New community theatre suggets that new info is coming soon.
Here's part one, released last week. Although it doesn't mention Destiny it's pretty silly.
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New community theatre suggets that new info is coming soon.
Here's part one, released last week. Although it doesn't mention Destiny it's pretty silly.
The name "Destiny" is also mentioned at the end of Marathon Infinity. It has been stated that the MC is also the main character of Marathon in an alternate timeline, etc.
Would make sense and would keep it in the greater mythos. should be interesting.
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Here we go. Bungie has announced that the unveiling of Destiny will go down on February 17th.
http://www.vg247.com/2013/02/12/bung...ary-17-reveal/
My thoughts...I'm beyond excited. This looks like a game that could compel me to purchase either MS's or Sony's new console. An MMOFPS without a subscription fee. Loot drop elements like the Borderlands series, large areas like the series Planetside, and loose story ties to Marathon.
Bungie, shut up and take my money.
I was ready to to cast this off as "hey look - more Halo" but they had me at subscription free persistent online world.
Colour me intrigued.
Gamespot has some more info on how it's all going to work:
http://www.gamespot.com/features/des...about-6404016/
EDIT: Sounds ambitious.
Have they confirmed the marathon ties?Quote:
Originally Posted by Magician
Officially, no. But the title of the vidoc is Pathways Out of Darkness. Pathways into Darkness is the title of the Bungie game that preceded Marathon's development. Marathon was originally planned as the sequel to PiD. I don't believe there'll be any similarities story-wise, but I think Destiny will borrow some themes and art from PiD.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bunkhouse Buck
Bump, for the GDC character development trailer.
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We're supposed to get a new trailer today. Activision sent out Rudyard Kipling's novel "The Second Jungle Book" to news outlets with the annoucement bookmarking a page with the following.
"Now this is the Law of the Jungle —
as old and as true as the sky;
And the Wolf that shall keep it may prosper,
but the Wolf that shall break it must die.
As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk
the Law runneth forward and back –
For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf,
and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
Wash daily from nose-tip to tail-tip;
drink deeply, but never too deep;
And remember the night is for hunting,
and forget not the day is for sleep.
The Jackal may follow the Tiger,
but, Cub, when thy whiskers are grown,
Remember the Wolf is a Hunter –
go forth and get food of thine own.
Keep peace withe Lords of the Jungle –
the Tiger, the Panther, and Bear.
And trouble not Hathi the Silent,
and mock not the Boar in his lair.
When Pack meets with Pack in the Jungle,
and neither will go from the trail,
Lie down till the leaders have spoken –
it may be fair words shall prevail.
When ye fight with a Wolf of the Pack,
ye must fight him alone and afar,
Lest others take part in the quarrel,
and the Pack be diminished by war.
The Lair of the Wolf is his refuge,
and where he has made him his home,
Not even the Head Wolf may enter,
not even the Council may come.
The Lair of the Wolf is his refuge,
but where he has digged it too plain,
The Council shall send him a message,
and so he shall change it again.
If ye kill before midnight, be silent,
and wake not the woods with your bay,
Lest ye frighten the deer from the crop,
and your brothers go empty away.
Ye may kill for yourselves, and your mates,
and your cubs as they need, and ye can;
But kill not for pleasure of killing,
and seven times never kill Man!
If ye plunder his Kill from a weaker,
devour not all in thy pride;
Pack-Right is the right of the meanest;
so leave him the head and the hide.
The Kill of the Pack is the meat of the Pack.
Ye must eat where it lies;
And no one may carry away of that meat to his lair,
or he dies.
The Kill of the Wolf is the meat of the Wolf.
He may do what he will;
But, till he has given permission,
the Pack may not eat of that Kill.
Cub-Right is the right of the Yearling.
From all of his Pack he may claim
Full-gorge when the killer has eaten;
and none may refuse him the same.
Lair-Right is the right of the Mother.
From all of her year she may claim
One haunch of each kill for her litter,
and none may deny her the same.
Cave-Right is the right of the Father –
to hunt by himself for his own:
He is freed of all calls to the Pack;
he is judged by the Council alone.
Because of his age and his cunning,
because of his gripe and his paw,
In all that the Law leaveth open,
the word of your Head Wolf is Law.
Now these are the Laws of the Jungle,
and many and mighty are they;
But the head and the hoof of the Law
and the haunch and the hump is — Obey!”
I'll edit and add the new trailer as soon as I find it.
I can't wait to see more at E3
I need some gameplay footage. That looked terribly generic and uninspired.
