The reactions to the story of the new expansion are also mixed. On Twitter, many users praise the story under the hashtag “Shadowkeep” in their feeds, claiming that it is exciting and spooky.
That main storyline finale for #Shadowkeep was fantastic, too, and I can’t wait to see where it goes from here.
— Juke (@jukeboxhero_) October 2, 2019
If you haven’t already (or even if you have before, it’s worth giving it another shot), pick this game up on Steam. Base game/year 1 & year 2 are all free.
However, another part of the players felt rather indifferent about the story and the expansion in general. Our reader Millerntorian commented:
My enthusiasm remains quite limited so far. I expected more, but perhaps the gaming experience will improve significantly.
He is not alone in this opinion in the comments under our articles.
Fans on Reddit and some of our readers are particularly complaining in the comments that a large part of the assets and areas were “copied from Destiny 1.” Patrick BELCL commented:
While there were indeed some “nostalgia moments,” they were immediately overshadowed by the thought, “Nostalgia or not, I already paid for this 5 years ago” and then right after it “Destiny 2 servers being contacted”.
Thousands of positive reviews on Steam
This is the status of Destiny 2 on Steam: With the release of Shadowkeep, the move of the game away from Battle.net and onto Steam also occurred. The first reviews started pouring in right on the day of the move.
Currently, there are 8,903 reviews (as of October 2, 2019) of Destiny 2 on Steam, of which 5,419 are positive. This leads to a “Mostly Positive” rating on Steam.
A large portion of the reviews comes from active Destiny players who have moved from Battle.net to Steam. They have already accumulated many hours of playtime and primarily want to promote their favorite game on Steam. However, there are also new players who have tried the free New Light version and found the large amount of content appealing.
The best free-to-play game of all time. Destiny 2 is a very well-optimized, beautiful game with tons of PVE and PVP content. I highly recommend this game.
Gaaldo on Steam
The negative reviews primarily criticize the server issues at the launch of the expansion and the Free-to-Play version. An overview of the Steam launch can be found in our article on it:
Fans on Reddit and some of our readers are particularly complaining in the comments that a large part of the assets and areas were “copied from Destiny 1.” Patrick BELCL commented:
While there were indeed some “nostalgia moments,” they were immediately overshadowed by the thought, “Nostalgia or not, I already paid for this 5 years ago” and then right after it “Destiny 2 servers being contacted”.
Thousands of positive reviews on Steam
This is the status of Destiny 2 on Steam: With the release of Shadowkeep, the move of the game away from Battle.net and onto Steam also occurred. The first reviews started pouring in right on the day of the move.
Currently, there are 8,903 reviews (as of October 2, 2019) of Destiny 2 on Steam, of which 5,419 are positive. This leads to a “Mostly Positive” rating on Steam.
A large portion of the reviews comes from active Destiny players who have moved from Battle.net to Steam. They have already accumulated many hours of playtime and primarily want to promote their favorite game on Steam. However, there are also new players who have tried the free New Light version and found the large amount of content appealing.
The best free-to-play game of all time. Destiny 2 is a very well-optimized, beautiful game with tons of PVE and PVP content. I highly recommend this game.
Gaaldo on Steam
The negative reviews primarily criticize the server issues at the launch of the expansion and the Free-to-Play version. An overview of the Steam launch can be found in our article on it:
The reactions to the story of the new expansion are also mixed. On Twitter, many users praise the story under the hashtag “Shadowkeep” in their feeds, claiming that it is exciting and spooky.
That main storyline finale for #Shadowkeep was fantastic, too, and I can’t wait to see where it goes from here.
— Juke (@jukeboxhero_) October 2, 2019
If you haven’t already (or even if you have before, it’s worth giving it another shot), pick this game up on Steam. Base game/year 1 & year 2 are all free.
However, another part of the players felt rather indifferent about the story and the expansion in general. Our reader Millerntorian commented:
My enthusiasm remains quite limited so far. I expected more, but perhaps the gaming experience will improve significantly.
He is not alone in this opinion in the comments under our articles.
Fans on Reddit and some of our readers are particularly complaining in the comments that a large part of the assets and areas were “copied from Destiny 1.” Patrick BELCL commented:
While there were indeed some “nostalgia moments,” they were immediately overshadowed by the thought, “Nostalgia or not, I already paid for this 5 years ago” and then right after it “Destiny 2 servers being contacted”.
Thousands of positive reviews on Steam
This is the status of Destiny 2 on Steam: With the release of Shadowkeep, the move of the game away from Battle.net and onto Steam also occurred. The first reviews started pouring in right on the day of the move.
Currently, there are 8,903 reviews (as of October 2, 2019) of Destiny 2 on Steam, of which 5,419 are positive. This leads to a “Mostly Positive” rating on Steam.
A large portion of the reviews comes from active Destiny players who have moved from Battle.net to Steam. They have already accumulated many hours of playtime and primarily want to promote their favorite game on Steam. However, there are also new players who have tried the free New Light version and found the large amount of content appealing.
The best free-to-play game of all time. Destiny 2 is a very well-optimized, beautiful game with tons of PVE and PVP content. I highly recommend this game.
Gaaldo on Steam
The negative reviews primarily criticize the server issues at the launch of the expansion and the Free-to-Play version. An overview of the Steam launch can be found in our article on it:
Since last night, Shadowkeep, the new expansion for Destiny 2, is playable. Here are the first reactions from players to the launch.
