The Witch Queen's Legendary Campaign Is So Much More Than A Hard Mode

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Bungie did something it’s never done before with the latest Destiny 2 expansion, The Witch Queen. Before you begin the new campaign, you can choose to play on the Classic difficulty setting or the new Legendary mode, which offers a greater challenge and unique rewards. I understand this may sound trivial. Bungie didn’t invent difficulty options, after all. But the Legendary version of The Witch Queen campaign is no mere hard mode. The challenge it presents enhances the experience in so many ways. It pushes you to more fully engage with and experiment with Destiny 2’s RPG systems, it makes the environments more present and purposeful by forcing you to focus on positioning in battle, and through hardship it creates a more emotional and satisfying narrative experience. Difficulty is not in and of itself virtuous, but the Legendary campaign makes The Witch Queen a better game.

You’ll never hear me advocating for hard games for the sake of the satisfaction you get from overcoming them. I find real life challenges like going to the DMV and talking to strangers hard enough, so I don’t get a lot of enjoyment out of grinding my bones to dust to beat a game like Dark Souls for the fleeting feeling of dominance. The only reason I participate in Destiny 2’s high-level activities is because they typically offer the best rewards. I like finishing a raid, but really, I’m there for the gear. The Legendary campaign hooked me with the promise of Exotic armor and 1520 power level gear, which you need in order to access the upcoming raid. I signed up because of the rewards, but I got so much more out of it than I ever expected.

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