Destiny's Cosmodrome was Supposed to be "5 to 10 Times Bigger"

Destiny is infamous for its alleged changes during development; most notably its story the size of its playable worlds. Bungie designer Rob Adams has revealed that Destiny‘s largest space, Earth’s Cosmodrome, was actually supposed to be far bigger than it is in the final game.

[jznrpg]

I really like the design and feel of the game, the main complaint is it is a small galaxy, with small areas and it could have been so much better.

[aconnellan]

That's my complain too, if I'm honest. I just remember being so disappointed with the beta after finishing the Cosmodrome missions and thinking "oh... is this is for Earth?"

[Palitera]

The shortage of content, to an extreme level, is their main weapon to sell "expansions", so no, there was no chance ever to have a proper and actually full game.
The core of its design is repetition and lack of content.

[KwietStorm_BLM]

I've said it before, but it's so ironic that in a game like Fallout, literally in the middle of a wasteland, where they had every reason for that world to be barren and more boring than anything, is so much more enthralling and begging for exploration than every planet put together in Destiny. It's really a shame.

[LAWSON72]

Shows how talented Betheseda is at game design. Fallout 4 can't come soon enough

[ENSABAHNUR]

DAMN!!! Lol very well put... I'm sorry Bungie but Kwietstorm/many others feel this exact same way.... It's truly sad how much potential this game has, is squandered away due to many stupid decisions... You guys should have definitely pushed this game back. If they would've done that and released a full product, your game could've very well been GOTY 2015 or atleast in the running...

I feel if any other game had the problems this game has, they would've been the laughing stock of the community... Such a shame...

[theDivision]

And for what is supposed to be an extremely multiplayer oriented game it feels lonely most of the time. The daily heroic, the story missions, the nightfall and the weekly don't have matchmaking. Why is that? Why was that the case? I get why they don't have matchmaking for those items.

EVERYONE on my friends list (that plays destiny) is from reddit or LFG not from in game play which should never be the case in a game that is supposed to be so focused on multiplayer.

[Halo2ODST2]

They said each location was to be the size of halo reach

[Tyrant 8 RDFL]

I think this is one areea everyone can agree on whether you enjoy the game or not. Is that we all thought the game was going to be much larger than what was delivered to us on release.

The gameplay is great in this game, but they really short changed us with the amount of content.

[CyrusLemont]

If it was just the same stuff stretched out over a larger area, it would have been even worse for the game.

[n4rc]

Sounds like honest answers..

I'd like to see more things to do besides killing stuff... Exploring would be ideal.. But I think about vog, the best two parts of that game you didn't even fire your weapon.. More puzzles, more mazes with loot hidden within them etc

[kazuma999]

Destiny 2 in about a year and a half and will only be on current gen consoles = yay no more limitations.

[bananaboats]

The good thing about having a game based on sci-fi (space) is that it could be expanded at anytime and damn near limitless to what they can add. Destiny has been my go to game everyday after work since day 1. Im really hoping activision sees the bs they created by hindering Bungie to make it the way they wanted. Im looking forward to House of Wolves, hopefully that sheds some light to what we can expect for future expansions.

[TekKing]

EVERY game is always supposed to be bigger than what it is. That's how all developers look at it but it's usually going to be smaller than what they vision in the end anyway.

[immoracle]

This could have had maps in the scope of, say, a Fallout, a Skyrim, or a Shadow of Mordor. With a different mission structure. Too much of the wrong kind of backtracking (mission, to orbit, to tower, to orbit, to patrol etc.). This could have all been solved within the first few months of development.

Since I'm here, let's see: better ship design, better uses for the ship, because I can count the number of times on one hand that I visited the useless shipwright. Drop location from ship to anywhere on earth or elsewhere would make sense.

A use, an actual use, for the mission items menu that takes up 10 slots for some unknown reason.

A better glimmer system. A use for Motes. A trading system, even if it's not for armors. Just give me transfer.

More animals that are indigenous to the respective planets.

That's it for now.

[VVgamer4lifeVV]

Dear Bungie,

Fool me once, shame on you.
Fool me twice, shame on me.

[WizzroSupreme]

It certainly should've been.

[MrZweistein]

Lame excuses from a developer that fucked up on this one.