Destiny 2 shown off at last and single player looks unbelievable

"And today, we are giving people their first look at the gameplay of Destiny 2", said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision.

Community elements are also pushed to the fore with new social features that will assist in building Fireteams.

Instead, Destiny 2 will likely continue to use the tech of the first game.

The new villain named Ghaul led the Red Legion in laying siege to the Tower in The Last City. Rather, catering parts of the game to help onboard newcomers will make a more positive experience for everyone, he argued.

So yeah, no dedicated servers seems like a really bad thing. This obviously sparked the question of whether or not we would see more Activision games pop up on Blizzard's platform in the future but as it turns out, Blizzard doesn't have much interest in expanding Battle.net too much. Making these missions available to anyone is a huge thing. Guided Games is essentially a built in system for players both solo or in groups to find other groups of players to team up with and enjoy the game's content. Destiny 1 suffered from matchmaking systems that were sub-optimal for many. The back of the box will say something like: four new worlds, a brand new enemy, exciting new subclasses, a new raid, a full single-player campaign.

Bungie held a livestream in which it revealed many details for Destiny 2. Instantly, the shooting looks even tighter. The "Dawnblade" can jump into the air and shoot Legend of Zelda-style sword blasts at foes (or slam the sword down in the ground à la Adventure of Link). It gives you a shield that is basically a void version of Captian America. Weapons like the Scout Rifle and my personal favorite, the Hand Cannon, felt easier to aim and execute critical hits with due to a more manageable kick, inspiring me to change my entire combat approach from the usual strafe and shoot to a much more agile and aggressive one.

A new social system known as "guided games" is created to nudge "solo players" toward larger group battles. There will be three weapon slots available, each associated with one of the Kinetic, Energy, or Power damage types. Just pull up the menu.

So, before you can do anything that isn't on the planet you're already on, you have to first go through the slow process of loading into space, which is a glorified map menu. "Lost Sectors" are another welcome addition to the Destiny franchise.

Destiny 2's actual gameplay is looking hot on PlayStation 4 so far. Titan, one of Saturn's moons, IO, and Nessus are the others that will be openly explorable when Destiny launches this September.

Are there any new worlds?

But it remains to be seen how Bungie will address having a highly skilled player easily taking out a whole team just by himself.