And i think Joe is absolutely right. There are so many aspects of the game where destiny is as good as we would expect from bungie, but the story doesn't even start before the end credits roll. They totally sold us an incomplete game, with a DLC card in the package. I defended bungie wherever i could when people said the activision alliance isn't a good idea, but look what they have done. Do you guys think they planned on shipping the game with this introduction story to destiny in mind? Do you really think they thought this would be enough? I don't.
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Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Joe is in fine form with this review, and does not disappoint. I find this review equal parts insightful (with valid, thought-out, rational justifications) critique, entertaining, and delightful in how direct and honest it comes across. In other words: true to the legacy and reputation Angry Joe has created for himself. (That he shares the exact same opinion as I do of "Destiny" to date is merely a bonus.) There is at least one poster in this thread who has attempted to dismiss Joe's review here as nothing more than preaching to the choir of a so-called "vocal minority" that have apparently committed some seemingly near-unforgivable-imaginary-sin of not lapping "Destiny" up and heaping praises upon Bungie for what is a game with an awful lot of rough edges, baffling design choices, and bare bones presentation. Frankly, I tire of the apologist lapdogs and their droning of "Ouh! But more content is incoming! It's a 10-year project!", etc. Doesn't mean much until it is *actually here* in the *present* - *available & playable!*......That is unless one is of the inclination to reward and praise people/companies/pets for things they haven't yet done. Reality check: That's not how the real world tends to work; it certainly isn't how your career life - if/or when you get that far, if you haven't already - will treat you. I enjoy various things about "Destiny", yet it is chok full of missed opportunities, and it's a shame because there is so much potential for rich story telling, high adventures, and epic space opera in "Destiny's" background universe.