Destiny: New FPS Revealed. Morgoth no longer fapping

[DDZ]

Enjoying it beyond expectation! Then again, I love grinding.

Game looks pretty nice, seems to be challenging too.

 

[SuicideBunny]

Isn' that the same franchise/TV show Trion made a piece of crap MMORPG for?

you're confusing destiny and defiance.

I knew that there were a lot of stupid people in the world, but the fact that there were 8.3 million of them willing to buy this game during the first week of release means I'm going to have to lower my expectations regarding the human race even further, which I didn't think was possible.

it's retailers. retailers buy stuff based on hype, and this game was incredibly hyped. since the reception is rather lukewarm, expect many destiny boxes to collect dust on a lot of shelves.

 

[DeepOcean]

Watched some steam, some guy spent 10 mins shooting a boss, the boss health bar got slowly grind away by his space peashooter. The boss could kill him by very few shots, so long time waiting for life to regenerate. This thing is worse than Borderlands 2, at least, on borderlands 2 you can equip two rocket launchers and go crazy kamikaze on the enemies that are just more than different named versions of the same generic alien.

 

[Machocruz]

Hype always wins. With the pre-ordes and day-one purchase madness of today, even Daikatana would be a successful release. Gamers are not a learning animal, the industry has no incentive to change the formula.

And thus, Gamergate will fail to have any impact on the real fruits of corrupt "journalism." It's exactly how some of us said it will be, over and over.

 

[Jaesun]

No, I think that figure represents copies... uh, shipped out to stores, retailers, warehouses, etc. There's a term for it that slips my tongue at the moment. I don't think all of those copies have been sold, though apparently Activision have the cash in hand.

Activision said this afternoon that it has sold in more than $500m of Destiny worldwide as of day one. When it says "sold in", it means copies of the game to shops and first parties - Microsoft and Sony - not "sold through" to customers.

Yeah those are NOT sales numbers, that number does not mean anything, other than units shipped. 490 million will probably be returned back to Activision to be buried into a pile next to the ET Atari cartridges garbage dump....

When/if NDP releases sales numbers for this, that will be most telling (I still think it will sell well enough though).

 

[Tehdagah]

Watched some steam, some guy spent 10 mins shooting a boss, the boss health bar got slowly grind away by his space peashooter. The boss could kill him by very few shots, so long time waiting for life to regenerate. This thing is worse than Borderlands 2, at least, on borderlands 2 you can equip two rocket launchers and go crazy kamikaze on the enemies that are just more than different named versions of the same generic alien.

Maybe the boss is supposed to be fought by multiple players.

Check out the advanced graphics in this game.

Please don't tell me that this is the PS4/XboxOne version

 

[J_C]

Watched some steam, some guy spent 10 mins shooting a boss, the boss health bar got slowly grind away by his space peashooter. The boss could kill him by very few shots, so long time waiting for life to regenerate. This thing is worse than Borderlands 2, at least, on borderlands 2 you can equip two rocket launchers and go crazy kamikaze on the enemies that are just more than different named versions of the same generic alien.

Maybe the boss is supposed to be fought by multiple players.

Well duuuh, the game is based on co-op, of course the boss is supposed to taken by several players.

 

[Clockwork Knight]

That, and maybe the boss was way above the guy's level. From what I've seen in the beta, it's not uncommon to run into stuff you're not prepared for.

 

[Astral Rag]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2014-destiny-xbox-one-performance-analysis

TL;DR

Game runs in Full HD™


































at an almost rock solid 30FPS

I can't imagine playing a modern first-person shooter with such a low frame rate.

 

[Cadmus]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2014-destiny-xbox-one-performance-analysis

runs in Full HD™






























at an almost rock solid 30FPS

I don't understand..so it's basically the Xbox people saying "our game runs a little less like shit"
My shitty PC runs serious sam at 30 fps cuz there's shit graphic options in the menu and I fucking hate it so much

 

[DDZ]

Halo was also at 30fps I believe, somehow I was never really bothered by the Halo games being 30fps, same with Destiny now, I haven't noticed any slowdown on PS4 as of yet. If it's a steady 30 fps it's better than a 60fp shooter that drops to 20.

