Destiny Beta Impressions

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Yea, it's been an issue all day.

I played the moon level too. Pretty cool. I like the Dom Multi-player mode too. I have a few issues with the game, but overall it looks really fun and my issues go away playing with clan mates over randoms. I'll post more later, but I'm loving the Hunter for one obvious reason- throwing knife!

~mrmiller

I found all the chests and love my new sparrow

I had some fun playing this.  Never got to do any PvP because I couldn't figure out where to go for it.  I think the hype for the game was a little over-the-top, but I still think it's an enjoyable game.  I'll likely pick it up for the Xbox.

You fly to the crucible. It's on the map along with Earth, the moon, and the tower.

I really enjoyed the game, i wish i had time to try out more involvement in the iron banner, i really like the MMO type of world at the tower. I made a pretty good video i'll have to post later. The melee threw me off since everyone and their mothers have had it as a click on the right joystick. but whatever. I'd really like to see the game at a fuller potential of the rebuild time on your special powers. i saw some pretty cool gameplay. The scooter thing was super sick. I hate more than anything having to run around the map for 10 minutes just to get to a mission. Multiplayer was fun, i like how they let you have every option in the single player as you do in the multiplayer, (i halfway expected to lose my special power during MP) Seemed like they had quite a few options for gun availability (unlike titan fall) That's just one thing i'm a little worried about, they are going to build this game up like they did TF and it be what TF is now. Trust me I'm the GC of TF and there is nothing going with that game right now at all.

Lets talk about that 720 being already super great as far as graphics are concerned and we will get 1020 or 1080 i don't quite remember! Amazing. I like adding the vehicles on domination lol Hello Halo! lol I only had the chance to make one character, but from what i heard from Coolhand they are all pretty cool and have their one awesomeness along with them.

S7 COOP wrote:
Lets talk about that 720 being already super great as far as graphics are concerned and we will get 1020 or 1080 i don't quite remember!

Bungie has already said the retail release will be 1080p / 30fps for both consoles.

S7 COOP wrote:The melee threw me off since everyone and their mothers have had it as a click on the right joystick. but whatever.

Choose the "green thumb" layout option- it's just like COD and pretty much every other shooter. I couldn't take the melee being the shoulder button either. I also noticed in the configuration there was an option to invert the shoulder buttons and triggers. So if you move to and from Xbox to PS4 to Xbox, the buttons can be how you like them.


~mrmiller

Hunter OP!

I used the cold shoulder layout making my grenade on RB and melee on RS.

I just used the standard controls as they were set by default.  Never had any problem adjusting and my melee was R1.  Got plenty of kills too.  One thing I like about R1 melee is that it's a little bit quicker to melee once you get used to it IMO.  I was schooling kids at the end of the Beta.

Same here, never changed the controls and was good to go.  I might look at the other options to see how things go but most likely won't change anything.

I don't know why all FPS games are not a standard layout, and some companies have to get fancy with it. If I switch from a Chevy to a Toyota are they going to move the ignition or flip-flop the break and gas petals?

I might have been using the cold shoulder one too Luke- I really don't remember what it was called. I was fine with the melee on the RB most of the time, it was just the panic knife where my reflex would be to press the right thumbstick and nothing would happen so I switched it.


~mrmiller

My guess is that everyone sets their own control layout because they want you to okay their game so much in order to get comfortable with the control layout.  Kinda like how MS didn't release headset adapters for the XB1 so players either had to buy a new set or rig their old ones to work.