Destiny 2 Has Been Unveiled...

The Destiny 2 reveal took place this morning and I've got to say, they've given us a lot to take in. Bungie doesn't disappoint when it comes to these types of events. They've always got juicy bits for us to bite on, but this was probably the most anticipated game reveal since World of Warcraft's Burning Crusade expansion. Why mention WoW here? Well, Bungie and Activision have partnered with Blizzard in order to bring Destiny 2 to PC through Battle.net. That means that the Destiny 2 experience will be vastly different on PC than on consoles, possibly even better. Let us also hope that Blizzard's involvement in the Destiny 2 project will keep Bungie and Activision from allowing another House of Wolves or Rise of Iron situation to happen.

As I've said before, players from Destiny will lose all of their progress. All of our gear, all of our achievements, all of our time will matter not. It's a full restart for everyone. Don't get discouraged, though. This game will be a sequel of scale unlike any game franchise that we have seen before. Bungie is delivering the true iteration of this "sandbox" gameplay that they are constantly talking about. You definitely won't have to have played Destiny to enjoy the deep and engaging story of Destiny 2, but it will be a worthy successor to the story and gameplay.

EDZ Outpost

There are a massive amount of story missions with the Red War campaign aside from our search for how to recover our light. We face invasion from Dominus Gaul, leader of ferocious and battle-hardened Red Legion. Gaul has decided that he should have been chosen by The Traveler, instead of us, so he has come to prove his worth by taking it from us and destroying The Tower. He and his forces not only kidnap The Speaker, but they bind The Traveler's light in order to strip it's gifts from us.

Amanda Holliday extracts the Guardian

The Vanguard is dispersed around the Sol system and we must collect them if we wish to have a fighting chance for the future. The EDZ or European Dead Zone, is where we'll meet the newest member of the Vanguard Elite Hawthorne and the grievously displaced and undeniably exposed denizens of The Last City who have they have fled from Gaul's Red Legion to the safety of the wilderness. There's a Titan on Titan: Zavala has gone to Titan to recover from the Red Legion's assault on Earth. On Nessus, Cayde has been captured and imprisoned by Vex. On the face of Io-- last place that The Traveler touched-- we'll find Ikora, desperately struggling to recover her power.

To help you in your new endeavors, there is a live map that updates as you play, revealing locations of events that pop up. Everything that you'd want to do at a destination, you can find there. Not only that, but players will be able to move from destination to destination without having to go to orbit first, unless you want to. This will be a huge time-saver for everyone. You'll collect treasure maps and find Lost Sectors, which are new spelunking activities like dungeon-delving in traditional RPGs. You'll navigate massive playable areas with public events happening constantly that players can hop into for cool loot. They showed us a glimpse of a strike called "Inverted Spire" on Nessus, wherein players will face off against a three-stage boss.

Golden Age city on Titan

Clans are making a return, but this time it's a bigger part of the game. In-game rosters to help manage your people and customized banners to show off your identity as a group. There is a rewards system for the whole clan. You can customize your clan's name and motto to be displayed when people browse through the new directory. Bungie talked a bit about Guided Games where solo players can join your clan for a single event. You'll be able to open up the party to instantly add them to the roster at any point. This saves you the hassle of constantly having to go online to frantically search for a replacement for when someone unexpectedly drops group.

All PVP game modes have been retooled to be four-versus-four on all game modes. There's also a new game mode called Countdown, the goal of which is to take turns attacking and defending. HUD elements will give you and your teammates the ability use information to make more accurate, swift tactical decisions for better outcomes. To make things more interesting, weapon types available to equip will be changed to Kinetic, Energy and Power weapons. We'll see what happens to Trials of Osiris with these new changes.

Dominus Gaul

There are three news subclasses, one for each of the three classes: the Dawnblade for Warlocks, the Sentinel for Titans, and the Arcstrider for Hunters. The Dawnblade is an arcane warrior, channeling the sun's might through the solar-imbued sword that they wield. The Sentinel is a defender of the weak and paragon of justice, bracing his shield derived from the power of the void. The Arcstrider is a disciplined warrior who his skill and finesse to devastate his enemies with his arc staff.

All in all, this game is shaping up to be great. Remember, Guardians make their own fate.