Destiny - 9/9/14 (PS3/PS4/X360/XB1)

[vrumpt]

Important to note that the loot and drops aren't randomized in a Borderlands/Diablo way. Everything is much more rigid, which is why I like to compare it to PSO. That and the Tower and the way the NPCs are laid out reminds me of a PSO hub.

[Qalbert]

oh yeah, I'm not actually trying to call it a clone, just pointing out it isn't hard to generalize and make comparisons to things

[vrumpt]

Totally. I've seen the game get compared to so many others, its pretty cool. Its also the first huge AAA title in a while that I've really been excited for, but honestly that was only after playing the alpha. Too many games these days end up being a letdown but Bungie went and did a good job with this.

[Buffy]

I loathe PVP, so I am going to need a strong story mode to make me buy the game.

Did you guys in the Alpha get to test any of the story, or was it PVP testing only?

[Qalbert]

[Johnblaze]

I loathe PVP, so I am going to need a strong story mode to make me buy the game.

Did you guys in the Alpha get to test any of the story, or was it PVP testing only?

Alpha had 1 mission (very short), 1 strike (3 man story-esque mission), The Tower (central hub area),exploration mode and 2 PVP domination style maps. PVP is optional and only done at the Crucible. Someone else could probably explain things better.

[vrumpt]

That was about it. The exploration mode would have a bunch of missions scattered around that you could pick up and complete for a small amount of xp. These would usually be something like "Kill fallen to get their drops" or something simple like that. With the level cap only 8 though there wasn't a lot of replay value on the PvE stuff, so everybody just PvPd instead. You also started at level 4, so yeah there wasn't a lot of progression. This was a very very small taste of the game.

[Aevis]

http://www.amazon.com/Destiny-PlaySt...ywords=destiny

Exclusive content for PlayStation 4 owners includes the Exodus Blue Competitive Multiplayer Map, Dust Palace Strike, Weapons, Ships and Gear that will only be on PlayStation until at least Fall 2015.

I already despise all that exclusive content stuff, be it console/pre-order/whatever, but that seems like the final nail in the coffin. A whole year?

[Weltall]

So get it on Ps4!

[Nitsuki]

Ps4 onry

[Ardrial]

Ps4 indeed

[Qalbert]

if anything that's technically good news, until now it had come across as permanent exclusive content, at least a year later is better than not at all

[Salodin]

I was just reading an interview on eurogamer, and apparently all consoles share the same persistent world. Sooo...yeah.

[Ardrial]

I was just reading an interview on eurogamer, and apparently all consoles share the same persistent world. Sooo...yeah.

Impossible. Microsoft will never allow any game to connect to Sony players.

[Serra]

I don't know if never is the right word..

Spoiler: show

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...6L._SY300_.jpg

[vrumpt]

It happened once and people actually enjoyed themselves. They'll never let that happen again.

[Krandor]

By all accounts game is cross platform, quite a few articles about it if you just Google it up

[Yimoa]

I've settled on getting a ps4 over an xbone I'm just heavily undecided on if I should wait and pay more for destiny bundle or get one early and preorder for the beta.

[Buffy]

I'm getting the Xbox one because of Halo too. But PS4 is almost certainly better.

[Serra]

http://community.us.playstation.com/...v=mpbl-1&px=-1
http://www.amazon.com/PlayStation-4-...ds=PS4+destiny