Here at Push Square Towers, we love to fling words in your direction – after all, that penchant for chit-chat is what keeps us in a job. Unlike some sites, however, we enjoy having a direct conversation with you, the readers – and you’ll always be quick to let us know when you agree, disagree, or when we’ve made an embarrassing mistake.
And we’d like to continue that trend with Destiny, primarily because our review won’t be going live until later in the week. Rather than repeat all of our initial impressions from the beta, we want to know what you think of the ambitious excursion so far. Have you caught a nasty case of loot lust yet? Has the plot grabbed you? Have you got any interesting online-based stories to tell?
Now, we recognise that at the time of typing, the title is only officially a few hours old – but if you’re not ready to respond to the survey embedded below, then we want to hear your stories in the comments section. Did you attend a midnight launch? Were there many people at your local store cosplaying as a Warlock? Has the PlayStation Network survived?
Consider this your second home for Destiny related discussion throughout launch day – in addition to the unofficial forum thread, of course. We’d pad this article out with a few Bungie-based puns, but we’re sure that you’ll forgive us while we boot up the office PS4 and say Halo to the Guardian that we’ll be shepherding through the galaxy for the foreseeable future. Sorry.
What are your first impressions of Destiny? (79 votes)
- Good grief, it’s out of this world
- I’ve played a bit, and I’m not sure
- I hate it so far, why all the hype?
- I’m getting it, but haven’t tried the final build yet
- To be honest, I’m not buying it
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What’s your favourite thing about Destiny so far? (64 votes)
- The graphics are simply stunning
- That soundtrack makes my pants dance
- I love the way the guns feel
- Duh, obviously dancing in the Tower
- Surprisingly, I’m quite taken with the story
- I love scooping up the loot
- My choice isn’t listed, so I’ll tell you in the comments
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Comments 55
It's not midnight here for another four hours but I'm very excited!
My copy is due in the post in the morning. Tomorrow is my girlfriend's birthday though, so I'll have to wait til tater in the week to delve into Destiny proper. I have next week off work though so will spend plenty of time with it then. My little brother is buying the Destiny PS4 bundle this week too so I'm really looking forward to joining a fireteam with him. It seems like forever since the beta finished, can't wait to see what the full game has to offer.
I'll be at an east coast NA launch in a few. I'm pretty excited, bungie has never disappointed me in the past and this time they had plenty of time and money to make awesomeness.
My thoughts....Déjà vu. Internet stopped working twice, so the game stopped..... twice, gave up, going to sleep.
I played both Alpha and Beta, and to be honest it got repetitive very quickly. There are more interesting titles coming over the next few months so I'm not interested in it in the slightest. Shadow of Mordor, Project Cars, AC:Unity, DriveClub...there's alot more to be enjoyed.
@JasonBeckerFan Despite some of the complaints, it's a pretty decent year for games I think!
@get2sammyb February of next year requires a mortgage and/or selling organs on the black market. I've gamed for near 30 years now and know that new hardware takes a while to gather momentum on the games front. Still, I agree. It hasn't been too shabby, just a few blank spots.
I've got it, played to level 3 then the PSN network crashed from all the other people trying to get on so now I'm going to bed!!
It plays so far exactly like the beta (which I loved) so if u liked that u will like this...... and I do!
Six more hours until it unlocks on my PS4.
Just saw the live action commercial during MNF and it seemed interesting, but everythings better w/ Zep's Immigrant Song. Hammer of the gods indeed.
damn Megatron.
I thought I would report back to say that I was not the first, not the second, but the FIFTH PS4 sold in my small town tonight and I was early in the line.
That Glacial White console is so pretty guys. So pretty.
Just got back from midnight launch. Probably 150-200 folks there. Some white ps4s were sold others had them on back order. I'm currently waiting for destiny to finish installing then I will get some first impressions.
Waiting for the update finish (thankfully PS4 isn't slow as hell like PS3 was). I'm going to guess it will be very similar to the beta so I'll enjoy it. Can't really answer the poll right now though.
Ask this in two weeks again. Game looks nice but so much hype can't be that good for a game.
