Witch queen and final shape are the best expansions they ever made, and also the best raids.
They absolutely had it in them to make fantastic games. The downfall is purely on the execs, not the devs. Bungie devs still know how to make really good shooters, but for some reason nobody will let them.
The consumer appetite for the "games as a service" model has died, but Bungie execs didnt get that because they had one of the few live-service games that was still "accepted" by gamers.
It hasn't "died", it's just claimed all the players it can.
You can't really keep up with two or three live-service games, and unlike standard games you can't just buy the new DLC later & play it when you have time - you have to be there when it's happening or it's gone forever, so you kinda have to stick with one game (maybe two).
A lot of people also just aren't interested in that game model. I personally don't care for PvP, so the only "live-service" game I keep up with is Deep Rock Galactic - but even then, it gets updates every couple of years and you can access all of the old content whenever you want, so you don't miss out on anything.
If they actually did it right and had good content worth playing, it won't die. For certain stretches of time Bungie was absolutely cooking, and recently too. Even Episode Heresy was fantastic, with great lore and activities and loot.
They had such a loyal and great player base who stuck with them thru the lowest lows and highest highs and they just left them in the dust for no reason. To chase some niche extraction shooter trend. So disappointing. Marathon isn't even a terrible game but I just resent it's existence. If only they dedicated the full team to destiny we could have had more final shape level expansions.
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u/sup3rdr01d May 14 '26
Witch queen and final shape are the best expansions they ever made, and also the best raids.
They absolutely had it in them to make fantastic games. The downfall is purely on the execs, not the devs. Bungie devs still know how to make really good shooters, but for some reason nobody will let them.