I always knew I would one day be tempted to return to Destiny 2. After three years and several thousands hours of playtime, last February I hit my limit on the garbage MMO that this phenomenal FPS is trapped inside and uninstalled. But I still adore parts, including its striking sci-fi landscapes. So when I heard the latest season was returning to the alien ocean moon of Titan, one of my favourite spots, I was tempted. Oh I was tempted! But now Season Of The Deep started yesterday and Titan is here and no, it's not enough.
Season Of The Deep sees the Saturnian moon of Titan return after vanishing in November 2020. In the game's story, Titan was one of the places which vanished from the solar system as The Darkness moved in. In reality, it was one of the many bits of the game removed and locked in the Destiny Content Vault as Bungie attempted to manage the development challenges of a game that had grown too large for them to handle.
Now, the story goes, Titan has reappeared. Deputy Commander Sloane (last seen donning Golden Age power armour and settling in for a long fight after refusing to evacuate Titan) needs help to salvage tech from its methane oceans and commune with a mysterious giant worm to gain intel for the fight against The Witness. This includes a new activity where we dive down through alien waters which teem with lurid life. This should appeal to me.
My opinions on the sea are well known and I adored Titan in Destiny 2. It's a scattering of rigs and gleaming Golden Age arcologies standing above crackling waves, now overrun with Hive dens and Eliksni scavengers, a sign of how far humanity fell in The Collapse. Several missions descended deep into an arcology, through lush parks and stunning residential
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