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Destiny 2: Beyond Light feels like someone else’s school reunionIt’s a bit weird if you didn’t play D1
It’s a bit weird if you didn’t play D1
In the run-up to yesterday’s launch ofDestiny 2: Beyond Light, many players were excited for the return of familiar people and places. Will Randal the Vandal be up to his old tricks? Will the Exo Stranger say what she said six years ago? But Destiny 1 wasn’t on PC so I didn’t play it, and I feel like I’ve turned up to someone else’s school reunion. Everyone’s stoked to crack open a couple engrams with the lads in the Loot Cave and reminisce, while I’m stuck in an awkward conversation with some big fella who chatters and clicks like a happy budgie.
Beyond Light has brought back a lot of the past, giving us two new (old) allies: the Exo Stranger and Variks. The Exo Stranger popped up across Destiny’s original campaign with daft cryptic chat like “I don’t have time to explain why I don’t have time to explain”, while Variks was the warden at the Prison of Elders and oversaw D1’s survival mode. The free update launched alongside the expansion also added the Cosmodrome, the first game’s starter area. That’s a whole lot of memories if you played the first Destiny. Or very few if you didn’t because it wasn’t on PC.
I fully relate to how Crow, the new spacewizard who was Uldren Sov in a former life, will likely feel whenhe returns with Season Of The Hunt. He’s only recently woken up from his slab with no memories, yet folks will be hurling abuse, slapping him withexpired ramen coupons, and saying the strangest things about a chicken. I feel you, pal.