Why the fuck would you need a cloak on the moon?
I'm not sure if you've noticed or not, Duf.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lagduf
Sony has called dibs for showing Destiny footage at their E3 conference.
This is also supposed to be on current gen consoles too right? I don't plan on joining the next gen for a while, if ever but this looks cool.
Yes, current gen and next gen platforms.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sexual Instinct
360, XB1, PS3 and PS4.
Although nothing has been said about PC or Wii U...yet.
Word.Quote:
Originally Posted by Magician
That makes a whole lot more sense.
But...why would you need a cloak on the moon Magician, why!?!?
Since this will be an action/rpg like Borderlands perhaps they exist as an equipment slot?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lagduf
Or perhaps they protect against solar winds?
Or they're there simply because capes and/or cloaks are...I dunno...awesome?
I hope to fuck we solve the mystery of cloaks over armor tomorrow.
Magician I expect to get off work tomorrow, come home, click on this thread, and see a post by you with links to the relevant videos and your thoughts on what has been shown.
Make it happen.
;)
I'd love to give a minute by minute account of both MS and Sony presentations. Unfortunately, I'll be down two people at work this week, so I won't have an opportunity to watch either until I'm back at home myself aswell. But I'm with you. These cloaks are serious business.
Cloaks aside I'm quite interested to see how the multiplayer on this is going to work.
What I'm lacking right now is a quality co-op experience that is player vs environment. None of that PvP garbage.
I wish Phantasy Star Online 2 was out in the US and on the 360.
Same here. I can't recall the last game I really enjoyed for its online co-op that isn't Minecraft, Halo, or Borderlands. ME3 was cool for a minute, but lacked longevity. Left 4 Dead? Crackdown? Great co-op games but again not alot of substance.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lagduf
It's a scratch that only an MMO or ORPG can itch.
My hopes are beyond the stratosphere, Bungie. I hope Destiny is Borderlands "in space" and more.
Agreed there Magician. On that note I want something where I can build a character.
Am I alone in thinking that Destiny looked amazing at the PS4 conference?
I don't believe so.
I was honestly more impressed with Watch Dogs and The Division.
I am really, really excited for Metal Gear Solid V as well.
That said I am fairly confident that Destiny will be an all around excellent title. I don't know that the core gameplay will be anything revolutionary, but I suspect it will be evolutionary - that given Bungie's skills as developers Destiny will be the king of the crop of the Shoot 'n Loot genre (anyone used that term before? If not that's what I'm calling these Borderlands-esque games from now one) for some time to come.
What impressed me the most was that Public Event.
The seamless integration of three different multiplayer teams in a way that made sense thematically really impressed me.
It allows you to have the close-knit planning and co-op between friends on standard missions but also get involved in crazy battles with tons of player from time to time.
Regardless we're talking Day 1 purchase.
I honestly wasn't very impressed with the E3 showing. Destiny just seemed like Mass Effect meets Borderlands. I've loved Bungie in the past so I'm absolutely giving their new game a chance on release for the Xbox One. For me tho, the hype train has died a lot.
Hence my comments on this game being evolutionary rather than revolutionary.Quote:
Originally Posted by Strange
Although the public events where multiple gamers sessions are instanced together seamlessly to combat a larger enemy force was pretty fucking cool.
Here is a playthrough of the demo we've seen last night, but with someone from Bungie talking about the game to a Gamespot editor:
http://www.gamespot.com/e3/destiny-e...=Topslot;Slot1
Will have competitive multiplayer.
I just saw that Gamespot video. The game is going to be really cool. My expectations were just over inflated. It's the game I'm most looking forward to again. Destiny will take me into the next generation. I'll pick up the new Xbox along with it when it's released.
I'm looking for legitimate reasons why anyone cares about this. Why are people hyped about Destiny? From where I sit, it just looks like a brown sci-fi shooter with a loot system and MMO style co-op.
It's just the way my brain works, but this looks like the same old shit we've been getting for an entire generation with a few modifications.
Do people really have this much faith in Bungie to deliver when the Halo series has never really been anything worth writing home about and survives predominantly on nostalgia?
Do people really need yet another online FPS arena game?
Sell me on this.
Why should I care?
Not trolling. I want some legitimate rationale.
It looks like Dead Island, only with gunplay.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taiso
Which automatically makes it awesome.
Need I say more?
