Game mechanics and the community (Destiny)

by Malagate , Sea of Tranquility, Wednesday, November 27, 2013, 16:21 (4017 days ago) @ Cody Miller

You're the hardcore. You're the inner circle. I know you want us to keep a faster pace. We'll get there.

Thanks for being impatient. Sincerely.

I don't think that's exactly the frustration.

The frustration is that the info you've CHOSEN to reveal isn't very clear, when there really isn't any reason why it has to be murky. You guys have tried to describe your game to us, choosing a meaningless term like "shared world shooter".

Wrong: "Shared world Shooter"
Right: "FPS with MMO and Open World elements" (Example)

One says a great deal. The other says nothing. If you wanted to say nothing, best just not to say anything.

Honestly, "Shared World Shooter" says "FPS with MMO and Open World elements" just fine. I gathered that the first time I heard it. Borderlands was (correct me if I'm wrong) the first of its breed, taking the Diablo model and applying it to shooters. Bungie appears to be making an effort to further define that method of presenation. Coining a digestible, encompassing term is kind of a natural next step in that process.

I'm not so much concerned about the lack of information on gameplay mechanics as I am about the lack of variety in what we're seeing out of gameplay. The vehicle coverage has been scant, PvP footage has been almost nonexistent, I think something of this caliber is more than called for at this juncture.

~m