Destiny’s first expansion, The Dark Below, is coming next week. As you’re likely aware, those playing the game on PlayStation platforms will be treated to exclusive content that won’t be going to that other platform until “at least Autumn 2015.” Sony’s PlayStation Blog has finally detailed that content.
Essentially, all you’re getting is one extra strike mission and a shiny new shotgun.
In the added strike, called The Undying Mind, “You can step back into the coveted dangers of The Black Garden to face a timeless Vex machine-beast that has survived for ages. Prepare for firefights amidst vine-laden pillars and decaying paths in an effort to destroy the centuries-old evil.” Thrilling. The extra shotgun you’ll be getting is called The 4th Horseman shotgun, and promises “Four barrels, five shots, and a sizzlingly fast fire rate that will eat away at the Vex legions in short order.” Please, help me contain my excitement.
As for the rest of you, here’s what you’ll all be getting in next week’s Dark Below expansion – which is, of course, part of the expansion pass.
Here’s a handy-dandy, easy-to-digest breakdown:
- New story missions that pit you against a Hive god.
- New weapons, armor, and gear to further customize your Guardian.
- The ability to increase your Light level to 32, and five additional bounty slots.
- Three new competitive multiplayer maps: Pantheon, Skyshock, and The Cauldron.
- New cooperative Strike: The Will of Crota. Purge a twisted horror from the Cosmodrome.
- An additional resident of the Tower: Eris, a resolute survivor of an ill-fated mission.
- And a new six-player Raid: Crota’s End. Face him in the deepest dark.
Last Updated: December 3, 2014
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
December 3, 2014 at 10:41
Gasp! It’s almost like Bungie has embraced Activision’s tenet of “…merely phoning it in”.
Mark Treloar
December 3, 2014 at 10:44
I would love it if they could just create a mission that explains what the actual F*** is going on in the story and who the actual enemy is? Why there are different ones? Why they hate each other?
oVg elfroot addict
December 3, 2014 at 10:45
They should hire the kitchen lady from Bioware studios. Im sure she would come up with something better.
In-game CODEX for starters.
Mark Treloar
December 3, 2014 at 10:46
Yeah I really love when I unlock a new card and they tell me to log in somewhere else to see it.
Hammersteyn
December 3, 2014 at 10:56
Like that EVER happens
oVg elfroot addict
December 3, 2014 at 10:58
Such bollocks, its like they made the narrative as shallow as possible to force the player to register all their data on another website. Stupid gamers.
Is it that hard to do a talking ingame codex like in Mass Effect? No.
Hammersteyn
December 3, 2014 at 11:01
Fucking DLC codes are changing as well, I can’t use mine on the PS store, no I need a Uplay account. Well the can go play in the traffice
oVg elfroot addict
December 3, 2014 at 11:03
1984 here we come baby. Control control control.
Hammersteyn
December 3, 2014 at 10:49
We’re fighting the darkness. Which isn’t very dark mind you. Or you can go to their website and read all about it. I think of the 4000000 that still plays maybe 10 has read the whole thing
Mark Treloar
December 3, 2014 at 10:52
Right and that’s the actual problem. The game is supposed to tell the story not the movie of the book based on a rumor.
Hammersteyn
December 3, 2014 at 10:53
Personally I think Peter Dinklage got bored and they cut his exposition out of the game
Mark Treloar
December 3, 2014 at 11:08
R2/D2 has more personality.
oVg elfroot addict
December 3, 2014 at 11:19
lol you are fcking right, you can add Master Chief in there to.
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
December 3, 2014 at 10:53
I could tell you about the war… but I’m not going to. Here go play Crucible or do another strike (for the millionth time)
Hammersteyn
December 3, 2014 at 10:55
COD, Crucible of Destiny
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
December 3, 2014 at 10:56
Soap McTavish has been resurrected… and now… HE’S A GUARDIAN!!!
Hammersteyn
December 3, 2014 at 10:57
Well he surely doesn’t have the charm to be a ghost. I could picture Kevin Spacey as the Cryptarch
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
December 3, 2014 at 10:58
I wonder if Peter Dinklage is going to record a few more shitty lines for the expac?
Hammersteyn
December 3, 2014 at 11:05
But of course. All the DLC has already been made. Now they can release it every so often and charge extra for it
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
December 3, 2014 at 10:51
Something something Darkness… something something dead ghosts… something something lame exposition… something something DLC!
