

While this sounds like a plus to how often Destiny updates itself, the updates have so little content, that they are more akin to patches than full on expansions. While I’m aware that all MMO’s require severe grinding after major updates, updates in MMO’s do not come as frequently as Destiny’s. player mode called “The Crucible” it doesn’t matter how good you are, all that matters is what weapon you happened to be lucky enough to find. You could also do the raids, but that requires using a third party search engine to find a group to play with, as Destiny doesn't let you search for groups in game. This wouldn’t be a problem in Borderlands, but unlike Borderlands, Destiny has a big focus on player vs.
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These missions could take up to an hour and would more often than not reward you with something you have zero interest in. In Destiny, you go through the once weekly “heroic” and “nightfall” missions, with the hopes of getting an item you want. In Destiny, playing seems to be more of a punishment. It’s a very simple yet addicting experience of shooting bad guys, as you are constantly rewarded for your efforts. Most of the time, you are working with your teammates to kill a bunch of bullet sponges to get new loot to use to kill stronger sponges to get more loot. It works in Borderlands as it is a co-op experience with very limited player vs. Sounds simple, and for some games, it works. Shooting sponges causes numbers to fly out and if enough numbers come out, they die. Destiny requires an insane amount of dedication, with most of it focused on shooting enemy bullet sponges. The biggest problem with Destiny is that it’s a sad amalgamation of Halo, Borderlands, and an MMO. With the announcement of Destiny: Rise of Iron, I went back to reexamine the base game and all the expansions released so far, to showcase why Rise of Iron is doomed to fail. I’ve been suckered into spending more money than I’m willing to admit on a game that I don’t even have fond memories of playing.

After almost two years of playing, I couldn’t help but write a column on Destiny, a/k/a the biggest egg ever laid in gaming. It’s taken everything Quark has to not write a complete analysis on why Destiny is a colossal failure.
