GEEK - Fall 2017 - 38

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Gaming

Meet Your
Destiny

BUNGIE'S BIG SEQUEL
BRINGS THE SCI-FI
SHOOTER FRANCHISE
TO PC FOR THE VERY
FIRST TIME.
by David Jagneaux

WHEN BUNGIE LEFT THE HALO FRANCHISE BEHIND to craft a brand-new universe for players
Bungie's jump from Halo to Destiny
to explore, it set its sights on what the company does best: sci-fi-themed first-person shooters.
could be viewed as a revolution of its
The first entry in its new franchise, the original Destiny, defied convention by delivering a pseudogame design philosophies, then the
MMO experience for console gamers on both previous and current-generation platforms.
jump from Destiny to Destiny 2 is more
Now with the launch of its sequel, Destiny 2, Bungie has opted to focus exclusively on the curof an evolution.
rent generation of gaming consoles, and for the first time ever, bring the series
Fans of the first game will
to the PC platform. It truly feels like a natural place to enjoy the game.
find a lot to love here but
The original Destiny, while a good shooter in its own right, suffered from a
newcomers on the PC side
long list of issues at launch that took several months and even years to iron
don't need to know much to
out. For all intents and purposes, Destiny really just seemed like a testing
get caught up to speed. The
DEVELOPER:
Bungie
ground for a grander vision that's only just now being realized. With Bungie
lore of the series is centered
PUBLISHER:
bringing Destiny 2 over to PC, gamers can enjoy a much wider graphical field of
on the last city on Earth
Activision
view with larger, crisper and more detailed displays, higher resolutions and a
being under attack. The
PLATFORMS:
sustained 60 frames-per-second, making the game faster and smoother than
opening sequence of Destiny
Xbox One, PS4, PC
ever before. Even on the 4K-enabled PlayStation 4 Pro, Destiny 2 will only run
2 pits the player, known
RELEASE:
at 30 frames-per-second.
as a powerful Guardian
09.06.2017
(PC 10.24.2017)
As a sequel, Destiny 2 is poised to iterate on the previous game and subtly
in Destiny lore, against an
improve on what it did well rather than try to reinvent the foundation. If
invading army of alien forces.

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