is The Heavenly Father
YaH arrives via the TENT OF MEETING
YaH was Who they Crucified for our sins
** NO FEMALE INVOLVED WHATSOEVER **
- Hebrew Book of Isaiah
Isaiah 42:8
"I am YaH; that is my Name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols.
Isaiah 43:11
I, I am YAH, and there is no other Savior but Me.
Isaiah 45:5
I am YaH, and there is none else.
Bro the PTSD that master Rahool gave me when I turned in a legendary engram and got a blue from it… crazy how far we’ve come as guardians!
brings an old poem written by Rahool to mind;
roses are red,
your item was blue,
your engram was purple,
sucks to be you.
Have you seen the Cosmodrome farm cave now? [Creepy voice] "a million deaths are not enough for Master Rahoooool"
[Crow moment] How many thought as Miisraks and the Light Clan did? So many deaths for a handful of legendary engrams.😞
[Inner Cayde] Well, most of them would've far more likely eaten the Light Clan because the House of Devils were jerks even amongst the Eliksni.
What I love about Destiny 1 compared to Destiny 2 is the simplicity of it. When I go to Destiny 2, there's always a moment where I have to remember what is what and how to do stuff. When I get into Destiny 1, I just immediately know how to do everything, because it was much more simple in every aspect.
Agreed 👍
I miss the days of being able to leave the game for more than a month, come back, and still know what’s going on story and gameplay wise, now I don’t know anything past that forsaken dlc because it just became too much, taking over all of my free time when I actually had it.
The end of match rewards was pretty sweet I kinda miss it.
This one time, before we ran Crota's End, I needed just a bit of XP to get cluster bombs on my rocket launcher. So, we run a Crucible match I score the highest and Shaxx actually rewards me with a Ghorn itself beautiful really. That's a core memory for me.
Man I remember getting my Ghorn and immediately popping 200+ Motes to level that thing up.
That reminds me of getting the last word on my first run through prison of elders on my third character. It was so memorable because weapons in destiny 1 were very difficult to get, but when you got them they were disgustingly good. That is what made it a great game, very very rewarding.
U would have had to upgrade it tho to make it useful😭😭😭😭😭
@@shierfuzzball6956 the same thing happened to me on my first ever prison of elders!
That is awesome 👍
Taken King is one of the most memorable times I have ever had playing any video game. Raiding at 4 in the morning being the runner in the boss room. Best expansion in Destiny history imo. I took a break from D2 for a while and now Destiny 2 is harder for me to get into. It’s just so overwhelming coming back after so long. :(
Fr
Yeah man same here I was so obsessed with taken king really was bad haha, but it was so much fun I just starting getting into destiny 2 recently and because I’m no longer finishing up high school feels like I got no time to minutely scratch the surface of d2
Same here, D1 raids were some of the best times I spent online with friends. Trying to get back into it today and Idk wtf I’m doing.
Perhaps it’s time to move on
Come back my guy. I will personally walk you thru if you need. We are at that point where we get almost taken king level content all the time.
I’m forever trying to wrap my head around how all this happened 7 years ago, makes you think about the friend you used to have.
Yeah bro makes me remember adding random people in the tower and then raiding with them lol , I was 8 back when my dad got the game and he played it a lot so naturally I got interested and I must say we (me and dad) had a little over 3500 hours on destiny 1 and I feel like it has definitely impacted my life so yeah d1 will always be part of me I guess
@@daluke27 8 when d1 came out? GAH damn ur young.
@@sumswaggaming yeah bro but I’m almost 18 now (15) so that’s nice
@@daluke27 Bruh you can’t say you’re almost 18 when you’re 15😂😂
@@Max-bt6ri bro 3 years is relatively short
I'm late to the party but this video was awesome. So nostalgic! I did want to point out that you didn't mention that when you decoded engrams, to get the highest light level, you had to go to your vault, get crap gear that you didn't like but it had a higher light before you went to decrypt - it was the only way to get the highest light level. Great vid, lots of great memories - I miss the odd, wonderful chaos of D1. Cheers!
I was 10 when D1 came out. I’m 18 now, and it’s been a crazy journey watching the characters and story change and progress. I still miss the No Land Beyond
You cannot be telling the truth. No one wants the No Land Beyond back LMAO
@@winkpoke1576 you’d be surprised, I meet a lot of people that want it back lol
@@winkpoke1576 ur bugging. No land beyond was fire, especially with the double shot glitch
I remember when I actually got good with NLB. I just kept using it until it was nerfed 🥲
What story?
To me: destiny 1 when I got on Christmas was like an experience I've never felt nor since then, it gave me a feeling of wonder and mystery as I learned from one planet to another, facing different races of enemies and learning what they were capable of. That first year for me was probably the best experience I've had in games when I was still new. Destiny will always have a place in my heart and life, and nothing will change my opinion of it.
It felt special and mysterious... fighting enemy aliens and getting exotic armor. Now it feels like a space laser tag and everything is so bright. The setting is worse in D2
Same man. One of the first games I played on my new ps4.
Perfectly said💯
Christmas noobs… jkjk
Kind of like getting the Red Ryder BB gun!
