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Destiny: How The Alpha Totally Changed My Mind

Screenshot captured by Hatm0nster (yours truly)

I’ve never been happier to be wrong about a game. Never.

I was all set and ready to write-off Destiny as a game I wasn’t going to like. Aside from its universe and setting, it seemed like most everything else coming out about the game was giving me reason to balk. Borderlands-style open world? MMO mechanics? “Deadlier” multiplayer? It was sounding like a mash-up of several kinds of gameplay I personally dislike; twitch-shooter meets pointless wandering, meets busywork and level-grinding. So it was only that last bit of curiosity that got me to sign up for the Alpha.I was fully expecting it to confirm my suspicions, but that’s…not what happened. Continue reading Destiny: How The Alpha Totally Changed My Mind