The future's suddenly looking a lot brighter for Destiny 2 off the back of Bungie's latest livestream. Earlier, the developer outlined the big changes hitting its shooter this September, as the alterations are rolled out alongside the title's next expansion, Destiny 2: Forsaken.
Let's run through the core gameplay changes first. To start with, a new weapon type will be introduced: bows. Yeah, like bows and arrows. According to Bungie, they're "deadly".
On the topic of weapons, you'll soon be able to have full control over your loadout. In other words, you can mix and match weapon types however you want. Three shotguns? Fair enough. This change could potentially open up a lot of room for experimentation when it comes to more specialised play styles.
On top of that, nine new supers are being added. In the video we've embedded above, we get to see a few of them. Two-handed hammers for Titans, electric teleportation for Warlocks, and... Fiery knives for Hunters.
Then we've got an all-new mode titled Gambit. It takes two teams of players and tasks them with fending off waves of enemies on separate maps, but your own team's progress can impact the other team, and at certain points, a member of the opposing team can invade and try to ruin your chances. The team that takes out their designated boss enemy wins. Bungie says it's like a mix of PvE and PvP -- something Destiny's never really had before.
Forsaken will also include its own Raid, offer its own story, adventures, and quests, and it'll obviously add a load of new weapons and armour. All of this launches on the 4th September, adding to an already packed month for gaming.
And that's really the key points that Bungie has to share right now. Again, things are looking up for Destiny 2 if the studio can fulfil its promises, and with more updates in the pipeline -- adding things like random rolls and a revamped mod system -- the developer may finally get its sci-fi shooter back on track.
It's just a shame that, much like the original Destiny, we've had to wait a year for Bungie to potentially sort its game out.
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Is this Free Updates and why ar epeople in chat saying 70-80$
Won't buy untill 110% all of promises will be implemented!
@Hapuc nothing's free in this world
Is it a rule that if your sci-fi shooter needs a new weapon type, you have to add compound bows and make them super powerful?
@Hapuc the Forsaken Expansion is $40. The Expansion plus the Annual Pass is $70. Then there’s a digital deluxe version for $80
@Cassetticons I’m still waiting for them to offer some sort of dual wield SMGs or pistols.
I hope the expansion improves things but I'll sadly be holding off till the complete version because while the first one ended in a good place the fact that they were going to do the small but expensive expansions again was off putting. The business model for D1's year 2 and 3 were good, free small events and a big paid expansion in September but they didn't stick with it.
@adf86 they still have the “free” seasonal events though they’ve yet to have the SRL in Destiny 2. The pricing on everything so far has been the same as D1 DLCs and Expansions in fact it mirrors D1 almost perfectly.
@shafedog247 Ahhhh that's why...I just saw the at the end of the stream and people were spamming 70$ for this.
On the side note The chat was right it's DOA.
Just wondering about raids in d2. Currently how many different raids are there?
Surely this will all be buried in september, and dead by the time RDR comes out?
@MrOso you may call it impulse buying or whatever, but I look at the hours I’ll get out of it, not just solo but with a group of friends. So while it seems overpriced to you, when I get dozens of not hundreds of hours out of it, it’s money well spent.
@ellsworth004 currently 1 full raid and 2 Raid lairs which are basically half raids/6 man heroic strikes. They showed 1 new full raid today that is coming in September.
@MGC_Martin Nope but with Activision everything is 3 times as expensive. Seasonpass, microtransactions plus the base price of a game that has less content then a free to play game. 😁 😆 🤣
@shafedog247 Monster Hunter World 358 hours costs €60 with free updates.
They didn’t say anything about the story in this video. This is disappointing.
I've come to realize that Destiny 2 is a monetized version of borderlands 2.
I have to say that they made it all look very enticing; but then they are experts at doing that. I will certainly wait for a while after release to see the reviews, but not sure I will bite on this one; the way they have treated their punters up to now is not good, and a lot of good will has been lost.
@shafedog247 it's not just about hours played surely? It has to be about quality and overall experience as well.
@XurAgentofthe9 yeah, I also put many hours into the game, but mostly because I barely got anything else to do.
I bet the story in this game will again go like “the prisoners have broken out, but don’t worry, we are good at killing” and that’s it, just kill everyone.
Overpriced crap as far as I can tell, first dlc I wont buy, ill wait and see what it offers after the fact and maybe bargain bin it.
Okay so I watched the whole stream and the impression I got from the game director and project lead is that they don’t seem to care much about the story and the world. They seem to care more about guns and ”shooting aliens in their face”.
I dont have time for games that feel like wasting my time just shooting around without good reasons. Let’s see what the E3 will show us about the story part.
Currently I am looking more forward to Anthem because in the videos and discussions with BioWare they mentioned more about the world and the story, not much about shooting monsters in their face. Although they didn’t show the story, they at least mention it, whereas Bungie just talks about guns and shooting aliens.
Typical Bungie I love it "where listening to the fans and what they want" huh really because I didn't hear once in that trailer you where going to remove Eververse. Because if I remember that's the big thing they are asking to be REMOVED, they've done it again anyway. Release poor add on content Warmind etc which really was content from the base game, sold it for £20 each it if you got season pass. They actually release content that gives a lot but adds stuff maybe the 1st 2 expansions should have had. Then ***** it all out with a another price tag and probably a collector's edition at £80 which is cheaper than buying base game season pass 1 and 2
I gave them $100 day one... I feel that should give me access to any future content. There is no way whatsoever I am giving them another $40.
I will either wait for a sale down the line or pass altogether. I beat the last two expansions in one sitting each anyways.
@Flaming_Kaiser I was merely referring to dollars spent to time spent playing. Personally I think the gameplay is fantastic, it just feels right playing each character and the art direction and score is top notch. Are there things I don’t like, sure, but as a whole the game is fun and for me a worthwhile purchase especially considering the social aspects when raiding or crucible play with a solid group. The shader system sucks, Eververse sucks, the community is volatile most of the time, but it’s still fun and no one puts a gun to my head to make Eververse purchases.
Looks decent but we won't know till it releases. This also just proves that Bungie are unable to deliver good $20 expansions. Or maybe they are just keeping all the good stuff for the third expansion because they know most players would've already pre-ordered the first two expansions when they bought the base game. Anyways, I'm seeing a pattern here > release a decent base game > followed by two mediocre/rubbish expansion passes > then a good third expansion pass. Rinse and repeat.
Seems they have given up trying to get the people they lost back and trying to extract as much money as possible from the ones that are still playing it. I loved Destiny 1 and all its expansions put 1000+ hours into it but Destiny 2 left a very sour taste and think I will never go back as don't agree with the business practices at all now.
Lol D2 was screwed up good and proper. The game has great prospects as proving in D1 but all they are doing is grabbing our money. Expansion 1 and 2 came out round about the time Activision brought out ww2. Why would they try and compete with them self's. Funny how this is now suppose to be bringing D2 back into the limelight when RDR will be coming out a month later. Really people need to open their eyes. It's just a big scam to get our money. No pride and certainly no care for us fans. I have deleted both D1 and D2 cos if they don't care about us I won't play their games
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