Best DLCs & Expansions of 2020
First Runner-Up: Destiny 2: Beyond Light
Editor-in-Chief Ed McGlone: Destiny 2: Beyond Light has a long way to go still in terms of delivering on its potential that was there at launch a few months ago, and addressing hot button issues like sunsetting. However, even the base content of Beyond Light adds a ton of valuable content that has finally shifted Destiny into an interesting direction.
The biggest impact is in the story. For years, even going back to Destiny 1, the overall narrative for the series was rudderless. There really wasn’t an overarching story or villain especially once Oryx was taken down. Every expansion saw players hopping from one fire to the next, putting it out, without ever really getting a full resolution as there was often a hint to something next that never came.
While we’re not all the way where we should be, Beyond Light ties many, many loose ends together. The Stranger, Uldren Sov, The Fallen, The Darkness, Exos, the Bray family, and more are rolled into the narrative of Beyond Light and the Season of the Hunt and it feels like for the first time in a long time, the narrative is cohesive and The Darkness is finally the main focus again.
Beyond that, the new Stasis powers marks a huge shake up from a gameplay perspective. They are radically different than any of the Light-based subclasses and feature a very neat system where players can customize their subclass more than ever before.
And finally, as usual, Bungie knocked it out of the park with the raid, sound, and visuals. Europa is gorgeous, Deep Stone Crypt is incredibly fun, and the quality of the art and sound featured in Destiny 2 has never been higher.
