How Bungie Made Savathun's Throne World in Destiny 2 Reflect Her Mind
Destiny 2's The Witch Queen expansion has been a massive success for Bungie, not only because over a million copies were purchased before launch, but also in terms of defining what a yearly campaign can look like. One of the major issues with Destiny 2's annual releases prior to The Witch Queen has always been that the campaign would end quickly and be easy to beat, with no way to replay the missions and not much to do in their respective areas. The Witch Queen changed that by having a Legendary version of the campaign that's both challenging and rewarding, and also adding replayable missions on a weekly basis to get more loot and tougher combatants.
As for Savathun's Throne World, the new main hub forDestiny 2, Bungie managed to create a location that is compelling to explore and rewards players who find its secrets. From a design standpoint, Savathun's Throne World is one of the most complex and unsettling locations the franchise has ever seen. While it's still very Hive-like, it's also alien in a way that's hard to fully comprehend. This is very much an intended effect, according to Destiny 2 concept artist Dima Goryainov and other Bungie developers in a recent roundtable interview that Game Rant attended.
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One of the main aspects of new in-game areas when it comes to Destiny 2's expansions is that they should have plenty of stuff to do, while bringing to life places in the universe that were never seen before. Due to Destiny 2 having a massive lore library via in-game books and tabs, and due to the Hive being one of the most ancient and dangerous alien races mankind meets, the Throne World was a perfect place to craft a setting where battles between the
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