One Month After the Final Shape: A Decade-ish of ‘Destiny’ in Retrospect

It is not hyperbole to say that Destiny irrevocably changed my life for the better. When I first pre-ordered the game in 2014 after moving back to St. Louis because I was enamored with the idea of an unbreakable Ward of Dawn stopping enemies in their tracks, I could not have predicted the daisy chain of events that would unfold. That I would meet some of my best friends. That I would become a writer at Black Nerd Problems. That I would eventually come to realize that I’m non-binary. All of these things can be directly traced back to Destiny. A science fantasy first person shooter looter shooter MMORPG is responsible for making me a better person and also consuming well over 6000 hours and counting of my life (and that is very much a low ball estimate as far as I’m concerned). I have covered Destiny 2 extensively over its lifespan. I have gone on the record several times that it is my favorite game that I cannot recommend to anyone. It is a game of great importance to me, and The Final Shape is the culmination of the last decade of an overarching epic, the Light and Dark Saga.

It’s been a month. I’ve done almost everything that there is to be done. And now all that’s left is to write a little bit about the past, the present, and the future. Darkest Before

At the beginning of 2024, community sentiment was at an all-time low. The Final Shape hype machine had seemingly run out of steam, and the mass lay off late in 2023 that was coupled with the inevitable delay announcemen…