With the next expansion for Destiny 2, Shadowkeep, the familiar Moon from the original game will be included. Are players now expecting even more zones from Destiny 1? Bungie recently discussed whether the team has further plans for the already existing areas from Destiny 1.
Where will Shadowkeep take us? The upcoming expansion for Destiny 2, Shadowkeep, brings some familiar zones into play: Destiny 1 veterans will likely recognize the Moon and the Black Garden. Both will be introduced in the expansion for Destiny 2.
However, Bungie will not be bringing the Moon in its original form into play. It is supposed to be expanded and upgraded. The location is expected to be twice as large as it was in Destiny 1.
Is there more to come? During the E3 2019, several Bungie developers talked about the new features presented and the future of the Destiny franchise. Among other things, it was also discussed whether and how Bungie wants to bring further content from Destiny 1 to Destiny 2.
In an interview with GamesRadar, franchise head Luke Smith described the Shadowkeep expansion as a kind of experiment. This would help determine what could be done with the library of content that has already been developed over time and how it could be further developed. Design lead Raylene Deck quickly replied that there are currently no plans to port Destiny 1 content directly to Destiny 2.
In a podcast with Jason Schreier, Luke Smith and Mark Noseworthy elaborated on this point. The team would like to utilize existing zones by updating and recontextualizing them. As an example, Noseworthy mentioned a mission from Destiny 1: The Taken King, where players visited the boss area of the Sepiks strike and discovered a completely new area to explore there.
The Moon in Shadowkeep will now serve as a test for how well such implementations can work in Destiny 2.
Bungie and Recycling: Reusing old content is nothing new in Destiny 2: gradually, old weapons from Destiny 1 are returning to the current game.
Just yesterday, we reported that Bungie even “stole” and repurposed a tank as a raid boss in its own game.
Additionally, remnants from Destiny 1 seem to already be present in Destiny 2. Due to a bug, players were able to fly to Oryx’s Dreadnaught in Destiny 2 under certain circumstances in October 2018.
Players had many theories about why the Dreadnaught suddenly appeared in the game while they intended to fly to Titan. Bungie explained at the time that this was a bug and old code and that there were no indications that the ship would become playable at a later time.
