Alright, I seem to have been infected by an idea I just can’t shake, like someone humming Savathun’s viral tune in my ear.
With news that Bungie is working on a PvP multiplayer game, one that is “character-based,” I can’t shake the idea of a potential hero shooter (Overwatch, Valorant, Apex) set in the Destiny universe. Bungie has previously said they want to expand the universe of Destiny, and while that may be traditional multimedia paths like TV or film, it could also mean…more games.
Hero shooters are defined by iconic heroes that come with specific character kits. In Overwatch, that also includes a signature weapon or two, while in others like Apex or Valorant, the arsenal is more diverse.
A lot of games struggle to create stand-out characters from scratch, though many of these games have taken years to build up a roster full of newly recognizable leads. But Destiny? Destiny has already been doing that hard work for almost seven years now.
Not only does Destiny have a built-in stable of heroes and villains they could use in a game like this, but almost all already have iconic weapons and potential themed character kits for different roles they could play. Call this whatever you want, “Legends of Destiny,” but I wanted to explore what comes to mind when I picture this, so I came up with, uh, a lot of condensed ideas about which characters a game like this would feature, and what abilities/weapons they’d use. Enjoy:
Zavala
Signature Weapons: Origin Story, Fourth Horseman
Kit: Thundercrash Titan
Ikora
Signature Weapon: Invective
Kit: Nova Bomb Devour Warlock
Cayde-6
Signature Weapon: Ace of Spades
Kit: Golden Gun Hunter
Eris Morn
Signature Weapon: Touch of Malice
Kit: Decay Darkness Subclass, Teleporting abilities
Crow
Signature Weapons: Hawkmoon, Abide the Return, some sort of sniper (he’s always sniping things in the lore)
Kit: Blade Barrage Hunter
Shaxx
Signature Weapons: Mountaintop, Raze Lighter, Gjallarhorn
Kit: Sunbreaker Titan
Osiris
Signature Weapons: Garden Progeny 1, Prometheus Lens
Kit: Dawnblade Warlock, Makes Echoes of Himself
Drifter
Signature Weapons: Trust, Distant Relation, Malfeasance
Kit: Summons Taken to fight for him
Ana Bray
Signature Weapons: Polaris Lance, any IKELOS, Sleeper Simulant
Kit: Golden Gun Hunter, Can summon Rasputin aid (Warmind Cells, javelins)
Elsie Bray
Signature Weapon: No Time To Explain
Kit: All stasis (she’s not technically a Guardian), time manipulation
Lord Saladin
Signature Weapon: Saladin’s Vigil
Kit: Burning Maul Titan, but with his Battle Axe. Summon wolves (?)
Petra
Signature Weapon: Vestian Dynasty
Kit: Something agile and assassin-y since she’s not a Guardian
Saint-14
Signature Weapon: Perfect Paradox
Kit: Bubble Titan, headbutting, blinding
Mithrax
Signature Weapons: Lord of Wolves, Queenbreaker
Kit: Splicer tech, Captain dual sword slash
Caiatl
Signature Weapon: Heir Apparent
Kit: Bulldozing the hell through everyone
Crota
Signature Weapon: The Sword of Crota
Kit: Melee main but can shoot fireballs and his ult summons Oryx
Other possible:
- Mara Sov (Telesto, 1000 Voices, Throne World powers)
- Sjur Eido (Wish-Ender)
- Efrideet (Efrideet's Spear)
- Shin Malphur (Last Word)
- Dredgen Yor (Thorn)
- Kabr (Relic Shield)
- Toland (Bad Juju)
- Ada-1 (Black Armory weapons, builds things on battlefield)
- Sloane (First In, Last Out)
- Devrim (No Land Beyond)
- Hawthorne (Field-Forged Shotgun)
- Felwinter (Felwinter’s Lie)
- Praedyth (Praedyth’s Timepiece)
- Taniks (Scorch Cannon)
- Ghaul (All three light powers)
- Eramis (Stasis powers)
- Banshee-44/Clovis (Lament, the gun he’s always cleaning)
- Calus (Just summons infinite Legionaries while he drinks)
- Savathun (whatever the hell she looks like, shape-shifting kit?)
So uh, what do you think?
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