I don't know where to even begin this review other than the beginning. This is going to be a long one, so strap in.
I think I’d like to preface this with a simple statement: I love this game. A little bit of skeletons out the closet first, though. I could bore you a ton with the now infamous launch/year 1 of this game’s life, but I’m not going to do too much of that. This is a review, after all. I will say that this games launch was a time where I bought into a much younger Cole’s past view on this game and Destiny 1’s lasting legacy that led me to have rose colored glasses of it until about 3-4 weeks into its first DLC, Curse of Osiris. This is where the realization of just how terrible this game was at the time started to sink in. I should have quit it then but didn't go cold turkey for a variety of reasons. I think one of the biggest reasons I didn't was the community. This games community is truly like no other. I’ve met some of my favorite people in the whole world through this and have even traveled to meet them in person! (Shout out to my clans’ founder for her families everlasting generosity, truly some of the realest ones out there.)
But I stuck with this game. Played a bit through the two DLC’s, and while they weren’t amazing, I had faith in Bungie to turn it around. Forsaken, Bungie’s next major content drop, was a perfect step in the right direction. You could tell this is what the company had wanted to do before Activision forced them to rush Destiny 2 out. It was a real success and gave people some great endgame content to strive for, and really rejuvenated the game’s community. This led them into their next attempt, which is now being turned into what will seemingly be Destiny’s destiny, pun intended. The Dev’s have stated an annual pass model is a good approach to keep the story and gameplay constantly evolving, and to try and keep players engaged. I personally found the season pass activities to be fairly hit or miss, but kept me playing at least once or twice a week. I was actually more involved with the story presented in the season pass than in the Forsaken storyline (Drifter’s past, the ongoing quest of the Shadow’s of Yor/Shin Malphur, MITHRAXX BABY, and Calus’s dirty, dirty fanfic that I couldn’t help but reading). Besides that, this appears to be the way Bungie is going with their story, with it slowly unfolding and progressing over the seasons. I’m getting a bit off track though, just wanted to let everyone reading know I’ve played quite a bit, and am invested a bit in the story (Enough to get Chronicler!). But forget all that, let’s get into the big question: Should I get this game?
The short answer, YES! Destiny 2: New Light is free to everyone and contains the first two DLC’s. This adds up to a hefty amount of content, including: a decent storyline to introduce you to Destiny’s world, every single destination to explore alongside some activities that are prevalent only in specific destinations, some DLC story missions to explore, three raid/raid lairs, PVP content, some annual pass content, and Gambit (PVPVE Gamemode). You might be wondering, though: Didn’t I say at the beginning that this game’s first year was awful? While it isn’t the greatest content offered, it will get you familiar to the game and can gauge your interest in it well. Playing through all the campaigns might get you familiar with how the gameplay functions, what class you’d like to play (Titan master race), and more! Also, this game has some of the best gunplay for a PVE centric game I’ve ever played. Extremely satisfying to mow down bad guys with a machine gun that does more damage the more you kill, or pop heads with a massive revolver that reloads faster on headshots. Plenty of activities to get you familiar with the gameplay loop: Pick a task, do the task while styling on bad guys with guns and space magic, get the loot. If you decide that you like it enough to try out some of the premium content, you can purchase whatever content you want. Want to avenge a space cowboy western style, then go over to a fantasy land to kill a giant wish dragon to save a queen with your friends? Then Forsaken is for you! Or, which I’m assuming most people are here for, find out why the moon’s haunted? Then purchase Shadowkeep.
So, after all this is said, I hope you really consider playing through at least New Light! Bungie is a free company now, and I’m so excited to see where they go with this. Find yourself a good group of people like I did and make a family in here. You can tell from the Vidocs the effort they have put into Shadowkeep and the new systems implemented in, such as Armor 2.0. At the end of the day though, its up to you to Become Legend. Will you?