There really is no feeling like hearing that “eyes up guardian” ❤️
Same as there is no feeling like hearing the OG Dinklebot
I miss dinkle bot ;-;
I started as a bubble main & stayed that way. Universal Remote was my only exotic weapon & No Backup Plans for exotic armour. I had max light level before VOG dropped & my LFG group was shocked I ran Universal Remote without dying to Minotaurs. The struggle of learning the raid mechanics, panic, chaos, laughter, & tears as we slogged through it for hours.
Still waiting for Universal Remote to comeback in D2. Miss the shotgun that got me through most of D1.
Destiny genuinely changed my life. I have never connected with anything like I did with this game. For YEARS I played virtually every single day with my friends, and continued to do so until destiny 2 came out. We play D2 for about 1.5 years or so before we fell put of love with what the game had become. I still miss those days. Everything was so simple.
There were great memories , the problem with D1 is as the video says ... we tend to forget how boring the downtime was in between the great memories ... D1 had a lot of patches in-between content where it struggled to keep people, especially before Taken King dropped
D2 never had the same soul d1 did, the artstyle started leaning way too hard into high fantasy
We still play D1 raids. They are so much more fun.
Nothing would beat the feeling of waking up on Friday before going to school and finding xur and being Able to tell everyone what he was selling.
Literally did the same thing, it was like a mini Christmas morning every Friday lol
Yeah It was TGIF every day with destiny on my ps4 especially spending time on a Raid or Strike, I feel bad for the new guys that missed out on sparrow racing
@@jakeblack5533omg I just remembered that. That stuff was sick but it only came around like a couple of times
The self-rez warlock was literally how I got Vex Mythoclast out of VoG hard mode in D1. Whole team wiped, including me, but I had my super. Rezzed, unloaded fusion grenades into the Aetheon, and just -barely- got the kill before it ran out, only for it to give me the Mythoclast. Haven't complained about RNG in a video game since
This is the reason people love self-res. I also saved a vog run with a self Rez lol
Probably felt fucking legendary 1v1ing atheon for vex
My 2nd vog run ever kinda went like this. I didn't self res but I was Last man alive, unloaded everything I had into atheon, got the kill and saved the raid. One of my best gaming memories ever. I did however save an omnigul nightfall with self res. I miss it.
In the word of shaxx: “FIGHT FOREVER GUARDIAN!”
My first run I remembered everyone being pissed I found a really nice group that ran me thru I was self rez anyway about 5 hrs later we killed boss I ended up getting the Gally and Myth first run ever.. instantly became my favorite game and trust and believe I started carrying and helping people thru that dungeon.
Nothing can compare to the first 3 months of Destiny 1. The first exotics dropping, everyone trying them out and talking about them. My first was Mida multi-tool and it was garbage and then TTK comes around and it becomes my beloved. Reverse with Pocket Infinity, busted in PvP, felt great then TTK comes around and they break it. No one can forget their first raid experiences. VoG, first of its kind and then TTK just a top tier VoG.
My first exotic was the mythoclast😢
@@edivh_stories7287 They murdered that exotic real quick due to PVP.
Mida multi tool + radiant dance machine and max mobility was my strafing load out. I miss it so much
@@HeyNavi Radiance Dance Machines were for Hunters right? I only ever played Warlock.
Thunderlord for me
Don’t you all just love how cross Narrates , it feeds in to my destiny addiction
Yep, his narration is one of the reasons I like him so much
His voice is now just how I narrate stuff in my head
This game, defined my childhood. Everything was about destiny for me. I remember the feeling of getting an exotic drop, how pvp was the best part of the game for me. Finally completing a raid and getting some of the best looking gear. The king’s fall weapons and armour were some of my favourite pieces. Man, thanks for flooding all the memories back! It both fills me with joy, and a deep sadness. I wish nothing more than to go back to 2014 and discover this gem all over again.
I remember I screamed so loud when I beat wrath of the machine
Games not even a decade old. And it defined your childhood? Were you still in nappies?
I remember soloing the nightfalls in the middle of the night because I didn't have friends and how tense it would be because if I died that was it. It really got me exploring the sections to see what I could cheese. I still remember that OG orbit music that started off with those little rumbles and low choir
Same man I only had a few friends who played and they always linked me in with their friends. I did beat one with my icebreaker just sniping everyone 😂
God the nostalgia from this video is just insane!! Thanks for making this and refreshing my memory on things that i miss.
Nostalgia just hit me like a ton of bricks. Destiny 1 was such a blast. A few years ago I was a pretty dedicated player and got pretty good. Destiny 2 is fun, but it just doesn't feel the same.
yea no dip, destiny year 1 will always be the best ever, the whole game was fuking bad shit magical
@@platinumpineapple9943 that's one way of putting it
@@platinumpineapple9943 100%, best time of ma life
Man all I gotta say is you just had to be there… the community , the brotherhood , whether it be raids, trials, and nightfalls . That feeling you got when you and your brothers finally defeated the boss after hours of grinding was just something I’ll never forget. Had some of my absolute fondest gaming memories ever on D1. Wraith of the machine was my absolute favorite raid. D1 will forever live in a very special place in my heart
Same. It honestly makes me so sad knowing that that feeling and experience will most likely never return. D1 was the best gaming experience I’ve ever had.
