What actually happened to Destiny's development? (Destiny)

by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Friday, September 26, 2014, 00:32 (3951 days ago) @ Riceamike

A couple of thoughts on this:

1. A game's development can be a nasty thing. One of the neatest things I ever read was the look back at the 2013 Tomb Raider called: The Final Hours of Tomb Raider. It's an app for iPad (and other platforms maybe?) that had in-depth interviews and inside information on the struggles of making that game. Tomb Raider had a very rocky development for a long time. It's basic story changed at least twice. Its targeted mix of combat and exploration and survival changed significantly over the course of development. Finally though something clicked, the basic combat system I think, and the game all came together... not quite in "the final hours" but closer than you would like to think for a multi-million dollar project.

Perhaps Destiny was similar? Hopefully not, but then we only learned of Halo 2's development problems after it shipped.

2. Right now we don't know what is coming. Currently there are 6 high level story missions listed on the DestinyTracker site. Mission we have not seen. Without spoiling anything, each one follows up on what has happened in the story so far. Optimistically, Bungie has a lot more missions in waiting that fill out a rich full story. We don't know that the Queen's Brother doesn't come down to Earth and have that cutscene at some later point, for instance. Right now I think it's too early to tell if something went wrong with Destiny's story or if it's being held back for some reason.

In the end I agree... something is up. The depths of the Destiny universe are amazing but the up front story is... very oddly incomplete. I've either played or read through the story of ever Bungie game and none have left so many thing hanging. Hopefully this is because they intend the 25 or so mission we have now to be just the start of a much longer, more complete story...

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What actually happened to Destiny's development? - Riceamike, 2014-09-26, 00:00
- great question - Oholiab, 2014-09-26, 00:24
  - great question - Cody Miller, 2014-09-26, 10:03
    - great question - Jabberwok, 2014-09-26, 11:00
- What actually happened to Destiny's development? - Ragashingo, 2014-09-26, 00:32
  - What actually happened to Destiny's development? - Korny, 2014-09-26, 01:14
    - What actually happened to Destiny's development? - car15, 2014-09-26, 01:20
- What actually happened to Destiny's development? - car15, 2014-09-26, 00:38
- What actually happened to Destiny's development? - HavokBlue, 2014-09-26, 02:16
  - What actually happened to Destiny's development? - Korny, 2014-09-26, 02:39
    - it would be fairly easy to have the cards in game - scarab, 2014-09-26, 03:10
      - it would be fairly easy to have the cards in game - Korny, 2014-09-26, 03:14
        
