Destiny 2 Lightfall gets rough reception as ‘lore daddy’ blasts story
The Destiny 2 Lightfall launch has arrived, and it’s sadly looking like far from perfect news for developer Bungie. Teased as the climax of the ongoing Light and Dark saga for the FPS game, the campaign promised some real highs with the arrival of The Witness, and answers to many big lore questions. But while the Destiny 2 Lightfall missions are packed with exciting gameplay, the community appears to largely feel let down by the story direction.
“As far as gameplay goes it’s bombastic and fun, but narratively it misses huge opportunities and I cannot in good conscience recommend it – at very least to new players, potentially for returning players. And that breaks my damn heart.” Damning words indeed from a man who has been described affectionately by the community as Destiny’s “lore daddy.” James Byford, better known as ‘My Name Is Byf’ or simply Byf, has been at the forefront of laying out Destiny lore for many years.
From individual deep-dives into specific aspects of Destiny lore to full timeline explainers, Byf has acted for many players as a sort of librarian, cultivating all the great nuggets of detail scattered across Bungie’s games and organising them into delicious meals for easy consumption. But in a 26-minute video following his completion of the Lightfall campaign, Byf digs through his major gripes and places he feels let down.
“This campaign was the moment, and I feel that is something that needs to be absolutely pressed home,” he begins, explaining just how much has built up to this point and the final introduction of The Witness. So what, in Byf’s mind, went wrong? “Nothing is explained… at all. In a moment where Bungie needed to start answering questions that they had been posing for a very long time,
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