Bungie’s Activision-published shared world shooter Destiny isn’t out for another two and a bit weeks. But that hardly matters – here’s its launch trailer anyway.
This new launch trailer features a couple of press accolades, and a focus on the game’s campaign.
We had a blast with the game’s alpha, and then a second go at the game with the extended beta – and each time it’s left us wanting more. This launch trailer, two and a half weeks before the game is actually launched is a cruel, cruel reminder that in 17 or so days time, you’ll be lost to Destiny.
Destiny is coming to PlayStation 3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One on September 9. The game is already starting to become divisive, which I think is a product of its monumental hype. Whenever anything or anybody becomes popular, it becomes instantly cool to hate. I do think the game’s being hyped just a tad too much, but everything that I’ve played, I’ve enjoyed immensely.
Of course, there are those who genuinely feel that it looks and feels a little generic, that it’s little more than a re-skinned, more multiplayer Halo for a new generation – or Borderlands without the Joie de vivre.
On which side of the fence do you sit? Is Destiny the next best thing, or is it dull and uninspired; another lifeless and bland shooter in a long line of lifeless and bland shooters?
Last Updated: August 22, 2014
Lord Chaos
August 22, 2014 at 07:33
Header Win!
Now to read the article.
Skyblue
August 22, 2014 at 08:29
My thoughts exactly! Awesome.
Lardus-Resident Perve
August 22, 2014 at 10:11
Alone, not much. But with the article title – HEADER OF THE WEEK!
DrKiller
August 23, 2014 at 12:07
Of the year so far!
Rinceable
August 22, 2014 at 07:42
Brilliant header Geoff, you cuddly Asian… Oh, not here? Okay… O–0
Hammersteyn
August 22, 2014 at 07:50
LOL!
Umar Ver 1.OBJECTION
August 22, 2014 at 07:42
Completely ignored the article…Oh dear, that header
All I heard in my head when I saw that header was this
Rinceable
August 22, 2014 at 07:43
There was an article?
Umar Ver 1.OBJECTION
August 22, 2014 at 07:45
I still have no idea…seems to be an empty web page with one sad,sad header on top.
Rinceable
August 22, 2014 at 07:49
You say sad looking at the girl. I say happy, dude is efficient and he’s also happy bwahaha
Rinceable
August 22, 2014 at 07:43
Very excited about this game, as for people hating on it? That’s the new cool.
Kromas of City17
August 22, 2014 at 07:59
Uhm what about the people who don’t really give a damn about it?
Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim
August 22, 2014 at 08:01
Otherwise known as “PC Gamers”
Kromas of City17
August 22, 2014 at 08:04
Hahaha … you found me out. 🙂
Rinceable
August 22, 2014 at 08:18
Ouch
Jonah Cash
August 22, 2014 at 09:11
You may enter yourself for comment of the week…..
FoxOneZA
August 22, 2014 at 09:00
I’ll be excited when the beta 2.0 testing is done 😉
Rock789
August 22, 2014 at 07:46
Cannot wait to get stuck into this game again and explore all the new worlds that weren’t included in the Beta – very much looking forward to its release.
Rinceable
August 22, 2014 at 07:50
Everything is about releases with you *runs
Rock789
August 22, 2014 at 07:59
Nothing like a good release… 😉
Kromas of City17
August 22, 2014 at 08:00
The girl in the header will have to release herself it seems.
#ForeverSP
😛
Rock789
August 22, 2014 at 08:03
Touche’. 🙂
Rinceable
August 22, 2014 at 08:19
Boom… Is not what she just got ????
Jonah Cash
August 22, 2014 at 09:08
I want to explore the places on earth where I couldn’t enter thanks to those ???? level guys!! I want to know what is around the corner from the shipwrecks!! That is the first place I will be going to even before I reach level 2!! My curiosity caused me to die at least 20 times trying to get past those guys…
Rock789
August 22, 2014 at 09:13
Indeed! I remember there was an underground section, just to the left of where you land / arrive on Earth in the Beta, where there were a few ??? enemies. Really wanna get past them so I can see what the heck is on the other side. Tried a few times, but they pretty much kill you with 1 shot. What is in there, dammit?!
