I Have No Idea What’s Happening In Destiny 2

thegamer.com:

My colleague Eric Switzer has been so smitten over The Witch Queen that I couldn't help but jump back into Destiny 2 this past weekend. It’s been more than two years since I last stepped into the shoes of my hardened Warlock, having left the game behind following the launch of Shadowkeep and failing to keep up with the release of Beyond Light.

I loaded it up ever so briefly a couple of months ago but was so lost with where the game was and how much had changed that I didn’t bother. Bungie has made some major evolutions to its MMO shooter over the years, turning what began as an underwhelming foray into the growing world of live service experiences into a vast, inviting blockbuster that isn’t afraid to overwhelm newcomers with so much jargon that it feels impenetrable.

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Even as someone who has poured hundreds of hours into the first game and its sequel while also playing the majority of expansions, I was lost when booting up The Witch Queen. Whenever a new season or expansion is released, Destiny 2 will load you directly into the opening mission without warning. You can return to orbit and play through it later if you really want, but otherwise you’re encouraged to see this mission through so the valuable context surrounding current narrative strings are easily understood. If not, you’re kinda fucked and Bungie doesn’t do enough to railroad you at all.

A bunch of content and even entire expansion campaigns are now locked away in the vault too, so newcomers or lapsed players like me have no way to organically catch up with Destiny’s storytelling unless they’re willing to trawl through official Wikis. I ain’t doing that, and part of me remains utterly lost, but