I have played this game since launch and have about 2500 hrs in. This is mainly a review for the base game, and I will not be considering DLC content here, only what free players might get. Since the base game went free to play a lot of the early game experience has been removed. The reasoning they have for this is that it allows new players to jump right in with their friends as they start of at 750 power. This has taken out the initial experience that players go through which helps them understand various concepts of the game. It would be better to jump into the game with some friends who already have some time put in and have time to help you out.

As a free player you will get access to the strikes, pvp, gambit, seasonal free content and some raids. There are also certain weapon quests which have been made free to all players, they are basically dungeons themselves and provide good gameplay experiences. Seasonal content will come out every 3-4 months and due to recent changes, a lot of it will be available to free players as well. There are 3 raids in the base game, and they are basically the end game content you will be looking out for, this is along with a recent dungeon that was launched as free to all players. Gambit, strikes and pvp provide the weekly tasks that players engage in.

The main gameplay of Destiny is well polished on only a few AAA shooters can really come close to how shooting feels in this game. If you were to compare this game to borderlands, I would say that borderlands is more of an RPG with shooter elements in it, whereas destiny is more of a shooter with RPG elements to it. The most amazing experiences in destiny are the raids and the dungeons and no similar game executes them as well as destiny does. These are not bullet sponge enemies that you fight for 2 hrs. Each encounter in these has well designed mechanics that you learn to be able to finish them. There’s a lot of content to chase after in this game and you can spend lots of hours doing so. Before you get into this game its best to realize that it’s a grindy game, the content isn’t one and done, if you realize that you won’t be disappointed.

There are various changes coming to the game in September, these include gear and content sunsetting. Coming with the fall expansion weapons and Armor won’t be relevant forever and will basically have an endgame lifetime of 1 year. The seasonal free to play changes mean you still get the new weapons and armor that drop with the season. However, the bigger problem for free to play players might be the content sunsetting that is coming. All the raids currently available to free to play players will be sunset come fall. There hasn’t been any communication from bungie as to how this content will be replaced. This is a major drawback as the raids are a major aspect of the destiny experience.

I have thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of this game for the time I played it, but I would suggest new players to look up what raids will be available to them in the future.

7/10