Or the worst, shit like Battlefield on consoles. Ugh.

 

[TripJack]

I can't imagine playing a modern first-person shooter with such a low frame rate.

a sluggish framerate for sluggish gameplay, it's a match made in heaven bro

 

[Paul_cz]

This is such a shitty game. I am glad it won't probably be the hyperseller Actard wanted it to be.

 

[Avellion]

First reviews in, Metascore is currently at 86.

I love Destiny. I love every minute of it. I love repeating quests. I love grinding for gear. I love doing it all with my friends. I love the tactics you need to succeed. I love how colorful everything is and the matte-painting like vistas. I love the stupid arch-Shakespearean goofy self-seriousness of everything. I love how distinctly weird Peter Dinklage’s performance is. I adore the soundtrack.

 

[Sodafish]

I find it very weird that a game can have a 10/10 review and a 0/10 review at the same time.
Something's fishy

It's only user reviews so far. For the average gamer kid 10 means "I like it" and 0 means "I don't like it".

Kind of like Amazon product reviews then.

 

[Servo]

The sole reason to get a console was just so you could pop a game in and play it. The internet is really turning out to be the death of gamin itself.

Welcome to 2006

This is my problem with consoles nowadays. They are basically extremely limited PCs with even more mandatory updates and 1000% less porn.

ffs though people are acting surprised that the game is selling so well despite being a hollow piece of shit. Stop being naive, Codex. At least in my corner of the world all anyone has talked about for the past year is Borderlands 2 and Destiny. I wish they'd shut up already, that or the voice in my head that keeps telling me to end their miserable lives.

People say its more boring than Borderlands series.

Truly a feat of epic proportions, one I thought was unpossible. You would think the game was perfect though the way my coworkers keep talking about it.

ITS SHEPAERD

 

[SuicideBunny]

ffs though people are acting surprised that the game is selling so well despite being a hollow piece of shit. Stop being naive, Codex.

is it selling well? that "most successful new video game franchise launch ever" stuff is just about units sold to retailers, not actual sales.

 

[Servo]

ffs though people are acting surprised that the game is selling so well despite being a hollow piece of shit. Stop being naive, Codex.

is it selling well? that "most successful new video game franchise launch ever" stuff is just about units sold to retailers, not actual sales.

My bad. I was still on pg 10 when I typed that. I started making a point about how success in this industry has nothing to do with anything other than hype. The current generation will remember this game well into adulthood as the most best thing ever and it will shape the industry for years to come. But then I got distracted by that picture of Shepard.

 

[sbb]

I love the stupid arch-Shakespearean goofy self-seriousness of everything. I love how distinctly weird Peter Dinklage’s performance is.

WEIRD IS GOOD
~WOOOO~
FUCK YEAH GUYS!

 

[DDZ]

It's not even weird at all.

Anyone else playing this on PS4? Rank 11 so far, Titan. Meleeing people is fun as shit.

 

[Machocruz]

success in this industry has nothing to do with anything other than hype.

Good summation of my central thesis on game "journalism, corruption, gamer culture, popamole, and decline.

 

[sbb]

Grind grind grind = MMO
Shoot shoot shoot = FPS
Grind grind grind + shoot shoot shoot = MMOFPS. They seem to have nailed it

Spoiler

for what it is

 

[Malpercio]

Maybe this will teach people to not get fooled by PR speak and hype for the next AAA turd!

AHAHAH, yeah, right...

 

[Excommunicator]

I like how they've tried to make out that the amount shipped is somehow reflective of the amount of units sold to consumers. Retailers have less understanding of games than publishers so it ultimately means nothing.

Keep in mind: breaking even on a $500 million dollar investment is a lot worse than it at first seems. That's $500 million dollars locked up for 5 years without making any profit. As far as a large public company is concerned, that would be very, very poor performance.

 

[Ebonsword]

Keep in mind: breaking even on a $500 million dollar investment is a lot worse than it at first seems. That's $500 million dollars locked up for 5 years without making any profit. As far as a large public company is concerned, that would be very, very poor performance.

Not really. Auto companies, drug companies, aerospace companies, etc. all frequently have tons of money tied up in development projects. It's pretty normal, I think, for any company that's not in a service industry.