        it would be fairly easy to have the cards in game - car15, 2014-09-26, 03:21
        
        it would be fairly easy to have the cards in game - Korny, 2014-09-26, 03:29
        
        it would be fairly easy to have the cards in game - car15, 2014-09-26, 03:38
        
        it would be fairly easy to have the cards in game - Korny, 2014-09-26, 03:46
        
        it would be fairly easy to have the cards in game - car15, 2014-09-26, 03:50
        
        it would be fairly easy to have the cards in game - Korny, 2014-09-26, 03:58
        
        it would be fairly easy to have the cards in game - car15, 2014-09-26, 04:09
        
        it would be fairly easy to have the cards in game - Korny, 2014-09-26, 04:15
        
        it would be fairly easy to have the cards in game - car15, 2014-09-26, 04:18
        
        you are currently spiralling out of control - kidtsunami, 2014-09-26, 04:20
        
        they both are - Decom, 2014-09-26, 14:49
        
        On the topic of 'Tiny' Joe Staten - Riceamike, 2014-09-26, 04:53
        
        On the topic of 'Tiny' Joe Staten - Quirel, 2014-09-26, 10:02
        
        On the topic of 'Tiny' Joe Staten - rliebherr, 2014-09-26, 11:27
        
        On the topic of 'Tiny' Joe Staten - RaichuKFM, 2014-09-26, 23:32
        
        here's some constructive feedback - kidtsunami, 2014-09-26, 04:29
        
        I ain't even mad. - car15, 2014-09-26, 04:37
        
        Please stop - Schedonnardus, 2014-09-26, 06:47
        
        Do we have a banhammer? - Mr Daax, 2014-09-26, 06:53
        
        That's not really appropriate for you to ask. - Revenant1988, 2014-09-26, 07:03
        
        What's It Take To Swing a Hammer Around Here? - rliebherr, 2014-09-26, 07:27
        
        What's It Take To Swing a Hammer Around Here? - Revenant1988, 2014-09-26, 07:51
        
        What's It Take To Swing a Hammer Around Here? - Korny, 2014-09-26, 08:06
        
        +1 - rliebherr, 2014-09-26, 08:08
        
        What's It Take To Swing a Hammer Around Here? - Revenant1988, 2014-09-26, 08:14
        
        What's It Take To Swing a Hammer Around Here? - Korny, 2014-09-26, 08:18
        
        [cleaning coffee off my screen] - Kermit, 2014-09-26, 08:21
        
        What's It Take To Swing a Hammer Around Here? - Revenant1988, 2014-09-26, 08:21
        
        You're not his real dad... - Korny, 2014-09-26, 07:59
        
        You're not his real dad... - Revenant1988, 2014-09-26, 08:04
        
        You're not his real dad... - Kermit, 2014-09-26, 08:11
        
        That's enough for now. - Xenos, 2014-09-26, 08:25
        
        I would have loved more mass effect in my destiny - scarab, 2014-09-26, 04:43
        
        I would have loved more mass effect in my destiny - Korny, 2014-09-26, 05:13
        
        I would have loved more mass effect in my destiny - Cody Miller, 2014-09-26, 08:09
        
        I would have loved more mass effect in my destiny - Monochron, 2014-09-26, 08:17
        
        I would have loved more mass effect in my destiny - Korny, 2014-09-26, 08:20
        
        I would have loved more mass effect in my destiny - Monochron, 2014-09-26, 08:27
        
        I would have loved more mass effect in my destiny - Kermit, 2014-09-26, 08:28
        
        I would have loved more mass effect in my destiny - Korny, 2014-09-26, 08:35
        
        I would have loved more mass effect in my destiny - Kermit, 2014-09-26, 08:45
        
        I would have loved more mass effect in my destiny - Korny, 2014-09-26, 09:27
        
        I would have loved more mass effect in my destiny - Cody Miller, 2014-09-26, 08:36
        
        I would have loved more mass effect in my destiny - bluerunner, 2014-09-26, 08:42
        
        I would have loved more mass effect in my destiny - SonofMacPhisto, 2014-09-26, 09:14
        
        I would have loved more mass effect in my destiny - bluerunner, 2014-09-26, 09:18
        
        I would have loved more mass effect in my destiny - SonofMacPhisto, 2014-09-26, 09:28
        
        I would have loved more mass effect in my destiny - Cody Miller, 2014-09-26, 09:46
        
        Class, race and sex? - ZackDark, 2014-09-26, 09:49
        
        Class, race and sex? - Cody Miller, 2014-09-26, 09:50
        
        Class, race and sex? - SonofMacPhisto, 2014-09-26, 11:15
        
        Class, race and sex? - Cody Miller, 2014-09-26, 11:18
        
        Class, race and sex? - SonofMacPhisto, 2014-09-26, 11:24
        
        Class, race and sex? - Xenos, 2014-09-26, 11:22
        
        my word that's pretty - SonofMacPhisto, 2014-09-26, 11:25
        
        O.O - ZackDark, 2014-09-26, 11:34
        
        I would have loved more mass effect in my destiny - bluerunner, 2014-09-26, 09:49
        
        I think what you're trying to say is... - JDQuackers, 2014-09-26, 09:47
        
        I don't have time for your disingenuous assertions! - Jillybean, 2014-09-26, 05:56
        
        Nice. :) - Ragashingo, 2014-09-26, 07:09
        
        I would have loved more mass effect in my destiny - Quirel, 2014-09-26, 09:30
        
        I would have loved more mass effect in my destiny - Jabberwok, 2014-09-26, 10:55
  - to elaborate... - HavokBlue, 2014-09-26, 03:36
  - What actually happened to Destiny's development? - Cody Miller, 2014-09-26, 09:57
- Game stories are weird - Cody Miller, 2014-09-26, 07:56
  - Game stories are weird - bluerunner, 2014-09-26, 08:11
    - Game stories are weird - Jillybean, 2014-09-26, 08:29
- What always happens to grandiose projects - Earendil, 2014-09-26, 09:26
  - What always happens to grandiose projects - SonofMacPhisto, 2014-09-26, 09:30
    - Which is not to say it's a good excuse - Earendil, 2014-09-26, 09:48
      - Which is not to say it's a good excuse - SonofMacPhisto, 2014-09-26, 11:11
  - What always happens to grandiose projects - Schedonnardus, 2014-09-26, 09:33
    - That's a really good point. - rliebherr, 2014-09-26, 09:37
      - That's a really good point. - Kermit, 2014-09-26, 09:52
        
        That's a really good point. - Phoenix_9286, 2014-09-26, 10:04
  - What always happens to grandiose projects - uberfoop, 2014-09-26, 10:06
    - What always happens to grandiose projects - Kermit, 2014-09-26, 10:13
    - What always happens to grandiose projects - Quirel, 2014-09-26, 10:19

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