Bungie makes, hands-down, the best core gameplay loop in the industry. Id claims to have invented the first-person shooter (they didn't, that's Midimaze). Bethesda claims to have invented the FPS/RPG hybrid (they didn't, that's Bungie's Pathways into Darkness). There are no shoots anywhere else that are as good as these shoots.

That's how I started my initial review, with over six hundred hours in the series over four years. That was almost four years ago. Now I've put an additional 1400 hours in, and it's still true. Couple that with a compelling story, profound lore, and putting paid to plot beats which you'd swear were random nonsense from D1 Year 1, and you've got a hell of a package.

Add the best map design the game's ever had in Europa and the Throne World, combine with deep character customization provided by Light 3.0, and now you're talking the single best live-service game out there.

Bungie makes, hands-down, the best core gameplay loop in the industry. Id claims to have invented the first-person shooter (they didn't, that's Midimaze). Bethesda claims to have invented the FPS/RPG hybrid (they didn't, that's Bungie's Pathways into Darkness). There are no shoots anywhere else that are as good as these shoots. That's how I started my initial review, with over six hundred hours in the series over four years. That was almost four years ago. Now I've put an additional 1400 hours in, and it's still true. Couple that with a compelling story, profound lore, and putting paid to plot beats which you'd swear were random nonsense from D1 Year 1, and you've got a hell of a package. Add the best map design the game's ever had in Europa and the Throne World, combine with deep character customization provided by Light 3.0, and now you're talking the single best live-service game out there.