What happened? October 1st was a stressful day for Bungie. Primarily, players were able to dive into the new expansion Shadowkeep, try out the new features, and tackle the story.
Bungie also scheduled the move from Battle.net to Steam for October 1st, along with the launch of the free New Light version of Destiny 2.
Therefore, it is not surprising that there were significant server issues right at launch due to the servers being overwhelmed by the large influx of players.
These problems overshadowed the launch of the expansion for many, but there was also a lot of positive feedback regarding Shadowkeep and Destiny 2: New Light – especially on Steam.
Queues. Queues everywhere
This is what players said about the problems: As much as fans were looking forward to the launch of Shadowkeep, they were disappointed on launch day when many could not log in to the game.
The influx of new and long-time players overwhelmed the servers, leading to long queues and connection drops. Our reader Rayne commented:
How can anyone come up with the brilliant idea of implementing a platform switch, new content, and Free2Play all on the same day? It’s clear that every server will crash.
In general, many are frustrated that they had very little or no time to play the new content on launch day.
However, there were also players who took the server issues with humor. The two major subreddits, r/destinythegame and r/destiny2, are full of memes and jokes about the long queues and error codes. Here are some of them:
Some of them are even happy about it because it signals to them that many people are interested in Destiny 2 and are now trying it out. They hope for many new players who will stay in the game permanently.
In the “Servers down” mega-thread, one of the comments reads: “I’m glad the player base has grown! […]”
From hype to recycling, it’s all there
This is what players say about Shadowkeep: Due to the server issues that prevented or overshadowed the gaming experience for many, the initial reactions to Shadowkeep are rather sparse and diverse.
New and returning players are primarily overwhelmed positively by the number of new features and changes and are unsure where to start. User Castia10 wrote on Reddit:
I played for a couple of hours […]. I’m only doing the Shadowkeep story and have no idea what all the quests and stuff I’m constantly picking up do.
But it’s really fun.
The negative reviews primarily criticize the server issues at the launch of the expansion and the Free-to-Play version. An overview of the Steam launch can be found in our article on it:
Fans on Reddit and some of our readers are particularly complaining in the comments that a large part of the assets and areas were “copied from Destiny 1.” Patrick BELCL commented:
While there were indeed some “nostalgia moments,” they were immediately overshadowed by the thought, “Nostalgia or not, I already paid for this 5 years ago” and then right after it “Destiny 2 servers being contacted”.
Thousands of positive reviews on Steam
This is the status of Destiny 2 on Steam: With the release of Shadowkeep, the move of the game away from Battle.net and onto Steam also occurred. The first reviews started pouring in right on the day of the move.
Currently, there are 8,903 reviews (as of October 2, 2019) of Destiny 2 on Steam, of which 5,419 are positive. This leads to a “Mostly Positive” rating on Steam.
A large portion of the reviews comes from active Destiny players who have moved from Battle.net to Steam. They have already accumulated many hours of playtime and primarily want to promote their favorite game on Steam. However, there are also new players who have tried the free New Light version and found the large amount of content appealing.
The best free-to-play game of all time. Destiny 2 is a very well-optimized, beautiful game with tons of PVE and PVP content. I highly recommend this game.
Gaaldo on Steam
The negative reviews primarily criticize the server issues at the launch of the expansion and the Free-to-Play version. An overview of the Steam launch can be found in our article on it:
The reactions to the story of the new expansion are also mixed. On Twitter, many users praise the story under the hashtag “Shadowkeep” in their feeds, claiming that it is exciting and spooky.
That main storyline finale for #Shadowkeep was fantastic, too, and I can’t wait to see where it goes from here.
— Juke (@jukeboxhero_) October 2, 2019
If you haven’t already (or even if you have before, it’s worth giving it another shot), pick this game up on Steam. Base game/year 1 & year 2 are all free.
However, another part of the players felt rather indifferent about the story and the expansion in general. Our reader Millerntorian commented:
My enthusiasm remains quite limited so far. I expected more, but perhaps the gaming experience will improve significantly.
He is not alone in this opinion in the comments under our articles.
Fans on Reddit and some of our readers are particularly complaining in the comments that a large part of the assets and areas were “copied from Destiny 1.” Patrick BELCL commented:
While there were indeed some “nostalgia moments,” they were immediately overshadowed by the thought, “Nostalgia or not, I already paid for this 5 years ago” and then right after it “Destiny 2 servers being contacted”.
Thousands of positive reviews on Steam
This is the status of Destiny 2 on Steam: With the release of Shadowkeep, the move of the game away from Battle.net and onto Steam also occurred. The first reviews started pouring in right on the day of the move.
Currently, there are 8,903 reviews (as of October 2, 2019) of Destiny 2 on Steam, of which 5,419 are positive. This leads to a “Mostly Positive” rating on Steam.
A large portion of the reviews comes from active Destiny players who have moved from Battle.net to Steam. They have already accumulated many hours of playtime and primarily want to promote their favorite game on Steam. However, there are also new players who have tried the free New Light version and found the large amount of content appealing.
The best free-to-play game of all time. Destiny 2 is a very well-optimized, beautiful game with tons of PVE and PVP content. I highly recommend this game.
Gaaldo on Steam
The negative reviews primarily criticize the server issues at the launch of the expansion and the Free-to-Play version. An overview of the Steam launch can be found in our article on it:
