Guess Destiny 2's Final Metacritic Score: Currently 84 with 18 reviews (thread over game is good)

[VAMatt]

arcaneguyver said:

VAMatt said:
I have seven or eight hours in the game so far. In my opinion, it is excellent. But, I have obviously only scratched the surface of the game. I was originally thinking it would score in the low to mid-80s. But, I'm thinking mid-to-upper 80s now.

In any case, I think we can safely say at this point that it is significantly improved from the original game. That's really all that matters to me personally, as I had a ton of fun with the original. Any Improvement over that works for me.

 

What is better about it? D1 had good enough gameplay & setting, but it stumbled over lazy/bad storytelling, uninspired wave-based encounter design, a stark lack of content, and a perhaps too chaotic competitive mode. I don't care about the competitive scene, but a better variety of encounters and putting the lore in-game rather than on cards would be worth bumping the score up a notch.

Lore is in-game, and there is tons of it (relative to D1).  Story, all aspects of it, is tons better in D2.  

Its too early for me to have a real opinion on the encounter design.  But, so far, I feel like there is slightly more variety in this regard.  Just slightly more though.  I really wish there were some new enemy types.  

I've only played a few matches of PvP.  That's not my primary scene either.  I think that the reducting from teams of 4 to teams of 6 has slowed things down.  It has also made teamwork more important.