{"id":121441,"date":"2024-11-03T03:24:47","date_gmt":"2024-11-02T20:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=121441"},"modified":"2024-11-03T03:24:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-02T20:24:47","slug":"destiny-rising-is-gacha-hell-with-decent-gameplay-but-no-clear-audience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=121441","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Destiny Rising\u2019 Is Gacha Hell With Decent Gameplay, But No Clear Audience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"embed-base image-embed embed-1\" role=\"presentation\"><figcaption><fbs-accordion><\/p>\n<p class=\"color-body light-text\">Destiny Rising<\/p>\n<p><\/fbs-accordion><small>NetEase<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The closed alpha went live for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/paultassi\/2024\/10\/14\/destiny-rising-gets-first-trailer-images-alpha-test-date-after-reveal\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/paultassi\/2024\/10\/14\/destiny-rising-gets-first-trailer-images-alpha-test-date-after-reveal\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/paultassi\/2024\/10\/14\/destiny-rising-gets-first-trailer-images-alpha-test-date-after-reveal\/\" aria-label=\"Destiny Rising\" rel=\"noopener\">Destiny Rising<\/a> yesterday, the NetEase-made mobile game that Bungie had close to nothing to do with and\u2026you can immediately tell. While NetEase skated by things like gacha monetization, an avalanche of currencies and a convoluted power gain system in its initial reveal, all of that is on full display in the alpha, even if you cannot actually purchase anything yet.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, Destiny Rising is what it was always going to be, a mobile game. A very stereotypical mobile game.<\/p>\n<p>There are some positives here. I actually do think this plays pretty well, especially if you hook up a Bluetooth controller (I just cannot do FPS touch controls). It does\u2026feel like Destiny, to a certain extent, so credit where it\u2019s due there. Outside of its close-up character models, it actually looks halfway decent as well, I mean, for what it is. Maybe like, late PS3 graphics, but still, it\u2019s passable, and as this is an alpha, perhaps it improves in time. I also theoretically like the idea of playing as different Destiny heroes with unique kits and set weapon classes as that breaks up the more traditional formula of the main game. However, given that the system is inevitably hooked into gacha mechanics, that sort of ruins the whole thing.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed-base image-embed embed-2\" role=\"presentation\"><figcaption><fbs-accordion><\/p>\n<p class=\"color-body light-text\">Destiny Rising<\/p>\n<p><\/fbs-accordion><small>NetEase<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The worst part of the core game itself is the writing and voicework. The world does not remotely carry the same tone as the main game, not even close. My Wolf character is incredibly annoying as says things like \u201ca friend in need is a friend indeed!\u201d The legendary Kabr is the biggest dork you\u2019ve ever met. Skorri greeted me with a \u201cYo!\u201d The awful script is matched only by the worse voicework, and that is even excluding AI \u201cfiller\u201d voices for unfinished recording that sounds less like AI and more like a text-to-speech program from 2009. All of this is so bad it encouraged me to play the game silently most of the time.<\/p>\n<p><fbs-ad position=\"inread\" progressive=\"\" ad-id=\"article-0-inread\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\"\/><\/p>\n<p>And then there\u2019s monetization.<\/p>\n<p>The gacha system almost perfectly mirrors any other gacha system you\u2019ve seen. Four and five star characters where the latter have a 1% drop rate and at best, a mercy timer. And they are no doubt going to be stronger, especially if you can \u201cdupe\u201d them to unlock further powers. I don\u2019t think <em>guns<\/em> are part of the gacha system, at least not from what I can tell, but the store and currency system is so labyrinthine I cannot even tell what is or is not sold half the time. But yes, this will of course be a game where it\u2019s possible to gamble dozens, hundreds or even thousands of dollars to get the best characters, including the beloved \u201cgoth Warlock\u201d who will be in an upcoming banner. I got this Well of Radiance-using devil Exo as my big pull who is yes, better than all my other characters instantly.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed-base image-embed embed-0\" role=\"presentation\"><figcaption><fbs-accordion><\/p>\n<p class=\"color-body light-text\">Destiny Rising<\/p>\n<p><\/fbs-accordion><small>NetEase<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The unfortunate part is that I can see how a Destiny mobile game might have actually been kind of fun, with higher quality writing and voicework and not drowning in the muck of the unfortunately \u201cstandard\u201d mobile gacha monetization that is a signature of NetEase. But this seems even worse than what they did for Diablo Immortal.<\/p>\n<p>I have no idea who this game is made for. If you\u2019re a Destiny player, it may have some novelty but at its core it\u2019s a clunkier, smaller-scale, small-screened, badly written, badly voiced, non-canon, gacha mess of pay-to-win. I don\u2019t know why you\u2019d play this over the main game for any significant amount of time.<\/p>\n<p>And I\u2019ve said that this is less a mobile game aimed at Destiny players, rather a Destiny game aimed at mobile playser, but I\u2019ve played enough gacha games to know that a big draw of those games are, if we\u2019re being honest, a bunch of waifus and husbandos, and that is really not the vibe here, goth Warlock aside. In general, the character design and art direction is quite poor.<\/p>\n<p>Given how many other big franchises have struggled with mobile adaptations over the past few years, it is hard for me to envision Destiny Rising as a big success. I do hope I\u2019m wrong because best case, this can just print at least some split revenue for Bungie as it struggles without them really needing to devote anything to it other than just loaning NetEase the license. 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