*** The Official Destiny Thread (now includes 2.0 and TTK) ***
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July 17th
EDIT: Never mind.
Mate who played the Alpha has been full of praise like. I didn't bother with it myself but will put a few hours into the Beta to fully confirm my pre-order. Already pretty certain I'm keeping it though as I really want more social multiplayer games.
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Anyone know if the Beta will be the same content wise as the Alpha?
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Most people seem to think it's like Mass Effect. I've never played it personally, to me it's like Halo with WoW style level up and instance options.
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Just to answer my own question.
Whilst the alpha was the first opportunity for a lot of players to get into Destiny early, it won’t be your only chance before launch, “The beta test later in the year will contain different content – there will be a difference but what’s key is that every bit of information we’re gathering and the tweaks and adjustments we’re making will carry through to the Beta test”.
Sauce.
http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2014/06/16/bungie-using-destiny-alpha-polish-sci-fi-epic/
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Huh? It's nothing like Mass Effect IMO. Mass Effect is a 3rd person action RPG, Destiny is a 1st person MMORPG.
Depends on what you mean by similar, in a way yes as they are MMO's however this is in a different league to defiance so I wouldn't compare them.
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I mean Halo type games combined with mass effect. It seemed to be a common opinion but I've never played it so can't comment.
To me it's basically Halo with Wow elements.
Having played the alpha, I would say it obviously takes ideas from other games, however, it combines them in such a way that is just Destiny, the finished product is unlike anything else. The art style is a bit Halo, but it's not Halo. You could draw comparisons between explore mode and Borderlands, but it's not Borderlands. The crucible seems to draw elements from Halo and Unreal Tournament, but again, it's neither.
I found it a genuinely refreshing experience, and with the breadth of things you can do it's very hard to get bored. There was lots of 'I wonder what's over there' moments, or 'hmm what does this do?'.
I found it a genuinely refreshing experience, and with the breadth of things you can do it's very hard to get bored. There was lots of 'I wonder what's over there' moments, or 'hmm what does this do?'.
Agree, i was amazed that from an alpha it worked so well, and to top it off, it was the most fun i've had playing a game in a long time, I really can not wait to play the Beta and final product.
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Agreed. When the Alpha ended I actually felt a little lost, like I had nothing to play. I really enjoyed the openness of the game, even though it was obviously a severely restricted demo. I can't wait for the full game just so I can start exploring everywhere properly.
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likewise. i am highly impressed.
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Excellent. The amount of people who have decided to buy the game purely based on playing the beta have obviously been noticed