This seasonal approach was the topic of an article by the Daily Star this week, wherein the publication talked with Bungie about its split from Activision last year. They touched upon how the studio has experimented with telling ongoing stories across multiple seasons with Destiny 2’s last two seasons, Season of the Undying and the ongoing Season of Dawn. Without divulging any spoilers, producer Rachel Levine teased that Bungie is going to continue experimenting and is “excited to pursue different avenues of the story in the future.”
“The narrative leads, the writers we have – they’re all very excited to take Destiny in a completely different approach with the help of [Luke Smith] on the Franchise team,” she said. The rest of Bungie’s representatives went on, explaining that with Shadowkeep, Season of the Undying, and Season of Dawn, all of the teams working on new Destiny content have been collaborating more and more closely, allowing them to provide a more cohesive narrative with each new seasonal update. This has, according to Levine, created “an excitement in the team about where the future is going.”
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Continuing off that point, Bungie community manager David “Deej” Dague encouraged players anticipating Destiny 2’s future seasons to have an open mind about the possibilities. “Players should always assume that Destiny is going to change and evolve,” he said. “Players need to stay open-minded and flexible about how this world will serve them with different challenges, and the options they’ll have to create and optimize their own characters in the future.”
The language there is vague enough that that could mean anything ultimately, given all of the plot threads that Shadowkeep and the last two seasons have introduced, not to mention the plot threads subsequent seasons could introduce. For now at least, players eager to find out where the game’s story is going will have to settle for just enjoying the ride as it unfolds. That, and speculating about what to expect from Destiny 2 in the coming year.
At the very least, Bungie seems to have a clearer vision for what it wants Destiny 2 to be in the wake of its split from Activision and the launch of Shadowkeep. Not every change has been great, but all in all Season of the Undying and Season of Dawn have been promising additions to Destiny 2. If Bungie continues on this trajectory with the next few seasons, players could be in for a great 2020.
Destiny 2 is available for PC, PS4, Stadia, and Xbox One.
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Source: Daily Star