Honestly man. I remember being the only fireteam in the tower with the Crota hard mode shader the day the raid came out… Best feeling ever
Same dude, I still have 100 unopened exotic engrams sitting in the vault :(
Yeah, D2 doesn't hold a candle to D1. I still remember how amazing I felt when I beat Skolas in June 2015
@@deusvultpictures6550 I remember when the taken king launched sun breakers were so broken in crucible. You could survive a snipe to the head and it took multiple shots of golden gun to kill one if you didn’t die right away to a hammer.
D1 was the most amazing experience I had with a online game. Made so many friends, great clans, and so many stories I will never forget. D2 doesn't compare by far.
unfortunately I have to agree... so many good memories even of bullshit 1 trillion hp bosses that one shot you, solar burn valus in a corner, doing ammo runs rotating with friends out of the stairwell, and that was fun... learning new cheese, getting a new exotic, fk...
also doing taken king and searching the ship with friends and actually trying to do puzzles.... I could cry
Vog + crota + Oryx 🐐
You just written whats in my mind. But it was because it wasn't free to play! Its was a closer family playing it! D1 really holds a sweet place in my heart! And im not a gamer!
Totally agree. I haven't played D2 in years. You couldn't pull me off Destiny one. I'd spend all week grinding raids and hitting trials.
Honestly, if we take the eververse out of the equation i think D2 in its current state is an improvement, its just nostalgia making u only remember the best parts of the D1 experience.
Only thing that just objectively sucks in D2 compared to D1 is the strike playlist tho. Bungie should do something about that, strikes where THE pve thing to do in D1
The biggest thing you missed was “grapple”. In D1 if you jumped UP to a ledge and you didn’t quite make it, you’d fall to your death (remembering the Tomb Ships in Kings Fall Raid in D1). D2 has that grapple mechanic that pulls you up.
For real! My clan buddy called it "vaulting?" Such an improvement...one of my biggest gripes was the delay from sliding to jump. It took 1/2 to 1 second for it to "reset"
The word y’all are looking for that Bungo uses is Mantle fyi
Just so you know its called "clamber" or more recently "mantle"
@@ptero93 appreciate the comment, but the comment before yours is the same info
Two things I’ll never miss about D1: 1) having to travel back out to Orbit from everywhere to then go anywhere else and 2) always having to make sure all the highest light level gear was EQUIPPED before decrypting a single engram, making sure whatever you decrypted wasn’t higher light (and therefore would have to be equipped) before decrypting a second engram, and that over and over and over.
uh, nothing about exotic engrams decrypting into legrndaries or blues? or legendary engrams decrypting into blues or greens?
Rise of Iron made me feel like part of something bigger. I can't emphasize enough how important that expansion was for me. And now, just recently, Lord Saladin called me Young Wolf again. Feels good man.
Yo remember his wolf? He had a big ass dire wolf next to him at felwinters peak
Something D2 has never made me feel....EVER! D1's story writing was spot on
@@mxwells216 fr d2 never praises you for shit. Just continuously calling us guardian. Not no Slayer of God's, no Young Wolf, savior of humanity. Almost nothing unless ghost just trying to brag to some jagoff
The armor was awesome. Remember climbing the mountain lol
Rise of Iron was my favourite expansion in all of Destiny’s history.
Gotta love how despite the armor customization being more limited in Destiny 1, the characters looked SOOOOO much better than they do in Destiny 2
Clown
@@Spider-ew2gc he’s not wrong
@@TheSinatra Yeah he is. You can transmog literally anything…
@@MetroidPurples subjective opinion
@@TheSinatra Its not subjective. You have all the armor in Destiny 2 to mix and and match to whatever you want minus the exotics.
D1 has a special place in my heart and also the getting the exotic swords quest having to grind for actual hours to get the material to drop so much fun
the thing is, all of these "issues" in D1 really brought the world to life and created a lot of memories. i remember farming the cosmodrone and mars for planetary materials. lot's of fond memories.
I remember getting my first exotic the Red Death in the Prison of elder and was so excited and was in awe. Prison of elder by far was my favorite activity mainly due to how it was fun mowing down enemies and mainly because of Varik's dialogue. It's great walking down memory lane again, so many amazing memories. Thanks Aztecross for the vid.
Man I miss Red Death. Crimson, no you don’t count! 😂
First exotic was ghorn out of a world drop, wasn't really online back then so I didn't even know what it was lol
There wad a line in d1 where Vericks is like "capture him" and ghost is like " capture?" What happend to kill them back" I laughed for a week.
SYLOK, THE DEFILED
I’d pay 100 dollars to remove gambit and replace it with PoE
bro playing D1 first mission at 11 years old, i remember being so scared of the dark and the fallen running around i swear i just looked to the ghost to protect me.
For everyone who didnt play D1 just know that The Taken King was the foundation of D2.
Also, Aztec doesnt stress enough how rare exotics were lol legit when a exotic would drop it was breathtaking 😂
I remember when Ghorn dropped for me and not for my friend. That feeling I'll never forget.
And just as rare was seeing the once in a blue moon Legendary drop from a random ad
I began playing recently and I play with a Destiny vet. Very often he brings up how bad the drops were.