[h1] TL:DR - [spoiler]Become Legend.[/spoiler] [/h1] I don't know where to even begin this review other than the beginning. This is going to be a long one, so strap in. I think I’d like to preface this with a simple statement: I love this game. A little bit of skeletons out the closet first, though. I could bore you a ton with the now infamous launch/year 1 of this game’s life, but I’m not going to do too much of that. This is a review, after all. I will say that this games launch was a time where I bought into a much younger Cole’s past view on this game and Destiny 1’s lasting legacy that led me to have rose colored glasses of it until about 3-4 weeks into its first DLC, Curse of Osiris. This is where the realization of just how terrible this game was at the time started to sink in. I should have quit it then but didn't go cold turkey for a variety of reasons. I think one of the biggest reasons I didn't was the community. This games community is truly like no other. I’ve met some of my favorite people in the whole world through this and have even traveled to meet them in person! (Shout out to my clans’ founder for her families everlasting generosity, truly some of the realest ones out there.) But I stuck with this game. Played a bit through the two DLC’s, and while they weren’t amazing, I had faith in Bungie to turn it around. Forsaken, Bungie’s next major content drop, was a perfect step in the right direction. You could tell this is what the company had wanted to do before Activision forced them to rush Destiny 2 out. It was a real success and gave people some great endgame content to strive for, and really rejuvenated the game’s community. This led them into their next attempt, which is now being turned into what will seemingly be Destiny’s destiny, pun intended. The Dev’s have stated an annual pass model is a good approach to keep the story and gameplay constantly evolving, and to try and keep players engaged. I personally found the season pass activities to be fairly hit or miss, but kept me playing at least once or twice a week. I was actually more involved with the story presented in the season pass than in the Forsaken storyline ([spoiler]Drifter’s past, the ongoing quest of the Shadow’s of Yor/Shin Malphur, MITHRAXX BABY, and Calus’s dirty, dirty fanfic that I couldn’t help but reading[/spoiler]). Besides that, this appears to be the way Bungie is going with their story, with it slowly unfolding and progressing over the seasons. I’m getting a bit off track though, just wanted to let everyone reading know I’ve played quite a bit, and am invested a bit in the story (Enough to get Chronicler!). But forget all that, let’s get into the big question: Should I get this game? The short answer, YES! Destiny 2: New Light is free to everyone and contains the first two DLC’s. This adds up to a hefty amount of content, including: a decent storyline to introduce you to Destiny’s world, every single destination to explore alongside some activities that are prevalent only in specific destinations, some DLC story missions to explore, three raid/raid lairs, PVP content, some annual pass content, and Gambit (PVPVE Gamemode). You might be wondering, though: Didn’t I say at the beginning that this game’s first year was awful? While it isn’t the greatest content offered, it will get you familiar to the game and can gauge your interest in it well. Playing through all the campaigns might get you familiar with how the gameplay functions, what class you’d like to play (Titan master race), and more! Also, this game has some of the best gunplay for a PVE centric game I’ve ever played. Extremely satisfying to mow down bad guys with a machine gun that does more damage the more you kill, or pop heads with a massive revolver that reloads faster on headshots. Plenty of activities to get you familiar with the gameplay loop: Pick a task, do the task while styling on bad guys with guns and space magic, get the loot. If you decide that you like it enough to try out some of the premium content, you can purchase whatever content you want. Want to avenge a space cowboy western style, then go over to a fantasy land to kill a giant wish dragon to save a queen with your friends? Then Forsaken is for you! Or, which I’m assuming most people are here for, find out why the moon’s haunted? Then purchase Shadowkeep. So, after all this is said, I hope you really consider playing through at least New Light! Bungie is a free company now, and I’m so excited to see where they go with this. Find yourself a good group of people like I did and make a family in here. You can tell from the Vidocs the effort they have put into Shadowkeep and the new systems implemented in, such as Armor 2.0. At the end of the day though, its up to you to Become Legend. Will you?