Destiny 2: Renegades

Destiny 2: Renegades is what The Edge of Fate could have been: a fresh start into a new saga, packed with excellent combat additions, weapons, and an intriguing narrative.

Destiny’s earliest incarnation drew heavily on the science/fantasy roots established by Star Wars, nodding in various ways over the years to that mainstay of genre fiction. As an expansion, Renegades makes those inspirations far more explicit, borrowing directly from that galaxy far, far away to bring in the likes of lightsabers, Jedi, blasters, specific storytelling beats, and familiar costumes – albeit with distinct naming conventions. The suffusion of familiar Star Wars elements is som...

Bungie have taken a step in to unknown for Destiny 2: Renegades, their first expansion that’s based on an existing IP, and it’s a pretty big one. You might have had a bad feeling about this, but whether you knew the odds or not, you will be pleasantly surprised to hear that this Destiny 2 Star Wars crossover is a gamble that has mostly paid off.

Destiny 2: Renegades is a Star Wars-flavored expansion that’s cringey and light on content, but what’s there works surprisingly well.

Destiny 2: Renegades is the definitive Star Wars homage within Destiny. Whether or not you think Destiny needed an homage to Star Wars in the form of an expansion is up to you.

The Star Wars influences don't necessarily drag down the Destiny 2 experience so much as awkwardly hang about but Renegades is serviceable, even if it isn't worth $40.