I remember exotics could sometimes turn into a legendary and it happened to me one time. I almost broke my hand squeezing that controller lol... Good times.
Are you including the fact that “Aztecross” is mentioned by name in Bungies ginormous lawsuit as a result of the UA-cam takedowns. Congrats on being a part of Destiny history! 😁
AztecRoss*
Are they actually taking full legal action on the impersonator? I thought they were opting to keep the whole issue quiet?
@@nicholaspaat7302 Here’s the whole thing broken down by a lawyer. “Cross” comes up around the 37:40 minute mark. It’s rather fascinating. ua-cam.com/video/ZHBqIozJNc4/v-deo.html
@@nicholaspaat7302 They have to, it'll give every single future impersonator a message which is "stop fucking with our community by breaking the law or we'll sue"
This was a fun ride through the past, chock full of nostalgia! I was a hardcore D1 player, had every exotic, something like 95% of all Grimoire cards collected, and played it every day until D2 came out. Fun times, keep up the great work!
i was 11-12 when this game came out, im 20 now and i remember some kid in my class talking about it and that same day i found myself in a gamestop and my life changed. i fell in love with the game but unfortunately i don’t give the game as much love anymore but it will forever be my favorite game
One of my favorite memories of D1 was being a Sherpa. Loved learning every aspect for all the raids and then teaching new players how to do them. It really taught me how to be a more patient human being and I'd like to think that all those blueberries went on to teach others.
Listening to you go through house of wolves was so nostalgic. I played since launch but that DLC was when all my friends came to play too finally. I have so many good memories of just playing the game with friends, we all were playing and we all couldn't stop. And SIDEARMS!
The og loot cave was so great. Shootimg into a cave for hours at a time and waiting for purples to drop. The most fun in a game possible
This has so much nostalgia… I miss that mysteriousness that it had back then
Exactly bro it was the only game like it and it captivated you with everything. The hours and hours spent in raids the desire to play trials on the weekend every weekend. Wait for xur to come on fridays in hopes that he had an exotic you didn’t have and the rng god wouldn’t let you have. Completing the raid on 3 different characters to maximize your drops for exotics. D2ers just don’t get the grind. The vex mythoclast was probably top 5 most sought after gun and you literally couldn’t get it. The game was god tier and the grind made us all fall in love with it.
Thank you for reminding me about the best moments in gaming i ever had,this vid brought tears to my eyes and im just so happy i was there playing D1 with yall,it was truly amazing!!
Appreciate all the work you put into this man..I remember it all....so many good old days. Seems like D1 had a better transition to becoming almost perfect at the end of its life. D2 hasn't had the same traction and progression and it's taking them a minute to change up the game.
Watched this whole video from start to finish with a smirk just reminiscing. Nearly shedding tears thinking of the great times. Thank you for this video.
Thanks for the awesome trip down memory lane! My buddies talked me into getting back into destiny after playing D1 from launch and quit after Taken King. So much has changed, it's basically a new game.
"lost my job and my fiancée, but man....that Last Word was worth it."
Its important to have goals.
You and I have very different emotional responses to D1 lol. I loved the grinding for great gear and everything. It was a badge of honor wearing something everyone knew it took forever to get. What i hated and made me leave the game until just !yesterday! was the constant change of what mattered and what was important. When light became important, suddenly everything I grinded for wasn't optimal anymore and the level rise to lvl34 let any new player start at level 20! Yea, they bypassed the hours and hours of grind and were exactly the same level as me for just starting the game. The game play was fun but each expansion cost as much as the game itself so full price or you're screwed
Just started destiny 1 , why cant i pass lvl 34? Do i have to buy something with real money? My armor is so plain n basic
I want my crota and king's fall armor. Sickest armor ever. A big gameplay change I've been wanting since vanilla D2 is raid armor that has unique perks that are only from the raids and can be used outside of it unlike current armor. For example, there was the perk that gave you extra recovery on grenade kills (I believe) that was only available on raid chest armor.
We have a similar, if not better, system for raid armor sets. Special mods drop and can be equipped. Some are pretty game changing, like the pervading darkness one for Vow.
@@whisperofthebookworm5341 Again, raid armor sets provide no benefits outside of said raids. D1 armor had special perks for all armor (minus class item) that made them more valuable aside from their looks
We have raid mods which don’t work outside of raids
@@Nana-qb4dh Isn't that what I was saying? Lol. D1 raid armor have perks that work outside. D2 doesn't.
@@mena10ss ah, I read it backwards thinking you wanted armor with raid exclusive perks. My bad
This was awesome! I was a Taken Kinderguardian. So many great memories in the crucible with my clan. Especially Iron Banner. I considered that my monthly Xmas. One of the best things D2 brought into the game was the clamber. Remember that mountain you could climb in Rise of Iron's social space? Jumping up that was one of the most frustrating things in that game. Kept bouncing off. Love me some clamber. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
lol "Taken Kinderguardian" I was one of those too
Taken Kinderguardian? Thats a new one, I knew those as Taken Tots. Also the glitch in the tower to get on top of the vaults that they kept in cuz everyone loved it lol
If there was one thing I wish would be ported over from D1...it's the pvp mode where vehicles were available. I miss D1 pvp maps.
