The Curtain Pulls Back On Destiny 2: Lightfall

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Destiny 2’s next big chapter is just around the corner, with a planned expansion launch for Lightfall on February 28. The expansion represents the penultimate storytelling beat in the long-running Destiny story up to this point – what Bungie has come to call the Light and Darkness Saga. I got an early look at a new ViDoc, as well as some more detailed demos of the expansion’s planned systems, and it has me excited to see some notable changes coming to one of my most played hobby games.

Lightfall’s biggest additions are on the planet Neptune, on a city called Neomuna that has been thriving out beyond the rest of humanity’s view for hundreds of years. The city is a departure from many prior Destiny locales, which have often been dominated by ruins from long ago. In contrast, Neomuna is vibrant and neon-lit, having persisted since the Collapse that decimated so much of the rest of human civilization.

Two of the most prominent characters we will interact with are Cloud Striders – the defenders of Neomuna, and rough analogues to the Guardians we play as. We meet Rohan, a grizzled veteran, and Nimbus, a relative newcomer to their ranks. The two are cyber-enhanced and also seem to tower over standard human heights. As a rule, the Cloud Striders work together in a Mentor-Mentee relationship, perhaps drawing some inspiration from the Jedi of the Star Wars fiction. In an interesting twist, the Cloud Striders only live around 10 years after their dramatic enhancements, in contrast to the seemingly endless lives of the Guardians.

The Cloud Striders have been holding off the presence of the Vex on Neomuna for many years, but the new threat is the arrival of Calus’ Shadow Legion. Calus’ new ship, the Typhon Imperator, has landed at