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Destiny’s 2 Beta Feels More Like Destiny, but Presented in more Dynamic Light

The initial release of Destiny was a disaster. Not only did the game release uncomplete, the development was troubled for a long time. Thankfully, there was some fun to had in vanilla Destiny and that was the shooting. Although grinding can be repetitive, it’s fun explore the areas and popping alien heads. With a strong community Destiny lived and immensely improved after the first year with the release of the Taken King. Destiny 2 was delayed from last year and instead released the last DLC for Destiny – Rise of Iron. Now, we’re two months from Destiny 2 console launch and three for PC users. Console pre-order purchasers has access to the beta right now. Right off the bat you get an opening cutscene – seeing The Tower and The Last City being up in flames makes you feel the connection with the world that I was never engrossed in. There you get ported to the tower – the flames and destruction creates desperation for the NPC’s. Early in the strike, you see the three

My First Impressions on Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age

When I saw that Square Enix was re-releasing Final Fantasy XII it took be back to 2005-2006. As a kid, I wasn’t invested into games, but I’ve many family members that were. Watching them made my interest level rise. One was Final Fantasy XII on the PS2. I knew what a Final Fantasy entails, a group of heroes trying to save to world from destruction with in-depth turn-based combat. In Final Fantasy XII Square Enix moved away from those properties and implemented a new battle system with a world devastated by war. Back then the only thing that wowed me was the beautiful, massive world of Ivalice . Now that I’m older and can understand systems, I can experience Final Fantasy XII in a new and improved way. First thing I noticed when booting up the game was the music. Hitoshi Sakimoto and Hayato Matsuo were the original composers. Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age allows you to play the original soundtrack or change it to orchestrated version. I wish more remasters would get