Destiny 2: Lightfall Reviews
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The Destiny 2 Lightfall expansion trips at the starting gun and falters almost the whole way through.
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It’s been almost ten years since the Destiny franchise has been with us, and I’ve been playing since its very inception. All the way from the game’s beta, I’ve been through the peaks of the game with Witch Queen and The Taken King. This means I’ve also been through some of the biggest blunders, such as Shadowkeep and Curse of Osiris. That said, I’ve always stuck around; the addictive core gameplay still plays so well. It’s such an easy game to pick up and play with friends.
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Destiny 2: Lightfall was off to a great start but quickly fell flat due to a plethora of problems, including bugs, convoluted plot, and more.
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Destiny 2 Lightfall is somewhat of a mixed bag for me. While the Strand subclass is incredible, and I’ve been really enjoying actually playing the game, the story leaves a lot to be desired, and some of the new additions seem a little half-baked. The new Vow of the Disciple raid feels more like a strike due to how easy it is while exploring basic patrol zones on Neomuna feels like a death trap. If a new player asked me if this is the time to jump into Destiny 2, my honest answer would probably be no. The Guardian Ranks...
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The game's new mysteries, powers, and stories are exciting and challenging, even if there is some awkward pacing.
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An evolving universe like Destiny’s is complex and becomes even more challenging to manage with expansions like Destiny 2: Lightfall. While creative and visually stunning new additions to the game are welcome, there are clear shortfalls tying the complicated narrative together. This penultimate chapter in the series delivers one of Bungie’s most disappointing.
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After the highs of The Witch Queen, Lightfall doesn't stick the landing.
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Destiny 2 is still one of the best feeling games to play, but compared to the inventive, personal story told in The Witch Queen, Lightfall is dull and totally inconsequential. What a disappointment.
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While it can feel more like a proof of concept for some new mechanics than a vital piece of the experience, Lightfall is another reason to come back to Destiny 2, which proves it’s still a top-tier shooter more than half a decade into its life.
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Long-running living games are complicated beasts to wrangle and expand in new directions. After so many years, game modes, prior changes, and unique audience groups, a game like Destiny 2 must cater to many masters. That challenge is keenly felt with Destiny 2’s latest expansion. Lightfall is the penultimate chapter in the storytelling arc that has been underway since the original game’s launch in 2014. It misses the mark as a narrative and in a few other key ways. But as a gradual evolution of what has come before, it brings a lot of important additions to the table.
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With quality-of-life overhauls, plenty to chase, and a fun new subclass, Lightfall adds enough to keep us playing, but it falls short of the potential inherent in this moment of its overarching saga with a disappointing campaign, scattergun difficulty, and a lacklustre raid.
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Lightfall is a deeply uneven experience that makes a terrible first impression. An excellent new subclass and raid can only carry it so far, especially when new and exacerbated issues run this deep.
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Destiny 2: Lightfall is overall, a great experience. The gameplay additions, the Quality of Life improvements, and the music and sound design are all best in class. The Lightfall campaign is going to be divisive for a long time to come and I think that’s okay. Its storytelling doesn’t live up to the Witch Queen’s standards, but the level design is some of Destiny’s – and Bungie’s – best. I loved the characters we met along the way, the post-campaign content, and Neomuna itself. I love Neomuna, Strand, and the new Root of Nightmares raid, But I think the best...
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But, for new players? This isn’t a great expansion to jump into. I’d still recommend the Witch Queen expansion for players interested in trying out Destiny for the first time. After that, if you’re all-in on what Destiny 2 has to offer, give Lightfall a look. The neon-lit aesthetic of Neomuna, alongside the new Strand subclass, offers something fresh for players to enjoy — once you move past the ‘turn your brain off’ adventure.
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Since the original launch of Destiny back in 2014, there has been an ambitious yet overly vague storyline building in the depth of its ever-expanding lore. The gist of it? Good versus Evil, or in the case of this universe, the Light versus the Darkness. For so long, it's felt like a meandering excuse for you to shoot aliens across the solar system. However, with the launch of The Witch Queen last year and now Lightfall, narrative seeds planted almost a decade ago are beginning to sprout. The end result to this latest expansion is a contradicting amalgamation of both...
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Destiny 2: Lightfall is my favorite entry into Destiny. This is a tall order with how amazing expansions like The Taken King, Forsaken, and The Witch Queen have been. Nevertheless, Lightfall has surpassed my expectations in almost every way. The gameplay is even more fun and fluid, the location is fresh and new, and while the story has holes, I'm excited to learn how Bungie fills them over the following year and on. Lightfall is as fantastic as it is mysterious, and I love every minute.
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Prior to Lightfall, I felt Destiny was at its strongest point ever. The narrative was exceptional, the character development was unrivaled by any other FPS, and the future seemed both terrifying and wildly exciting. After Lightfall, I am still intrigued to see what happens next, but I think that lies solely with my thousands of logged hours and personal emotional investment that may not exist for new players. There is so much potential in Destiny for newcomers, but it isn’t easy to find, and Bungie often doesn’t help them along the way.
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“Lightfall” certainly doesn’t stand up to the fantastic story of “The Witch Queen,” and Strand doesn’t quite meet expectations. But, Neomuna and its inhabitants are fascinating, and the way “Lightfall” handles some of its characters adds a lot of lore and depth to their stories.
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