Jonah Cash
August 22, 2014 at 09:15
Yes that is another place I also want to know why I couldn’t go in there!!! Hahahaha, I see a lot of early deaths for my poor level 1 Guardian….
Nikola
August 22, 2014 at 10:13
Soon dude soon…
Hammersteyn
August 22, 2014 at 07:52
I wont’ say it’s the next best thing, but this is the first RPG/MMO/FPS game I will ever play. Plus it’s so easy to join anyone if you want to. I can’t wait to start looting and doing strike missions for bigger and badder guns so yeah, take my money.
Rinceable
August 22, 2014 at 08:20
PS4 right?
Hammersteyn
August 22, 2014 at 08:24
Yup, when are you getting one?
Sageville
August 22, 2014 at 10:36
You speak of the precious?
CAE9872
August 22, 2014 at 09:06
One thing I don’t quite understand if I am correct – didn’t Bungie say Raid quests can only be done with friends? Really? Given the ease of drop-in, drop-out?
Hammersteyn
August 22, 2014 at 09:20
I’m not sure how raid quest will work. All I know is you can join anyone of your friends anytime. Or I can invite you.
Anon A Mouse
August 22, 2014 at 08:21
Man that header. It’s almost the same feeling as finding out your favourite football team got rid of their broken vampire cannibal genius just to go after Mario Balotelli…
Jonah Cash
August 22, 2014 at 09:10
If we get 12 million for Borini from Sunderland then 16 million on Balotelli who has great promise is not a bad punt in my opinion!! He can be brilliant he just needs to stop his childish shit!! But at that price we might as well give him a go and hope BR can calm him down like he did with the cannibal!!!
CAE9872
August 22, 2014 at 09:13
Promise? You smoking your socks! He is brilliant player but I do agree with one thing – the man is an arse sometimes…
Anon A Mouse
August 22, 2014 at 09:31
That’s what is getting me worried. If (when) he starts his antics there will be a lot of unhappy chappies in the dressing room. He did a far better job scoring for Milan than for City though as he can be a bit lazy at times as well.
Anyway back to the gaming news.
Anon A Mouse
August 22, 2014 at 09:32
They agreed to 14 million for Borini but he doesn’t seem that keen to go. If Balotelli gets in he might change his mind.
CAE9872
August 22, 2014 at 09:12
Or when your favourite team sells their ONE decent striker in Mario Balotelli; what is Milan thinking!
Admiral Chief Assassin
August 22, 2014 at 08:32
Way to lose a sale guys, this is one of the only games I would have pre-ordered, if it was on PC
Jonah Cash
August 22, 2014 at 09:16
You could always pre-order a cool white PS4 with Destiny…..
*runs
Admiral Chief Assassin
August 22, 2014 at 09:28
…but then I’d have to work with silly controls!
Pieter Kruger
August 22, 2014 at 08:41
Still not sold……will have to wait for actual reviews after release, but if it’s good I’ll definitely be picking it up!
Jonah Cash
August 22, 2014 at 09:13
Didn’t expect anything else from you buddy!! Go and give it a try, the beta was actually the perfect place but if you missed it then I guess you will have to either just miss it or take a leap of faith!! In my opinion this game is going to be huge, it is so much fun and the gameplay is seamless!!
Rags
August 22, 2014 at 11:59
No mainstream review is going to say anything bad.
Skyblue
August 22, 2014 at 08:43
Every modern FPS title is derivative of established genre norms. I take no issue with that as it’s far easier to quickly get immersed in a title if it’s slightly more familiar (esp in the control layout dept, I HATE dev’s re-inventing the wheel and not giving you customizability) and easily accessible which generally means that every half decent title has an element of generic to quickly get you invested.
Personally having played Bungie’s earlier works I do have faith in the pedigree of that particular developer.
