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Destiny 2 (2017)

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I only got my copy of Destiny on launch day. Rather than rush the review, I’m going to write a diary detailing my findings in real time.Kicking off I’ll be detailing my experience blasting through Destiny 2’s much-talked-about single-player campaign.From there I’ll deep dive into its competitive multiplayer, before joining my Fireteam for one of the game’s ultra-hardcore Raids this weekend.Also check back on Trusted Reviews for an assortment of guides detailing key tips and tricks you can use to build the ultimate guardian and collect the sweetest swag.Destiny 2 is the sequel to Bungie’s slow-burning hit of 2014, which makes it kind of a big deal. In case you somehow skipped the last three years, Destiny is an action shooter with RPG elements created by the all-star Bungie team responsible for Halo. It managed to overcome middling reviews and draw a huge fan base thanks to its robust loot system, fun combat and excellent competitive and cooperative multiplayer modes.When Destiny 2 launched, the original game still had more active players than most of 2017’s blockbusters. The one big problem with the original Destiny was its lacklustre story and campaign.The story had an at-best vague mythos about light-wielding Guardians fighting to protect the last human city on Earth from an undisclosed ‘darkness’ and a basic ‘go to this point on the map and kill things’ mission format. As a result the single-player game never really delivered and felt more like a ridiculously long tutorial/appetiser for the multiplayer segments than a well-thought-out campaign.Three years on, Bungie’s taken note and worked hard to fix this issue on Destiny 2, and has done a stellar job of crafting a single-player campaign. After picking whether you want to play as a Warlock (space wizard), Hunter (rogue), Titan (Spartan in everything but name) or import your character from the original Destiny, you jump straight into a firefight with invading aliens, known as the Cabal, who are invading Earth.Not to give away any spoilers, but the opening sequence is Halo-level epic and does a fantastic job of making the seemingly immortal, super-powerful Guardians feel like the underdogs. This is helped by a wealth of intelligently paced cinematic cutscenes that introduce you to one of the game’s big baddies, the Cabal leader Dominus Ghaul.The Cabal aren’t the most original characters, but their Roman-style armour, deep voices, huge chunky weaponry and lumbering animations make them feel straight out of the nightmare Warhammer 40k universe.It’s this tone that really sells the single-player element throughout the game. Finishing the opening sequence you don’t return to the ultra-modern Guardian citadel, but instead are forced to find remnant groups in makeshift bases, struggling to survive in the wilderness outside the city walls, or on distant planets.The feeling of vulnerability helps sell the idea that you’re actually fighting to save humanity and makes the campaign all the more fun, despit
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