Not to rain on anyone's parade but I'm wondering if it will keep momentum after a month or two. For the obvious reasons (capped at lv. 20, not a long campaign, and FPS multiplayer)
I think a selling point are the live events for me but am curious to see how fun, challenging and unique they will be.
So I seem to have this problem: I installed the standard version of Destiny on my PS4 and the game doesn't show in the PS4s main menu or the library section with all my other downloaded or installed games. What I mean there's nothing. No icon to click, no entry no hint or clue that the disk is even entered. Also, when I go to the systems setting menu and access "System storage management" or what's it called, where I can access a graph of the space taken up on my HDD and check on and delete installed games and apps, there's no entry for Destiny at all. Again, it's like the game doesn't exist.
It DID install, though. After I popped in the disk, the PS4 started installing AND downloaded the day-1-patch. By clicking the intalled patch-symbol under Notifications--->Downloads I was able to start the game. Also, when I click on the "Player X played Destiny Digital Guardian Edition" news in the "What's new"-newsfeed, I'm also able to start the game.
After I entered my Gamestop DLC-code for the season pass, the game DID show up in my library, but when I click on it, the button that would normaly say "Start" says "Buy in store". I can start it via the library when I go on "Overview" and then click "Play Destiny now", but I'd love to have the game showing up in my normal Dashboard and avoid those work-arounds, but at least I can play it.
Anyone else have this problem or any idea how to fix this? Appreciate it, guys! And enjoy the game!
@wittypixel You can get past level 20 by doing something, can't remember what.
Its all about the guns.
@Reverend_Skeeve I have a similar Sony b*llsh*t problem with assassins creed freedom cry, its supposed to be a stand alone game, it won't download, bag of etc...
How's the PSN holding up so far?
@get2sammyb
So far, so good for me in Upstate NY. But I think during the evening on Tuesday and the next 2-4 days to follow will be the real test. Same for XBL.
As for the game itself, I'm loving it so far, just like I figured I would based off the beta. It's like Halo (still my favorite FPS), mixed with some Borderlands with a little bit of Mass Effect added for good measure, that's probably the best thing about it. The shooting is rock solid, which is expected from Bungie and the sound track is great too. The online-only thing still bothers me but fortunately the game is good enough to get past that. And very, very, very minor disappointment is until reaching level 20 I can't use that Armor Shader that's given out for also pre-ordering Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.
hopefully mine will be in my mailbox when get home tonight...Need a break from Diablo
Just picked up the Limited Edition with the 2 expansions so looking forward to smashing it. I imagine as an MMO there will be tons of post level 20 end game content too.
@wittypixel as an MMO there should be a load of 'endgame' stuff, that only lvl 20s can enter. Not sure what or even if though.
Well my friend is bringing is PS4 over later today with Destiny to try and convince me to get a PS4 for my bday this month so I'll post my impressions later.
@wittypixel Maybe they'll increase the level cap with DLC....
@Jazzer94 Nice, looking forward to it!
@TheLobster congrats on the white ps4. I'm so jealous.
@ToOGoodOfAPlaya I hope so! If not back to minecraft ^__^
@Punished_Boss No, Bungie posted an article about that being the cap.
@SecondServing maybe but they already announced 20 being the cap. It sounded like they were pretty set with that.
I am interested in the reviews for this. I am more of a campaign, story based game fan, so this may not be my thing. I still may give it a shot, depending on the reviews it gets.
@wittypixel
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-08-01-destiny-has-a-soft-level-cap-of-20-but-you-can-go-beyond-it
Liking the game so far but i just learnt the lv cap is 20, thats a bit sucky PSN was awsome for me btw, i had the countdown on at midnight and straight away bang on the game started on its own installed the update and i was playing the main game at 00.10 and in full flow just finished the first firefight dungeon thing (the lv 8 one) with two other peeps both lv 7, it took about an hour to do, 3 bosses in total and it was pretty daym cool, i'm sure they will increase the lv cap with expansions...surely..I am however concerned that the game may have a short life span, 2 months or so, especially with the lv 20 cap, i just can't get over that lol its very low. Also could do with some tweaks like showing the other players health that are in your group etc so its easier to see if they need revives
Or maybe it isn't 20 looking at the picture above, nice one
Psn ran great for me last night, surprisingly had one disconnect and it was to bungie not psn. Game overall feels better, kind of wish i didnt spend hours leveling, doing as many side missions as possible etc because now i just want to get off of earth after countess hours in the beta. Everything feels improved, havent touched multi as thats not my thing.
