Destiny: The Dark Below DLC Review | LzyGmrs

Apart from the entertaining Crota's End raid and new weapons and armor, the expansion experiences the same issues that caused widespread dismay in the first place. The biggest downfall still remains the price, for $19.99/£19.99 you expect more effort, but The Dark Below feels rushed and lazy like it was thrown together last week to meet a deadline, ultimately not worth the price.

[Dwalls1171]

I completely disagree. The expansion is awesome and packed with a ton of new content . new raid new strikes . new multiplayer maps . new weapons/armor new light level . . I do not understand this score at all ??

[the_mack_attack3]

You really think that justifies the $20 price tag? Crazy!

[Dwalls1171]

For a Game that's this fun to play yes. 20$ is pennies...

[Ethereal]

I think it does by a long shot. The raid alone offers about 8 hours of play for a cold turkey run. Couple that with a few hours of new story mission AND new crucible maps. Worth far more than $20 in my opinion. Hell, some FPS campaigns are not even 8 hours in length. What baffles my mind is why everyone makes such a big deal about this while COD has been sucking people dry with four map pack expansion for $15 a pop. Pull back and look at the big picture here.

[pompombrum]

Well I personally know two people who have it, both huge fans of the game and the common complaints they both share is that it feels like another grind and too much recycled content. Granted Destiny's design is a grind, they both complained it's worse than before with exotics and with all the other great games currently out, they don't see it being worth the time this time around.

[averagejoe26]

Two opinions versus millions of happy players.

[Dwalls1171]

I get that . its definitely time consuming. . and your right its designed to be a grind like an mmo/RPG .

[xDHAV0K24x]

are the ships still pretty load screens? do u still spawn at the same damn spot every patrol/strike mission?

[martinezjesus1993]

Do you want to start halfway across the map when you start a strike or what?

[averagejoe26]

Have you ever played WoW? You know what pets are? Useless creatures that follow you around just to look cool. Ships are a similar concept in destiny.

Just because all you play is call of duty and grand theft auto (and clearly don't understand loot based games like world of Warcraft, ffxiv, destiny,etc) doesn't mean it's a bad thing.

[averagejoe26]

Because it's "cool" to hate on Destiny.

Remember when destiny came out and sites were giving it 4/10, 5/10, etc.

It's just hatred. No way in hell destiny is near that low of a score. This is just an extension of that.

[Dwalls1171]

You are so right bro just like GT5 was

[xDHAV0K24x]

I don't play COD. Don't insult me. That garbage AW is a Titanfall prequel. I own the game and I have every right to critique it. It's a good game just not as great as everyone claims it is. They made it seem like this was gonna be an epic campaign and to me it fell way short! the whole notion of "it gets better after x amount of hrs" is a tough sell. glad I only paid $35. To think I almost got the limited edition! Watch Dogs takes the Shame of the Year award though. In case ur thinking I hate Destiny THAT much ;)

[PrinterMan]

My few biggest complaints regarding Destiny, and I have put in many hours.
1) Too many 1 hit kill weapons
2) Blade Dancer. Nearly impossible to kill while he is doing the John Travolta thing
3) Die just as easy now with 1100 armor as I did with 500. Does it actually do anything.
4) Upgrades after a point seem meaningless.
5) 8 bullets to the chest should do some damage but it usually takes a head shot with some weapons to get more than an assist.
6) 1 shot kills from a pistol from long distances
7) 1 shot kills from Sootguns from long distances

Man if they properly nerfed weapons and had better level matchmaking I'd be in heaven. Fun Fun game that needs some tightening up.

[objdadon]

Couldn't agree more! The low scores that destiny got is one of the reasons I'm so glad that I don't let reviews determine my purchase! I've got 327 hours and counting on destiny and can't wait to get home from work to play more! Lol, I got brand new games still in the plastic because of destiny!

[martinezjesus1993]

How dare you defend Destiny! Dont you see its the worst game in history and no one still plays it. . . .

[joab777]

It's not an expansion. Call it whatever but b/c there is no sub fee for coined play etc., its basically a content patch.

True expansions and what is expected of them never come 3 months after release.

[UKmilitia]

i just wish they would add matchmaking to all types.
story,dailys and raids.

let it be upto the players if they want to use it

[dumahim]

A ton of new content? Really?

[JAT]

They failed to add ANYTHING new with this 20$ piece of content.

I would've bought it if they offered ANYTHING new.

- new gun class
- new sub class
- New vehicle class

ANYTHING
and I don't mean more exotics. Game altering content is what I'm looking for.

[Krypto_Joe]

3 new crucible maps are worth $10 of that $20, I don't know about the rest. It's too bad they don't sell the maps seperately.

[Vaud-Villian]

meh, ultimately each DLC is just a new raid. Anything else is temporary or just in the weekly rotation.

[objdadon]

That makes no sense, it has new missions,strikes,guns,armor,an d multiplayer maps. New weapon and armor trade up system. You didn't buy it because you didn't want to for whatever reason that may be. I've heard I'll the excuses from it costing too much(which is a joke) to just not supporting dlc. The truth is if you love the game and have poured hours into it as I and many others have, then the dlc is a no brainer.

[Kyosuke_Sanada]

Don't forgot the new sheets of paint because God forbid that we want new models for weapons.

[daBUSHwhaka]

Way overpriced for the content you get.$3.99 would be acceptable.Expansion this is not.GTA 4 Lost and Damned,Red Dead Undead that's what gets classed as expansion dlc.

[ParanoidFreak]

I'm sorry, but everything about Destiny since the Alpha release has been just one disappointment after another. Bungie missed the mark with this one and are clearly not the developers they once were. Fact.

[Exies7]

I found it to be pretty lackluster but if people are enjoying it, I'm happy for them. Perhaps it's just not the game for me and I'm being overly critical.

[S2Killinit]

I'm really interested in how some people who clearly mentioned during the initial release of Destiny, that they either hated the game and put it aside, or they never bought it because its "junk"; now still have an opinion about how lackluster, or rubish the expansion is... Am I MISSING SOMETHING HERE GUYS??? OR did you guys change your opinions about the original game and bought it or started playing again?? Is that why you purchased the expansion, and rediscovered your hate for it? I love it. Bias and salt go together like peanut butter and jelly.

LOVING DESTINY. Best bang for my buck since Starcraft.

[martinezjesus1993]

Thats what I've been saying. Its just the cool thing to hate on this game.

[xDHAV0K24x]

it's the cool thing to love this game

[Kyosuke_Sanada]

Comparing what The Dark Below offers to what the Dark Souls expansion gave me for less is laughable to say the least.

[snookiegamer]

I really enjoyed Destiny with friends for about 3 weeks, and until say about level 28. But then I got fatigued with it. It's pretty repetitive after you level up past 20 and the story is so short and meaningless IMO.

That's why I can't sponsor this purchase. IMO this DLC should've been FREE! ...Is why I brought Alien Isolation+Crew Expendable DLC for 27GBP and change from the 12 days of Xmas Sony/PSN promotion! Alien Isolation is totally scary and better value than this DLC!