That and Rift, which was essentially capture the flag. Where's our cft?
I used to play that game mode cuz I sucked at the close up faster paced gameplay. Now it’s the only thing I’m used to. I’d totally be on board for that again
Currently doing a fresh run in D1, its nice to go back to a much simpler time
Holy nostalgia! What a trip down memory lane
As a D1 House of Wolves player, I would really, really, REALLY appreciate it if Bungo could bring back accessible vehicles in Crucible! Combined Arms was amazing and it really utilized the extent of Guardian armaments
I swear D1 during taken king to age of triumph was literally the best destiny has ever been, wish they built of that with d2
Agreed. Instead of sunsetting they should just rotate old content and make it fresh to have the universe feel bigger.
I much prefer D1 to D2. I loved the relative simplicity of it and how fun it was
I totally agree. I think it's way to complicated now.
It is too complicated.
D1 The Taken King was the highlight of the series.
Age of Triumph was the best the series has ever reached.
D2 for all it QoL improvements just leaves me cold.
Ehh grinding was absurd in D1 though. Once you hit a certain point you could play for dozens of hours and make 0 progress
One of the good things that we got from D2 is being able to climb up a ledge instead of just falling to your death if you aren't too careful with your jumps, but yeah, I like D1 more than D2
I still play D1 can't beat nostalgia.
Bruh this hits home so hard.... The grinds, the feelings of brotherhood when you finally beat a raid, hanging in the tower just chilling with the boys.. I was also one of those guys who got gally during a crucible match. Not gonna lie I almost cried after grinding for months. This needed to be posted, also bring back my dregs promise and dragons breath. I miss my ladies😂👍
Yeah, the brotherhood feeling was a thing. It was a mix of relief and triumph haha. I got my g-horn from a purple engram while farming IB for a felwinters lie with rifled barrel and shot package. Crazy how we remember this stuff isn’t it? You know you did something right when your player base remember exactly how they dropped a gun forever.
Self-Res Sunsinger with Tlaloc. Sunbreakers exotic. Was amazing. Just running around the Dreadnought. Farming Summon items with your fireteam, then challenging in the summon room.
I’ll say it, the strikes and gear in D1 were much more inspired. I miss strike specific loot. I miss dynamic boss fights (two brother cabal fight, pitch black hive fight, etc).
Destiny 1 was the best day of my life started before highschool
I still remember looking at G-horn Week 2 in Xur's inventory and thinking that I didn't want to "waste" my exotic slot in my loadout on a heavy weapon, and also I thought Wolfpack rounds sounded gimmicky AND there was no indication anywhere that G-horn had tracking as a hidden perk. I bought Truth Week 6 because the aggressive tracking sounded cool to me plus the 3 shell magazine. I spent the next 5 months hitting up every exotic drop chance in both raids on all 3 characters every week until G-horn finally dropped off the Deathsinger. I was actually mad when it finally dropped because I had learned to live without it and didn't like the mentality that it was "required" to get into an lfg group for the Crota's End raid.
Had a similar situation to yours when xur sold ice breaker but i didnt get it because i said i would get it later as a drop (i got it years later in rise of iron SMFH)
@@GothKaida Yeah, I bought Icebreaker Week 5 from Xur and it was the first weapon I bought from him. I was kicking myself for the next few months when Icebreaker kept popping up in his inventory but no Gjallarhorn lol
Amazing you guys remember this stuff! Same ghallahorn story. Icebreaker was my first exotic drop. Before anyone knew how good it was. Didn’t get a mythoclast until a year after launch.
I would love the sun singer to come back, maybe not the revive but I would love the increase in armor, grenade spam and one shot melees on top of granting nearby allies an increase of their grenades when they were nearby. Sun singer was actually quite good without even needing self revive. That super gave me some Goku vibes where I could be like “this isn’t even my final form!”
I loved the neutral game of Sun Singer. Self res was just a last resort. Having double grenades without an exotic, grenades that weaken targets, a melee that gave you over shield. Good times..
@@darkreaverhasham yeah that's exactly what I was going to say. I remember thinking to myself "Sunsinger's neutral game is BROKEN compared to everything else", but everyone was more worried about Bladedancer for some reason lol. It wasn't until the other subclasses got nerfed into the ground that the majority realized "ok yeah this subclass isn't fair at all" lol. I was able to double carry people in trials with little to no effort.
@@LTR1420 If the leaks were true then Solar 3.0 will have some innate healing tied into it. The way Void has weaken and suppress.
Maybe do something like the self revive is only in pve and in pvp it works more so like once your shield break you get full health back instantly (at the cost of maybe part of your super since it not that op) or if cost your full super you would get the instant health plus an overshield and maybe your weapon auto reloaded ??
I'm not even a lock main and would love for the self rez to make a comeback. If they'd simply disable it in PvP then it'd be all good.
NGL , this nostalgic video hit me like a truck ( emotional style)
I have lost many friends to death that were part of my fireteam and some to prison which goes to shows that even people who were in a weird state in their lives can be rockin this game aswell.
