Destiny 2 changes next year
BUNGIE will be taking Destiny 2 in a different direction next year. This comes after a barrage of consistent criticism from fans over the state of the game.
Since its release in 2017, Destiny 2 has followed the same executive formula by releasing one huge expansion and then four individual seasons with the same tired grind and narrative storytelling.
Next year, after The Final Shape releases on Feb 27, the game will follow a new structure.
In March 2024, Bungie will do away with its seasonal model of four seasons a year and replace them with three episodes.
According to Bungie, each episode will be a standalone story told in three acts that will explore the consequences of the events in The Final Shape, which itself will conclude the first Destiny saga that began all the way back with the first game in 2014.
The three episodes, titled Echoes, Revenant and Heresy, will come with new story missions, quests and gear.
These were all revealed during the recent Destiny 2 Showcase on Aug 22.
However, what was not revealed is how the new “episodic” system will work because at first glance, the episodes just sound like a rebrand of the prior seasonal structure.
Going from spacing out four seasons throughout a year to doing it with three episodes in a year sounds like a downgrade, but if Bungie makes the episodes better to keep players engaged until the next expansion, it might be a win.
These changes come in the wake of the Lightfall expansion and its weak reception, along with major criticisms of its expensive microtransactions, which also led to discussions on Destiny 2’s future due to it being a live-service game. – BY