/me - *sheepish grin*
Attachment 5240Quote:
Originally Posted by Magician
LOL
Honestly though, I look at Destiny and all I see is Borderlands. Only with an artistic direction that Borderlands intended to use until it was changed at the eleventh hour to a more cell shaded look. Add to that the fact that it's a larger universe, a new and larger loot pool, co-op parties, clan support, and deeper customization options. That's already more than Borderlands has ever offered.
I draw alot of comparisons to Borderlands because that's the core of Destiny, a loot/shooter.
Sure it doesn't have the dark and mature themes you may be looking for, but it's offering a hearty dish of what I love.
Loot...sweet loot.
in theory i should be all over this game
i love Halo and i love Borderlands and this looks like a combination of the two
but i don't know what it is... i honestly can't quantify my general apathy for it
i still plan on getting it but at the moment i'm definitely not pumped for it
There is only one game dark and mature enough to satisfy my need to play games of redeeming social value. But that game won't load if I try to play it in my homocave.Quote:
Originally Posted by Magician
Because it's Bungie and I thoroughly enjoyed all their Halo games.
They have a penchant for stellar multiplayer.
It's another entry in the shoot 'n loot genre which I am glad to see.
If you aren't sold on games revolving around loot and the pursuit of more loot then this game might not be for you.
Did you like Borderlands?
I said before that this game looks more evolutionary than revolutionary.
What seems cool in Destiny is how the multiplayer works. The party system where you can instance with other parties, in certain predefined zones, to fight larger battles seems awesome.
I wouldn't call the game brown, given you play on numerous worlds and we've only seen the classic, oft-done "wasteland" type setting.
I guess I don't understand what you mean by "hyped." Am I hyped for this game? No. Am I going to buy it day 1? Yes, probably. I just expect it to be a solid game, with features and systems I already like, with Bungie's own twist on the genre. A good story and anything else will be gravy.
A game I am hyped for though: Dragon's Crown. Can.Not.Wait.
I like loot style games. I just don't like FPS as a genre, although I like some games in that style (Bioshock, for example.)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lagduf
I even get why the game is being promoted so heavily. This is the first major thing Bungie is doing since walking away from Halo.
It's just...shooters are not attractive to me as a genre. There has to be something beyond the play style itself to engage me.
Did you play Dishonored?
Anywho I will say I was disappointed that Bungie's first game after Halo was an FPS. I was hoping to see their take on a different genre.
FPS still haven't lost their appeal to me though I certainly don't play as many as I used to, nor have I played competitively online in some time.
I couldn't get into Dishonored. I appreciate that it tried to do something different, and the stealth and sliding mechanics were nice additions, but it just didn't grab me. The uniqueness wasn't strong enough to overcome what I felt were very humdrum run n gun elements I've seen a million times before.
I love playing FPS games in existing universes of other mediums, like the Dark Forces games. Those types of games fall back on the mythology of the IP and when I see and hear familiar sights and sounds, I have an easier time sliding into that reality. I also like when games cleverly introduce elements of their universes into the gameplay. It's little innocuous stuff, like the sound a roller droid makes when you shoot it or the familiar hiss of a door sliding open, or the ionic scream of a TIE Fighter flying overhead. Those little touches that just keep reminding you what world you're playing in.
So what's the deal with this?
I see the term FPS MMO tossed around in here. Is this an MMO, or can you play it offline?
Also, I did not like Borderlands.
You can play it offline or on, just like Borderlands. Really this game is Bungie's take on the Borderland's formula; large areas to explore, monsters to kill, and loot to collect. I have not been that impressed with the gunplay so far but the game is still months away.
I am looking for the novel features. It does seem to be falling inbetween something like BL2 and Planetside. Hopefully more like BL2 because Planetside gets old real fast.
Gearbox handled the Colonial Marines situation so poorly. Yet I can't help being anything but grateful to them for giving the shoot'n'loot genre legs. Would Destiny get any further than "the idea" if the Borderlands series wasn't a twenty-million copy seller? Probably not.
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Destiny will be the cover for the January issue of GameInformer.
A blowout article will no doubt be inside.
http://images.vg247.com/current//201...rmer_cover.jpg
I've seen that art style before.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Magician
http://marathon.bungie.org/story/ter...art/lhowon.jpg
Strong Marathon Pastiche. Love it.
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It's old news, but the official release date for Destiny is September 9th.
I've already submitted my time off request at work. :)
We really don't know the core mechanics yet right?
I still have a dreadful feeling this is going to be as stale as Planetside 2.
Hmm? What more than the usual fps and mmo-rpg trappings did you want to know?Quote:
Originally Posted by NeoSneth