I am now 23 almost 10 years later with tears in my eyes writing this, truly shows how videogames can be magical and a bliss ❤
The thing i miss the most about destiny 1 was the mystery of discovery. Now we know every exotic weapon/armor piece before the DLC even drops.
People really underestimate the value of discovery which would spark conversations of "look what i got"
Data mining, 3rd party API apps that allow people to peak behind the curtain has ruined a lot of the mystery and people don't even realize it.
Now it's expected to see every bit of content that is coming with said DLC. that's what i miss the most.
This is true and what is making Elden Ring so successful right now is the joy of exploring and finding new things. Would love to see this back in destiny again!
It's also hard to keep the mystery many years later. But also if I didn't touch the internet and had played all of witch queen including the raid I would be in constant shock. Hell if the trailers never showed the hive guardians we all would have lost our shit lmaooo
100% agree
Discovery and going in blind is a lost virtue it seems, no doubt because D2 moved to PC
I'm actually trending in my life to know less about stuff before media content comes out, like games or movies or shows, but it's just enjoyable to be led by the story/hints rather than guessing how to shortcut everything
@@eclipsedigi that’s one thing I disliked the most, showing us everything the expansion would include before it was out. They said in a vidoc “crushing a ghost is going to be this, are we doing the right thing and shock feeling” but since I literally just saw it happen over a week before we even play there’s no shock to be had.
this is so nostalgic, I loved this game so much. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
In 2014 I saw a friend playing D1, never thought I'd fall in love with D2 at the time. What a trip down memory lane it could have been, even then I'm still glad I get to be a part of this world in D2 !
Gotta say, you opened my eyes on D1. I didn't have a clue what the original game was like. Thanks for taking the time to make this. It was a definite eye opener.
Holy god man this video brought back SO many “that couldn’t have been almost 6 years ago” moments. Fantastic video my guy, love shit like this. If you’re looking for recommendations, dive deeper into the beginning of trials! Those flawless vigil ornaments were, still, my #1 favorite armor ever.
I remember Sunsingers being a requirement in some Crota's End comps because of the bridge cheese.
For those who never got to experience this cheese:
Once you had a part of the bridge built you would send a hunter with triple jump and the sword across the gap and kill the ogres on the other side. Once the ogres were down and the pylons on the other side were charged everyone including the hunter would jump into the pit killing themselves, but if you had a sunsinger warlock with supercharge if they self-rezzed at just the right moment right before the game would kick you to a menu the bridge would be built and the warlock would run around rezzing everyone allowing you to proceed to Deathsinger.
You would do this method because it was way quicker than doing the encounter how it was designed. It was also one of the only ways I found groups despite not having the Ballerhorn because I would play Sunsinger.
Yup I remember this so vividly lmao. God bro makes me sad that destiny 2 doesn't give me the same feeling.
Lol My brother and I did this
He's a hunter main and I'm a warlock main
Shit was fun
I miss when you could just jump over with the sword and kill everything after everyone died
My mate got me into D1 right as rise of iron came out, I didn’t get to play the earlier stuff like it was back in the day but knowing how it evolved I’m glad I came in when I did, still a semi active player in D1, tried D2 when I came out and never really went back, D1 to the death for me
Some of my best childhood gaming memories are tied into loading d1 up and grinding. Crazy to say I’ve been playing destiny since 2014
What a time to be alive. I’ll always love D1.
This brought back the memory of opening my first(and only) exotic engram as a hunter and getting a warlock arm armor piece
I love these "look back" videos as a player who wasn't around for D1. Please do more of these type of comparison videos so newer players can see more of the gameplay history of D1
Also if youre a crucible player you should check out 1v1s and 1v3s amd sweaty trials matches. They really encapsulate the energy d1 crucible had which was so different from d2. It felt so much more raw and had more energy, the weapon, map, and armor designs. The whole aesthetic in general was much more original and authentic and the color use and lighting was just in general much more well designed and implimented, even with the lower resolution and frame rate. I think those last two things actually added to the purely visual aesthetic, enhancing its innate lofi aesthetic from the more matte dark orange/green/blue color palette contrasted with bright, vibrant, colorful neon lighting in a really dramatic style that really made use of shadows much more effectively and dramatically. Theyd move away from that aesthetic in new content they added in rise of iron but a huge part of the game still had it in spades. I think comparing the classic shaders from d1 like glowhoo and stuff with the more clean, refined, meticulously painted shaders from d2 perfectly encapsulates the subtly dramatic shift in overall aesthetic, excuse the oxymoron. Like you barely notice it at first, but the more you think about it the more you realize it completely changes the atmosphere of the game and bleeds into how they changed subtle things about their entire approach to mechanic balancing and map/level design for a more streamlined, clean cut, carefully crafted and curated experience, with less of an emphasis on atmosphere and more of an emphasis on the more tangible content. Similar to how they ditched their more distinct lofi style with unique color use and dramatic lighting techniques in (my personal opinion) a misguided attempt to shift the focus entirely on the much more intricate, detailed, much higher resolution character models that they were capable of creating with the next gen modeling software they used to make d2 with. It seems like their new approach viewed their original heavily stylized lofi sci fi aesthetic as fat to trim to make the game more concise and less polarizing in all areas. Which i suppose i hear the pitch for, but i think they just cut way too much of the original personality destiny had away that they dont even come close to recapturing with the much more mechanically and sculpturally intricate achievements they were able to accomplish with more advanced software.
