MULTI Destiny Alpha/Beta |OT| Share your impressions/screenshots/videos

[faraany3k]

space magic time.

halo reach mod?

 

[USUF]

Bungie.net and Bungie mobile applications updated. Download the free "Bungie" app for Android/iOS to get the updated beta version of the app.

 

[CerebralTiger]

Destiny beta on Xbox One will not be running at 1080p, will reach 1080p by launch

Bungie has confirmed just now in the IGN live stream that the Destiny beta on Xbox One will not be running at 1080p. The game itself at launch will reach 1080p. Bungie’s Community Manager said that ‘there’s always time for improvement.

Destiny beta on Xbox One will not be running at 1080p, will reach 1080p by launch – Destiny Blog: Destiny Game News



Keep in mind that the beta build isn't running on the June SDK.

 

[USUF]

Rest, and most important, of the quote from that article:

IGN has stated that next week, before the Xbox beta starts, they will be debuting the first ever Xbox One footage of the game. The Xbox One footage of the game will be running at 1080p, but the beta will not be running at the footage quality.

 

[USUF]

Skip to 02:05:20 to start from the beginning of the IGN stream. The stream was 2 hours long but it's been erroneously looped to start from a few minutes into it.

ign - Destiny Beta - IGN Live - July 16, 2014 - [REPLAY] - Twitch

 

[USUF]

I like how everything is described so gloriously. Whether it be a weapon, armor, vehicle, powers or anything.

 

[manigamer]

It HAS BEGUN !

got 3 x 3 codes yes ps3 us, uk and PS4 all covered LOL and XBOX ONE to come aswell when their beta starts

so holla if anyone needs one, just remember ramazan kaa maheena hay aik dua hee kardeena mere liyay ! AMEEN

also check out this http://www.pakgamers.com/forums/f62/playstation-network-experiencing-issues-ahead-203805/

 

[zainzombie]

Yup... Tried it personally.... Just remember to use a Wired connection.... And this is the TUT i used http://wololo.net/talk/viewtopic.php?p=343954

I just did this. I just dont feel comfortable leaving my ps4 on for 10-15 hours. I hope it works.

 

[CerebralTiger]

I just did this. I just dont feel comfortable leaving my ps4 on for 10-15 hours.

Why not put the PS4 in standby while it downloads?

 

[zainzombie]

Why not put the PS4 in standby while it downloads?

Yea I thought of that but did not do it. There has been so much Loadshedding and voltage fluctuation in the last 3 days at my place.

 

[CerebralTiger]

It begins!

[video=facebook;10154371963825416]https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10154371963825416&set=vb.670030415&typ e=2&theater[/video]

 

[manigamer]

Codes CODES CODES ppl ! who wants in

 

[whackyiz2flashy]

Codes CODES CODES ppl ! who wants in

you got codes? I want one Please please please but for PS3

 

[Fir3d3mon]

5.5gb client for ps3..yay!

 

[Necrokiller]

I like how everything is described so gloriously. Whether it be a weapon, armor, vehicle, powers or anything.

Brink is that you?!

 

[faraany3k]

Been watching all the streams and looking forward to playing the BETA on PS3 to see what is all the fuss is about, but seriously Activision is banking on this game to be the next Call of Duty? 500 million commited to the project. I think it is slightly ambitions HALO without MasterChief, like I hate HALO and it is documneted extensively lol but atleat its multiplayer had that unique feel and iconic weapons and map builder, here you think DudeBros will ditch all there perks and killstreaks and AK47s for these Borderlandish weapons??

 

[USUF]

^ If you have been on neogaf anytime in the last month, you'll know how Destiny has easily been the biggest opinion changer the gamers have seen in recent times. The amount of hate pre-alpha, and the amount of threads and active discussions post-alpha, are evidence that Bungie knows what they're doing.

I just came back from playing 2 hours of the beta and the highlight of my experience wasn't a cool weapon or an upgrade or the graphics or a cool mission or the little bit of the story. Nay. It was those 2 moments when I was driving my way to the next checkpoint and bumped into 2 random dudes. Greetings were exchanged. Dances were had. And then silently, without even the exchange of words, we became a superficial fire-team that punched through pockets of enemies, explored the terrain and raced in our sparrows.

30 minutes went by before I remembered that my story mission was still active and waiting for me to reach my next check point. This is absolutely not your typical fps even though almost everything about it is "inspired" by other games. People can say it's just like "borderlands", or borrows seamless drop-ins like "Dark Souls" or contains hub worlds like "WoW" or shoots like "Halo". But the truth is that it's none of those things when you actually play it. The whole is completely different from the sum of its parts.

