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Bungie: "Destiny Is a Different Game After 20 Hours"

maxcriden

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How many hours have you put into Destiny since it launched? If it's more than 20, you should be playing a very different game than the one you started, according to Bungie.

"Twenty hours in, I think that players will find that they’ve evolved to playing a whole different kind of game than the shooter that started them off,” Bungie Executive Producer Patrick O’Kelley said in an interview posted to Xbox Wire. “They’ll find that they’re immersed in a different world, and are deep into the history of their characters. They’ll have built a community of other players. And, without realizing it, they’ll have learned some sophisticated mechanics that enable them to gear up and dive into a six-player cooperative raid, in pursuit of high-level exotic weapons and armor.”

At our fairly quick pace, spending very little time on the extra Vanguard and Strike Quests, getting through Destiny's main story took just over 16 hours to complete, which left our Guardian at level 16. However, we didn't do any Bounties, which can accelerate the leveling progress.

And there's still plenty to do in the game, like finding hidden raids, competitive multiplayer, and leveling up other characters, so if you like the game, it's easy to reach 20 hours even if you rush through the story.

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/destiny-is-a-different-game-after-20-hours-bungie-/1100-6422312/

New news = new thread. I think this is a separate discussion than that in the OT and review thread, so:

-has this been your experience with the game so far?
-if you knew this going in would it have colored your experience differently?
-is this out of the Dark Souls school of "spend 30 hours getting good" or a different philosophy entirely?

Those are just a few points to consider.

Selected comments:

Well, if you eat your own turd for 20 hours running, you probably might like it too.


No sane person will, however.

In my opinion, Destiny starts off rough because there's very little loot (a major component of the game) and the abilities you unlock (grenades and double jump) are incredibly generic. It feels like a straight-up shooter for the first couple of levels, which is fine, but a little disappointing to those expecting more. However, it definitely gets better as you continue to play because you start to unlock more powerful weapons and unique abilities.


Does it live up to the hype? No, I don't think so. The story is terrible, the inability to skip cutscenes you've seen a hundred times is annoying, and all of the untapped potential will frustrate you. Having said all that, it's still a very fun game, and I'm having a blast playing it with friends. I think if you go in with your expectations in-check (i.e. forget the hype), you'll have a good time with Destiny.

Please lock if old, redundant, or not worthy of space magic.
 
Pro-tip: if you want to get good PR from outside sources, be as transparent as possible about your experience from the get-go. Don't wait for bad PR, then tell people that they've evaluated it wrong, and that "by the way, if you keep playing, it gets better!"
 
If you have to account more than a full week of an average person's free time in order for a game to be good then frankly you have failed as a designer.
 
The funny part is after 20 hours I've heard a lot more people complain about the being burnt out and the game lacking in new content, rather than getting more positive about the game.
 
I would actually like to hear from people playing the game if this is true as well.

The game does get better later, but it's just a better version of the same stuff over and over again. There are weird flashes of goodness, but the bad mechanics sort of rear their head too often.

I like Destiny, I've been having fun. I also realize that it won't be everyone's cup of tea.
 
Oh Bungie..
Instead of defending make your expansions fix the game and don't give "Game changes in 20 hours" Only games that do that are fighting games. KOF is a completely different game at 2,000 hours.
 
(Full disclosure: I'm totally gonna play and enjoy this game, but I feel compelled to say this in reaction to the response itself from Bungie):

A game which takes a 20-hour "investment" to start enjoying is worthless to me.
 
Leave Destiny alone :(

(Full disclosure: I'm totally gonna play and enjoy this game, but I feel compelled to say this in reaction to the response itself from Bungie):

A game which takes a 20-hour "investment" to start enjoying is worthless to me.

This doesn't mean it isn't enjoyable before you get to the 20-hour mark.
I think Soul Sacrifice Delta and Monster Hunter are a good comparison.
 
The funny part is after 20 hours I've heard a lot more people complain about the being burnt out and the game lacking in new content, rather than getting more positive about the game.

stuff become even more bullet spongey

just move on bungie admit you over hyped this pos

it has a good baseline i just hope destiny 2 actually becomes good
 
Sounds like they should have sent out one of these:

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I've had so many people tell me "Keep playing it! After about 25-30 hours, it gets good! The game doesn't deserve the hate it's getting!"

Sorry, but if it takes 25-30 hours for a game to become enjoyable, then it is not a good game.

Plus, I've heard it's even worse considering the enemies become even bigger sponges.

The popularity of this game is going to plummet. It is going to be a wasteland in a couple of months. It might have made Activision a lot of money now, but its longevity looks really bleak.
 
Like I said several times.. Destiny is not a good game, but is a great Base for a Masterpiece. Bungie is just a Patch away to make this game amazing.

  • New game+
  • The tower with interesting NPCs, that give missions and dialogs to learn the lore.
  • Interesting exploration, give a reason to go places intestead of just walking around to grind things. Good Examples are the Scan mode that Metroid Prime have. Or premade missions in every part of the map that is non random generated and it help you to understand what's going on.
 
I wont pretend I didnt have fun on the way to level 20, but im definitely having more fun with it post 20. Levels go out the window and its all about skill with your build. LOVE IT
 
meh, online only game with little story is just boring. Halo was interesting because you had a great single player and great online to go with it. Destiny just feels like an incomplete game
 
If I don't like a game, I hardly ever pass the 2 hour mark on it.
I really doubt someone that didn't like Destiny will stick with it for 20 hours!
 
I like destiny enough but having to put 20 hours into anything for it to get good is some straight up intolerable bullshit.

You know those first 20 hours. Make them really great and maybe people will get to experience the gaming transcendence after those 20 hours.

A good move would be to make mission that are actually interesting and not just, take dinklage bot to location X so he can say some enigmatic shit in the least enthusiastic way possible.
 
How far am I from it picking up? Finished all the main missions, almost level 22. Seems like I've been doing the same thing since getting the game. Defend this stupid fucking flying robot thing while killing 10 waves of enemy as the enemies progressively get longer health bars and you get shit loot.
 
It was stupid when people used it to defend how boring every PC MMORPG that came out in the last 10 years by saying that the real game was at level cap, it's still stupid now. Bungie pls
 
Isn't the game significantly worse after 20 hours when you start having to do the same shit over and over and over and over and over again?
 
I'm not quite there yet but I do feel the combat is opening up now that I'm unlocking better powers. I can see where the fun in the endgame will be.
 
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