Destiny: The Taken King

After a year of bitching about and mocking Destiny, I now genuinely like it. Heck, I’ve played it at least a bit every day since The Taken King launched. And while I’m unsure if I can keep this pace up for long, even if I stop soon, I’ll definitely feel like The Taken King offered plenty of content. Most important, it was quality content. Destiny finally feels like the big deal that Bungie wanted us to think it was last year.

There is no denying Destiny was one of the biggest disappointments of last year; an awkward, disjointed jumble of half-baked ideas that only glimpsed the true potential of what could be. The Taken King might not make up for that first year and all of its shambling about, but it puts Destiny on a path that, as someone who spent all of last year whining endlessly to anyone who would listen, I can finally shut my mouth and just enjoy the game. If that isn't an incredible feat, I don't know what is.

I have played Destiny since its launch last year, and I can confidently say that with the Year 2, and The Taken King DLC upon us, this is what Destiny pretty much should have been all along. Sure, it’s not perfect (e.g. still have to figure many things out on your own), but it is MUCH better, and an evolution of what the gameplay was.