Edit: Before you read, please note that this is not a comparison of games, but a comparison of $/content value.
TO ALL THE HATERS:
Most of us come from a FPS background in either COD, Battlefield, or Halo. And it seems there is a lot of us on here slamming Bungie, but can we please BACK THE CRAZY TRAIN UP?!!! [u] I, myself, have been a COD person, so I'm going to speak specifically from that point of view[/u]
Let's look at the facts before drawing some conclusions:
1. Call of Duty games launch with around 10-11 multiplayer maps, then charges a fee for DLC (usually around $15) that includes around five more maps. There are four
of these DLCs in a "season". This DLC has no other content then those five maps and then maybe a new weapon
- Destiny launched with 11 multiplayer maps and the first DLC will introduce 3 more maps to the Crucible
2. Call of Duty games generally have an entertaining campaign mode that takes about 6 hours to complete. You are solo on this campaign.
- Destiny launched with a "campaign" mode that takes at least twice as long as a Call of Duty campaign, and can be played with up to two other friends if you want.
You can always play it solo if you choose. These campaigns do repeatedly start you in the same world over and over again, but take you through different parts of
that world to defeat different bosses.
3. Call of Duty puts in tons of micro transactions for character customizations, voice commentators, weapon skins, etc. that you pay real money to access
- SO FAR, Destiny doesn't make you pay any more for such customizations. There are tons of options already available.
4. Call of Duty's DLC includes only 5 multiplayer maps and maybe a gun for $15
- Destiny's DLC includes 3 multiplayer maps, a host of new weapons and armors, new drop items, a new raid, new missions and strikes, new shaders and it costs
only $5 more.
So, let's add all this up:
CALL OF DUTY - For a $60 game, and $40 of DLC ($60 if you don't buy the season pass) I get:
- Around 30 multiplayer maps, a 6hr campaign, some other kind of co-op mode that usually few people touch, a couple of added weapons, a number of looks (though your armor/camo/ghillie suit play no role in actually preventing damage), and that about sums it up
DESTINY - $60 game, $35 for DLC ($40 if you don't buy expansion pass):
NOTE - I'm going to estimate based on what we know of The Dark Below and apply it to the House of Wolves DLC
- 16 Crucible maps, an estimated 24-30hr campaign that can be played solo or with a small team, about 12-15 new weapons, 8-10 new armors (that actually do something besides aesthetics), three 6-player co-op Raid missions, multiple in-game currencies, a grimoire packed with story content (albeit very few people read, but it's more than COD has going for it), and that about sums it up.
My question is this; WHAT DO YOU PEOPLE WANT???? Destiny offers so much more content then Call of Duty or Battlefield, or even any of the Halo games. You may not like the story as much (agreed, it was extremely lacking), but there is a ton in this game, the gameplay is tight, and for less money then what I pay in a year on Call of Duty I feel like I'm getting more content. I'm on Playstation, so an Xbox user may feel differently, but let's admit that for a new IP, this game has a ton going on.
CAN I GET A WITNESS?!
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What does the company have to do with anything?
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You're comparing the same company's game's pricing which is obviously not a good comparison seeing as its the same company.
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What?! And yet you compare third person action like gta to a FPS like Destiny?!
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Well Said, most of the players who are complaining have 3 characters +20, so how upset could they be?
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Great post indeed. Only thing that i would add is matchmaking for weeklies and raids. Also make exotics much harder to obtain, I'm drowning in them already like a lot of people. Would be more fun to make exotics as hard to obtain as levendaries were in WoW.
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Yeah bump
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Thank you!!!
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Cod had more content.
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Well said dead2me82
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All I want is to not have to farm stupid chests all the god damn time
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I have been saying all of tjis from thebstartnof this game release!!!! Everyonenis so quick to point the finger at bungie and call them incompetentand junk andni believe that every single partnof the game that ppl whine about so much is all bc of activisions involvement with it. And to bitch and whine about the lack of co tent is just garbage....if u want a CoD style game with the same weapons and maps and storyline that never gets added to then get the hell off of Destiny and go play the new CoD.....we are all waiting for u idiots to get out of here. Lets see how many ppl fuss about the lack of content and repetiveness of that game. Bet u wont see one word about it.
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I agree. I just wish they had match making for the raid and weekly. I think people are getting frustrated because there is content they can't play for a lack of their online friends being busy.If they implement a matchmaking system who's it going to hurt. Won't be clans they won't care, they have no prob anyway. But it will please a lot of players like me who struggle to round up six friends at the same time for 3 hours. It's like organizing a night out with friends can take days to plan around everyone's schedule. Other than that and the loot tables don't make hard missions feel rewarding I enjoy the game loads.
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It's unfortunate if people don't have friends lol but I mean you can't be with a whole group of randoms in the raid. Especially after the patch. Only time I run with randoms is if it's with 2 people I know and 3 randoms.
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Well said. Matchmaking Raid = winner
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You and Dead2me82 are possibly the only people on here (with exception of a few) are the only actually intelligent people on here. People who criticize the game are doing so by comparing it to CoD. You (like myself) are only wanting matchmaking with the weekly and the raid. As for myself I also would like to have the reward system fixed. Other than those annoyances I myself am quite contempt with the game.
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Match making for the raid is a bad idea. UNLESS they nerf the raid.
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Wtf... It's literally the easiest thing ever....
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I know. I've completed it almost 40 times
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http://youtu.be/mvosTJIohQ4
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"sons of bitches" :)
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Destiny sucks. Complete dissapointment. Now they try to make it better by making us spend 35$ to get more maps and missions. Too bad every mission is almost exactly like the other. They are all the same, with just a different boss.
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Go make yourself a game like Destiny. Stop complaining seriously man
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Izari i guess you like bending over and letting these game companies have your way with you.
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What you want to do against million dollar companies? You can jump up in the sky and complain all you want but later this evening everyone still playing and enjoying this game. And for real, let me be clear; YOU DONT HAVE TO BUY THE EXPANSION. Dont want to spend money for some fun on a game? Dont do it. It's your money you can do what you want.