Destiny 2

The big question on everybody’s mind is what might be next for Destiny. But honestly, I don’t know if Destiny has much of a future at Bungie. Obviously, you could start work on Destiny 3, but a third game in a long-standing franchise would have an uphill battle in order to find an audience big enough to sustain it in the same way that Destiny and Destiny 2 did. Anyone who maybe was put off by Destiny 2 either at the beginning or over time would be less likely to invest in a Destiny 3 for any reason but sheer curiosity. And those who had no interest in Destiny or feel overwhelmed about getting

Is Destiny 2 dead? Well, that depends on how you define “dead,” but if we’re talking about getting updates: yes, Destiny 2 is dead. The game’s final major update, Monument of Triumph, is scheduled to go live on June 9, bringing a constellation of fan requests. While the game has reached the end of its live-service life, it’s far from abandoned. Even in its darkest hours, D2 still had its share of players. If anything, Monument of Triumph giving it a dignified ending may bring back a lot of the lapsed guardians who were unhappy with Bungie’s handling of the title, especially after The Edge of F

Bungie’s official narrative is that it’s pushing D2‘s last patch to kick off a “new beginning” for a studio looking to “begin work incubating [its] next games.” “While our love for Destiny 2 has not changed, it has become clear that after The Final Shape, we have reached the time for our shared worlds, and Destiny, to live beyond Destiny 2,” the statement reads. The huge decision comes under the direction of CEO Justin Truman, who stepped in after controversial CEO Pete Parsons retired last August. That said, Destiny 2 was bleeding players after The Edge of Fate, with sentiment toward Bungie’s

As a side effect of the Vaulting process, the new player experience and onboarding for Destiny 2 became one of the worst for any live-service game, ever, and no real effort was made to address this issue, with onboarding mostly pushed onto players and external sources to bridge the gap. Starting Destiny 2 as a new player is confusing right from the jump. Where the original story and experience would have slowly introduced the player into new gameplay mechanics and concepts, and built the player's understanding of the world, characters, and story through multiple missions and cutscenes, most of