Review: Destiny 2: Shadowkeep

Destiny campaigns have always been mind-numbing thanks to heavy-handed writing and mission design that overly relies on mundane busywork. The stories nearly always end up being vague, open-ended and unsatisfying. Forsaken changed that by making the story more personal and finding new and engaging ways to push that narrative forward. Shadowkeep, on the other hand, is content with regressing all that hard work. Aside from strong opening and closing missions, Shadowkeep barely delivers any meaningful revelations or character development. You, Eris Morn and the remainder of the Vanguard remain blank slates with surface-level characterizations. With the most emotive member of the cast, Cayde-6, dead, Destiny desperately needs NPCs with some personality. Unfortunately, that isn't found anywhere in Shadowkeep.
Despite all the regression with the campaign and monetization and the rehashing of older content, Destiny 2 still looks quite good. The Moon is an atmospheric place to visit and traversing the caverns the Hive call home produces a sense of dread that other locations in the Destiny 2 experience can't provide. Meanwhile, the short visits into the Black Garden are gorgeous thanks to all the colors and lush jungle mixed with Vex machinery. Destiny 2 may be two years old now, but it's still looking good.


At the time of writing, Cirrus Plaza has been in the game for roughly a week, which means that it's too early to make a hyper-informative judgment on it. What is clear is that this bright, colorful, arcade and mall-themed Neomuna map looks incredible. It's also a nice respite from bigger maps like Disjunction that favor extremely long-range gameplay and might not be everyone's cup of


Some strikes just do not live up to expectations. It isn't that players want each strike to live up to the hype or be bone-crushingly difficult, it is just they would prefer a snippet of edge-of-your-seat action during one of these events. Sadly, once players get past a few somewhat rough encounters with the enemy in The Insight Terminus, they will soon encounter one of the weakest bosses in the game. Kargen the Technocrat fails to live up to his billing, allowing players to easily walk all over


This makes the gun an easy pick for players that do high-difficulty Nightfalls all the way up to Grandmaster. And the kicker? Chill Clip rolls in the first perk column, meaning there are plenty of damage perks availa

With Armor 2.0, Bungie is fully embracing the RPG potential of its franchise. New weapon and armor mods allow players to mess around with different elements and stats to build a character that fits their play style. Players can not only tweak little things like Resilience but also stats like how fast your abilities recharge. It's an exciting system that hardcore players will love tinkering with. It's also available for every player, regardless of whether or not you purchased Shadowkeep.


Unlike long term DPS options like Still Hunt, which have long animations and timers involved, Izanagi’s Burden can have its powerful shot stored for the perfect moment, and it won’t disappear unless the player dies. This comes particularly in handy when dealing with minibosses at range, or in fights that require a lot of movement and positioning where Still Hunt may lose out on its effectiven


This fits well into Solar subclass builds that may build upon that key word. This weapon being craftable also means that players can choose what roll they want, so long as they grind long enough for the weapon its

As a fan of Halo-era Bungie and of Destiny in general, it sucks having to point this out now that Bungie has finally shown some signs of passion for Destiny. Forsaken has all the hallmarks of a product that’s had some real love and care put into it, and the team behind it deserves all the praise and kudos that they’re currently enjoying for it. If it manages to meet the sky-high expectations this past week’s reveal has no doubt inspired in the Destiny community, then they’ll deserve even more. Forsaken and it’s team aren’t the issue here, but rather Destiny 2 PvP guide in general and specifically Bungie’s incessant need to squeeze its player base for all they’re worth. It can be done better. It is being done better by several others. So what exactly is Bungie’s excuse for treating their fans like a bunch of simpletons with bottomless wallets? Do they even think they need one? Hopefully they’re not that far-gone, but since they’ve been employing these same practices for almost three years now and are now escalating even further, refuting such an impression is difficult to say the least.


Malfeasance is the best single-target damage Hand Cannon in the game. This weapon's main trait, Explosive Shadow , acts similarly to Halo's Needler, causing targets to explode when imbued with enough rounds. This makes the weapon excellent at higher difficulties where single-target damage is a necessity for both weaker enemies and Champions; which this weapon decima