Destiny 2's latest expansion, unfortunately, falls short of the expectations after the success of the Witch Queen with a half-hearted campaign. The campaign was so clunky and pieced together from content pulled from past and future expansions, resulting in a self-contained story with no real impact on the main plot. It feels like its sole purpose was to generate annual income before the true expansion comes next year.
The story is by far the weakest point of the expansion and it removes all the momentum that was being built up in the Witch Queen with a story away from the main characters and introduced the cloud striders who added to the jarring tone of the campaign with their cartoonish design. The story is essentially a strand tutorial which has no overall bearing on the main plot and could essentially have been the 80s action movie montage that happens towards the end of the campaign.
The poor story is made worse by the sheer disappointment in Neomuna, the highly anticipated cyberpunk world. What we got was a bland world full of concrete roofs and empty world space. The lack of detail can be summed up in the fact the 12-foot cloud strikes home base and includes breakfast stools they would never be able to sit on. Outside of one mural of the cloudstrikers, Neomuna had no character, it’s no wonder the inhabitants decided to upload their consciousness and live in the clouds.
The lack of a new race means you are fighting the same enemies in a new location and while the tormentors are a fun tough challenge the main gameplay changes come from the new class. Thankfully the strand class is a lot of fun and feels very distinct from the other abilities in the game which is very welcome. The use of threadlings and suspend abilities are great for builds and introduces new exciting options in PVE.
The root of nightmares raid was enjoyable and seasonal content continues to improve and will keep me engaged until the Final Shape. That said, I can't help but feel like this was another missed opportunity for Bungie to build the player base. The casual players paying $50 (£40) for this threadbare campaign and forgettable destination are unlikely to want to stick around and should feel shortchanged for their money.
Destiny 2 has a lot of work to do to regain its strong position before the release of this expansion, and it's crucial that Bungie takes this criticism on board and delivers a memorable conclusion to the light and darkness saga.
The story is by far the weakest point of the expansion and it removes all the momentum that was being built up in the Witch Queen with a story away from the main characters and introduced the cloud striders who added to the jarring tone of the campaign with their cartoonish design. The story is essentially a strand tutorial which has no overall bearing on the main plot and could essentially have been the 80s action movie montage that happens towards the end of the campaign.
The poor story is made worse by the sheer disappointment in Neomuna, the highly anticipated cyberpunk world. What we got was a bland world full of concrete roofs and empty world space. The lack of detail can be summed up in the fact the 12-foot cloud strikes home base and includes breakfast stools they would never be able to sit on. Outside of one mural of the cloudstrikers, Neomuna had no character, it’s no wonder the inhabitants decided to upload their consciousness and live in the clouds.
The lack of a new race means you are fighting the same enemies in a new location and while the tormentors are a fun tough challenge the main gameplay changes come from the new class. Thankfully the strand class is a lot of fun and feels very distinct from the other abilities in the game which is very welcome. The use of threadlings and suspend abilities are great for builds and introduces new exciting options in PVE.
The root of nightmares raid was enjoyable and seasonal content continues to improve and will keep me engaged until the Final Shape. That said, I can't help but feel like this was another missed opportunity for Bungie to build the player base. The casual players paying $50 (£40) for this threadbare campaign and forgettable destination are unlikely to want to stick around and should feel shortchanged for their money.
Destiny 2 has a lot of work to do to regain its strong position before the release of this expansion, and it's crucial that Bungie takes this criticism on board and delivers a memorable conclusion to the light and darkness saga.