@THEundying27 Thanks! It's definitely snazzier looking than the regular black one. Haven't had a chance to set it up yet but I still unboxed it first thing! XD
Would love to see Keyboard support with general chat for each area, this would obv make it easier to meet people to group up with or for ppl that are having trouble and need help or to ask a few questeons and stuff, they may add this at a later date i suppose. Atm thats the only thing i can grumble about up to now.
so far i am having a blast... never played the beta... love the graphic and the sci fi atmosphere is well done (artstyle and music) let s seehow long the gameplay will remain fresh
@TheLobster I can only imagine the feeling you got when you opened the box for the first time. Good for you mate, happy gaming.
I'm only on like level 4 or so, but I am enjoying the hell out of the game. It's awesome. It's a bummer for those that aren't enjoying it, I'm glad I'm not in that ballpark. mauahaha
Played alpha and beta,was a pain to do the levels ive already done for the 3rd time in a row.
its a good game pritty solid all rounder;alot of things to work towards and unlock better weapons and gear, liking the story mode just hoping i dont get bored after it.
Beta turned me off with the grindy flash missions and the fact that I was unable to get a single,person to join my fire team despite hundreds of invites to similarly levelled players. Flash missions dragged on and the loot was a little uninspiring.
If they fixed the social and flash missions I'd be interested, combat was slick and death match was good fun. It will be interesting to see what critics score the most talked about game this year.
Got my copy today but not going to get into until tomorrow probably since there's an early out for school. But damn I just got this white Dualshock 4 and its so nice.
@Punished_Boss standard MMO levelling then.
You don't really "level up" past 20 but your gear shows you as an equivalent rank.
Well, I decided to cancel my preorder so I won't be partaking with the rest of the community. But I hope everyone else has fun with the game. I'll keep tabs on the general consensus.
It isn't going to be game of the year, but I really enjoy it. Sure it's repetitive, but in a good way like Diablo III is.
I've been really looking forward to it, pre ordered it, started playing it and so far I've been on only one campaign level where I've seen anyone else, so much for co-op gaming I've got myself to level 5 and I'm really disappointed
It's a good game but there's not enough loot. I mean there's a hundred rooms and sheds and stuff but there's never anything in them. Also I run out of ammo a lot, and I also thought this was going to be more open world with more players in the open world not just 3 players.the stealthing is completely useless. I guess I had this game pegged for something revolutionary and its kind of blan. Over all it's a 6/10
I played for about 6 hours straight today. Made lv 11 and i see no reason to stop playing! I have a few friends who are getting copies as well so that'll just make it that much more fun!!
I voted I'd not buy it....however the hype caught my parents way more than it did me...and they bought it as a surprise. So it looks like I'm joining the cosmic battle after all.
I love it, played nonstop to level 10 last night, and I've just reached Venus. Performance wise I haven't had a single networking problem and have remained connected throughout.
@Bad-MuthaAdebi Aw man, that sucks. I fixed my disk-problem. Out of desperation, I put my PS4 back to the out of the box-factory setting and reinitialized it. There's a menu for that in the system settings menu. Wiped the HDD and all and every data and put the disk back in after that and suddenly it got recognized properly like it's supposed to. I tried the "quick wipe" option, btw. Don't know why it works suddenly, but whatever.
Don't know if that would solve your problem, but for me it worked.
Now I'm lvl 9 on here and I'm playing the multiplayer matches and stuff, this game is awesome. I really like it, there is a good amount of stuff to accomplish to get rewards and add all that to multiplayer matches, it's an excellent mix. It is worth the $60.
Absolutely zero interest in this game whatsoever. Infact I traded my ps4 away a few month ago. Utter disappointment from start to finish so far.
The only thing worth playing on it, that I can't play on my ps3 and it be virtually the same game is batman. But one game a console doesn't make. So sorry bats, will have to catch you another time.
THIS game looks appalling and is being desperately clawed at by a userbase with nothing of substance to play now, or in the foreseeable future
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