Destiny 2: The Final Shape Review in Progress
Destiny 2’s latest expansion, The Final Shape, is finally closing the chapter on its Light vs. Dark saga that has been stewing for nearly 10 years. Destiny’s story of The Traveler and the Guardians’ fight against the Darkness first began in September of 2014, and although the seemingly eternal war has gone through several iterations (and much sidetracking) we are – at last – getting the opportunity to finish it once and for all.
Even so, this isn’t an end to future content coming to Destiny 2 that many feared. Bungie has made it clear that they still have plenty of stories to tell with our Guardians, and just because this chapter is closed doesn’t mean that a new one won’t begin. Some story spoilers may follow in this Review-in-Progress, so reader beware! If you’re wanting to see the culmination of this decade-long story for yourself, I would urge you to play through the expansion yourself first.
But you might be wondering, “Is the story even good? Is it worth my hard-earned money to buy and play through?” To address this first: Yes. The story is great. Though not my personal favorite (The Taken King will forever hold a special place in my mind), it’s definitely up there – while not tied for first place, it could easily tie for second.
Admittedly, the launch day of The Final Shape was absolutely horrendous. I kept encountering error messages to the point where I couldn’t even log in past the title screen for the first seven hours. When I eventually managed to get past the character select screen, I still kept receiving error messages and could not start the first mission. Eventually, I had to call it quits that night. But by the morning, all of these issues were seemingly resolved – at least for me – and I haven’t experienced an error message or disconnect since then.
An Excellent Campaign
If you’ve been hiding under a space-rock for the past few years and either haven’t played Destiny 2 recently, or haven’t even played since Destiny 1, there are a lot of elements
