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Destiny - Review Thread
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cleveridea
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All comes down to personal preference. Personally I loved the story & characters in the last of us, I think it should be mandatory for any video game writers or game play designers (or whoever comes up with ambient conversations and actions with support characters) but I found the game a little repetitive near the end. I personally got more hours of fun out of destiny and for me, destiny is a more fun game that I will play more in the future whereas I ran out of enthusiasm to play the expansion that was included in the PS4 remaster of TLOU.
This is not to say that TLOU doesnt deserve its rave reviews, its a great game and I think its fair scoring more than Destiny. But Destiny seems to have people that just cant understand how some people find this game great fun, and can ignore the poor aspects (like story etc).
Its a fun game and I enjoy playing it, and I am so pleased it sold so well.
This is not to say that TLOU doesnt deserve its rave reviews, its a great game and I think its fair scoring more than Destiny. But Destiny seems to have people that just cant understand how some people find this game great fun, and can ignore the poor aspects (like story etc).
Its a fun game and I enjoy playing it, and I am so pleased it sold so well.
LOL, that is basically how it hit me.
After how many hours? I'm sure you had fun at least in the first 15 hours but did you continue after that without realizing it was not that fun anymore?
HiredN00bs
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The game is server-based. "In the box" is old man talk.
And the earliest reviews aren't evil, just wrong. Wrong as in method, not result.
JetBlackPanda
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Yes. If that isn't your thing avoid Destiny.
I used to play levels in HALO over and over and over again just for fun or for an achievement.
DizzyCaffeine
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I've reached that point of existential angst in every mmo I've played. I'm not saying destiny is an mmo, but you just described the problem with end game raiding. Raid, get gear, raid, ad nauseum.
To leave you with this perceptive thought: we've heard with a million monkeys with a million keyboards could produce complete works of Shakespeare, but now thanks to the internet, we know that is not true.
Fried Food
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Whens the last time a game this hyped, sold this much, but got these review scores?
cleveridea
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IGN 7.8
So Angry Joe. Now its you we are waiting for! Loved your TitanFall review BTW
So Angry Joe. Now its you we are waiting for! Loved your TitanFall review BTW
bananafactory
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I'd score it about a point lower, 6.5 - 7, but considering they tend to score high profile games pretty high, that's a respectable decision from them. Can't wait to read it.
Rising_Hei
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Lol, FPS have it much easier than TPS to do this. Also, those games are much, much more interactive than this
Anton Sugar
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That's...a great verdict.
Nobody said anything about Uncharted in here.
This is probably the best plan. The last page has brought some of the most bizarre opinions I've ever seen on Gaf. I had to reread a bunch of them multiple times just to be sure I didn't get them completely wrong.
marianitten
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iJudged
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Took them long enough to decide what the fuck to give it. IGN use to their thing, now its all about clicks and baits.
Sounds like everyone at IGN is relieved to finally get it out. Maybe the reviewer got overwhelmed by having this big of a review?
There is something going on behind the scenes at IGN for this review. I am 100% not saying they are being paid, or pressured. It looks more of a personel or time-management issue.
There is something going on behind the scenes at IGN for this review. I am 100% not saying they are being paid, or pressured. It looks more of a personel or time-management issue.
Ingueferroque
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I'm probably feeling crazy, but if there's anything going on regarding moneyhats with Destiny, I imagine it to be Microsoft spending money to spread negative public awareness for this release.
NullPointer
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Very well explored and justified in the review text/video itself. If anything I'd almost say the 7.8 seems on the high end considering the critiques. But then again, the core combat is still a lot of fun.
DizzyCaffeine
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Holy shit. I don't have enough tinfoil for that hat,
PedroLumpy
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Congrats, not many reach this realization.
Again, not moneyhatting. Maybe they had trouble in the video production or something. But something happened there...
Air Zombie Meat
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Come on now. That is crazy. It's an Xbone game too.
Sodding_Gamer
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I tell you what. Fair review. But if they were so eager to get it out why did they make the freaking video review so fancy pants with all that bleeding effects and scene transitions and stuff. I haven't seen that in any recent IGN review. I could be wrong though.
Beer Monkey
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Ain't no "probably" there, brother.
Morrigan Stark
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bananafactory
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The reviewer (Vince) already said there was technical problems. I know their Podcast Beyond crew often complain about videos taking a day or two to simply process, and sometimes they fail and have to redo it.
I really don't think there was anything shady going on - the review just took a while.
The Librarian
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It's an opinion.
I was merely talking about encounters, but beyond the story and graphics, I found the Uncharted series (and TLoU) to be thoroughly average, with a couple of good moments. I would much rather play Destiny's "campaign," whatever it is, even with its repetition.Holy shit, I know people have options and all but Uncharted 2 and the Last of Us being worse games than Destiny in terms of single player? Those two games having worse feedback? Those two games having more shallow gameplay than bullet sponge, brain-dead boss plus adds?
It's opinions, dude. From what I remember of the train sequence, that was just one huge set piece that wasn't all that fun to play again to me. The enemies were extremely generic, lacking in personality and were incredibly dull to fight against. Nothing like the fun Vex, Hive, Fallen, and Cabal that's in Destiny.
To each her own.
Ingueferroque
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It's just a crazy thought, but I would not be surprised. I'm honestly shocked to seeing this game receive sub 6/10 scores. And I'm the last person to say that it is a flawless game.
It probably isn't a PR campaign, but whatever is causing this negative hype is very interesting to me.
Making snide Bungie/Destiny comments has almost reached meme-like levels.
NullPointer
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Xinkwi-Xkuk
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If you can't read between the lines, then sorry for you.
Because if it need to be translated, then your not thinking about the spirit of the post is... Re-read and think about it.
iJudged
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I think I read somewhere that Vegas, the editing tool they use to edit the sound effects and images, has been infected with Sagev.
So it has come to this...
Opinion is the new blue. Do not abuse it or you will find out that is not so "nice" to wear.
Trust me... you would not be "the last person" to the say it's a flawless game. It'd more likely be one of those people you keep explaining "don't understand it".
Ingueferroque
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I get it! There's absolutely no reason that PR companies have budgets for this type of operation, or any precedent in believing that such a thing has not happened in the past.
Anyway, I prefaced the post by saying that it was a crazy thought, so obviously I am not making factual statements.
Anyway, I prefaced the post by saying that it was a crazy thought, so obviously I am not making factual statements.
This thread just keeps getting better and better don't it?
GET ME THE MOVIE-THEATRE POPCORN!
I realized this during the beta. I haven't reached endgame yet because I've been super busy, but what will drive me is cool looking or good gear for PvP. If the PvP community isn't strong a month or two from now, I'll be jumping ship as well.
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