However, it is inexplicable: Why does the Guardian never speak to Zavala, Cayde-6, and Co.? Why does the Ghost always take over the talking? Why does the Guardian never talk to his Ghost?
Many players believe that this mute Guardian, who apparently has no opinion of his own, rather harms immersion. The relationship between Guardian and Ghost does not come out at all. Bungie is accused of leaving many opportunities to give the game more “depth”.
And as the Osiris cinematic now shows, amusing conversations between Ghost and Guardian during all missions and activities in Destiny 2 would indeed have been possible. Dialogues that would have given them more character, more personality.
Currently, numerous users are writing on reddit that after this cinematic, it now really annoys them that the Guardian in Destiny 2 doesn’t speak up.
Who knows, maybe our Guardians will talk again one day. Would you welcome that? Or do you think it’s better if the Guardians remain silent characters?
By the way: In Destiny 1, Guardians rarely spoke, like in this cinematic:
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This cinematic about Destiny 2: Curse of Osiris shows how cool the relationship between Guardian and Ghost can be.
As part of the first livestream for Curse of Osiris, Bungie presented a new cinematic video. Already in the reveal trailer for the first DLC, excerpts from it were shown, now the complete cinematic is known.
We embed it here:
Opening Cinematic for Curse of Osiris
In this cinematic, you start by seeing a fireteam seemingly fighting against the Vex in the Glass Chamber. After a few seconds, the Guardians and the enemies “freeze” – they are trapped in time.
Now Osiris appears together with his Ghost “Sagira” through a portal. As Bungie explained after the cinematic, they are not actually in the Glass Chamber but in the Infinite Forest. This is a place inside Mercury where the Vex simulate different realities.
Osiris is searching for something, using three strange dice to open the portals. Then followed action-packed battle scenes. In the end, Osiris sees a mysterious red light above him, which contains a bright, white light. This probably means nothing good, as heroically he throws Sagira through a portal and stays behind to hold off the Vex. However, Sagira gets shot, lands on Mercury, and “dies” (or maybe not).
For the first time, a Guardian communicates with his Ghost
Throughout the entire cinematic, Osiris talks with Sagira, his female, apparently very talkative Ghost, who likes to share her opinion. Both of them chat – especially Sagira – casually with each other, which is both amusing and shows the close relationship between Osiris and Sagira. By the way, it is the first time we hear another Ghost speaking in Destiny 2.
An example: When Osiris tries to arrange the three dice correctly and curses under his breath, Sagira cheekily asks, “Do you need help … again?” And when Osiris succeeds on his own, he replies, “I did it, thank you.”.
Many players miss such scenes in Destiny. Because your Guardian does not say a single word in Destiny 2. One might argue that this increases immersion, as it would be strange for the Guardian to constantly say things one wouldn’t say oneself.
However, it is inexplicable: Why does the Guardian never speak to Zavala, Cayde-6, and Co.? Why does the Ghost always take over the talking? Why does the Guardian never talk to his Ghost?
Many players believe that this mute Guardian, who apparently has no opinion of his own, rather harms immersion. The relationship between Guardian and Ghost does not come out at all. Bungie is accused of leaving many opportunities to give the game more “depth”.
And as the Osiris cinematic now shows, amusing conversations between Ghost and Guardian during all missions and activities in Destiny 2 would indeed have been possible. Dialogues that would have given them more character, more personality.
Currently, numerous users are writing on reddit that after this cinematic, it now really annoys them that the Guardian in Destiny 2 doesn’t speak up.
Who knows, maybe our Guardians will talk again one day. Would you welcome that? Or do you think it’s better if the Guardians remain silent characters?
By the way: In Destiny 1, Guardians rarely spoke, like in this cinematic:
Interesting: Destiny 2: Bungie’s plans for raid content divide the community
