Let’s call a spade a spade, vanilla Destiny didn’t have much of a story. Sure, you fought aliens and found shiny loot, but what else was there. Maybe they didn’t have time to explain why they didn’t have time to explain (sorry, couldn’t help it). BUT, Bungie has promised a more cinematic story this time around, so lets take a minute, open up our grimoires, and see what kind of story beats we can glean.
The attack on the city was something hinted at for a while now, it was the who that we didn’t know. The trailer answered that, revealing the Cabal as the fiends behind the attack. The particular force sent against the city is the Red Legion, commanded by Ghaul. Now, if you played the game, you may ask, “but Kevin, aren’t there already Cabal on Mars?” Yes there are, but due to the Vex, Taken, and Guardians, the present Cabal are broken and leaderless. This is how the Cabal military operates, break and die or return home victorious. That wasn’t before the remaining forces sent out a distress call, directly to the Emperor, during the Taken King expansion. And, clearly, the message got thru.
Making the Cabal the central threat this time around gives a spotlight to a force that hasn’t really gotten their due in vanilla Destiny or its expansions. This is a shame, because they’re basically an intergalactic Roman Empire. Legions upon legions go out and either conquer or fall, with the best rising to the top. So given the scale and results of the attack, the Red Legion looks to be among the elite.
Then, there are the two expansions available thru the expansions pass. The first teases fans with the Eye of Osiris. In the universe of Destiny, Osiris was a Warlock who delved into the power the Vex have over time. His work drew the ire of the Speaker and Vanguard, resulting in his banishment from the Tower. His followers remained behind, establishing a tournament in the Crucible as a way to recruit. Using him as the basis of an expansion could do for him what Rise of Iron did for Iron Banner. It could also open the door for Bungie to use more dark/fallen figures from the city’s history, like Toland and Dredgen Yor.
The second expansion teased implies that Rasputin, the AI warmind, will be the focus. Yes, Rise of Iron’s story revolved around a tech-plague called SIVA, but these are two completely different entities. SIVA was presented as a tech-plague that could consume/corrupt whatever it spread into. Rasputin, on the other hand, is a sentient, artificial being. Bungie has long teased doing more with the warmind, with it being the original focus of vanilla Destiny in its early incarnations. While that got drastically reduced, it has still been an ever present force, having to venture into his bunker to help defend it from invaders. There have also been teases about the other warminds that existed, which could also play a major factor when expansion two is released down the line.
This is just scratching the surface of what we could see in Destiny 2. I could sit here all day and go into the nitty gritty of the Cabal, the Empire’s command structure, the work of Osiris, or the battles Rasputin has endured, but then we’d be here all day. Just rest assured, knowing Bungie, I think we are in safe hands.
The never-ending saga surrounding Microsoft’s proposed $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard has a new participant. Today, Senator Maria Cantwell, a Democrat from the state of Washington, said some things about the subject that were hard to understand.
The senator, whose remarks were reported on by ResetEra, spoke at a Senate finance committee hearing on “the president’s 2023 Trade Policy Plan,” which we are sure was quite interesting.
Senator Cantwell said that she had been told that Sony “controls a monopoly of 98% of the high-end game market” despite the fact that “Japan’s government has allowed Sony to engage in blatant anti-competitive conduct through exclusive deals and payments to game publishers, establishing games that are among the most popular in Japan.”
This 98% statistic is highly deceptive because it ignores PC, Nintendo, and mobile games and instead refers to Sony’s adoption rate over Microsoft in Sony’s native country of Japan, a fact that shouldn’t surprise anyone who is even somewhat familiar with the video game business.
What can we do to rectify these problems and create a level playing field, she said of US Trade Representative Katherine Tai after charging Japan’s Federal Trade Commission with improperly failing to look into this purported “exclusionary conduct”?
It is absurd to claim that Sony has a monopoly on the Japanese video game market, as Luke Plunkett of Kotaku correctly points out, “because Sony doesn’t even have a 98% share of the market for the God of War series, a title they own, as Steam is getting 30% of every sale on PC.”
It goes without saying that we can’t expect elected officials to be experts in every field, but this is a visible step at a time when the ongoing attempt to buy the company is at a very important point.
Is it significant that Microsoft, along with Nintendo, maintains its headquarters in Redmond, Washington—Senator Cantwell’s district—or that Microsoft has given Cantwell more than $500,000 over the past two decades? Let us leave that up to you.
Pizza Possum is an arcade action game in which you, a possum, attempt to consume as much trash as you can without being discovered. It is a web-based sequel to the anarchy simulator Untitled Goose Game.It will eventually be available on the PS5.
We couldn’t help but notice that the possum in the title doesn’t look like the cute Australian possum that comes out at night to visit people.On the other hand, it looks like the horrible North American opossums are the ones that will attack trash cans and cause general chaos.Even though we think the second choice was better in terms of theme, we prefer the first one and are happy to explain why.
Your thoughts on Pizza Possum? Does it possess the necessary mass appeal to successfully skitter along the back fenceline while setting the dog off in the process?
Resident Evil 4 is now out, and the excellent remake can be bought right away.Even though you probably plan to play it all this weekend, you can take comfort in the fact that The Mercenaries, Resident Evil’s almost-required challenge mode, will be available as free DLC on April 7.
The mode’s exact details are still unknown, but if it’s anything like previous versions, you can expect some pretty hard tasks to test your skills.
You’re stumped about something? If you are still debating whether to purchase Resident Evil 4 Remake, be sure to look at our exhaustive guide for the answer or our in-depth review. Are you spending this weekend playing Resident Evil 4? Are you anticipating The Mercenaries?
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