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Sooo... How's Edge of Fate? (Destiny)

by Robot Chickens, Tuesday, July 15, 2025, 22:23 (42 days ago)

I played a little and enjoyed myself but I haven't really delved into it.

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Sooo... How's Edge of Fate?

by ManKitten @, The Stugotz is strong in me., Wednesday, July 16, 2025, 06:28 (41 days ago) @ Robot Chickens

Is this the next big annual expansion after Final Shape?
I've seen a few of the cutscenes and am intrigued by the potential story arc of said featured character.

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Sooo... How's Edge of Fate?

by Robot Chickens, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, 12:49 (41 days ago) @ ManKitten

Is this the next big annual expansion after Final Shape?
I've seen a few of the cutscenes and am intrigued by the potential story arc of said featured character.

Yeah. It’s a smaller expansion, but it’s come with lots of changes. Some really good, a few head scratches as well.

So far, it’s fun, but I’m not far into it.

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Sooo... How's Edge of Fate?

by squidnh3, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, 07:52 (41 days ago) @ Robot Chickens

As usual, I ended up trying to do too many things before they went away prior to the new expansion dropping, so now my vault is full and I don't want to play that much. Should be able to do a raid tonight as long as I can clear some room, then I'll maybe get to the new stuff this weekend.

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I'm enjoying it so far

by Anna Komnene, Monday, July 21, 2025, 15:39 (36 days ago) @ squidnh3

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Sooo... How's Edge of Fate?

by INSANEdrive, ಥ_ಥ | f(ಠ‿↼)z | ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ| ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, 17:48 (41 days ago) @ Robot Chickens

I don't know, but I can say I'm quite upset they actually, finally, added Thor's Bonk, and I'm probably not going to be able to try it out.

*Sad Crayon-Eater Noises*... *Turns off "Sad Crayon-Eater Noise" Generator because, ha ha, Warlock Main 3 Evah*

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Sooo... How's Edge of Fate?

by nico, Monday, July 21, 2025, 01:49 (36 days ago) @ Robot Chickens

I wanted to like it, I really did.

There's a really cool weapon you get from the rewards progression thing from the get go -- an exotic scout rifle that's sort of a mini Xenophage meets Patience and Time (you go invisible on a precision kill), and uses primary.

The rest. Oh dear.

I had to turn off cinematic dialogue -- there's a new character I call "Seattle Dad" because he looks and sounds like a dude you'd encounter at the dog park, not in a space opera game. He also speaks REALLY slow, hesitates between sentences.

They replaced the replacement of Gina Torres with a totally weird replacement. (I support the SAG-AFTRA video game strike, but that's Bungie's problem. My problem is to cough up the money to buy a game.)

There's a ton of non skippable dialogue that (others may disagree) is both long, bloated, and frankly not my cup of tea coming from a company that used to be a masterclass in narrative storytelling (Marathon, Myth, even Oni), and just confusing by having a totally different Ikora. (Did I mention her voice actor is a replacement for a replacement?)

The new navigation UI will be, I suspect, a full appendix in a to-be-written human interface manual that will be entitled "how to really fuck a pig, UI-wise."

The grind is a paragon example for a total lack of respect for the player's time.

It also forces you to turn into a bouncing ball in parts.

Aside from that, it's wonderful.

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Sooo... How's Edge of Fate?

by cheapLEY @, Monday, July 21, 2025, 07:56 (36 days ago) @ nico

So you’re telling me they just made more Destiny?

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Sooo... How's Edge of Fate?

by Kermit @, Raleigh, NC, Monday, July 21, 2025, 11:02 (36 days ago) @ nico

The new navigation UI will be, I suspect, a full appendix in a to-be-written human interface manual that will be entitled "how to really fuck a pig, UI-wise."

It's particularly galling when you consider that the original Destiny UI was award-winning. I know how it goes with these things. You get mandates from above. Someone quotes a test response from a non-Destiny gamer who found the Director confusing, and before you know it, you're off to the races with reinvented wheels. I miss Evil Otto.

I got to play for a little bit Saturday. Nice to see them leave the solar system, as was teased very early on. There are bits that remind me of Mass Effect, and bits that remind me of No Man's Sky--the language stuff. Don't hate it. Unfortunately, I won't be able to play for a week or more.

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