'Destiny' May Have A Brilliant, Twisted Story Hidden Far From View
There are many good and bad things about Bungie’s new MMO- shooter Destiny, but one aspect that most would place firmly in the “bad” column is its story. As in, it barely has one.
Through 25+ story missions, the game throws in a few cutscenes and has your AI give you a couple of history lessons, but by the end, all you really understand is that you, the Guardians, are trying to protect a giant, benevolent space orb, the Traveler, under siege by a vague evil known as “The Darkness.” The script is little more than sci-fi buzzwords mashed together, and there are actually lines like “I don’t even have time to explain why I don’t have time to explain.”
That actually may be the most prescient bit of dialogue in the game, given a new theory. Perhaps Bungie has not yet had time to explain the full scope of the story, as they’ve always pitched Destiny as a constantly evolving game. We have the barebones structure of the plot now, but a few fans believe there could be a larger truth lurking under the surface. One that could change everything we think we know about Destiny’s lackluster story, and could actually make it turn out to be pretty great.