Things could’ve been more mature and intimidating I think if this game wasn’t built to young teens and up.
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I’m sure the voice acting would’ve been more realistic and serious since The “Last” City was center fire from all enemies around. The allies you gained could’ve been more involved to the point where you actually would’ve missed them if they were killed off (sorry Speaker, you had one last hurrah against Ghaul, but you didn’t impact the first story at all).
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The enemies could’ve had a more terrifying upgrade visually as well. If all enemies have a weak/critical point to hit, limps could be flying or their faces would look like a toddler stomped pizza if still alive from a headshot. If enemies were close to death it would’ve been great to see desperation take them over and try to kill you while yelling or moving violently at you.
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I’m sure even the story could’ve been upgraded to meet standards surrounding survival and guerilla warfare/ assassination tactics that the Guardian use.
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I’m not asking for Gears of War or God of War blood/gore fest, but even Halo had enemies bleeding out from constant gunfire punctured into them and blood smeared on you and vehicles used to ram into the enemies.
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I don't exactly think making the game more violent and gory would help make it any better, but it's interesting to think about at least. I've actually always liked that Destiny is a T rated game. I don't want to be shown constant mature content just because I'm a mature person. Part of the reason I play video games is because I like to step away from the world's problems for a few hours every once and a while. Still though, interesting to think about.