Destiny Beta

   

     What can I not say about Bungie's new meticulously thought out Fiesta en mis pantalones! Bungie is reaching out to every platform this time, from PS3 to XBox One. Destiny has the promise of not only keeping the franchise alive but showing that they can do something other than Halo and be good at it! The Beta only let you go up to level 8 but every minute that you were stuck in Russia was an amazing time, whether you were doing story missions or just utilizing the free world time. There was always someone else around to help or be helped.

     The character creation was one of my favorite points. For a console "MMO" this actually had quite a bit of options, not as many as an Elder Scrolls game, bust a lot none-the-less. After playing around with the character creation for a time you got to head into the game.

     The scene starts off with a "Ghost" finding you and bringing you back to life, as a Guardian. You are being chased by the Fallen, a group of creatures that looks a bit like alien scavangers. Once you escape their grasp you have to find a ship to get you to The Tower.

     The Tower is a safe meeting place for all players. It is a place that has shops and class masters so that you can obtain items that are meant for you character, though, like in Borderlands, you usually get better weapons by completing harder missions and joining public events. Once you costumize your character to your liking it's time to head back out to the unknown.

     Though it was just beta, there was still a lot of content for this console MMO. The special event and missions that were playable one day only on the moon showed the capatacity of Destiny. On launch there will be multiple planets you can fly to at anytime to do any missions, or roam around and help others out. As always with Bungie there will be continuous updates and extra content added to keep the players happy. I was so pleased with this beta I had to change my underwear 3 times, take that as you will. All-in-all, Bungie has really hit the mark and once again raised the bar on the online first-person shooter genre.

-beta played on xbox one