Currently with a 74 metacritic rating the game will probably stay around that number throughout the upcoming days. Only Oni had a lower score (73) but that game was praised by the gaming community which isn't really the case with Destiny that is sitting on a 6.4 user rating. 

However let numbers not deceive since this game is still a solid game with hours of content and some nice gameplay mechanics. And a lot of people are in fact enjoying the game. But what everyone commonly agrees with is that this is just the beginning of a game that will keep on expanding on features, storyline, gameplay and other content. This content is already fully in production and there is a clear vision behind it that'll make the add-ons a real added value, and perhaps even a must-buy purchase, to get the full Destiny experience. 

The sole reason why this route has been chosen, in my opinion, is to get even more money out of expansions and DLC which is in some way a letdown. It would have been better received if this feature vision of having a steady stream of new content was actually already available in the basegame and give people the full experience first before looking into ways of expanding. 

Nevertheless it is the way it is currently but I doubt Bungie and especially Activision will be happy with the way the game is received and reviewed. Because this might lead to less sales. Therefore I think that we'll see a newer, updated version that will include all the content including the expansions the Dark Below and House of Wolves plus all the other updates already at the beginning of next summer. This will keep momentum going because of the better value that people are getting when buying the game and with the corresponding higher reviews. 

I have been saying 7.5 all along in the other threads. It is by no means a bad game, but it is not a 9 or 10 either. Personally, I think Borderlands 1 and 2 are way better experiences in a somewhat (using this sparingly) comparable type of world. I also think the Crucible is somewhat comparable to Halo MP, but not quite as fun either. What makes Destiny unique is every element of it combined together to form the Destiny world, and it succeeds at that, but its components looked at individually are not stand out amazing, IMO. It's still a good game, and I would find it hard to argue that it "sucks", but the PvP balance and the fact that PVP is boring are not possible for me to overlook.  I don't see how anyone could honestly call this a 9.5-10. That being said, it will have enormous sales numbers and it has stellar co-op implementations. On topic of the thread, I vote Fall 2015.

I wouldn't be surprised honestly. I don't think there's ever been an "event" game like this to get such mediocre reviews. At this rate it could finish in the 60's on metacritic. That's getting into flat out bad territory.

When they've sold 7 Million+ copies and everyone has already played it for themselves they give a shit about reviews why?

They will care if sales drop off the cliff now, especially since more people seem to be agreeing wirh the critical reception than not. I don't know anyone who's loving it and  a lot of my friends are already getting bored with it and it's not even a week old!

That's why they didn't let sites review it until after it sold that much. Very sneaky.

Final Fantasy XIV..


Anyway we will get Destiny 2 and they will hype it like the game they always wanted Destiny to be..

Metacritic user reviews are garbage. As for the critic reviews, I can understand some of the problems they have but I personally haven't been disappointed and love the game. I'd probably rate it 9.

I do agree though that they'll probably release a new version with all the game content at some point in the future.

Nah. MMOs should not be reviewed with empty servers

Why should they when Destiny has already sold so much? What does Activi$ion care?