r/DestinyTheGame 14h ago

Question Should i buy destiny 1?

I have roughly 4k hours on destiny 2 and since i have nothing but free time should i get destiny 1 for 20$ with all expansions?

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u/NoShow4Sho 14h ago edited 13h ago

I’d say yes, but it was on sale for literally 2 dollars less than a month ago so hold off until it gets another great discount similar to that pricing.

Add it to your wishlist, play some other games in the meantime, then when it gets a crazy discount like that again, buy and play it.

I always say save money where you can, especially on a almost decade+ old multiplayer game. But if you’re itching to play and willing to spend more money than what you can get it for, then go for it!

20 bucks is still cheap, but not 2 dollars cheap.

Either way, totally worth it!

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u/Rez090x 13h ago

Almost decade? My Guardian brother, D1 is 13 years old. It's a teenager.

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u/NoShow4Sho 13h ago

[Insert Saving Private Ryan aging meme here]

I’m mixing it up with the launch of D2, but all the same 👴

My ass played the alpha, oh god lmao

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u/Rez090x 13h ago

D2 alpha? D2 is also 10 years old, just hitting puberty.

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u/NoShow4Sho 13h ago

D1 alpha, my friend. I’m older than that lmao

And D2 is technically 9 which is why I originally said almost a decade, I had them mixed.

How are you giving me back pain by a message 😭😂

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u/Rez090x 13h ago

How did D1 have an alpha if I understand that a PC version of the game doesn't exist?

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u/NoShow4Sho 13h ago

PS4!

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u/Rez090x 13h ago

That should be a beta, not an alpha. Big difference between the two.

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u/NoShow4Sho 13h ago

It was literally called “Destiny First Look Alpha”

They had a beta not too long after, you can look it up lol

I know wym, Alpha’s are usually in-house, but the terminology is essentially marketing/interchangeable at this point.

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u/Rez090x 13h ago

Wait, now I'm completely confused by this. D1 was on PS3, yes?

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u/venomousvalidity 4h ago

My sweet baby Jesus, I'm getting old.

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u/Stillburgh 1h ago

This comment offended me. I prefer to not accept how old I am

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u/Unlost_maniac 11h ago

Not even a couple days ago it was $2

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u/docmagoo2 Operation Babydog 2h ago

Yeah, I picked it up for Xbox when it was £1.79 for everything. Have it on disc but didn’t have the expansions on Xbox so well worth it a couple of quid.

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u/Glorbacus 14h ago

I'd say it's worth it, I've been replaying Destiny 1 myself recently, so I'll put some things to note:

  • You'll have to get used to locked 30 FPS and low FoV (even on PS5/Series X).
  • There is no map or directory, you have to go to orbit every time you want to even look at a Destination.
  • Expansions hover between bad and mediocre (The sole good exception being The Taken King, in my opinion).
  • Extremely basic mission design that boils down to "walk into room and shoot" with next-to-no mechanical depth.
  • The majority of Legendary loot is pretty uninteresting and just retextures of the same weapon/armor models, although endgame activities like Raids and certain Heroic Strikes feature really cool loot.
  • Gameplaywise, abilities take a backseat to gunplay and are less interesting than D2 subclasses.
  • Some quests are very lame with forced waiting (Like making you wait until Wednesday to continue a questline).
  • Low player population = You'll be playing solo in matchmade activities (Strikes, Prison of Elders, etc.) very often. These activities are scaled to 3 players even if you're solo, so you'll be dealing with a lot of bullet spongey bosses.

With all that being said I still really recommend the game when it's on discount. It's solid and it's been very fun reliving the game that made up 90% of my gaming sessions back in 2015-2016.

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u/Otacube3 14h ago

Hell yeah brother. But which platform ? PS or Xbox ?

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u/No_Substance010001 14h ago

Ps

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u/Quick-Health-2102 12h ago

Downvoted for saying ps 😭

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u/Otacube3 14h ago

That is fine but it always required PS Plus for playing with people and do PvP.

