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The Final Shape is a Masterpiece
I review the story campaign of Destiny 2: The Final Shape and explain why I think it's Bungie's best work.
#finalshape #destiny2 #thefinalshape
The culmination of Destiny’s light and darkness saga, the final shape, has now been out for five days. In this video, I will discuss my first impressions and general reaction to the expansion’s story and gameplay. The Witness analysis is coming, but I need a bit more time to digest the expansion before fully diving into the narrative weeds. This video will contain spoilers for the campaign and post campaign content. As you can probably tell based on the title, I think the final shape is a masterpiece and is overall my favorite campaign from both a g...
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Erased From History in the Vault of Glass
Просмотров 7 тыс.4 месяца назад
I analyze the lore of Destiny's Vault of Glass raid and the Vex's larger goals of terraforming and timeline alteration. Be careful in the Vault or you may find yourself erased from history. #vaultofglass #destiny2 #destiny When Destiny launched in 2014, it offered a combination of genres and elements unseen anywhere else in gaming. It unified aspects of open world MMORPGs like World of Warcraft...
The Existential Horror of the Deep Stone Crypt
Просмотров 81 тыс.6 месяцев назад
I analyze the lore of the Destiny 2: Beyond Light's Deep Stone Crypt Journal and the origins of the Exos. The crypt contains many secrets, horrors, and existential dread which I find fascinating. #beyondlight #destiny2 #deepstonecrypt The most terrifying creatures in the destiny universe are not its fantastical monsters or aliens, but something closer to home. To me, the story of the Exos and t...
BEST and WORST Exotic Missions in Destiny 2
Просмотров 7 тыс.9 месяцев назад
I make a tier list of the best and worst exotic missions in Destiny 2. Exotic missions are among the most exciting content in Destiny. Historically they were released as secrets, rewarding those who uncovered them with a new exotic upon completion. In recent years, Bungie started announcing exotic missions ahead of time, which took some of the fun of discovering a new secret away. Thankfully in...
Destiny 2 Holiday Events and FOMO
Просмотров 2,2 тыс.9 месяцев назад
Eva Levante may look like a sweet grandma asking you to celebrate the holidays with her but she’s the queen of FOMO. I’m not the first, second, or even thousandth person to criticize Destiny 2 for having a fear of missing out, or FOMO, problem. Live service games that routinely remove playable content will inevitably create a psychological relationship with the most passionate players resemblin...
The Destiny 2 You Can Never Play Again
Просмотров 44 тыс.9 месяцев назад
This video discusses the sunset Destiny 2 story campaigns that you can never play again. #destiny2 #curseofosiris #warmind Destiny 2 released on September 6, 2017, but you will never be able to play that game again. Even if you purchased the game at launch and never opened your copy, you can’t play that version of Destiny 2. I’m not talking about simple patches, bug fixes, balance passes, or DL...
Why There Will Never be Another Raid Like Last Wish
Просмотров 1,2 тыс.10 месяцев назад
Last Wish is one of the best raids but I believe there will never be another raid like it in Destiny 2 In 2018, Destiny 2 was in trouble. Following the release of the game and the first expansion Curse of Osiris in the prior year, the player count was declining rapidly. Destiny 2 had launched with controversial changes to major gameplay systems like the double primary ammo system, static weapon...
Destiny 2's Most Underrated Raid
Просмотров 11 тыс.11 месяцев назад
I genuinely love Garden of Salvation and don't think it deserves the hate. #destiny2 #gardenofsalvation #destiny Out of all 8 raids in Destiny 2, there’s only one I struggle to find five teammates for. A raid with a reputation so poisoned, every time I mention it at least one person says they dislike it. When I play it myself I find it hard to understand why, so today I want to explore why Gard...
Why Gambit Failed
Просмотров 2,5 тыс.11 месяцев назад
