Hi little bots, today I just wanted to
to a brief review of the Destiny Beta now that it has launched on
both systems and is available to play for anyone (no beta code
required).
First off this game can be summed up in
4 words: New Phantasy Star Online. It's basicly a graphically
updated version of Phantasy Star with elements of Star Wars and
Borderlands mixed in. Visually the game is pretty, good music, and
really feels like you are playing a MMO on the console. Playing it
on both the PS4 and Xbox One there isn't a difference in visuals or
game play, it all depends which controller you like using more and
which console more of your friends are going to play on.
Game Play:
It's a first person MMO shooter, if you
are like me and really suck at first person shooting games it's best
to team up with a friend and tackle enemy’s together. In the Demo
you are restricted to level 8, there was only 1 competitive
multiplayer game type that I saw (the rest said restricted so I don’t
know if that means you have to unlock them threw more game play or
have to be a certain level), all of the story missions and free roam
missions are in the same area (very repetitive game play).
Every time you enter a new area for a
story mission or go back to free roam, you are dumped in the same
spot with the same level 2 enemy’s looking at the same satellite
tower. You go threw the same areas, new areas open up as you go
threw the story line but it is still on the same map area and you
repeatability go threw the same place over and over again. The
enemy spawn points are supper obvious and you can predict when the
enemy will re-spawn after another player has cleared that area.
As for creating your character and
picking out your class and race, there isn’t that many options.
You have 3 different races: Human,Exos (robot), and Awoken (blue
people); and you have 3 different classes: Titian, Warlock, and
Hunter.
after designing your race you come to
the character creation screen where you have a limited number of
faces to choose from all of which you can not alter, you can choose
hair style, markings, and coloring for your character. I guess I'm a
little spoiled when it comes to creating your character after playing
Skyrim and Mass Effect so much that I expect to make my face look
clownish if I so desire.
The thing that made me a little sad was
the fact that choosing a character class really doesn’t matter.
There are no perks to choosing one over another, all can wield any
weapon in the game and the special attacks are the same. You have
grenade type, special supper charge attack, and your bitch slap (aka
melee). Yes, each class's special attacks does something a little
different, but it all boils down to do you want to see your character
use a golden gun or magically blast your enemy’s away when you use
your charge attack.
Multiplayer:
It feels like any other competitive
multiplayer, you just do it on the moon. No new wheel invention here
as of yet.
Story:
Sigh, the story... it's like they
expect you to know what is already going on in this world. I wish
they gave your character amnesia so you can ask questions like who
the hell are these blue people or the history. As of now the story
telling is flater than a crepe. Hope they fix this before launch.
Graphics:
Graphics look good, your character
looks fine in cut scenes, and load screens are pretty to look at. I
didn’t see any glitches. The only down side is they will make a
spawn point where the enemy comes out (say a bunker or room) black.
This makes it supper obvious where your enemy is coming from.
Sound:
Like I said I have no complainants
about the music, it was well done and fits in with the feel of the
game. The sound effects for the guns and vehicles I've heard before.
Very redundant, very pew pew pitching with the fire arms, and the
bike sounds like one from Star Wars. Could have used some more gack
sounds with the gun when firing, to give it more of that post
apocalyptic feel.
Final Thought:
It's a pretty MMO for the next gen
counsels. I don’t think it will be as great as every one was
hoping it to be when the full game comes out. I just don’t see
this winning game of the year. There are a lot of repetitiveness in
the game play, a lot of grinding that might turn off a lot of
players. If you like MMOs you will like this game, If you are more
of a FPS type of player unfortunately it looks like you will have to
play the MMO side of the game to unlock weapons/gear and upgrade your
character for multiplayer. At that point you would be better off
playing Battlefield or Halo Master Chief edition.
So Destiny Beta is out for everyone to
play right now. It ends on Sunday, so if you would like to try it
and form your own opinion about the game, please do! I probably will
play the full game when it comes out in September. For more
information about the game go to
Destiny
the Game.
See you on the other side
