11.September.2014

Okay so I have played Destiny for just over an hour now and im now going to relay my experience back to you because research shows that if something doesn't interest you in the first hour you are unlikely to continue doing that. You like how I made that up? Yeah me too, anyway back on topic.

I started the game with a 30 minute download and compatibility patch which as always is useful, once the game decided it was ready, it was started with a cut scene of some astronauts on Mars and then. Character creation. The 3 classes are Titan, which is your run of the mill run and gun type class. Hunter, which as you guessed, is more sneak and snipe and finally Warlock, which is the wizard/mage equivalent of the game. I opted for a Hunter and after spending 10-15 minutes playing around with character creator and making some hilarious looking characters i finalised my Destiny... Character. After the initial tutorial mission the game hit me like a brick wall screaming "Hey i'm an MMO  Halo crossed with Borderlands!" which isn't a bad thing i like both of those games i'll get onto the points which brought me to that conclusion in a minute.

Leveling your character doesn't seem too difficult, you get experience for completing missions and killing enemies much like any other MMO, there is also a PvP arena which i have yet to try out, various shops you can use to purchase better weapons, items and armors. The missions seem very linear with no choices so far for alternate options. I have completed 5 missions and at least twice had to protect my "Ghost" while it carries out what seemed to be the longest "accessing files" in the world. The Ghost is your Peter Dinklage companion in the game, and i mean he is the voice actor, not that it's small. Well it is small... but, i'll shut up. So far I have not had a reason to party with anyone which of course is an option but it's not forced which is nice for any lone wolf players, that being said you do require the internet at all times to play this game.

The points which felt Halo-esque included some of the familiar looking armor and weapons a long with the fact it's a Bungie game so it is bound to have similarities. You have a rechargeable health similar to Halo's shield system you Jump crazy high which is made higher with the double jump perk. I know that Sci-Fi games are similar but when Bungie stated "Destiny is the Halo MMO" they weren't lying. I felt some Borderlands in there too with the combat system being heavily similar to Borderlands with you aiming your gun like a First Person Shooter and little damage numbers flying off your target, also the shops are similar to Borderlands and change their stock on a timed basis. It seems Bungie took all the best features from Halo and threw the combat system along with a few other feature from Borderlands into an epic Sci-Fi game. It reminds me of a similar MMO that is already on the market called Defiance which was available for PC and PS3 which is very similar to Destiny with it's Sci-Fi theme, very shooter heavy and similar features. Destiny is just better marketed to the masses which was obvious after winning the most successful game launch ever award.

Overall the game will keep me coming back to it, there are many features i want to try not to mention i want to get a cool looking cloak, that is my goal in any game that has cloaks. The updates with this game are what will keep people on board and playing so hopefully Bungie will surprise us with future updates, one of which has already been announced for the end of 2014 so we will see what they bring to the table. I won't rate the game as i have not played enough of it but be sure that i will be playing this game extensively for the next few weeks.

Thank you for reading and as always check out the other articles and head to the Facebook page and let us know what you think! As for me, I will be jumping back into my space ship and flying to my next Destiny!... Mission.

~ Mike