Destiny (2014)
Destiny is a 2014 shooter video game made by Bungie and Activision.
Bungie's first game after leaving the Halo universe sent players into a solar system centuries after a cosmic catastrophe called the Collapse. Guardians, soldiers gifted with a fragment of the Traveler's Light, fight back the alien factions that moved in during humanity's dark age. Destiny blended first-person shooting with MMO-style loot and progression, building a living world where dynamic public events, strikes, and raids gave multiplayer activity a structure unlike anything in the genre before it.
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What is Destiny about?
Bungie's first game after leaving the Halo universe sent players into a solar system centuries after a cosmic catastrophe called the Collapse. Guardians, soldiers gifted with a fragment of the Traveler's Light, fight back the alien factions that moved in during humanity's dark age. Destiny blended first-person shooting with MMO-style loot and progression, building a living world where dynamic public events, strikes, and raids gave multiplayer activity a structure unlike anything in the genre before it.
When was Destiny released?
Destiny was released on 9 September 2014.
Who made Destiny?
Destiny was made by Bungie, Activision and ND Games.
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DOOM: Original Game Soundtrack captures the same kind of propulsive, heavy-metal-meets-orchestral energy that runs through Destiny's combat music. If the feeling of a great shooter soundtrack matters to you, it's a natural companion.
Sci-fi stories about humanity's last stand after a cosmic catastrophe
Destiny opens centuries after the Collapse gutted human civilization, leaving Guardians to hold what's left against alien invaders. Project Hail Mary sends one scientist to save Earth from a dying sun, Old Man's War drafts soldiers into an interstellar war for humanity's survival, The Scorch Trials follows survivors picking through a ruined world, and Half-Life 2 puts players inside an Earth already conquered by an alien regime.
Concept albums that turn outer space into an operatic stage
Destiny wraps its shooting and looting in genuine space opera, Guardians, a sentient Traveler, and an empire of Light and Dark. Muse's Black Holes and Revelations turns interplanetary war into stadium rock on Knights of Cydonia, Deltron 3030 builds a full sci-fi narrative around one soldier's rebellion, Simulation Theory leans into synth-heavy dystopian spectacle, and Repo! The Genetic Opera stages its own corporate-controlled future as full-blown opera.
Small bands of heroes who grow stronger fighting something ancient
Guardians start Destiny outnumbered against a Darkness far older than humanity, growing stronger one raid at a time instead of winning outright. Avatar: The Last Airbender follows a small found family against an empire, Stranger Things pits kids against a force from another dimension, Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir keeps two heroes holding a city alone, and Hunter x Hunter tracks its cast growing stronger against impossible odds.