Mark Treloar
December 3, 2014 at 11:31
Yeah that’s the other problem. The Vex’s sole motivation is; You are not dark enough therefore you must die??????
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
December 3, 2014 at 14:37
Clearly the Vex are goth and we’re all just emo hipsters….
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
December 3, 2014 at 10:58
You’ll find out in expansion pack 16 that Luke is actually our Father!
oVg elfroot addict
December 3, 2014 at 11:06
They stole the narrative from this box art 😛
Mark Treloar
December 3, 2014 at 11:16
We will find out in the end that we are all named Rocky and we all got married to Adriannnn!!!!!!
oVg elfroot addict
December 3, 2014 at 11:18
We are all in the Animus.
Mark Treloar
December 3, 2014 at 11:20
We are the guards who lose track of people because they sudden sat down on a bench.
oVg elfroot addict
December 3, 2014 at 11:26
falling through the floor seems quite normal these days.
Mark Treloar
December 3, 2014 at 11:28
Most fun I had was pushing my co-op partner off the map with my Sparrow.
Rock789
December 3, 2014 at 11:31
Dude, it’s you, the good guys, versus the Covenant and then The Flood, who both you and the Covenant dislike… Oh wait, that’s not the right Bungie game universe… Yet strangely familiar… 😉 🙂
But yeah – in game codex would be near the top of my “I would like this” list for Destiny. Still a fun game, though.
oVg elfroot addict
December 3, 2014 at 10:44
Run, pew pew pew, reload. Run, pew pew pew, reload. Run, pew pew pew, reload. Run, pew pew pew, reload…
New expansion, Run, pew pew pew pew pew reload, Run, pew pew pew pew pew reload…
Mark Treloar
December 3, 2014 at 10:45
You forgot to add: If played and Xbone, insert breaks for Sport and TV.
oVg elfroot addict
December 3, 2014 at 10:48
I would never have imagined console gaming being accepted by the JOCKS during those fights in the school playground with the nerds in the 80s.
Mark Treloar
December 3, 2014 at 10:51
The irony is those same jocks are able to quote stats about the sports they love that would put actual nerds to shame.
oVg elfroot addict
December 3, 2014 at 10:54
How things have changed. At least their Sporty twitch reflexes are put to good use in FIFA and COD while the old school nerd gamers are deciding how much iron or Elfroot they need to collect.
Hammersteyn
December 3, 2014 at 10:48
Still waiting for the…
https://i.imgur.com/IxWYq.png
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
December 3, 2014 at 10:50
Mmmmmm Bobby Kotick loves the re-use of assets! With every copy-and-paste, Bungie is crawling further up Kotick’s man cave…. Yay Next Gen Gaming! Yay tacked on social crap!
Hammersteyn
December 3, 2014 at 10:52
The shotgun looks nice but it has the same attributes I’ve seen in other weapons.
oVg elfroot addict
December 3, 2014 at 11:02
Wait until the revival of Guitar Hero.
Hammersteyn
December 3, 2014 at 10:51
I think Destiny would have been more successful if it was like No Mans Sky. Travel to a random generate planet and cleanse it of whatever evil besets it. Somehow Earth, The Moon, Venus and Mars doesn’t exactly wow me or instill any sense of exploration.
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
December 3, 2014 at 10:52
Destiny needs Commander Shepherd! In fact the game needs FemShep (the best Shep)
Hammersteyn
December 3, 2014 at 10:52
Says the banana using a lady avatar 😛
oVg elfroot addict
December 3, 2014 at 11:01
and Paul McCartney.
CAE9872
December 3, 2014 at 10:59
I must get back to this over holidays! Too many damn games!
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
December 3, 2014 at 11:02
So… Raid tonight?
oVg elfroot addict
December 3, 2014 at 11:09
LOL
Kromas, Guardian of Cenarius
December 3, 2014 at 11:13
Yes cause that is what an MMO really needs. Unfair advantages due to preferred platform. Ill still stick to wow thanks.
Mark Treloar
December 3, 2014 at 11:18
Discover the Summer of WOW with Telkom.
Kromas, Guardian of Cenarius
December 3, 2014 at 11:40
Good thing I’m on a Wisp 😛