Destiny 2: The Final Shape reveal whelms players

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Destiny 2‘s The Final Shape reveal has come and gone, and, as it turns out, the community isn’t too thrilled about it. Due to launch on February 27, 2024, the long-awaited The Final Shape expansion pack is supposed to fully wrap up the franchise’s seminal Light and Dark saga. With the clash between the two primordial forces officially coming to a close and/or cooling off into a state of equilibrium, some Destiny fans may have expected Bungie to go all-out with a new elemental subclass, a new race of enemies to fight, and more. That, however, isn’t happening for the most part.

Bungie was never going to meet all of its community’s expectations, naturally, but there’s a non-insignificant number of very whelmed and indifferent responses to the latest Destiny 2 showcase on the game’s subreddit. Some have even gone so far as to call the whole event “incredibly weak,” though it’s entirely possible that the studio’s recent problems have caused such cynicism, too.

While it’s immediately worth pointing out that there is an air of careful optimism to be felt in the destinythegame subreddit, the Destiny 2 Showcase Recap 2023 thread is filled with jaded takes, too. From RayTrain’s simple proclamation of being “whelmed” about the reveal to skyline_crescendo’s announcement that this will be the first time they don’t pre-order a Destiny 2 DLC, there’s a wealth of similar comments to pick and choose from. Players seem to be careful, broadly speaking, about getting overhyped.

Danbuarth, for example, says that they’re hoping “[Bungie is] holding a LOT back,” possibly referring to the fact that Bungie is releasing new Light supers for Destiny 2 instead of delivering an all-new Darkness subclass. AjenoMervielles felt conciliatory – in their