With Destiny: Rise of Iron, Bungie have taken two steps backwards. Characters bounced off each other, helping to create and maintain an emotional attachment to them and the story in general. It was humorous and filled with jokes, the writing was excellent and the voice acting was sublime. I praised Destiny: The Taken King last year for its vast improvements on storytelling and characterisation compared to the original release. While I do like running around as my Bubblebro Titan, I would have loved something new to try out. There also aren’t any classes introduced, which means that there aren’t any large changes made to abilities and you’ll likely continue playing in the same style that you have been for 1 or 2 years previously. Unlike with Destiny: The Taken King, Destiny: Rise of Iron doesn’t introduce any new gun types, which leaves the game feeling exactly like its past incarnations.

The shooting and guns are just as incredibly satisfying and responsive as before, and I stand by my previous comments that there is no game with shooting mechanics that feel as good as Destiny. While this may be the case, I still put many hours into Destiny: Rise of Iron and left feeling that Bungie have taken a step backwards.Īs an expansion, much of Destiny: Rise of Iron is identical to the original release and past expansions and DLC. As such, much of my opinion is coloured by how accessible the content is for a solo-Guardian, and I was unable to participate in the new raid. By the time Destiny: Rise of Iron had released, all of my friends had left the franchise and were happy to spend their time playing other online games, so this time I was truly alone in my ongoing journey with Destiny. It left me with hope for how the future might progress, especially if Bungie would finally begin to flesh out future releases a bit more. While I may have been on my own, I was able to enjoy Destiny: The Taken King, its improved story and the new light system. At the time of the original games release I had a pretty close-knit group of friends that I would play online with, but around the release of Destiny: The Taken King they began to lose interest in the franchise and so I was left on my own to save the galaxy.

While there were obvious flaws in the original game, like the poor story and repetitious nature of its general game design, I found myself utterly obsessed with it.

While the Destiny franchise hasn’t yet been around for a long time, it managed to grab me in a way that few IPs have before it.

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