Gaming: The price of hype
Can a game be both a mighty achievement and a marginal disappointment? If it's been as hyped as Destiny, the answer is a reluctant yes, says Joe Griffin.
Destiny is a first-person shooter that its publishers claim cost $500 million (€386 million) to produce. It’s fair to say that it comes from good stock, coming from the two most iconic developers of first-person shooters today. It was developed by Bungie, which is best known for the Halo franchise, and published by Activision (Call of Duty).
Set 700 years in the future, it tells of what happens when a giant celestial body known...
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