Grave Gamer News & Views — destiny
You remember that Thorn bounty, when you get to the PvP challenge? Where you have to get 500 points;...
You remember that Thorn bounty, when you get to the PvP challenge? Where you have to get 500 points; one kill nets you 5 points, but each death loses you 2 points.
That’s exactly what saving money fucking feels like.
In other news, I finally got enough kills to fix my dead car.
The Taken King Takes His Own PS4Now that’s a handsome system...
The Taken King Takes His Own PS4
Now that’s a handsome system right there.
You’ll recall the initial release of Destiny garnered itself a white – pardon me; a glacier white – PlayStation 4 bundle last year. Meet glacier white’s successor: Guardian White (you’re welcome for the name, Sony – I only ask for your graciousness… in royalties).
The Limited Edition PS4 Bundle comes with a physical copy of Destiny: The Taken King Legendary Edition (featuring the original game and its first two expansions) and a bump up in status to the “Digital Collector’s Edition” which grants players armor shaders, an early access weapons cache, and three exotics for your Guardians. It’ll save you some grinding so that you can focus your attention on grinding.
The 500GB bundle releases the same day The Taken King does on September 15th. Sony says you’ll likely only ever be able to get this swanky ass edition this Fall. After that? You’ll have to strike against eBay, Guardians.
Destiny’s ‘The Dark Below’ Dated and Detailed, Drops December I...
Destiny’s ‘The Dark Below’ Dated and Detailed, Drops December
I know what you’re thinking, Guardians. “Why in the world would I need even more content to contend with when I’m perfectly happy to play the same handful of Strike missions over again for the three-hundredth time?”
Listen, I’m with you. It’s a valid point. Originally, I was a little miffed at being locked into the same cutscenes where Dinklebot reads out exposition like he would names in a phone book sixty times over. But after sixty-one times, I loved it.
Come December 9th, though, it’ll be time to influx a brand new set of missions you’ll play into the ground, sanding your joystick nubs into… nubbier nubs. Destiny’s first expansion, “The Dark Below,” launches across all platforms, the standalone DLC pricing in at $19.99 or $34.99 when bundled in the Season Pass (which includes the upcoming “House of Wolves”).
“The Dark Below,” a supposedly substantial expansion to the Destiny universe, includes:
- Three new story missions doled out by a new character, Eris, who apparently spent her time hiding among the Hive like a sci-fi Dian Fossey
- New weapons, armor, and five additional bounty slots (that’s twice the grind!)
- Light Level cap raises to 32; irrelevant, I will forever be stuck at 26
- A new Strike, “The Will of Crota,” where you face down the Omnigul’s plans for Moon domination
- Another six player Raid called “Crota’s End” in which your Fireteam has to venture into the Hellmouth to prevent Sunnydale High from being overrun with uber-vamps (wait… no, that’s correct)
- Three new PvP maps — The Cauldron, a close-quarters Hive arena; Pantheon, a bout inside a Vex temple; and Skyshock, an abandoned defense array now home to your pulse rifle murder streaks
Additionally, if you count yourself apart of the PlayStation family, you’re privy to an exclusive Strike mission dubbed “The Undying Mind” which I sincerely hope pits players against a giant Dinklebot.
