Destiny has been called many things since its successful launch in September, but funny is not one of them. The epic science-fiction adventure, which pits players against alien invaders brought to Earth by a nameless and ancient evil, has ensnared thousands of gamers with its loot-packed co-op action. The first downloadable content pack, The Dark Below, is due out on 9 December for £19.99, but right now, its the trailer for that extra content that’s got fans talking.
Featuring a fictitious Destiny player named DrCrispy93, the three-minute video shows off some of the new features players can expect, including fresh weapons, strikes, story missions and multiplayer maps. It’s intriguing stuff... that is arguably ever-so-slightly undermined by DrCrispy’s relentless“dudebro” chatter.
“Hey, are you checking out my ride?” is his opening gambit, delivered while astride a hover bike. He then shows off a new new Necro Chasm gun that fires 900 rounds a minute. “It’s sexy because it’s dangerous,” he enthuses. Of the new Raid included in the DLC package he yells, “get in and milk that sucker hard.”
Comments on various video game news sites have not been kind. “Yay! Poor taste and cliche,” wrote one reader on Polygon. “Oh my,” expressed another on the Neoseeker forum. “From the opening backflip and ‘Woohoo!’ to the closing ‘See you at the bottom, bro!’, this sounds like it was crafted by Bungie’s marketing department specifically for the [Call of Duty] crowd.”
Current thinking is that Bungie has been inspired by Marvel’s hit movie, Guardians of the Galaxy – or Microsoft’s Xbox One title, Sunset Overdrive. Whatever, it all feels a teeny bit desperate – especially when DrCrispy reveals that, after you hit Level 32, you can acquire … a pair of day-glo dancing boots.
