FINALLY, DESTINY 2 IS COMING. With a ton of info, as developer Bungie decided to spill the beans on their first proper sequel. Beans which we picked up,to the tune of fifty as today’s hands-on session revealed plenty of information. Here’s the rundown of what I discovered while I wandered if I could kill the YouTuber in front of me and consume his place in the line to play Destiny 2.
Guardians
- Destiny 2 kicks off with your Guardian at full strength,but it isn’t long before Ghaul and his Red Legion sever your connection to the Light of the Traveller
- While the same three classes will be in action (Warlock,Titan and Hunter), they’ll all get a fourth new powerset to complement their Arc, Void and Solar skills
- Warlocks can now access the powers of the Dawnblade
- Hunters get to dance around foes with the Arc-Strider sub-class
- Titans can wield the shield of the Sentinel sub-class
- The skillsets established across Destiny and its expansions have also been massively tweaked and modified
Weapons
- Your arsenal comes in three flavours now: Kinetic,Energy and Power
- Kinetic offers standard damage with regular rounds
- Energy adds elemental damage to the mix
- Power lives up to its name, offering heavy-hitting responses to enemies
- Basically any weapon type can belong to one of the three categories above, instead of being limited to Primary, Secondary and Heavy categories
- Three new weapons were introduced: SMGs, Gatling cannons and grenade launchers
- Suros,Omolon,Hakke and Tex Mechanica have some new competition: Veist.
New planets
- In addition to the new hub, there’ll be four new zones/planets to explore:
- Earth, Titan, Io, and Nessus
- Earth is home to the European Dead Zone,which survived the cut content of Destiny 1 to resurface again in the sequel
- Bungie said the the EDZ is their “largest destination yet,” with access to caves, a new hub and a massive forest
- Titan is a moon orbiting Saturn that has no actual terrain,only interlinked platforms from mankind’s Golden Age
- Titan vanguard Zavala can be found here, seemingly in self-imposed exile
- Bungie described Nessus as a “strange and unstable planetoid” that the Vex have taken over and turned into one of their machine planets
- Cayde-6 can be found here, up to shenanigans presumably
- Io is the last location that The Traveler visited before the Golden Age of humanity ended, and is considered holy ground for Guardians
- Ikora can be found here, as she searches for answers
Dominus Ghaul
- Project Lead Mark Noseworthy described Ghaul to us as “the hero of his own story”
- Dominus Ghaul’s primary objective is to show humanity that the Traveller chose wrong, as he strips the Guardians of their connection to the mythic being
- Unlike Oryx the Taken King,Ghaul believes that he’s actually helping humanity
The Red Legion
- This division of the Cabal aren’t your ordinary grunts,but rather their elite special forces
- They’re also more varied in their ranks: Red Legion troops include flamethrower soldiers, elite ground forces,hunting packs, sniping Psions and cleaver-wielding Butchers
- Flamer troops can be taken out explosively,if Guardians can snipe the fuel tank on their back
- Butchers are meatier opponents who rush Guardians to deliver melee beatdowns
- The new Phalanxes are also wise to your ways. Their new shields prevent their feet from being peppered with bullets,although it does have a large weakpoint in the middle
Countdown
- Destiny 2’s newest Crucible mode is simple but quick: Countdown
- The map we played Countdown on was called Midtown. It lives up to its name
- Countdown has opposing Guardians either setting off charges, or defending and defusing them
- Charges go off very quick so awareness of the map is paramount here
- Guardian lives are limited. One death and you’re out
- There are respawns available, but good luck surviving long enough to help out a teammate.
- Countdown has a best of five setup
- All PvP modes are now 4v4 games
Clans
- Destiny 2 now has official clan support
- Bungie calls Clan creation a “new integrated system that allows friends to bring their community and unique culture to the forefront of Destiny”
- In-game rosters will allow players to build and customise their teams
- Clans will also have shared rewards,with all clan-mate actions contributing even if they’re playing solo
Guided Games
- Destiny 2’s answer to Looking For Group is a new system which will allow lone wolves and social players to pair up to tackle strikes, raids and missions
- This new feature allows solo players to find and play with other players to enjoy Destiny 2 and earn new in-game rewards like weapons, and armour,” Bungie said.
Destiny on PC
- Vicarious Visions have developed Destiny 2 for PC
- Destiny 2 will have 4K support
- And a FOV slider
- PC will not have dedicated servers
- The PC version of Destiny 2 will be released after the console versions,when Bungie is happy with the end result
There’s even more out there,of which I’ll have more wrap-ups written for just as soon as kick my jet lag in the balls.
Last Updated: May 19, 2017
HairyEwok
May 19, 2017 at 08:15
ohhhhh ssssss that’s going to hurt “PC will not have dedicated servers”
But then again thats to be expected since it’ll be through Blizzards Battle.net system
Ottokie
May 19, 2017 at 08:23
Well crap…the hype train just derailed big time.
I did not know Ubisoft was also developing the game
Frederik van der Wath
May 19, 2017 at 10:39
Blizzard will only handle the front end and social features. All game services, hosting and support will still be from Bungie.
Kervyn Cloete
May 19, 2017 at 08:50
Here’s one cool thing I learned about Destiny 2: I really, really want to play Destiny 2
Sageville
May 19, 2017 at 09:39
They call this Destiny 2, but they market the thing like it’s a DLC, “We are getting a new raid!”
i.e. Destiny 2 will launch with only one raid?
I dunno, I lost interest in Destiny cause you’re always fighting the same enemies, over and over. I was very underwhelmed by this reveal, more of the same enemies, this time cabal with a red reskin. The aren’t releasing a new class, just an extra ability… ugh it just looks like the next expansion.
Guess I’ll have to get it ;{