Destiny - Anyone going to play?

Activision video game 'Destiny' sets pre-order record - executive

An Activision Blizzard executive said on Tuesday the company's upcoming "Destiny" shooter game has set a video game industry record as the most pre-ordered new title.

Activision, the largest U.S. video game publisher by revenue, has made a massive bet on "Destiny" by investing $500 million to develop and promote the title in a bid to build the sci-fi role-playing videogame into its next multibillion-dollar franchise.

Activision Publishing Chief Executive Eric Hirshberg, speaking at the Gamescom video game conference in Cologne, Germany, said Destiny is "the most pre-ordered new IP (intellectual property) in history," according to video game retailer GameStop.

Investors hope that "Destiny," scheduled for release on September 9 from Bungie, the same studio that created Microsoft's best-selling "Halo" franchise, could re-invigorate Activision's revenue, which slid 6 percent in 2013.

"Destiny" is a combination of a traditional shooting game format and a role-playing game in which gamers play characters in a real-time online world. The title allows gamers to play "Guardians" who protect the last city standing on a post-apocalyptic Earth.
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:wtf:
 
Consoles only = bleh
FPS on console = double bleh

It may be an exceptional game, but I'm not buying a console just to play it.
 
Lol is that a rhetorical question? Im taking a week off from work come launch day.
 
What's exclusive to the PlayStation versions of Destiny?

Bungie's Destiny is a multiplatform game, but the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 versions of the game are home to a handful of exclusives coming first to Sony platforms. In a new video released by Activision and Bungie, the publisher and developer lay out what PS3 and PS4 players will get access to first.

The PlayStation exclusives highlighted in the above video include the Exodus Blue competitive multiplayer map and a strike — a cooperative game mode in Destiny — set on Mars named Dust Palace. There's also a trio of rare, class-specific gear sets: Vanir for the Titan, Argus for the Hunter and Manifold for the Warlock. Two weapons, the Monte Carlo exotic auto rifle and Hawkmoon exotic hand cannon, are also PlayStation exclusives. More details on those items are available at the official PlayStation website.

The video notes that the PlayStation-exclusive items are timed, and won't be available on other platforms "until at least fall 2015." PlayStation-exclusive content is also planned in Destiny's first two expansions.

Destiny hits PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One on Sept. 9. Sony will release a white PS4 bundle with Destiny included on launch day.
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Link has a nice video that shows off the equipment and gameplay.
 
Tried the beta, not my thing. It feels shallow, like there is something missing, but I can't put my finger on it...
 
OrbitalDawn said:
Some of it gives me a Mass Effect vibe...
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The graphics are amazing, and maybe some of the environments are reminiscent of ME. But it lacks the substance that ME has - it has a weak plot, no character development, not very intuitive, etc. It's basically been hyped up to be more than it actually is IMO...
 
Greylor said:
Consoles only = bleh
FPS on console = double bleh

It may be an exceptional game, but I'm not buying a console just to play it.
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FPS on console with a keyboard & mouse = Awesome!
;)
 
Here is the live action trailer, I hope this becomes a movie!
[video=youtube;9ZyQK6kUdWQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZyQK6kUdWQ[/video]
 
So, just 11hrs 20 mins to go... :D

Who here will be playing tonight?
 
It's a shame that it's not being released on PC.

Looks great thou.

Evolve is being released next year - PC too. Looks great :)
 
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