I discuss the tragedy of Destiny 2's Gambit gamemode and why it failed to find a playerbase #gambit #drifter #destiny2 On August 3rd 2023, Destiny 2’s developer Bungie released their latest state of the game ahead of The Final Shape written by the game’s director Joe Blackburn. State of the Game articles are published annually to give players insight into the development of the game and update ...
Is Crota’s End a Good Raid? (Destiny 2)
Просмотров 536Год назад
I review the new Destiny 2 version of Crota's End and explain why it's the best reprised raid. #destiny2 #crotasend #crota 6 Months ago, I played through all four of the Destiny 1 raids and made a video comparing them to the modern Destiny 2 raid experience. I talked about how different Vault of Glass and King’s Fall were from the reprised versions in estiny 2 and how I thought Crota’s End and ...
Duo Crota One Phase (Insane Crafting Glitch)
Просмотров 864Год назад
The most broken glitch in Destiny history helps me duo Crota in a single phase. #destiny2 #crotasend #motw Bungie told players to have fun with the insane weapon crafting glitch before it is patched, so I used an aggressive shotgun frame heavy grenade launcher to do a duo one phase of the final boss of Crota's End, Crota Son of Oryx. I used an aggressive shotgun frame Ammit and an aggressive sh...
The Metamorphosis of Eris Morn (Destiny 2: Season of the Witch)
Просмотров 471Год назад
I analyze Eris Morn’s recent hive metamorphosis in Destiny 2 Season of the Witch. With Season of the Witch being hive focused, and Crota’s end returning on Friday, now is the perfect time to talk about the character at the center of both stories: Eris Morn. I want to explore her metamorphosis from light-imbued guardian into something stranger: a half human, half hive, hybrid. This discussion wi...
Predicting the Final Shape Before its Reveal
Просмотров 11 тыс.Год назад
I attempt to predict the events of The Final Shape, Destiny 2's upcoming expansion, before it is revealed by Bungie Given that the reveal of the Final Shape is fast approaching, I thought it would be fun to try to predict what will happen in the story leading up to and inside the expansion before anything is revealed. Then after the expansion releases I plan to take a look back at my prediction...
The Witch Queen: My Favorite Destiny Character
Просмотров 689Год назад
I explain why Savathun, The Witch Queen is my favorite character in Destiny 2. There are few characters who have had the same effect on me as Destiny’s Savathun, the witch queen, goddess of trickery, cunning, and mother of the Hive. By all accounts I should hate her. Everything she stands for is something I abhor. She’s done terrible things in the pursuit of her goals, and yet she is magnetic. ...
The Witness, Unveiling, and Destiny 2 "Retcons"
Просмотров 1,3 тыс.Год назад
I break Destiny 2's recent Witness Origins cutscene, the lore community's reaction, and what it tells us about the way we connect with stories. Destiny 2 recently revealed the origin of the franchise’s main antagonist, the witness, as part of season 21’s story. The reaction to the cutscene was polarizing. Some loved the reveal, and some hated it. I’m not here to criticize people’s emotional rea...
Destiny 2's Biggest Unanswered Question
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Destiny 2's Biggest Unanswered Question
i read all 952,434 words of destiny lore
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i read all 952,434 words of destiny lore
BEST and WORST Subclasses in Destiny 2 (Season 20)
Просмотров 4,6 тыс.Год назад
BEST and WORST Subclasses in Destiny 2 (Season 20)
Destiny 2 In Real Life
Просмотров 1,3 тыс.Год назад
Destiny 2 In Real Life
I Spent 17 Hours in Root of Nightmares and Loved It
Просмотров 356Год назад
I Spent 17 Hours in Root of Nightmares and Loved It
Lightfall's Best Mission (Destiny 2 Season of Defiance)
Просмотров 320Год назад
Lightfall's Best Mission (Destiny 2 Season of Defiance)
Lightfall Legendary Campaign Review (Destiny 2)
Просмотров 383Год назад
Lightfall Legendary Campaign Review (Destiny 2)
The Witness and The Final Shape Explained (Before Lightfall)
Просмотров 2,6 тыс.Год назад
The Witness and The Final Shape Explained (Before Lightfall)
Reviewing Every Destiny 1 Raid in 2023
Просмотров 9 тыс.Год назад
Reviewing Every Destiny 1 Raid in 2023
Reviewing Every Destiny 1 Expansion in 2023
Просмотров 20 тыс.Год назад
Reviewing Every Destiny 1 Expansion in 2023
Destiny 2's Absurd Monument to Lost Lights Grind
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Destiny 2's Absurd Monument to Lost Lights Grind

