Review: Destiny 2: Beyond Light

While Destiny 2 remains in desperate need of a new enemy faction, Bungie has at least provided a new element to master. By delving into Darkness, players can harness Stasis's power, which grants them ice-based powers to freeze and shatter enemies. Stasis is a satisfying addition to the Destiny 2 sandbox, giving players new ways to build their character and fireteams. It opens new ways to play PvE and is the best new addition Destiny's had in years. To make Stasis even better, players can continuously unlock new abilities for the element after the campaign, giving players even more ways to modify the experience to their liking.


Originally introduced during Season 17, Bungie features Raids and Dungeons Destiny 2base said in a blog post a weekly rotation to make them farmable with updated rewards. Bungie is making 2 of each available in the featured rotation each w

Beyond Light's story ends up somewhat superfluous, with the campaign falling into familiar Destiny storytelling problems. Eramis could have been an interesting villain had the campaign built more empathy towards her. In the end, she's just another generic, mustache-twirling Destiny villain. Beyond Light's campaign boils down to defeating her lieutenants and defeating her, similar to what we already did in Forsaken , except a lot fewer lieutenants and personality. Less interesting describes other elements of the story. After a six-year absence, the Exo-Stranger finally returns, but anything interesting we learn about her lies outside the main campaign. Drifter and Eris Morn are also along for the ride, but ultimately, their presence is negligible. Rather than being active members in the campaign, they're mostly used as set decoration you can interact with every now and again. It also doesn't help just how short the story is, lasting 5-6 hours depending on how fast you can get quality gear. The quest to destroy Eramis doesn't do much to get players invested, but it also doesn't overstay its welcome. It also helps that Bungie learned from Shadowkeep's campaign by cutting out the grinding missions, instead focusing more on narrative missions. It makes for a more entertaining romp than Shadowkeep.

Of course, this wouldn't be a new Destiny 2 expansion without a new Raid and Beyond Light delivers a standout one. Deep Stone Crypt fuses atmosphere, storytelling, puzzles and challenge in an immensely satisfying way. It's the crowning achievement of Beyond Light, even though few players might actually get a chance to enjoy it. After the Raid, there's precious little else to do. As mentioned before, the removal of content has left the remainder of Destiny 2 a shell of its former self. There's less of everything in Destiny 2: Beyond Light, but at least the gameplay is still fantastic. Bungie's gunplay has been spot-on since it first released Halo: Combat Evolved and they've continuously improved it since then. Destiny 2: Beyond Light remains a fun, fluid shooter to play through and will help take your mind off the continuous grind for a bit.


PvP has a different priority system in Destiny 2 than PvE . Often, range is preferential to handling, stability, or even reload speed, though, the latter is extraordinarily useful. The further away Guardians can do damage, the higher their chances of surviving a confrontation. While the Avalanche is not the first choice gamers should consider for the Crucible, it is not usel


Unlike the reissued Moon gear, the Dreaming City gear can only be obtained through quests, hidden challenges, or challenges bound to a timeline or specific items. Most of these challenges can only be completed once per week per character, but in a few instances, there are challenges that don't respawn and are account bound - meaning the challenge progression is shared among all Destiny 2 characters associated with a profile. While most of the Dreaming City gear has already been unsunsetted, the reaming weapons that will be returning


For the Avalanche’s scope, SLO-21 Post is recommended. This sight increases the machine gun’s range and handling, letting players deal damage from a little further away while improving how quickly the gun can be drawn. This is important for giving them some wiggle room during encounters while improving the weapon’s availability during emergenc


Blind Well is an activity similar to the Altars of Sorrow on the Moon, requiring players to complete Tiers to finish the activity. Blind Well, however, only gives one Dreaming City gear piece per week per character if a Tier IV run is completed. Slot in a Tier III Charge of Light in the Oracle Engine to start the Tier IV

We’ve taken some of PS4’s most popular, and longest-loading titles, and put them to the test on PS5’s SSD. Do note, to get the most out of PS4 titles on PS5, the games have to be installed on the PS5’s SSD. You can still play PS4 games off an external HDD, but you won’t get the load time benefits.

It took six years since EA got the exclusive rights to develop Star Wars console games, but last year we finally got our first, full-fledged action-adventure game from them. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order delighted with its story, gameplay and world design. Despite this, there were a few technical problems. In addition to bugs, glitches and frame rate issues, the game also suffered from, you guessed it, long loading times. This was particularly true when traveling between planets. Luckily, PS5 presents so much needed to boosts to load times.