re: Is it safe to say the Destiny franchise is done?

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Ii don’t play destiny but I thought the general consensus was that the first one sucked and the 2nd was awesome? My roommate has been playing the shite out of 2. I’ve watched him a few times and it looks fun as hell

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Not at all.

People did shite on D1 when it first came out. Because it had a lot of things a more casual player would hate.
Short Single player
Non existent story
Grind
Skill Gap in PVP
Best content was gated.
Crazy hype. People like to hate on hyped games.
But the game was really fun for those who liked it and highly addictive. The Taken King also fixed the majority of the problems. And added some, but I won't get into that.

D2 has a major issue in that they catered everything around the casual gamer.
No need to grind loot
No need to grind high light for any reason (PvP or PVE)
Weapons were really dumbed down, especially exotics.
PVP time to kill increased so high that team shooting is a must.
No worthwhile rewards for doing endgame content.
But they did improve the story and the campaign
(Note I have not touched it in 3 months so no idea what has changed.)

I will say this, I did not think D2 was shite, I enjoyed the heck out of it but there is nothing to do once you beat the campaign. Doesn't have the hook from before. But by catering to casuals they killed off the hardcore fans which is what keeps the game popular. Screw up on their part to sale as many copies as they could.