@@Alex-kc7tp dude what? Bro I get you like d1 but d2 is more fluid, more movment. D2 is cleaner and well more sweaty when it comes to PvP. More so w the fact the medals are also assist based as well. Destiny 1 crucible was just as bad as d2, nolstagia is one hell of a drug.
Also what with the color saturation comment? Dark colors are depressing. And it’s used to hide details.
A few things I miss from D1:
-Three of Coins and Ultraknight Exotic farming
-OG Vex Mythoclast
-Khovostov 7G-0X Exotic
-Zhalo Supercell
-Red Death Pulse Rifle (no offense to Crimson, but I love Red Death)
-Devil's Dawn sniper
-Darkblade Helm (would like to see a Lightblade Helm in The Witch Queen)
-Atheon cheese with Solar Warlocks
why would you miss vex? current one is 100000x better lol
@@nicholasmccartney2521 I miss the old firing sound fx
@@AllenHerns it’s a sound ..
@@nicholasmccartney2521 and your point?
Cross's commitment to the game is insane, glad to be a part of this community
We complained about content droughts but we were more patient then and still played it. If there isn’t new content within a few months in Destiny 2 people start crying and throwing fits. My theory is it’s because there isn’t the same grind from D1 where you pretty much always had something to do or grind for. It’s all streamlined and much easier. Takes a lot of the thrill out of getting new items you were grinding for forever to get. Whether D2 is a better or worse game for that is really a matter of preference.
agreed, the hunt for a god roll eyasluna in d1 was rough. and that was just one of many weapons to try to get. everything needed more grind but it made it feel worth it. in d2 you can grind and get things so easily that the most end game part of the game is armor stats
my theory is we're fed up. hundreds of dollars and thousands of hours poured in and bungie just cant keep up.
I loved content droughts because it gave people time to play all the content on there own terms and not feel left behind, plus you could take a break and play another game for awhile and not feel left out and you weren't constantly playing catch up. Plus it made the big expansions feel so much more impactful and inspired me to grind again. On D2 if i take a two month break i've missed out on a season pretty much, ingame story, random limited time modes, etc. It feels so forced in Destiny 2 that the story just doesn't hit the same at all. Part of the charm of D1 was its simplicity. Plus having to pay money for a fucking season every few months is a scam and its so frustrating that its lead to me despising what once was easily my favorite game series of all time.
" i lost my fiance at the time, but i got to level my last word, but it was worth it" -aztecross lmao
I also really miss self res lol it was super dope.
He might've been a LITTTTTLE addicted
D1 was the best I miss it so much truly just one of the greatest addicting games
Yk U can go back and play it at any time right?
@@dillonthevillon3719 game is dead
Destiny 1 to me was hanging out with friends non stop :)
The day I started Destiny 2 I brought my Destiny 1 charracter looks. The were there allready! Started 2 at Beta. I had a long break , and came back when I heard Cayde-6 comes back! He still stands next to my tv as a statue.
One thing i miss was the super rare things outside of emblems. Now the only rare things are maybe raid exotics and emblems but you can buy the emblems but in d1 getting certain exotics was rare and ships and shaders it gave something you can flex or something to be proud of but theres nothing like that in d2.
Blame Eververse. Why do that when they can just make more money by putting those rewards in the store.
Wow. What a trip remembering all this stuff that we lived through day by day.
I have only just got back into Destiny 2 after a few years away.
I’m just doing free to play right now but I’m thinking about buying this new Witch expansion and maybe a battle pass.
Can anyone recommend it? I’ve been playing Apex lately and I miss the more chill PVE style that Destiny provides.
as someone who hadn't actively played D2 since the first week or 2 after Beyond Light, I cannot overstate how hard Witch Queen pulled me back in. I'm sitting just shy of 1580 Light Level right now, and I started back at 1350. The story is fantastic and answers a lot of questions without feeling expository. Weapon crafting is dope, and the new destination is hella fun, with tons of little secrets just like TTK. I've never seen more people in the Tower or on destinations in months. I can't imagine it would be hard for you to find a clan for raiding and stuff too.
the legendary campaign is a trip not lore wise personally but alone or with friends is ridiculous
I think all of the expansions are worth it on a sale at this point if you're still enjoying what destiny is.
Definitely recommend the Witch Queen story, battle pass is up to you honestly
Bro it's worth it. I've been addicted to D2 since I got back in when witch queen dropped.
Man do I miss booting up my 360 to play some D1 after school. There was just something special about that game and it’s environment, and you can’t forget how much better the D1 community was.
In the height of people feeling left out because they didn't have a certain weapon for groups, me and buddy of mine would only run new people or people without those certain weapons through nightfalls and raids. It was an amazing time hearing how excited and how thankful they were for actually helping out and getting them there first raid or nightfall completion!
This brought back the feels for D1. But a solid reminder of the content droughts. That was brutal. I really feel like D2 is finally where it should have been when it first released. It now feels like a true continuation from D1.
