Destiny
There are plenty of reasons Destiny has endured as a popular looter shooter, but one in particular is the rich and expansive lore.
Going far deeper than to simply say humans are fighting against aliens, the game’s lore provides an entire history to go along with the celestial firefights and dungeon crawling.
Everything, from how humanity came to find itself traveling the stars in search of survival, to why they’re at odds with the various alien races in the game, and even the finer points of what sets each alien race apart from the others, is laid out in minute detail through different aspects of the game.
Hours could be spent combing over the game’s maps and logs for more information on the universe around you; and, more often than not, you’ll always come away with a new bit of information or revelation that expands on how you view and understand the game’s world.
It’s also worth noting that the second game has only expanded on this, further building up the series’ setting into something so rich with lore it’s unprecedented.
Recently, a YouTuber by the name of My Name is Byf, put together a video telling the entire story of Destiny which weighs in at a massive run time of nearly four hours long! And that’s not even everything. If only players could get more of that lore into the story proper…
