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Burek on 29 July 2014
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kowenicki said:
Burek said:
kowenicki said:
I'm impressed by how many people seem to like this game and yet thought Halo was meh. Odd that.

This game is sooo like Halo in some respects. I don't think it is as good but it sure feels just like playing Halo occasionally, especially when the music kicks in and the fighting gets a little more frantic.

A bit of honesty from both "sides" wouldn't go amiss for a change.

It isn't better than Halo, it isn't necessarily worse than Halo, its just different.

I fail to see how you can love Destiny and think Halo is poor, or love Halo and think Destiny is poor.

To conclude, it isn't a Halo killer (nothing can be) but it will probably kill off other franchises.

I like Destiny (what I've seen so far) much more than Halo. The main reason is that RPG element, the second is the exploration. I've played Halo 3 and Reach, and made it to about halfway both times before I got bored and quit. 

Destiny offers much more diversity than Halo or other similar shooters (Crysis, CoD, BF, Homefront...) which differ only in the setting and enemy skins, while pushing you along a straight line to point B. I liken Destiny much more to Borderlands, which I enjoyed immensely, and is one of my favorite games (part 2 not as much).

Only Borderlands had more humor and a fantastic cast of supporting characters, this is just a bit too robotic and too serious for my taste.

 

Opinions.

The story aspect of Destiny is every buit as linear as a normal FPS imo. Its just dressed up in a faux MMO environment.  The fact that I can wander off mid campaign and re-do the EXACT same set pieces over and over doesnt alter the linearity of the campaign.  The same group of aliens spawn in exacly the same place at fairly predictable intervals.  Fot example in one of the challenges I simply skipped from one area to the other (very close together) repeatedly to get the "100 kills without dying", it was ridiculously predictable and easy.

I'll treat this like a FPS, finish the campaign, thoroughly enjoy it - no doubt.  Then I may play a round a little in the world, but I will be pretty much done.  This is how the vast majority will play the game imo.

 

Of course it's an opinion. My own personal opinion. I just wanted to clarify a few things, because you said you fail to see that anyone can like Destiny and dislike Halo. 

As you see, it is possible. I even explained my opinion and my preferences. I didn't go into much detail, as to why I enjoy games with an RPG system more than straight up "here's the gun shoot everybody" games. You may not enjoy exploration and play it as a linear shooter, I will probably do the exact opposite, as I usually do - partake in missions when I've exhausted all other non-story options.

It is fantastic that developers offer us different options, so that everyone can enjoy games they prefer.