To me there never was content droughts there was time for crucible or to play other games for a bit d2 feels much worse with its seasons they feel hollow and shallow and they drip feed to make it seem like there is more to them. Also dont like the stuff getting removed still you can't take a break and come back you skip a year u just miss out encouraging people to just never come back
Great memories, but also great amount of memories we "choose" to not remember ... like loading into the same strike so many times you remember the dang voice lines and it becomes a meme
@@Ettrix you mean like how strikes are now cus there are so few of them
It took a while to get to this point.
The droughts were great because you could grind the game then take a break and still feel like when a new expansion is coming out you arent playing catch up. D2 is so painful to play because if you arent consistently playing it even a two month break means youre playing catch up. Plus with how leveling works in D2 now you cant take a break and comeback and play trials or endgame content because the other players are scaled higher and its overall just a frustrating experience. D2 genuinely is a decent game, but its not destiny anymore, it is a mere shell of what it once was. Exotics are so constant they feel dull and there isn't any hype to getting them. The crucible is unfixable because you cant balance 4 subclasses on each class, hundreds of weapons where even some blues are better than exotics at times, so many different abilities that it feels like overwatch half the time etc. The raids are still good and fun but honestly the one that really set the best atmosphere and felt like a D1 raid was the very first one on the world eater ship. The other ones have felt kind of bleak and like copies of D1 raids with their style. I dont have a problem or hatred for D2 but in my opinion they went overboard with it, the simplicity of destiny 1 and how unique it felt is what made it special. Not the exotics, not the over abundance of content. But the good content that took time and the love for the game and community. All which feel very distant in D2. (plus season passes are a fkn scam and a joke, dont even get me started on those)
i remember one of my friends had the exotic helmet for the hunter that gave you an extra golden gun shot and was so blown away when i first saw a exotic for the first time and fell in love with the game even more
Can’t forget about the glowing shaders in D1 they were amazing, and the Crotas end adept armor was godlike
I miss the early grind for specific weapon perks that were random. Shot package & hammer forged shotties were so hard to come by but so rewarding. Great job on the video!
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I believe I liked D1 much more than D2. I liked Destiny so much that I named my son after Cayde 6.
Cool name. I can’t relate to calling your kid after what you’re a fan of. I called my daughter Victoria after a character called Victra from the Red Rising book series. I call her Victra for short.
D1 in the age of triumph was destiny at its peak. There were definitely huge lows but some epic highs. I loved obviously strike specific loot. Then weekly raids rotating with adept versions of weapons and better armor.
Right now is destiny at it's peak
I think the good thing about Age of Triumph was that the difficulty of all old content was brought up to post-RoI levels.
Bungie would never do that same thing now because they want you to play the new content over the old content, but imagine..
Every PvE activity has a normal mode @ DLC level, a hard mode @ DLC level, and then a seasonal level that increases each and every DLC as light level goes up
Kinda like Master mode, but for everything in the game. Imaginr
@@dtps_champion6016 How is Destiny at its peak now when the strike playlist is dead, Gambit is dead and PvP has had no new updates for 900 days. You need to watch SkillUp’s review / breakdown before making statements like that. The Witch Queen is good, but a lot of the core activities haven’t been updated since forsaken…
Not only that, Destiny 2 faced MANY downsides with the content vaulting of Beyond Light
@@billynahar9861 I've seen his review. Hopefully the following criteria are enough for me to have a fucking opinion on the game: I cleared the raid on day one, went flawless every weekend so far this xpac, and I'm a gilded conqueror.I can agree that gambit does kind of suck, but it's one game mode so I don't care very much. I'm level 289 on the season pass, so I can say I've played a little Witch Queen.
One thing I find interesting is that Skill up says he wants matchmaking for master wellspring but doesn't use champ mods in the vod he used for his opinion piece. He literally defeated his own point in the video.
Last but not least don't tell me what kind of statements I can make. I can put my opinion out there just the same as anyone else, and I just did.
I still go back and play every now and again. Rise of Iron/AoT was my favorite time for D1 but, I remember awaiting the april update and the taken armor/ship/sword. I remember farming on Venus during Y1 just trying to get as raid ready as possible. I had such a blast in Destiny 1 and I'm glad that even when I don't want to play D2 that I still stay invested in the universe through the lore and youtube.
This takes me back. I loved the old reset time! It was 7pm for us in Australia!
I just remember doing my very first nightfall solo run against phogoth with increased void damage. It took me so long to beat it, but it was the best feeling ever. I really miss this game
I joined the game in December 2014. Back then I got called a Dark Below Christmas noob. Look what time made me now you fools, a veteran!
Destiny 1, forever in my heart.
The destiny 1 leveling system felt so rewarding and the amount of time and work put into it made all the drops so exciting. I’ve never felt the same way about d2
Yeah. They should really overhaul it. It is way too easy now, and it all depends on your RNG. lmao
Bungie should definitely take a look at Destiny 1 and take some things from it
@@the-art-of-whoopinyobehind6666 You mean what they’ve done for the past two years? Reworking grind and subclass options.
@@ExtraordinaryFate you are right, they have been doing better in that regard. But there are still many things Destiny 1 did better than Destiny 2 that could be implemented into the game.