Destiny 2: The Final Shape Review

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Let’s not beat around the bush, The Final Shape is exactly the finale that Destiny 2 deserves. Almost a decade on from the original game’s release, and with many players having sunk thousands of hours into the science fantasy shooter over the years, The Final Shape had a lot of expectations and pressure heaped upon it to deliver the satisfying ending for all the characters we’ve come to know and love. They took a little while longer to make sure they got it right – especially after Lightfall’s disappointment – but Bungie has absolutely nailed it.

If you have not been following the story of Destiny 2 then you’re out of luck, it would take ten thousands words just to explain it and we don’t have the time. Suffice to say the big bad, The Witness, has shoved a massive yonic hole in The Traveller and the core cast of Zavala, Ikora and your Guardian have travelled inside where they meet a seemingly resurrected Cayde-6, this completing the original Vanguard trio for the final battle. Its been almost ten years since these three started the fight and in those years Bungie’s storytelling has (Lightfall excepted) improved immeasurably. This is not a happy tale with grief, and loss weighing heavily on all of the cast, each of them coming to terms with their own personal demons. It’s by far the most mature story Bungie have attempted and the cast, including a returning Nathan Fillion and Keith David who is now voicing Zavala after Lance Reddick’s untimely death, are excellent.

Bungie has also gone to town with cutscenes with far more in The Final Shape than any other Destiny DLC. You still get Ghost doing a exposition recap at the end of each mission but all the key plot points are animated in full CGI or with pencil sketch style animations. They’ve also included a lot more voice work, there are no new characters but we final get to hear Zavala and Cayde’s Ghosts speak. Between battles there a scenes with characters just talking around camp fires explaining their emotions and