jlmurph2 said:
CGI-Quality said:
Hmmm...that doesn't really strike me as "GOTG" status. It's actually asking a reasonable question with the assumption that, because Destiny is an A) shooter and B) by Bungie, is there anything else that goes up against it for Game of the Year?
Which directly leads back to my point. Not long ago, a good deal of Xbox fans would tell me that Bungie games are: "Game of the Year by default". When Destiny rolled around (long before reviews), I then heard how it would: "not be very good", "looked generic", and "showed a weakness in Bungie's future" (even though this is the team's first time experimenting with an MMO (specifically on console) and their first multi-format developed title.
Thus, while I was prepared to offer a concession speech, because if I'm wrong, I'm wrong, I can't do so with nothing really contradicting what I said. If there an abundance of: "overhype" threads about Destiny (on our site), I'd like to see them.
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I never said "GOTG", and anyone that says that or what I said "greatest game of all time" is obviously exaggerating. But if you haven't seen the overhype that Destiny has received then I guess you need to look at the site more.
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Destiny has been greeted with more caution than hype from day one. Obviously there's been a lot of hype from the company but from non-biased sources people were saying that maybe it would GOTY because of lack of competition or because it's in a popular genre and from a popular company. Personally I'm enjoying it because I actually got the memo about 10 years of support and don't let myself think a game is going to be anymore than a Borderlands Halo mix from the start which is exactly what it looked like and played like in the Beta. Also I've played through Halo 1-3 and can't see how someone could love Halo and hate Destiny they play VERY similarly and even the stories have some similar elements. Sounds like hateful slinging from the Xbox camp that they don't get Bungie all to themselves anymore.
