Short Thought: When Should I Get Destiny?

When Destiny was released, it received a lot of criticism for being lacking in story, though we gave it a 9/10 for the rest of it. With the upcoming The Taken King expansion, they are apparently fixing that issue, amongst others that the playerbase has brought to their attention over the past year.

From what I’ve either read or watched on YouTube, The Taken King is set to basically be Destiny 1.5 - not a sequel, but much more than the base game. This includes having Nolan North (voice of everyone in every game) come in and voice not only the new parts of Ghost’s script, but also redo every single line from start to finish. The one reason I was almost a Year-One Adopter was because Ghost was voiced by Peter Dinklage, and I love his voice. Yes, there were also criticisms about the Dinklebot, but there are also people who don’t want a Nolanbot.

So, more story, and Ghost voiced by a more accomplished gaming voice actor, what else? There are changes to the levelling up and crafting systems, which will make those parts less of a chore, or at least less useless. Again, this is according to what I’ve read or watched, not actual experience.

With all of these changes in mind, why shouldn’t I buy a much more finished game, with loads more additional content?

Bungie’s ‘ten year plan’. They put out word last year that they have plans that could last up to a decade. Why would I buy even this second version of Destiny, when next year there will be a third? Heck, shortly after the “Definitive Destiny” could be Destiny 2, which would result in a Destiny Collection come 2017 - save even more money! Waiting for all three to be collected for the PS5 would make even more sense, surely…

Or am I overthinking it, and I should just shut up and give Activision some money for the Legendary Edition next month? It’s been a while since The Amazing Spider-Man 2 came out…

I’d just like to point out that I have my spell check powered by Google in Google Docs, and it didn’t flag Dinklebot. Congratulations, internet.