Destiny: Full Game Impressions

Pretty fly for a tough guy

So, I went to the midnight launch for Destiny. Had it come out on PC, I wouldn't have needed to stand in line for an hour and a half. Don't go to midnight launches for any game, just wait a few more hours and go in the morning, but I digress.

I've spent 2 days playing the game, and it is a lot of fun. I expect nothing less from Bungie, cause they make good games. I'm a huge Halo fan, despite my current PC leanings. So, I started writing down some first impressions while playing my now level 11 Titan.

This isn't a full review. It's a few impressions I've had, and discuss the singleplayer/co-op and The Crucible (PvP).

Pros:
- The exploration is very good, open, and enjoyable.
- Finding chests is awesome.
- The Sparrow feels and sounds amazing, even through TV speakers.
- The guns are hit and mix. Some weapons feel better than others, but that might be based on the classes.
- Characters can look really cool, and customization is relatively deep.
- The cutscenes look beautifully rendered.
- The City is pretty cool.
- The backstory is as epic as it can be without sounding stupid.
- Every story mission makes you feel like you're actually moving toward a goal, even if you can take your sweet time.
- When you get matched up with people of equal level, the multiplayer is pretty fun. Not Halo fun, but pretty fun.

- The game looks really good, even on the Xbox One. 

- The highest rank you can get to is 26.

Cons:

- The only true way to explore is to go on designated patrols.

- Strike missions don't add to the story or even back story; they make you fight through hordes, kill boss, end mission.

- Finding chests is great! Finding out what's in them is not; they're rather underwhelming except for the gold chests which are hidden well.

- The Sparrow doesn't have guns, so I can't re-enact the forest scene from Return of the Jedi.

- The guns feel a bit strange some times. 

- You can customize your armour, but you have to find a merchant to do it. The game doesn't inform you of this.

- The Multiplayer has more issues than Battlefield 4. You thought that netcode was bad? Oh, man, Bungie dropped the ball.

- The Matchmaking is more unbalanced than Titanfall, and you get level 6 players going against level 15-20. 

- Jumping is a tactic again. Hurray.

- Playing alone can get boring after a couple hours.

- You can't talk to people outside of your Fireteam, which makes communicating worthless. This is even in the PvP, where you need to communicate to win.

- The highest rank you can get to is 26.

Again, this is not the full review. That will happen next week or the week after. It is an interesting game with a lot to offer, but I feel that the multiplayer not being as good as you would expect from a Bungie game will hamper it a bit. The story is there, the gameplay is like almost every other shooter, but there are annoying things that make the game frustrating. Hopefully Bungie can fix the game in a later patch, and hopefully the single player can keep me occupied until then.

See you guys next week.