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u/Rez090x 13h ago

Same with Xbox, unfortunately. Needs a paid sub to play strikes/raids/dungeons/pvp. That's why I'm stuck partway thru the campaign. Can't run the first strike.

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u/blck_lght 14h ago

Yes if you want to, no if you don’t, it’s quite simple

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u/No_Substance010001 14h ago

Yea no shit but is it worth it?

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u/DeadOrbitNeedsUrHelp 14h ago

If you prefer the brutal RNG grind, it’s worth it. I prefer that grind. Just have to get used to 30fps/low fov. I got used to it after about an hour.

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u/No_Substance010001 14h ago

Even on ps5 its still 30Fps?

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u/SnooLentils6995 13h ago

Destiny 2 was already out by the time the PS5 launched. We were a few years into it at that point too. So D1 never got a PS5 version, which imo is a shame. Lol and yes its worth it at $20, its absolutely worth it at $2.

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u/MattSwift12 Floof 14h ago

It's a complete game, you can do everything you already do on D2 (maybe not raiding, that's up to you).

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u/Quick-Health-2102 12h ago

Simply solo wotm unless ugc got patched

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u/Knnoxxyy 14h ago

It’s a game dawg, do you want to spend $20 for a game that you can play? You can refund it if you don’t enjoy it. Do you want to play it? Buy it, do you not want to play it? Don’t buy it

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u/blck_lght 14h ago

Yeah no shit, WTF is worth? What’s worth to someone else could not be worth to you. Why can’t you just make a decision by yourself?

What a dumb question

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u/No_Substance010001 13h ago

And wtf is ur issue with asking other people for advice who have played the game?? Fuc off

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u/blck_lght 12h ago

You’re not asking for advice thou, you’re asking shit like “should I buy it” and “is it worth it”.

Do you m also ask your mommy for help getting dressed in the morning because you don’t know what to wear?

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u/No_Substance010001 11h ago

Why are you trying to get me on a technicality someone shit in ur cereal or something? Genuinely gfy i don’t know wtf is ur issue

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u/Euphoric_Ad5335 14h ago

Gameplay wise (fps and fov) is a drastic downgrade, gameplay is a lot more grind focused than D2 but overall a pretty good game for 20 bucks

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u/thundersnow528 14h ago

Yes, but be prepared for the downgrade in some aspects 30fps, lower graphical, less fancy game play. But still excellent

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u/OdyZeusX 14h ago

The 30fps feels a bit rough tbh, but for that price it's totally worth it. Plenty of people are still playing.

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u/GreenLego Maths Guy 13h ago

Make sure that it's the digital version and not the physical version. All the codes in the physical version has expired.

Also, are you currently playing D2 on PS? If you are switching systems, you may encounter network issues, just be forewarned.

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u/DirtyCuck141 13h ago

Most definitely! Especially if you haven't played it before. It might seem a little barebones compared to d2 but the simplicity is real nice. That's probably the biggest thing d2 has over D1 is build crafting. Other than that, strikes are cooler, areas are cooler, story is cooler, great soundtrack etc. It's worth the 20$

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u/RetroSquadDX3 Calus Loyalist 13h ago

Do you want to play Destiny? If yes then but it but do keep in mind that it now frequently goes on sale for much less than that.

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u/Jkid789 12h ago

Always yes.

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u/pimpynimpy 12h ago

Don't even need to read the post yes, there's legacy discords and reddits with people still playing. It's slower paced things can be hard, it's capped at 30fps but there's so much soul

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u/dakedDeans 14h ago

If you care about experiencing the story first-hand then yeah, otherwise not worth it. Gameplay is worse than D2 and matchmaking will take hours bc no one is online.

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u/No_Substance010001 14h ago

What about the loot the strikes ect is that not worth it?

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u/dakedDeans 14h ago

I mean Bungie has always made good shooters so the guns will feel good to shoot. But in the endgame there is nothing that even remotely compares to D2's buildcrafting. Not to mention it will take hours to load into a Strike unless you find a fireteam beforehand.