Summary
- The upcoming Renegades update merges Star Wars elements with Destiny 2's storytelling.
- Fans have expressed mixed reactions, with concerns about the crossover.
- Bungie's assistant game director reassures that Renegades is in-canon for Destiny.
Yesterday, Bungie announced 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Destiny 2's next two major updates. The first, The Edge of Fate, sends Guardians to Kepler, a new location in the game. It allows them to wield new abilities and weapons and changes the game's 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:armor system.
The second update, part of the Year of Prophecy, is called Renegades. It merges elements "inspired" by the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Star Wars universe with Destiny 2's "distinctive storytelling." While the new content isn't a full cꦯrossover, elements like Lightsabers and certain guns will make their way across from Star Wars into Destiny 2.
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Given the game's rich, eight-year history, such a huge diversion from the norm, integrating one of the world's most beloved sci-fi franchises, has beꦦen met with a mixed reaction from🃏 fans.
Destiny 2's Renegades Update Has Already Been Met With A Mixed Reception
Since its announcement, multiple th🍎reads have popped up on the Destiny 2 , with the game's committed player base expressing concerns about the new Renegades update. Between them, these threads have garnered hundreds of combined upvotes and comments, with Guardian's quick to share their opinions on the crossover-not-crossover.
"I really don't like the concept of a game with such rich, unique lore and tons of poten൩tial stories making an expansion that takes a ton of stuff from another unique sci-fi setting," Accomplished-Aerie65. "It just feels like unnecessarily cheapening the story. Like Bungie doesn't have faith in their own creativity or IP anymore."
Valken-Merlot concurred, , "The problem I have is that Destiny has always been this way, it's inherently super referential and inspired by othe😼r things in every expansion, but they never needed the 'aesthetic, tone and vibe' of an officially licensed agreement to do so."
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The reception to the announcement was so mixed that Destiny 2's assistant game director, R💮obbie Stevens, released . He said, "Rest assured, 🧸Guardians - everything in Renegades is in-canon for the Destiny universe, but we're leaning into the aesthetic, tone, and vibe of Star Wars to tell a Destiny story with Destiny characters."
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Stevens' comments were enough to ease some playౠers' concerns. However, others felt it set a bad precedent. "If it is 'successful', it will become a lazy excuse to continue with this trend in the future. Destiny fashion is going to com🍒pletely lose its incredible, unique identity," Fearsmok00.
With the update still around seven months away, Bungie has plenty of time to assuage concerns and get players excited, especially with its . For now, though, its lackluster announcement has sꦉeemingly done more harm than good.
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