Комментарии

  • @Clementinewoofwoof
    @Clementinewoofwoof 15 дней назад

    I absolutely loved this video, and I honestly have been on a binge fest since I discovered your channel via the “destiny has a disability problem”

  • @curbthepain
    @curbthepain 16 дней назад

    I just wish people weren't so inept that they cant complete light level 260 content without dying in 3 seconds. Take me back to 2015 when people still had 2 braincells bumping around in their heads.

  • @vaishvikgilakattula6169
    @vaishvikgilakattula6169 19 дней назад

    Deep Stone Crypt is still my favorite pieces of lore in the game. Everything surrounding around Clovis Bray and his intentions to become a god, and the path and the struggle that it would take to get there is so so fascinating. The lorewriters were so smart describing DER, clarity, vex radiolaria. It was just this perfect combination that told humanity can be just as evil as our enemies. If not more.

  • @Sol_Invictus1997
    @Sol_Invictus1997 Месяц назад

    Bookmarking for my own research purposes: 2:47 Vex teamwork

  • @blaizecato8801
    @blaizecato8801 2 месяца назад

    Great video, I would like to note that the 8th mission is evil lago land.

  • @catsgame9282
    @catsgame9282 2 месяца назад

    There is another raid like wish, actually it was topped salvation's edge is now the longest raid ever

  • @michaelbell5
    @michaelbell5 2 месяца назад

    When are you doing another video?

    • @eforme
      @eforme 2 месяца назад

      I’m working on the script for another video of this scale but they take a while for me to finish because I work full time. Not sure when it will be done but I’m hoping to get it finished before act III of echoes comes out.

  • @Gabdube
    @Gabdube 2 месяца назад

    This is the best analysis video I've seen in a while.

  • @afilthyweeb8684
    @afilthyweeb8684 2 месяца назад

    "Vex are weak" *Nervously sweats while getting my ass slapped by literally every type of vex enemy*

  • @SlimeyZockt
    @SlimeyZockt 3 месяца назад

    For me, the time the Witness took is not only the struggle between them and the Traveler, but also that our Vanguard tried to get a safer and more reliable way to go through the portal than how we did. So when we realized we didn't have much time left, as the struggle bled out of the Traveler, we enacted the Operation Ahamkara, instead of delaying it further. For those reasons I feel like it was well written around, so that it would not seem as unnatural. On Zavala I agree that it seems so out of Place, but he got tipped over his breaking point, he always had that hollow facade (alot of lore mentions it, especially when Savathun hides in Shaxx's Ahamkara Skull) and now the mask is broken and cannot be repaired One more thing I wonder about is on the side of Politics. Who will be the new Titan Vanguard since Zavala cannot use his abilities anymore? Saint-14 again? Also I don't mean like Who will be the next leader, since Zavala is still alive and he is still doing a good job By the by, since Beyond Light there are only 2 Guardian VAs. A male and a female, with Exo just getting a sound filter on. I haven't heard the female version of the sacrificy cutscene, but the male is so gut wrenching at it always seems like our guardian never wants to say anything, but here he shows so much emotion. His pleas are so genuine And how do we know Cayde got back into unity within the Traveler? As far as we know he gave his own light, which would grand him access to the afterlife, to save our Ghost, that nod to his own Ghost Sundance could have been a final goodbye. While neither is confirmed, this one is so much more sad

  • @fshhh
    @fshhh 3 месяца назад

    dsc was the best executed piece of destiny lore imo. I remember being a child and watching Byf videos about it in d1, never knowing i’d be raiding inside it a decade later

  • @Vextus
    @Vextus 3 месяца назад

    Big W on the Byf callout

  • @jozophrenia
    @jozophrenia 3 месяца назад

    Byf sent me here! 😁👍

  • @andrewmichael9201
    @andrewmichael9201 3 месяца назад

    My personal experience with the final mission is that it was incredibly laggy for me and I found I tended to not be able to do a whole lot as my team basically did everything for me before I could react. Still really fun and considering a second run through

  • @Mesomorphik
    @Mesomorphik 3 месяца назад

    I hate that im not good enough to beat the legendary campaign.

  • @Mesomorphik
    @Mesomorphik 3 месяца назад

    Final shape isnt the vest campaign in Destiny 2. Its the best campaign Bungie has ever made, period.

