After having spent a week with its ominous story and much-improved sandbox, Destiny 2: Forsaken is everything I could have hoped for in an expansion to Bungie’s shared-world shooter – and more. With impressive cutscenes, including the gut-punch death of Cayde-6, it adds drama and a darkness that keeps me motivated. The stunning new locations like the Dreaming city keep me in awe while hunting for secrets, and a plethora of incentivisation improvements to the Power Level grind make Destiny 2 feel like the game I fell in love with again.
This quest for vengeance, which begins with a grandiose prison-break sequence that’s filled with witty wisecracks, introduces you to new friends like an overweight Fallen crime boss named Spider and returning faces like fan-favorite Petra Venj. Each brings a welcome voice that adds a new mystery to the universe we thought we knew so well. Spider, specifically, acts as a catalyst to weave the Adventures right into the campaign by sending you on missions around the Tangled Shore. It’s nice to see this adjustment in delivery, in contrast to the previous approach where it was easy to miss these side quests’ stories about characters from the main storyline. Now we chase down all the Barrons responsible for Cayde’s death and each of them come to a head with an interesting boss battle featuring unique mechanics or challenges to overcome. One of my favorites is the Mindbender, who received a power buff for his part in the killing of our Vanguard hero and, with his new abilities, sends us on a chase into a hive-themed lair for the final fight.
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