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Edited by Lost Sols:
12/7/2015 2:08:57 AM
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Destiny: The Taken King Review (fences have 2 sides and sometimes a gate)
Part 2 of my Taken King Review. the first review was on the experience left for those without the game and now it's on to the actual expansion itself and whether or not it lives up to the billing (Raid review may or may follow at some point... If I ever run the raid lol)
This was not an easy review as the Taken king not only represents such a dramatic shift in so many areas of the game, but also because it's been so polarizing amongst the community.
Over the course of recent weeks I'd lost my post history with the removal of the #bumpfortruth tag (EDIT: [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/158303226/0/0]Just got a pm linking to this post that it's back[/url]. Thank you Coz.) and the Favorites tab has been disabled for the vague reason of "causing undo chaos".
Meanwhile, I've also been accused of working for Bungie and received a fair amount of nasty hate messages for purchasing the Taken King to do this review.
One would think it would make objectivity easier when both sides are being unreasonable in their approach, but it has actually led to this being the hardest video I've done.
To those who are anti-Bungie/Destiny at this point I would say this.
There is nothing wrong with being upset with this game and there is nothing wrong with voicing frustrations, but if we're going to tear something down, we need to be willing to offer up solutions to problems and ways to make things better. Telling Bungie they suck and walking away doesn't do anything for this game. Not only that, but when you start telling people that Bungie suck and not to buy their game on principle, you're not helping make this game better, you're actively trying to destroy it.
And to Bungie i would add; topics like the desire for in-game grouping options and the hurt over locked out content aren't going away, but the fact that people are still posting despite their hurt shows they still care about this game. Can we as a community be better? Yes, we undoubtedly can, but if you want some quarter from us, at some point you need to show that you're willing to answer the tough questions now and again and you need to stop dictating and start interacting and learning what we feel about your game.
Without trust and communication, we’ll have nothing but a world devoid of emotional attachment and I don’t think any of us want that.
Thank you.
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4 RepliesEdited by PEARLMEISTERR: 10/2/2015 10:35:47 AMI am a little lost here with what you are saying Lost Sols, in the past you were an avid campaigner against the way ActiBungieVision were treating their fanbase. You would openly shout about the lack of story the cut content and the paywalls you even promoted the #bumpforthetruth and the boycott the game day. But now as someone who only comes onto the forums to see how the revolution is going and as someone who did end up quitting a game that i personally feel is not worth the £140 pounds they are asking, it does look as though you have sold out to Bungie. To even try to promote anything new they release for this game and totally forget what they have done in the past and are still doing now with the cut content and paywall is wrong just wrong and does come across to all the gamers out there who did not for whatever reasons have the money to expand this game as a sellout. As i have said no matter what your reasons are for not buying DLC you should still be able to play the game as it was originally sold to you with all your raids, gear, strikes, and weapons all still intact at the level you are. DLC should add new content for them who want to pay for it and expand their games it should not remove or reduce content for those who do not who still payed whatever they could afford for this game. Also Bungie are still using their old tactics of ignoring anything on this issue so that also has me lost as to how you could even think about defending them as they are blatantly ignoring the communities upset and pleas for this issue to be resolved. This is another of their tactics used in the past with this game which in itself is an admittance to guilt. Here is how i see it with Destiny and the reason i no longer play the game, say you buy a new car from Ford its your dream car you love driving it. Then Ford say we have an engine upgrade for you and its going to be great the car will perform better and run faster. But your happy with your car just as it is, it does exactly what you want and has all the perks you wanted and paid for. Now that engine upgrade is implemented even though you don't want it and to make sure you don't use it they lock you out of any content that might use it and also remove your wheels and steering wheel making the car you loved just a metal shell with seats sat in your drive. Even you Lost Sols must admit that if that happened you would kick up holy hell and make sure that everyone you know or anyone who is tempted to buy that product are warned of these downright disgraceful tactics to force you into buying more content. And more so you would not cave in no matter what your reasons and buy anything else from them and then try to promote it to all those shit on and hurt people. I use to love your posts Lost Sols but im afraid that i cannot and will not like anything that promotes this game ever again until Bungie repair the damage they have done to this community. Do not take this at a dig at you Lost Sols but as it is intended a dig at Bungie and Activision, [b]BOYCOTT BUNGIE AND ACTIVISION[/b]