  • @nickhernandez7688
    @nickhernandez7688 3 месяца назад

    That was one of the best reviews on the final shape good job thank you

  • @rancidrance875
    @rancidrance875 3 месяца назад

    Yay been looking forward to see your take on it

  • @amscarpi
    @amscarpi 3 месяца назад

    The most interesting thing about this expansion to me is that while I was able to appreciate everything that had happened in the moments they were happening, with my friends I played the campaign with reacting along with me, I found the final cutscene to be the most key moment for me realizing just how incredible everything that had just happened was. I can literally pin down the second it happened in the cutscene. I was smiling and happy that the fireteam had peace, my guardian was interacting with the people of the last city, and truly sitting and having meaningful time with the Vanguard. Crow was not stressed for once, he’s telling the others to relax (love that). And then they started playing the hope. And I actually just broke down in tears. Still had a grin on my face but…10 years. I was 11 years old when I started this journey. I’m 21 in a month. It’s hard not to feel connected to this story, this game, this community, through all its ups and downs. And seeing the statue of Cayde (hammering home what his sacrifice did for us), the last city, the guardian, all of the vanguard, all set to a theme I’ve heard bits of countless times, in orbit, while listening to Destiny music, in the background of videos, fully playing in a cutscene? The full (well minus Paul McCartney) music of the spheres version? Everything clicked into place. I thought about every single moment leading up to this, and how all of these characters lived up to all of their potential. To see the players potential realized, the floodgates opened, the hardest raid beaten. And then there’s something I’ve grown to care about the older and more aware I got. Something that I’ve been able to see the seeds of even in Destiny 1. How the developers were able to live up to and exceed expectations, to realize their potential, to put out something that they are truly proud of, to feel the passion that went into it, from people still there or otherwise. To see so many characters from lore finally realized in game, to see a fully new faction (for the first time ever!) be incredibly fun and unique gameplay wise, to see a story that doesn’t just hinge on pre established lore to be really good, but be incredible on it’s own merit. To see environmental design unlike any I’ve ever seen fill me with wonder and excitement and shock, that I felt playing the first game as a kid. To see the forces at play in all parts of the story come together, to see incredible performances from the entire cast, to see exotic missions and quests and story missions and mechanics all be implemented so well into every aspect of the game, I still feel like I’m forgetting something even with all that listed. This expansion is stellar. It has emboldened me with so much hope, not just for Destiny, but for so many other parts of my life. That has NEVER happened in any piece of media other than Ghost in the Shell, which I have an EXTREMELY personal connection to. It feels somehow like they managed to cap off 10 years of my life with this expansion, and all I did was play it.

  • @Uragaans_Chin
    @Uragaans_Chin 3 месяца назад

    Humerous sidenote, even Spider sent allies during Excision, SCUR-V and one of his Vandals were there too. Imagine if Al Capone sent two goons to a coalition against God. Had to be that guys worst day

  • @jerrbear5958
    @jerrbear5958 3 месяца назад

    The husk are made from the hive, three eyes, blades, and are "pileted" by a smaller creature like the worms

  • @Hamieee
    @Hamieee 3 месяца назад

    RUclips algorthm has to be bugged, it's actually giving me good content.

  • @Dawnadubs
    @Dawnadubs 3 месяца назад

    Wonderful video! Always awesome seeing other trans people playing this game ♥️

  • @JamieMcG7
    @JamieMcG7 3 месяца назад

    I personally think Bungie been having good expansions since Beyond Light, sure Lightfall was a bit lack luster but compared to Shadowkeep and the seasons that followed it was miles ahead

    • @ignatoseg4664
      @ignatoseg4664 3 месяца назад

      just played thru witch queen, beyond light and final shape beyond light campaign still had bits of campaign stalling i.e. go kill falling in the ruin area witch queen story to me felt like the first time the campaign could stand up on its own and be recommended to no d2 ppl final shape is peak tho

  • @thequestbro
    @thequestbro 3 месяца назад

    My favorite thing about the Witness is he has no interest in the flower game at all. He uses light and darkness as tools to bring about his ideal final shape. The Precursors saw the light in all of its bounty devoid of meaning, and the Witness saw purpose in removing the suffering caused by the sword logic.

    • @BrazarB
      @BrazarB 3 месяца назад

      Plus, the Witness would essentially be freezing/pausing the flower game eternally if it won

  • @coccinellaDESIGN
    @coccinellaDESIGN 3 месяца назад

    Your conclusion message was perfect

  • @sombrashadow0013
    @sombrashadow0013 3 месяца назад

    Your analysis, as always, is amazing. Absolutely loved this campaign

  • @gooselovesu
    @gooselovesu 3 месяца назад

    love seeing u try to close the unclosable hints, my favourite feature of the campaign honestly

  • @thequestbro
    @thequestbro 3 месяца назад

    The witness took so long because the traveler was fighting back. You see that in the opening cutscene.

  • @weaponizedcornbread2604
    @weaponizedcornbread2604 3 месяца назад

    NEW EFORME VIDEO THIS IS THE GREATEST OCCAISION SINCE [erased from history in the vault of glass]

  • @SharkUsingaComputer
    @SharkUsingaComputer 3 месяца назад

    playing thru the campaign i kept seeing connections and themes similar to the divine comedy; each of the 8 subregions on the map is a circle, culminating in the raid where we see the witness from the waist up, invoking satan trapped within the ice. and our ghosts are our virgil, our light in the dark, guiding us thru hell and back

    • @eforme
      @eforme 3 месяца назад

      We are on the same wavelength! I am thinking about reading the divine comedy for my witness analysis research

    • @SharkUsingaComputer
      @SharkUsingaComputer 3 месяца назад

      @@eforme omg i cant recommend it enough. if you are struggling with the language used i'd suggest allen mandelbaum's translation into modern english, it helped me a LOT

  • @ToyotaCorolla-en2mv
    @ToyotaCorolla-en2mv 3 месяца назад

    The one thing that Final Shape makes me say above all else, is that it was all worth it.

