#talkblogging Destiny 2

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So Destiny 2 is finally on PC and it’s so gorgeous I could die. Actually I frequently do die. By jumping off cliffs that funny enough are not places you can go down to look at.

Peri gave me a lore video to watch and I have some blogs/tags to plunder but I wanted to type up my first impressions because I didn’t take notes on my phone for nothing

I have to say, the most crushing blow to my expectations is that Cayde is pronounced “Kade” rather than “Kay-dee” which is how I always read it for the last. Two? Three years?? I refuse to believe you’d put a silent y in the middle of the name when Cade/Kade are also names that exist

Anyway

I played my first 2 hours alone, which was up through finding the EDZ and getting my light back, then played with friends for the rest of the storyline.

To get the scenery gushing out of the way: oh my god, I forgot how much I missed outer space scenery until loading into this game. Like, No Man’s Sky did provide a nice booster shot and I legitimately enjoy the game, but it just can’t compare to actual level design and detail work in these Destiny maps. A little way through the first mission, it actually made me a bit nostalgic for Mass Effect too (particularly 3). I think Nessus is my fav so far, the color combination is SO good

To give you a good idea, I left my team for a bit today and rejoined them, and as soon as I spotted a side room with pretty lights I wandered into it, freaked out about how cool the dark patches with sparkly lights are and how weird it is when you get close to them, and they laughed and told me that was EXACTLY what they’d predicted I’d do.

Gamplay stuff

I misread the enemies as “legendary” instead of “legionary” and thought they were just trying to stroke my ego right up front.

It is reeeaaaally not obvious which doors will and won’t open. The story missions are quite linear, but I have trouble knowing which door will actually take me somewhere without consulting my ghost.

I absolutely adore the jumping and gliding mechanics (though I had to have Peri explain to me how your angle works), and parkour/climbing scenery frequently leads to great views and/or my death. Unfortunately it doesn’t seem to be that advantageous to find weird positions in fights. I’d love to stay up on pillars and snipe, but I never seem to have enough sniper ammo.

Speaking of ammo, ... I can’t remember why I put this bullet point down, it literally just says “Ammo”. Maybe I was just gonna comment on how it’s weird to actually have ammo now since Overwatch is infinite? It drops pretty generously, but I have to actually go pick it up which I don’t want to do in the middle of a firefight, so eh.

I basically already loved my ghost before I even started playing, but I Love My Ghost.

As much as I dig outer space, the Earth scenery is actually fairly captivating as well. Like, when you start following the hawk, I was just looking around in wonder. And I also jumped off a cliff for the first time because I didn’t see the path jog to the right and assumed you go straight, which turns out is a fairly common cause of my death.

I really enjoy the “sight to fight” ratio, so to speak. The only fight that’s been really obnoxiously long was changing my subclass back to Voidwalker. There’s whole stretches of areas on the story missions where you just look around. Enjoy the view. Enjoy it even more if you don’t move on for like five minutes. Coughs

The starting gear was honestly my favorite look I’ve had so far, I really wish there was a way to keep it. I know I’ll probably be getting cool legendaries soon that look nice, but ugh the golden edging just matched my glowing golden eyes so well! I did also really enjoy that tunic with the little wings that lets you hover and shoot, but it only works with Dawnbreaker subclass which was a huge bummer.

I do wish the subclasses had more customization/options. I have extra skill points and nowhere to put them? I only have a handful of options that are all unrelated to each other as opposed to rpg skill trees that I’m used to. Ehhh. (Also not very many facial customization options. :| )

The map is a ton more cohesive and like... seamless? Than I expected? Like I thought you’d have to go through a bunch of menus any time you wanted to do a different activity, but you can just run across open world maps and happen into public activities, find the flags for adventures and decide to just do it, and so on. It’s been really neat.

Lore I feel like I don’t know very well atm, but I’m gonna soon. There are a lot of scenes that I kinda figure would hit harder if I’d played Destiny 1.

Also I just want Ikora and hawk lady to love me.

And shoutout to my Overwatch friends for dragging me into Destiny 2 with them!! I was on the fence about it, admittedly partially because I feel like I’m just leagues behind on lore/dedication compared to people I follow here on Tumblr and I’m hesitant about dipping my toes in, but then I decided aw fuck it. I dunno what my activity level will be, but it’s not like I’m obligated to join in. Shrugs. And also I figured it would be worth it just for the scenery (and it was......)

#even though I ended up live texting Silt anyway #but am I really invested in something if I don't make inordinately long posts about it? #talkblogging Destiny 2 #if ur on PC and wanna hang hmu #also hilariously I just got a friend to start Overwatch and now I'm eyeing up Destiny 2 icon #I like the combat and social aspect of Overwatch a lot more so far #so I doubt I'll wholesale abandon it