I read a lot of good posts about the Sony conference at E3. But almost no news on one of my favourite shooters, Destiny.
So here is the latest on Destiny 2.
Trailer
A new trailer featuring Ghaul (aka Gary) was shown on E3. It is quite good, showing off some great cinematics. Bungie is really trying to show us that Destiny 2 has a good storyline (which the first installment of Destiny lacked).
Playstation Exclusives
A hot topic of debate. Playstation owners will again get some exclusive content.
A ship (named Apex)
an Exotic sniper (named Borealis)
Gear for the Hunter, Warlock and Titan class
a PvP map (named Retribution)
a Strike (named Lake of Shadows, featuring Taken from the Taken King)
Especially the exclusive Exotic weapon will be debated. Former favorite Excotic weapons like Hawkmoon and Jade Rabbit were for a very long time only available on Playstation. The discussion will be even more heated now because besides Xbox owners, PC owners will also not have access to this content.
Dates
Beta
Playstation: July 18 (pre sale)
Xbox: July 19 (pre sale)
Open Beta: July 21
Release
PS4: September 6 (the release date has been moved forward from the 8th to the 6th)
Xbox: September 6 (the release date has been moved forward from the 8th to the 6th)
PC: October 24
Predictions
It is difficult to predict how good Destiny 2 will be. Bungie has shown us the last 3 years that they are willing to listen to the players and have corrected a lot of their previous mistakes. Destiny has grown and improved a lot compared to its initial release. If Bungie is able to stay on course (and it is certainly looking like they are) than we are in for a hell of game. For PC gamers this will be the first time that they will be able to play Destiny. And things are looking especially good for the PC version. The reports are that the gameplay on PC is excellent and much better than on the PS4 Pro. This is not surprising considering framerate on the PS4 pro is capped at 30FPS and PC has an uncapped framerate.
There is no news on the framerate for the Xbox one X at time of writing, but stay tuned
I personally can't wait to get my hands on Destiny 2. See you on the battlefield Guardian!
