{"id":87726,"date":"2020-10-04T01:14:05","date_gmt":"2020-10-04T01:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/destiny-2-traveler-danger-darkness-mystery\/"},"modified":"2020-10-04T01:14:05","modified_gmt":"2020-10-04T01:14:05","slug":"destiny-2s-traveler-may-be-in-danger-but-not-how-you-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/10\/04\/destiny-2s-traveler-may-be-in-danger-but-not-how-you-think\/","title":{"rendered":"Destiny 2’s Traveler May Be in Danger, But Not How You Think"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When Bungie announced the next three years’ worth of\u00a0expansions for Destiny 2<\/strong><\/em>, it made a definitive statement to players\u00a0that it was going to be here for the long haul, and that from now on, it would be far more committed to\u00a0building the world of Destiny<\/em><\/a>. Gone are the days of Curse of Osiris<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Warmind<\/em>, individual\u00a0side\u00a0stories that did little in the grand scheme of things. With Destiny 2: Beyond Light<\/em>, Bungie\u00a0is in the process of bringing about the arrival of the long-teased pyramid ships,\u00a0bringing back famous Exo Stranger from Destiny<\/em>‘s original campaign, and is completely removing a lot of older content.<\/p>\n

The arrival of the pyramid ships and the “Darkness” threat not only means that players will have access to brand new sub-classes and abilities but also that the Traveler could potentially start to play a much larger role in the game’s narrative. At the end of The Red War, the Traveler was supposedly awoken\u00a0but has played little to no role in Destiny 2<\/em><\/a>‘s story ever since. Bungie is now\u00a0stuck between a rock and a hard place where it runs the risk of doing too little or too much with the Traveler to satiate players desire for more story and lore. Obviously, the Traveler is in some sort of danger as the pyramid ships gets closer to Earth but could there be an even bigger problem that players haven’t thought about?<\/p>\n

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The origins of the Traveler<\/a> and where it came from are largely unknown in the\u00a0Destiny<\/em>\u00a0franchise. The entity is largely associated with the Light, the counterpart of the Darkness, and is responsible for terraforming planets across the solar system, as well as the creation of the Ghosts. The Traveler was first discovered by humanity when it appeared around Jupiter but wasn’t located until its arrival on Mars, bringing rain to the desert planet for the very first time. The arrival of the Traveler brought about the Golden Age of humanity, a time where\u00a0people were able to discover and use new technologies that allowed the species to build, expand, and travel across the solar system.<\/p>\n

With the entity’s sole purpose being to help other worlds,\u00a0before moving on to somewhere new, the Traveler ultimately sacrificed itself to save humanity from the Darkness during the Collapse and has remained dormant above the Last City ever since. Its\u00a0final gift to humanity was the creation of the Ghosts, sapient\u00a0machines that seek out and revive fallen soldiers capable of wielding the power of the Light to protect humanity now that the Traveler was no longer able to. Until the events of the Red War in the Destiny 2<\/em>\u00a0launch campaign<\/a>, the Traveler remained dormant but was awoken by Ghaul and has likely spent the last three years healing itself from wounds inflicted by the Darkness during the Collapse.<\/p>\n

The Destiny<\/em> franchise has a number of similarities to Bungie’s previous sci-fi first-person shooter franchise, Halo<\/em>, particularly when it comes to worldbuilding and former civilizations. One thing the original\u00a0trilogy always touched upon but never fully explored was\u00a0Halo<\/em>‘s Forerunners, an\u00a0ancient species<\/a> responsible for the creation of the Halo rings,\u00a0as that wasn’t the story Bungie was trying to tell.<\/p>\n

Leaving those questions unanswered meant that Bungie was able to expand and build the world of Halo<\/em> while focusing on telling a cohesive\u00a0narrative about the war between humanity and the Covenant. Each game (and book) in the series added more detail to the larger world of Halo<\/em> and the story of the Forerunners but never too much that the mystery was no longer exciting.<\/p>\n

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Until the release of Halo 4<\/em> in 2012, that is, when 343 Industries took over the franchise and put the Forerunners front and center. It’s no secret that Halo 4<\/em> and Halo 5<\/em>\u00a0aren’t as beloved\u00a0among the main fan base as the original trilogy and a large part of that came down to the direction of the narrative. Halo 5<\/em>‘s campaign<\/a> plays no small part in that for\u00a0its storytelling, and while\u00a0Halo 4<\/em>‘s campaign was praised by fans and critics alike for its focus on the relationship between\u00a0Master Chief and Cortana, many were underwhelmed. The Didact, the Prometheans, and the rather confusing focus on the Forerunners all stand out as to why.<\/p>\n

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Destiny<\/em> has largely been criticized either for its storytelling approach and\/or its emphasis on side stories. The original\u00a0Destiny 2<\/em> campaign had a structured focus and ended with some rather large teases for both the Traveler and the Darkness but has since been followed up self-contained stories;\u00a0Shadowkeep<\/em> teased the pyramid ships<\/a> but ended too quickly and without much consequence. Destiny 2<\/em> is now in a position where every story, small or large, is pushing toward something bigger and with that comes a great opportunity to finally expand on the story of the Traveler. The danger is in how far Bungie should go: too little and it runs the risk of the same criticisms\u00a0the franchise has received for the last seven years, too much and the excitement and mystery could be taken away.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, the arrival of the pyramid ships hopefully means the story\u00a0is headed towards an all-out war between\u00a0Destiny 2<\/em>‘s Light and Darkness<\/a>, so in this case, as long as series isn’t put the bed with a neat little bow, only good things can come from the Traveler waking up and coming to the fight. With new characters, new allies, new enemies, new abilities, there’s plenty of room for Destiny 2<\/em> to expand in new ways that players have never seen before. Bungie should use the next three years to go absolutely crazy with the story, listen to the many criticisms over the years, and start delivering on a real “space-opera” adventure that it teased the game to be in the first place.<\/p>\n

Destiny 2<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is available now for PC, PS4, Stadia, and Xbox One.<\/p>\n

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