Bungie just wrapped up a showcase in which it pulled the curtain back on The Final Shape, the concluding expansion in the saga that has been running since Destiny launched way back in 2014. Last week, game director Joe Blackburn was at pains to point out that this livestream was intended to appeal to as broad an audience as possible, but when you've got developers giddily dropping lines like: «The Witness wants to use the Pale Heart of The Traveller to enact the Final Shape», I think it's fair to say that there's still quite a lot to unpick, even for veteran players like me. Having watched the showcase, here's the stuff that stood out.
As expected, The Final Shape takes place inside The Traveller, the floating god-cum-golf ball which provides the guardians with their paracausal powers. At the end of Lightfall, the previous expansion, the game's big bad—an entity called The Witness—carved a portal in the side of The Traveller. In The Final Shape we pursue The Witness through said portal, finding ourselves in a realm called The Pale Heart of The Traveller.
Here's how Bungie describes the destination on the pre-order page: «There is a place where we will find eternity being torn asunder. An unravelling landscape that echoes with the deeds of our past. Persevere in this impossible place and uncover what lies at the heart of this war.»
From what I can tell, the landscape of the Pale Heart reflects back the experiences of whoever enters it. So initially the Guardians will find all sorts of nostalgic nods to their battles over the last decade. But as they get closer to confronting The Witness, the environment will twist and become more surreal as it takes on the elements of the antagonist's personality. Interestingly, Bungie
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