I would go as far as to say that this has been Bungie's biggest gamble yet. Instead of creating a game with super-high production values, god-like level design and face-melting graphics, they've sown seeds at different places throughout the game. Seeds that make people run into each other and purposely provoke randomness. The cool instance YOU experience is something Bungie nor any other company can write down on a piece of paper. Finding yourself in a position in where the designers never actually intended you to be, and to share that moment with a buddy or two is infinitely more rewarding than anything the Bungie can imagine. And it's exactly these moments that have sold me and countless others on the game.

 

[faraany3k]

^ If you have been on neogaf anytime in the last month, you'll know how Destiny has easily been the biggest opinion changer the gamers have seen in recent times. The amount of hate pre-alpha, and the amount of threads and active discussions post-alpha, are evidence that Bungie knows what they're doing.

I just came back from playing 2 hours of the beta and the highlight of my experience wasn't a cool weapon or an upgrade or the graphics or a cool mission or the little bit of the story. Nay. It was those 2 moments when I was driving my way to the next checkpoint and bumped into 2 random dudes. Greetings were exchanged. Dances were had. And then silently, without even the exchange of words, we became a superficial fire-team that punched through pockets of enemies, explored the terrain and raced in our sparrows.

30 minutes went by before I remembered that my story mission was still active and waiting for me to reach my next check point. This is absolutely not your typical fps even though almost everything about it is "inspired" by other games. People can say it's just like "borderlands", or borrows seamless drop-ins like "Dark Souls" or contains hub worlds like "WoW" or shoots like "Halo". But the truth is that it's none of those things when you actually play it. The whole is completely different from the sum of its parts.

I would go as far as to say that this has been Bungie's biggest gamble yet. Instead of creating a game with super-high production values, god-like level design and face-melting graphics, they've sown seeds at different places throughout the game. Seeds that make people run into each other and purposely provoke randomness. The cool instance YOU experience is something Bungie nor any other company can write down on a piece of paper. Finding yourself in a position in where the designers never actually intended you to be, and to share that moment with a buddy or two is infinitely more rewarding than anything the Bungie can imagine. And it's exactly these moments that have sold me and countless others on the game.

Yes I get it, they are bringing in that 'play with buddies and carve your own adventure' thingy. It sounds intriguing but it has been done so many times before and tell me any coop game has ever become so popular that it can de-seat a PvP heavy franchise? and I dont know why they have not brought in the true MMO scale and are limited to very small parties who basically grind , earn glimmers and improve the inventory. Again it is slightly ambitions HALO with nothing Iconic to pull people towards it.

Yes it will sell 7-10 million like Borderlands (mostly due to huge gaming drought on new consoles) but is this going to be the next big thing. I dont think so imho. I maybe wrong, but comes next Call of Duty or Battlefield with its massive playgrounds, I fear it will be ghost town like HALO 4.

 

[faraany3k]

30 minutes went by before I remembered that my story mission was still active and waiting for me to reach my next check point. This is absolutely not your typical fps even though almost everything about it is "inspired" by other games. People can say it's just like "borderlands", or borrows seamless drop-ins like "Dark Souls" or contains hub worlds like "WoW" or shoots like "Halo". But the truth is that it's none of those things when you actually play it. The whole is completely different from the sum of its parts.

Borderlands has coop vehicles which move approximately as hover bikes. One can shoot from the top while one drives
When you enter hub world you have these class specific vendors like every fucking MMO, not just WoW (they have infinitely more equipment slots then I have seen in Destiny )
Seamless Drop in happens in all MMOs too with clans that have 100s of people are seamlessly wondering about doing there stuff (see some RIFT footage)

Yes if they are aiming to deleiver an MMO, why not go all guns blazing rather then a very limited squad based gameplay which borrows heavily from HALO coop

and please most popular games in 'general section' of neogaf were Infamous Second Sons, Killzone Shadowfall and Dark Souls 2. We all know how that went.

 

[USUF]

If such things have been "done so many times" then why aren't those games thriving? My point isn't even about that. Heck I clearly see how much Destiny is borrowing from different genres. It's the execution of those ideas where this game excels. Having just seamless co-op doesn't sell. Having just huge worlds doesn't sell. Having just too many weapons of ridiculous nature sell. Having just too many things to do doesn't sell. The approach of this game is focused and it stays completely true to that. You individually scrutinize the mechanics without personal hands-on and without seeing how they mesh together.

and please most popular games in 'general section' of neogaf were Infamous Second Sons, Killzone Shadowfall and Dark Souls 2. We all know how that went.

You fail to note the context in which those games were discussed. Destiny turned everyone's opinion on its head AFTER EVERYONE PLAYED IT. The games you mentioned were victims of hype and general next-gen anticipation. In other words, no one had played them when those discussions were active.