It's that time of year again: E3 2017 is just on the horizon. From June 10-15, we'll be covering the biggest games and hardware announcements of 2017 and beyond. While you can check out our continually-updated Games of E3 List, we're now going to start diving deeper.
Every day leading up to the show, we'll be highlight the stuff we want to see and play at E3 2017. Today's game: Destiny 2.
The last time we saw Destiny 2 (coincidentally was also the first time it was shown publicly) developer Bungie revealed the game to a packed theater in Los Angeles. The presentation included the first look at Homecoming, an action-lack campaign stage that takes place at the Tower in the middle of a Cabal invasion. We got the low-down on Dominus Ghaul, the sequel’s big villain who wants to control the Traveler’s light (aka the source of a Guardian’s power in Destiny). From there, Bungie and Activision used the the reveal event to give us a high-level overview and set expectations for Destiny 2.
As someone who’s spent over 670 hours playing Destiny since it launched in 2014, it’s safe to say that I am incredibly hyped for Destiny 2. The campaign mission showed some big spectacle and effects at the reveal event, as Cabal brutes rained from the sky in an all-out assault on Humanity’s last bastion. The new Super abilities for the Titan, Hunter, and Warlock also look equally impressive. But I also saw a reason to remain slight optimistic: the new Strike mission, called Inverted Spire, looked a little bland by comparison. The minute-to-minute gunplay looked a little too familiar, despite the slight visual improvements to the setting and the impressive new end boss. It was a firm reminder to me that even though Destiny 2 is meant to be a bigger, better sequel, it shares a lot of tech, animations, and ideas from the original game.
Even with if I wasn’t as impressed by the flow of the new Strike, I’m still pretty excited for Destiny 2. I love the idea of Guided Games -- where solo Guardians can coordinate with existing clans to tackle high level activities -- and it will add the communication and community options that Bungie missed entirely with the first game. This is a big deal because it could help Destiny tap into a new audience that wasn’t part of the first game’s lively user base.
Destiny 2 will absolutely be at E3, but it remains to be seen how much new stuff will be shown by Bungie. I’d expect a new demo at the PlayStation, but I would not be surprised if the show floor demos were the same campaign level, Strike mission, and new PVP mode shown at the Destiny 2 reveal event.
Jose Otero is an editor at IGN and host of Nintendo Voice Chat. You can follow him on Twitter.
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