Sly Reflex Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 The funniest thing is that they put the words dead and ghost together. it makes me wonder if at any point someone pointed it out and said "Guys, this is absurd. Dead ghost? What the hell are we even talking about anymore?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsomeDead Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 I think it easy to expand the fiction if they want to. The world and lore is decent enough sci-fi fare. There is a decent amount of mystery and potential stories in that game's lore. It's just the things that happen in the game itself aren't that interesting (narrative-wise), it's just excuses to get you in a different place each time to shoot baddies. And those places are darn cool kill rooms. And Dead Ghost makes total sense in context of the game. The words themselves don't, obviously, but capital D and G ones in relation to Destiny do. Got all my Iron Banner stuff, anyway. I had to do the trick spatular posted a little which is annoying as I've managed to get this far without grinding (at least what I define as grinding), so I've now done that which feels dirty. Anyway, with Iron Banner ending I'm gonna give it another rest, until the DLC, maybe. I've got a backlog building because of this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyKurosaki Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Mystery is very appropriate. It tells you fuck all. "you've been dead a long time". Have I? What killed me then? Does it matter? No? Ok then. "We must tell Billy Bollocks about this shit we just found!" Why? Who is he when he's at home? What did we just find? What the flying fuck are you babbling on about? "Go on our website to read the Grimoire cards!". I've got a better idea Bungie. Fuck off. Multiplayer is fun, till the grind sets in. But the "story?" hahahahaa, it's bollocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly Reflex Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 All the voice actors sound like they're totally fed up as well. I don't think I've ever played a game where everyone sounds like they've lost the will to live before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsomeDead Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 I just mean when you're on patrol and you see a building or a bunch of wrecked cars... on Venus, and I'm like "huh, I wonder who lived here? Humans? How long ago was it?" And things to kind of allude to telling you what happened, but only if you're paying the right kind of attention. Putting stuff up to read on the accompanying app was a weird choice, mind, but all I'm saying there is stuff in these environments to look at and think about, if you're that way inclined. Like, what people are saying to you is just sorta framing the world(s). If the world(s) aren't interesting you then fine, but there is stuff there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly Reflex Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 There's two pickups on the moon. We stood and laughed at them for a minute like we were a couple of high teenagers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsomeDead Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 I wonder if there are drugs in Destiny? Maybe they aren't needed since you have a Ghost that reconstructs you whenever you die you just get a bunch of adrenaline junkies shooting the fuck out of each other at The Crucible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly Reflex Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 If there are drugs in Destiny they're definitely downers, going by the enthusiasm the lines are delivered in game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyKurosaki Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 When even Tyrion Lannister sounds like he can't be arsed, you're in trouble. It just feels a step backwards from Halo. People can say "the story's not up to much" in that. But I've read all the books, and there's some interesting developments, especially the Spartan program itself. All this really has is the Queen and her emo brother. And that robot woman. A Gamestm comment about "the Traveller is an instantly iconic gaming character" is just ridiculous. It's a big White circle, that says and does nothing. Hardly an icon. Anyway, for all my negativity, it is a good game. Just not a great one. Rant over :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly Reflex Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Played some more. I like it, but damn, the story and concept are god awful. I don't have time to not have time to won't have time to explain to you. If you didn't have time why didn't you help and get the fight over and done with? Why does a robot have feelings for humans? What the fuck is going on? The Venus stuff, man. No one would ever live on Venus, ever. Even if it could be terraformed the surface wouldn't be cool enough to not kill a human within seconds. One day is more than 100 days long which I'm sure would have implications on living there if you could survive the heat and radiation. The game mentions the ruins are billions of years old. From when? Wouldn't we know about these now? Has it been colonised by others after our current timeline? And then been colonised by humans after it fell into ruins? So something becomes lush, green and inhabitable in such a small window of time? That's nonsense. Part of me is like "Just accept it, man, this is fantasy" while the other part of me is shouting "BUUUUUUUUUUULLLLLLLSHHHHIIIIIIT!" Sci-fi is a weird one, if I don't understand how it works or it's far fetched I just accept it as some marvelous idea that some how works. Here it feels totally wrong though, it feels like they're pissing up my back and telling me it's raining. Very little of it makes the slightest bit of sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsomeDead Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 I think I totally put conceivable science out of the window when you see that giant and unapologetic allegory for God floating over the vista when you're at The Tower. And even the Vexx have a goatman-like design to them which I guess is meant to frame them as a devil kind of thing, or at least minions for a greater evil. That's what Destiny is: it's about warring gods and humanity is stuck in the middle... well, they chose a side, but then the Traveler did 'rescue' them from themselves (something a bit white man about that, too. I wonder if they go there?). So it's all a bit Greek and/or Roman when it comes to Destiny (see the whole gladiatorial event, the Crucible). And like that culture they weren't that great at actually understanding the world (or in this case, the universe) as it was too inconceivable for them. I think that's the mindset Bungie want to put you in for Destiny. It's had varying degrees of success, obviously, going by the game's reception. I've forgot my point. But Basically were dealing with Gods and inconceivable knowledge and power. It's okay to be confused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illdog Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 I like the way you can run around and shoot stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly Reflex Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 You forgot about the part where you fist someone and they turn into plasma dust on the wind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyKurosaki Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Then dance over their corpse and have a wank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsomeDead Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 I like the way you can run around and shoot stuff. All part of the charm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly Reflex Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Spent a night on Crucible. Man, fuck this game. Fuck it hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsomeDead Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Are you just gonna use this thread to fucking whine? Are you Ben now? Get good or STFU. Be cool like me. Have you seem my stats? Got owned t start with, got savvy, then got awesome. The tools are there so I don't wanna hear it anymore, Sly. Sort your life out, mate. Use that jump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly Reflex Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p>I still think it's a load of rubbish. Too much random bull to be truly enjoyable. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PS4share?src=hash">#PS4share</a> <a href="http://t.co/tJBuBz1i64">pic.twitter.com/tJBuBz1i64</a></p>— Simon (@Sly_Reflex) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sly_Reflex/status/537394638215446528">November 25, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Got good on my second game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsomeDead Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 That's merely okay by my standard. Heck, you guys need me. And it isn't random at all. You get fucked by some guy's super it means he earned it elsewhere. If you have a tight team it won't happen as much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly Reflex Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 We're truly blessed to have you in our presence, oh great one. Learn me your ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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