Destiny
admonition : SPOILERS forDestiny 2ahead !
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The much - anticipated sequel to Bungie ’s shooter - MMO - hybrid secret plan , Destinyhas arrived and already it ’s considered amarked improvementover the first installing . Destiny 2brings with it a lot of changes to how the game looks and plays , most of them for the better ( others not so much ) , but by far it ’s most obvious change is in how the game approaches storytelling .
Destiny 1had , for the most part , a really interesting tale to narrate . Problem was , much of what madeDestiny ’s taradiddle so interesting was only found in Grimoire cards that players could unlock in game but then had to say online , outside of the game . It was a baffling decision on Bungie ’s part and left most musician in the nighttime about the full compass ofDestiny ’s heroic saga .
For the subsequence , Grimoire cards have been done away with and everything thespian need or just desire to know about the worlds , characters , and the lore ofDestiny 2can be get while explore the game . And the storyDestiny 2has to tell is quite the doozy , ending with a mates reveals that are indisputable to have a striking essence on whereDestiny ’s story is head next .
The Traveler Awakens…
The final commission ofDestiny 2 ’s narrative crusade regain players ' Guardian face off against Dominus Ghaul , the Cabal leader of the Red Legion who ’s derive to Earth to steal the Light of the Traveler . By the time players have reach out this mission , Ghaul has kill the Speaker ( his captive for much of the game ) and achieve the super power yield to those who have a connection to the Light . Players must then crusade Ghaul as he unleashes one barrage of super attacks after another . Ghaul is eventually defeated only to then resurrect ( as those with the Light do ) in a giant form made wholly of a glowing , airy Light .
Now apparently immortal , Ghaul appears victorious - then the Traveler wakes up . Up until this breaker point inDestiny1 and 2 , the Traveler was in a dormant state of matter , idling above the Tower after send the Ghosts to lift up the Guardians and imbue with them the Light call for to protect itself and Earth . But once threatened by Ghaul , the Traveler commence to glow and the batting cage the Red Legion had attached to its surface breaks and falls off . A massive wave of light then explodes from the sphere , destroying the Ghaul - god . It ’s the first fighting role the Traveler has played all biz and it ’s without a uncertainty a big consequence forDestiny , dramatically altering the story going forward .
make this development all the more significant is the reveal ( coming just before the final boss fight ) that all along the Speaker was n’t really utter for the Traveler but rather pushing his own , cryptical agenda under the guise of doing so . This is indisputable to touch how the Vanguard and all of the Guardians see the Traveler and its gift of the Light , hinting at a vast shift in how the Traveler communicates with its take . Of naturally , since all this new data comes only at the very goal of the campaign , Destiny ’s story will likely be on a bit of hiatus for the foreseeable hereafter . The raid may shed a bit more light on what a reawakened Traveler means for the futurity , but opportunity are , any large reveals will be held until the game ’s next expanding upon .
A New Enemy Threat is Revealed in Destiny 2
The Light which emanates from The Traveler in the final , climactic moments ofDestiny 2 ’s campaign does n’t just stop after it destroys Ghaul - it keeps conk out , spreading across the solar system of rules , beyond The Reef , beyond the Dreadnaught caught in Saturn ’s ring , and beyond even that . The Light diffuse until it ’s far outside the Milky Way galax , finally reaching a assemblage of unusual , Great Pyramid - shaped ships . Once the Light reach these vessels , they come out to waken and immediately set course towards the source : Earth .
This fit is presented as an after - credits cut and it ’s evidently think of to tease what ’s next for theDestinyfranchise . So while everything needed to grasp and appreciate what ’s go on inDestiny 2 ’s narration is readily available in - game , not hold over on some website , Bungie is holding on to a few secrets . However , the most astute of fans have already drawn a connexion between these Pyramids of Egypt shapes and some original concept art for the secret plan , suggesting we may already bang to whom these Great Pyramid ship belong to .
Early on inDestiny ’s ontogenesis , Bungie portion out five imagesthat teased the game ’s enemy alien races - four of which player are now more than familiar with : Fallen , Hive , Vex , and Cabal . That fifth image have Pyramids of Egypt - form spaceships and a weirdly amorphous swarm of disgraceful vim . Many keen - eyed player are now propose that this fifth foreign race is , in fact , the Darkness , Destiny’sbig bad . Much has been made of the Darkness - considered to be the Traveler ’s arch - enemy and therefor a threat to anyone in cahoots with the Light - and if that ’s who ’s inside these fly Great Pyramid , then it ’s now on its way towards Earth . Darkness or not , these ships and their pursuit in where the Light number from is sure to be risky news program for anyone imbued with the Traveler ’s Light .
The Future of Destiny
With a vamper of swell and more severe enemy on the skyline , the future ofDestiny ’s sprawl saga has much entrust to pop the question . wetting have already let on thatDestiny 2 ’s first expansion will feature the character , Osiris - a former learner of the Speaker who was banished when his study of the Vex and their time - manipulating ability drew criticism - as well as a young terminus to explore on Mercury . With the Speaker dead , having one of his former apprentices return seems like more than a coincidence , suggesting there are changes to occur in how Guardians interact with the Traveler . to boot , the Speaker and his apprentice had their falling out over Osiris ' notion that the universe was n’t as simple as spark - in force , shadow - bad - a line of mentation that seems more plausible now that the Speaker has been unwrap as a fake .
From the root , Destinyplayers were told their Guardians were given a Modern lifespan and ability for protect everyone from the Darkness . That ’s still a valid intention , but it ’s no longer tie to the Speaker ’s dogma , suggesting the future ofDestinymay admit Guardians who will chart a different track . Then again , there ’s almost certainly a new threat on its way - be it the Darkness or some other foreign wash - and those who channel the Light will be needed to protect the Traveler and all who live in its shadow .
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Destiny 2is now usable on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One , and will let go on PC and Battle.net take off October 24 , 2017 .
