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Destiny Concerns: The Potential Faults Of This Year’s Biggest Game

Time might seem to be going a bit slowly for Destiny fans right now, but fear not, because the beta is about to launch. Like so many others, my interest in the game has risen considerably since playing the first look alpha. There was a huge difference between seeing video of Destiny, and actually getting to play it myself, and I can now safely say that I am officially exited for this game.

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Try as I might, I never could get into the story of Halo. Whenever someone says this to a massive Halo fan, the usual response is that you have to read the Halo novels to really appreciate the lore. This may be true, and it does help to create a more detailed fictional universe, but it also creates a somewhat frustrating barrier to entry. Perhaps even worse was when Halo 2 concluded without providing anything even close to an acceptable amount of closure. I may not have enjoyed the story as much as I wanted to, but I still wanted an actual ending.

Because of this, I was happy to see that Destiny developers hope to avoid this particular issue, going so far as to state their belief that they have to earn the right to make a sequel, and explaining that the conclusion to the game will have a conclusion to the story. When a publisher earmarks $500 million dollars for a new franchise, you might not expect that level humility from the developer, but here’s Bungie to prove me wrong.

When looked at from the most cynical of viewpoints, I suppose someone could come away with the impression that the developers are just telling fans what they want to hear. But even allowing for that, I think it’s still a great sign that they are self-aware enough to make the claim in the first place. I just hope that the mentality of creating a self-contained story in Destiny will extend to any potential sequels. I’d hate to find myself confused or disappointed with the story someday, only to hear some die-hard Destiny fan tell me that to really appreciate and understand everything, I should read the books.