Destiny 2 might not reinvent the series, but it evolves in all the right ways to be a true and worthy sequel Installing Destiny : For more information and the recommended steps on installing Destiny updates, please see our Installing and Updating Destiny Guide. significant, fresh features in Destiny's The Taken King expansion". GamesRadar. June 17, 2015 . Retrieved June 22, 2015.

Yin-Poole, Wesley (December 23, 2014). "Destiny has had just shy of 13 million players". Eurogamer. Gamer Network . Retrieved December 25, 2014. Matulef, Jeffrey (January 16, 2015). "NPD reveals top 10 selling US retail games for 2014". Eurogamer. Gamer Network . Retrieved January 16, 2015.Other than that, Destiny on Xbox 360 looks and feels remarkably close to its last-gen sibling. In terms of overall presentation and polish, it doesn't quite feel as though it's up to the same standard as Bungie's last platform-exclusive title - Halo Reach - but it's an interesting example of the trades a developer has to make as it moves away from platform-exclusive game-making and into the cross-gen era. The end result is even more remarkable bearing in mind that Bungie had to get to grips with the technical curiosities of the PS3 architecture, while at the same time learning how to get the best from the new wave of Sony and Microsoft consoles. However, there is additional refinement in the Xbox 360 version, specifically in the way that Bungie handles dynamic shadows. Again, these are very intensive on the graphics hardware and the studio has compromised on PlayStation 3, with very hard-edged, low-resolution shadows. The Xbox 360 version acquits itself more proficiently here, with both higher resolution and smoother edges. Phillips, Tom (February 21, 2013). "Bungie shooter Destiny to get exclusive content on PlayStation". Eurogamer . Retrieved February 21, 2013. From social spaces (the Tower on Earth, the Vestian Outpost added with House of Wolves, and the Iron Temple added with Rise of Iron), players can redeem "engrams" into items, buy items, and collect challenges known as bounties to complete during activities to earn experience, build their reputation among factions, and sometimes earn items. Beyond armor and weapons, items that players can obtain include ships that represent themselves during travel cutscenes, shaders for customizing the color scheme of their armor, emblems which are banners for players' names, emotes such as a dance or gesture, and shells for their Ghost companion. [14] [15] [16] [17] Player versus player (PvP) [ edit ] a b Alexander, Julia (September 8, 2015). "Destiny's story was 'substantially revised,' says doc offering insight into strained development". Polygon . Retrieved October 7, 2016.

This is final version is Destiny blown wide open, everything made free, friendly, rewarding, and more fun. Loot drops are fully geared toward character-specific relevance, and an absolute raft of new Quest lines deliver specific, pre-flagged rewards for experimenting with different play-styles and meta-challenges – now all tied to incredibly welcome, long-term narrative threads that fleshe out the world with genuine warmth. With level progress no longer tied to hard-to-acquire gear, and the game's later bosses conspicuously designed as creative, evolving challenges rather than bullet-sponge attrition, the gear-gated boundaries that once segregated players are gone. The possibilities to strive, acquire, experiment and express are dizzying. Destiny is now resolutely, more than ever before, a game designed not to be finished, or mastered, but to be played. Sarkar, Samit (October 13, 2015). "Destiny's in-game currency prices and emote costs revealed (update)". Polygon . Retrieved October 14, 2015. a b Dyer, Mitch (February 11, 2016). "Destiny 2 in 2017, 'Large New Expansion' Coming to Destiny 2016". IGN . Retrieved February 11, 2016.Ivan, Tom (July 30, 2014). "Destiny beta attracted 4.6 million players - CVG US". Computer and video games. Archived from the original on September 10, 2014 . Retrieved September 11, 2014. a b "Destiny's April update detailed with 335 Light, high-level Prison of Elders and more". Polygon. Vox Media. March 23, 2016 . Retrieved March 23, 2016. Prior to Rise of Iron 's launch and due to the expansion only being released for current consoles (PS4 and One), players' accounts on legacy consoles (PS3 and 360) were split from current consoles. Accounts were previously shared across consoles of the same family. Legacy consoles received their last update on July 26, 2016, excluding emergency fixes for future game-breaking issues. [125] Expansions [ edit ] Veselka, David (September 16, 2014). "The Vault of Glass Is Open, Here's What you Need to Know About Destiny's Most Difficult Mission". MP1ST . Retrieved June 16, 2015. DeeJ (August 15, 2016). "Destiny: The Collection Announced, Rise of Iron PS Exclusives Detailed". Sony Interactive Entertainment . Retrieved August 15, 2016.