What is Destiny?
Destiny is the name the gaming press and fan community has been using to refer to Bungie's next project. It has been referred to internally at Bungie as Tiger.
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Destiny is the name the gaming press and fan community has been using to refer to Bungie's next project. It has been referred to internally at Bungie as Tiger.
A quick round-up of good Destiny coverage:
IGN: A Land of Hope and Dreams, Quick FAQ.
Penny Arcade Report: Destiny is always online, social, could be the future of shooters
Polygon has now done a follow-up on their earlier piece about Destiny. In Bungie's new game, humanity apparently aren't yet galaxy-roaming colonists, and the action seems centered on our own solar system.
Added a new Destiny Concept Art gallery. Many, if not all, of these images were also included in the ViDoc, but these images are direct from Bungie.net and of higher quality.
This image also shows one example each of the three known player classes.
From left to right: Titan, Hunter, Warlock.
The enemies in the background being fought by the Warlock were referred to by Bungie as "space zombies".
IGN referred to this area as the Black Garden, saying Bungie described it as "a surreal, fantastic place". Bungie would not say where the location was or give any other information about it.
The Vex are described as time-traveling robots. They appear to take several different forms.
The mysterious, spherical Traveler hovers above humanity's last city after saving them from destruction by alien forces.
The missing portions near the bottom of the sphere almost makes me think that humanity has in part built their city by removing pieces of metal from the Traveler.
As the huge, unknown artifact of Destiny, the Traveler would seem to be taking on the titular role in Halo.
Beneath-- and possibly reaching up towards-- the Traveler is the Tower, presumably a non-combat area where Guardian players will interact with each other.
This location is on Earth's moon. Destiny as described as taking place among the ruins of humanity's golden age of dominance over their solar system. Locations like these may be long-lost human installations or habitations.
Bungie describes Earth's moon in Destiny as "broken" and this image shows large cracks. That's what you get for storing nuclear waste on the dark side, guys. (Just kidding.)
The Citadel is described as a place where bad guys live; all bad guys need an evil lair. In the foreground, two Guardians face off against some Vex.
This image shows an example of each of the player classes so far revealed: the hooded Hunter, most likely a stealth-based class, the magic-wielding Warlock, and the gun-toting Titan.
It is not known if other player classes exist or will exist, or whether factions fall strictly along class lines or include members of all possible classes.