New 'Destiny' gameplay trailer published, pre-order bonus detailed

[Shawn Knight]

Activision and Bungie have launched a new gameplay trailer for Destiny, the highly anticipated post-Halo sci-fi first-person shooter. Accompanying the trailer is a new pre-order bonus through GameStop that awards buyers with a special in-game transport vehicle.

The seven minute “Strike” trailer offers an extended look at the upcoming title but as The Escapist points out, there’s isn’t really anything that stands out as insanely awesome at this point. We’re still several months out from the game’s launch but based on what’s been shown thus far, it all seems par for the course.

That may not be an issue for fans of the Halo franchise but we’ll have to wait and reserve final judgment until after we get our hands on the game.

Those that do hop onboard the Destiny train and secure a pre-order, however, will be rewarded for their early support… so long as they do so through GameStop. The video games retailer has struck up a deal with the publisher to award loyalists with a custom in-game vehicle known as the Sparrow.

This modified machine features an upgraded boost, faster speed and higher durability compared to the standard model. It’s unclear if the upgraded Sparrow will ultimately be available to all but at least initially, you’ll need to pre-order to get it.

Destiny is headed to the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One on September 9.

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[TomSEA]

This looks more like Borderlands than Borderlands.

 

[Guest]

Oh this does look like borderlands which I love, but halo, is not borderlands.

And that map of, was that earth, Devils Lair ? Why not just called it Dragons Lair. You have space age guys running around in Assassins creed outfits with Borderlands guns.

This screams unoriginal flop final nail in the coffin for halo. Good job copying from everyone else there. If it aint broke dont fix it. Multi colored or custom colors and patterened Master chief clones would have done. 4 - 8 player mass horde destruction objective squad based borderlands-esque vast maps and plenty of guns, but this, looks pants.

 

[yukka]

The pace of the demo, the environment, the enemies look interesting. The effects. There's something about health bars on the enemies that make it less halo and the location while dense is a bit bland, an old train yard?

 

[Guest]

The gameplay looks quite dull.

 

[davislane1]

For all the hype over the past year about Destiny, I'm more than a little underwhelmed by the linked video. It looks entirely ordinary.

 

[cmbjive]

For all the hype over the past year about Destiny, I'm more than a little underwhelmed by the linked video. It looks entirely ordinary.

I have to agree. The gameplay seems underwhelming. Maybe the beta will be better.

 

[theBest11778]

For all the hype over the past year about Destiny, I'm more than a little underwhelmed by the linked video. It looks entirely ordinary.

I agree too. I immediately called a buddy of mine and asked what he thought, hoping he saw something I didn't. He thought it looked straight up boring. I'm still holding out hopes, but like someone else said, it looks like Borderlands with AC clothing, and Halo enemies. What makes Borderlands so good was it's humor. This game looks like it's going to take itself VERY seriously. I don't know if that'll work.

 

[yukka]

Maybe the mmo parts of it will be better and put this 4 man dungeon in perspective.

 

[j05hh]

Gun sounds sound very similar to halo too. Even the movements.

 

[davislane1]

Maybe the mmo parts of it will be better and put this 4 man dungeon in perspective.

MMO elements don't make up for a lack of product differentiation in a shooter. Dust 514 comes immediately to mind as an example. When Dust was first announced by CCP it sounded like a conceptual gold mine. Finally, a shooter that's not just about transitioning from lobby to shooting gallery all day. Yet, that's exactly what the game is. The worlds have terribly underutilized set pieces, there are no interesting game modes, and none of the game's weapon systems are even remotely memorable. Nothing about the actual gameplay stands out; Dust simply has a more convoluted and time-consuming progression system.

This is my fear with Destiny after watching the linked video. An MMO substructure, no matter how well designed, can't fix the mundanes of a generic core product. Conceptually, the game sounds like it could be lot of fun. However, the application side of the equation conveyed above is suggesting no evolution of the standard FPS formula. This doesn't make it a write off at this point, but it certainly takes preordering off the table as a reasonable option.

 

[cmbjive]

For all the hype over the past year about Destiny, I'm more than a little underwhelmed by the linked video. It looks entirely ordinary.

I agree too. I immediately called a buddy of mine and asked what he thought, hoping he saw something I didn't. He thought it looked straight up boring. I'm still holding out hopes, but like someone else said, it looks like Borderlands with AC clothing, and Halo enemies. What makes Borderlands so good was it's humor. This game looks like it's going to take itself VERY seriously. I don't know if that'll work.

You should be able to still see the original concept for Borderlands. To say that it was just another boring old shooter would be an understatement. It's a good thing they scrapped the original concept and decided to go the comedic route.

 

[AnonymousSurfer]

I hope the gameplay gets a lot better than it is in the trailer... I know they can't give a lot away but it looked almost too easy for them to go through it.