I started playing Killzone Shadow Fall recently (late adopter) and although it is undoubtedly beautiful and well constructed it is extremely generic and can be very frustrating at times with some bad design decisions and poorly implemented colour schemes (outdoor combat) along with a control scheme that should have been aborted at inception. I’m still enjoying it though.
WarframedSquirrel
August 22, 2014 at 08:45
I’ve got a feeling that Gavin is claiming the review copy for himself… if not, then Geoff is.
Admiral Chief Assassin
August 22, 2014 at 08:46
I’ve also got a feeling…that tonight is going to be a good night!
WarframedSquirrel
August 22, 2014 at 09:12
Ooops… finger slipped, blocked, ignored and defriended… how’d that happen? O_O
Admiral Chief Assassin
August 22, 2014 at 09:27
LOL like we were ever friends…
😛
WarframedSquirrel
August 22, 2014 at 13:25
Bastard! You WERE a “friend” on Steam… no more I tell you, NO MORE!!! J/k
Weanerdog
August 22, 2014 at 08:58
Sorry don’t the header.
Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim
August 22, 2014 at 09:03
I think you out a verb.
Weanerdog
August 22, 2014 at 09:19
I did, ninja editing ftw. Just a question though I was thinking that this header may be inappropriate if it were say bring a girl child to work day. Of course then I immediately thought of the Man Shows bring a girl child to work day/casual sex Fridays skit and sat sniggering to myself.
edit: I read something about someone shadowing Zoe for the day.
CAE9872
August 22, 2014 at 09:03
My pre-order is in; and I am looking forward to it. I still say it is very, very Halo-ish but then I do LOVE Halo so I don’t mind at all. Halo games were good so don’t see why Bungie won’t ensure this is as well.
Jonah Cash
August 22, 2014 at 09:06
Exactly why try and go a different route if they know the first route worked? Just make the first route better and boy did they make it better!!!
I am very close to full withdrawal mode again….
Jonah Cash
August 22, 2014 at 09:05
Destiny is going to be the biggest game for the next 3-4 years!!! People will moan because that is what people do!! But if you have played Destiny and you don’t like the gameplay then there is something wrong with you!!!
Destiny is a brilliant game, and the gameplay is so close to perfect!! I am starting to get very hyped for the game again, I am longing for it!!!
WarframedSquirrel
August 22, 2014 at 09:17
I really enjoyed Destiny, but I don’t know if it’s worth getting it on the Xbox 360 or not. So many people are getting it on Xbone or PS4 it’s not even funny, so I’d probably be playing an online game alone anyway 😛
Jonah Cash
August 22, 2014 at 09:22
I played most of my time on it alone in any case. Did however go with Sage and Hammer on one strike mission and it was actually a lot of fun!! Also had an idiot quit on us when I went with randomly picked guys for the strike, and the idiot I was left with kept on shooting me in the face everywhere we stopped… So yeah people are idiots!!
Nikola
August 22, 2014 at 10:19
Coudn’t agree with you more it’s just so brilliant and I am really not a fan of FPS especially on console not my thing but this game is just so epic, gameplay is probably what I love the most about it….3 more weeks absolutely can not wait!! Haven’t been amped for a game like this in a long time.
WarframedSquirrel
August 22, 2014 at 09:13
That’s definitely header of the week… I don’t care what anyone else says
Jaded_Reprobate
August 22, 2014 at 09:46
agreed… epic header that
Nikola
August 22, 2014 at 10:15
So maybe if they release the trailer 3 weeks earlier maybe they release the game a week earlier maybe??? anyone?? just maybe, please:((
SargonTheGreatPandaOfAkkad
August 22, 2014 at 10:18
I cannot wait for this to come to PC so I can get to play this awes…..
Oh. Fuck. Nevermind. 😛
MichaelMatusowsky
August 22, 2014 at 11:28
But.. where’s the PC version :(?
bluegoon
August 22, 2014 at 14:38
hahahaha, bravo, bravo, header is award winning
Craig Lotter
August 22, 2014 at 14:51
Absolute header win!!
Sovereign
August 22, 2014 at 20:03
double take on the header.