Earlier this year, Bungie revealed a Destiny 2 expansion that I can still only describe now as a head scratcher. It’s called Renegades, a Star Wars inspired expansion (quite literally as it’s been made in collaboration with Lucasfilm) that was shown off properly for the first time in a livestream earlier today. Oh, and there’s a release date for it too!
In terms of the meat and potatoes, actual Destiny portion of it, Renegades introduces the Lawless Frontier, a new co-op game mode that sees you taking on tough missions to build up reputation. Through this you can unlock new Renegade abilities like airstrikes, turrets, a bike. But like, a fancy sci-fi bike. There’s also a new social hub, Tharsis Outpost, which is directly inspired by Mos Eisley Cantina, which you can see pretty easily just by looking at it.
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It’s a weird thing to look at. There are some of the hallmarks of a “Star War” like that not-AT-ST-Walker. Some of the guns make that classic pew pew sound effect that’s been etched into the minds of every person that’s ever watched a Star Wars movie. Of course there’s lightsabers too, mixed with Destiny enemies that sort of look like they could be from Star Wars but not so much that they feel horrendously awkward. It’s like Bungie spritzed some perfume and waited too long before they walked into it – the scent is there, but it feels like it was a bit pointless.
I am eternally sceptical of live service games at the best of times, and with this, even as an outsider to Destiny 2, I’m just not sure it’ll do what I presume Bungie hope it will. In any case, Destiny 2: Renegades is out December 2nd, so you’ve not got all that long to find out if it’s any good or not.