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This is a record of a twitter thread, originally posted in 2018

Thew
@AmazingThew

"The Shard no longer knows the Light. Not since the Traveler cast it off in the Collapse"

I started Destiny 2 bc it's free and lmaoooo

Thew
@AmazingThew

Somebody Else (omitted for privacy)

BUNGIE WRITER 1: [squinting at sky] what the hell is that? BUNGIE WRITER 2: ...the sun? BUNGIE WRITER 1: or... The Sun BUNGIE WRITER 2: fuck

Thew
@AmazingThew

also this game ruined the best thing about MMOs — rubbing up against invisible walls until you find a way out of bounds — by just entombing the entire world in kill volumes, so that's an automatic 0/10

Thew
@AmazingThew

wow that's really pretty I wonder what's over th

Thew
@AmazingThew

Bungie skyboxes remain as incredible as ever

Thew
@AmazingThew

destiny 2 is borderlands?
like it's the same? game?

Thew
@AmazingThew

like this isn't a criticism; it's well-executed and borderlands was good anyway

Thew
@AmazingThew

I guess I just thought with like... remember when the first one came out and polygon turned into Daily Posts About Destiny Dot Com for like a literal year? and now Anthem exists specifically because of it?

Thew
@AmazingThew

I sorta thought all that stuff meant that it represented a bigger paradigm shift in AAA multiplayer design than "bungie made a very good borderlands"

Thew
@AmazingThew

p r e t t y

Thew
@AmazingThew

I am extremely here for Planet Yutapon Cubes

Thew
@AmazingThew

Destiny 2 is a far more faithful execution of Guild Wars 2's concept art than Guild Wars 2 was