Destiny Preview PlayStation 4
Destiny is one of the most anticipated games of this year, although it will be released only on consoles, it’s already on the top spots of the preorder charts all around the world.
The team at Bungie is one of the most respected in the video game industry after the success of the Halo series (First Person Shooter) for XBOX and XBOX 360.
Fortunately, Destiny will be available on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 consoles from Sony, and more than that, those who purchase the game on these platforms will enjoy exclusive content for at least one year from the date of release.
After the Beta, I have some thoughts that I want to share with you, and that’s why I posted this article.
As soon as you enter the game you will need to create a new character, select a race and choose a class. The three races are: Human, The Awoken and Exo.
The Humans don’t need any introduction; The Awoken are kind of like some sort of aliens, whitish and with ears like Elves, and the Exo are theoretically and practically robots.
The three classes are: Titan, Hunter and Warlock, each with special powers and abilities. I’ll tell you more about them in the review, next month.
After creating a new character, the game will start and we will be greeted by the first epic cinematic cutscene of the game , from which we’ll learn a little about the Destiny’s story.
At first glance, Destiny looks and feels like a standard shooter , with RPG elements. The action takes place online, but the folks at Bungie have avoided the label of MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online), preferring the term Shared World Shooter, which I must admit that it sounds better.
Once I had control of the character, I realised that the gameplay feels very much like Halo, but this is in no way a bad thing. Millions of gamers have enjoyed the Halo series, and I suspect millions will do the same with Destiny as well.
In Beta, in addition to the Story missions, I formed a Fire Team, with friends from the PlayStation Network, in order to face together the dangers of this universe I begin to get increasingly attached to.
At the end of each mission, we can go back in the hub of the game, called The Tower, where you can meet other players, sell various items we’ve collected during the missions and, last but not least, from characters at this location, we will receive new assignments.
The Destiny’s PvP arena is The Crucible witch is clearly inspired from Halo’s classic multiplayer mode.
I like the Deathmatch as much as the next guy, and the same goes for cooperative missions with friends, but the beauty of Destiny lies in those completely coincidental meetings, with a group of players, who saves your skin in a battle that in witch the odds weren’t in your favor.
The game looks excellent on the PlayStation 4, running in 1080p, at a constant 30 fps, although I’m convinced that this console can run Destiny at 60 FPS, but presumably the team at Bungie don’t wanna get on the bad side of the former chiefs.
A very pleasant surprise for me was discovering Peter Dinklage a.k.a Tyrion Lannister from Game of Thrones in the role of the Ghost in Destiny, which will accompany us all the time and with whom we communicate in key moments.
While at first Destiny was not on my list of games to be played this year, after I spent hours with Alpha and Beta versions of the game, now I have a positive opinion and can’t wait for it to be released.
The Beta has finished, too fast. We are grateful to Bungie that they gave us the chance to experiment with this game and wait with great interest the final product, on the 9th of September.
Victor Dima
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