  • @InsomniacDoggo
    @InsomniacDoggo 3 месяца назад

    The Witness is an it. Not they, not he, it. Idk why people struggle with this so much.

    • @eforme
      @eforme 3 месяца назад

      In the campaign, the witness usually refers to themselves with plural pronouns (we/us etc.) while the vanguard tends to use singular it/its. I default to plural pronouns (they/them/themselves) because that acknowledges the Witness’ multiplicity. It is generally unclear to me based on the text which pronouns the witness prefers because they don’t exactly sit in a circle and share names and pronouns. Bungie and other characters have used a variety of different pronouns for the witness including it/its and they/them so it is generally unclear to me what is most correct.

    • @BrazarB
      @BrazarB 3 месяца назад

      ​​@@eformeiirc, a Bungie writer on twitter confirmed the Witness's pronouns are It/It's, this was back around Lightfalls release. Although, the Witness using the singular male voice at the war table room in the Iconoclast mission when it was angered, to then keep using that voice when it was wounded all the way to its death, does make me curious if the Witness has a "Conductor" within it, or if it's own individual, despite being made up of souls/minds of its people. Idk what it could be, but it is interesting that it kept using that voice. It has also referred to itself as singular a couple of times

  • @XionWillow
    @XionWillow 3 месяца назад

    "The Final Shape brought Hope for the Future-" I see you

    • @eforme
      @eforme 3 месяца назад

      You got me lol

  • @krossbbx3088
    @krossbbx3088 3 месяца назад

    My personal head cannon I love entertaining is that the Witness is in many ways the successor to the idea of Halos Gravemind

  • @guinetik
    @guinetik 3 месяца назад

    Thanks for the very well thought review. You pointed out so many details I missed while in grind mode! I feel like I need 2 play the campaign again with everything I learned from this. GG bungie u cooked!

  • @EmmsDestiny
    @EmmsDestiny 3 месяца назад

    "Great art" is a perfect summary - I know I felt that so much thought and craft went into all of the experiences they designed and in particular the Music team took some of the most emotional scenes to that next level - I get hyped everytime we pick up the traveler sword for some statue slaying!

  • @Sylvr-evolved
    @Sylvr-evolved 3 месяца назад

    I also really enjoyed the body horror ish aspects of the campaign, they were really interesting

    • @shying69
      @shying69 3 месяца назад

      Hi house bread member

    • @Sylvr-evolved
      @Sylvr-evolved 3 месяца назад

      @@shying69 hello!

  • @azraelwolfsblood2902
    @azraelwolfsblood2902 3 месяца назад

    I personally believed that the reason the witness took so long to enact the final shape because the traveler was resisting as long as it could so we could stop it. In the opening cinematic of the final shape we see it finalized, but reverted after the traveler sends out a pulse of light followed by the witness declaring the traveler is still resisting. In my eyes that tells me that the struggle between the witness and the traveler is what caused the delay for as long as it did

    • @eforme
      @eforme 3 месяца назад

      that's a good perspective I had not considered. makes a bit more sense. still feels a little convenient but I guess it's hard to put a timeline on an elemental battle of godlike beings lol

    • @saxmd4912
      @saxmd4912 3 месяца назад

      ​@eforme it's also possible that every time we do the overthrow event during the campaign, that pulse of light every time we ascend a tier actively stops the witness.

  • @BrazarB
    @BrazarB 3 месяца назад

    23:05 this can also not just refer to the Gardener but also to the Winnower (if it is to be believed). Since the Winnower's idea of TFS is like the Sword Logic of the Hive & that things will naturally go towards TFS, the Witness pokes fun at this in the campaign, calling it a "childish game", there's dialogue in Preservation of Rhulk where he speaks of himself & the Witness trying to steer the Hive away from it. While the TFS of the Witness is eternal calcification of perfection, a forced ending/pause which goes against what the Winnower believes. The raid title from the seal is also "Iconoclast"

    • @guinetik
      @guinetik 3 месяца назад

      I think we are the Iconoclasts. this word has roots in destroying statues/paintings in a religious context and thats what we do in the mission