Rise of Iron is actually fairly bereft of interesting characters. Unfortunately, while Saladin has a fair bit of characterization and great voice acting, he doesn’t have the insane charisma of Cayde-6 or as much well written dialogue. A new zone opens up with The Plaguelands and through dialogue snippets, you’ll hear of a crazed Archon Prime attempting to augment himself with SIVA. Despite the urgency of the initial mission, there’s no sense of overwhelming danger, especially when you consider that the friggin’ Wall has been breached. Naturally, the Vanguard decides to send you – their favourite mass murderer – to investigate and the result is a run-in with Sepiks Perfected, a rampant replicating virus known as SIVA and attacks on the great Wall. There are these Fallen invading an old observatory on Felwinter Peak. Lord Saladin of the Iron Banner has a problem. If you wanted to learn more about the Iron Lords, invest in their stories, undertake a perilous journey to become one and maybe learn more about the Darkness itself, then Rise of Iron will do its bare minimum to sate you.

It showcases so much potential for ideas and stories but settles on an adequate, middle of the road balance. Here’s the problem though – more than anything else before, Rise of Iron illustrates just how far Destiny has to go. ' Rise of Iron is actually fairly bereft of interesting characters.' By comparison, Rise of Iron is a smaller offering in terms of content and it’s priced $10 less. That is, until The Taken King released last year and brought sweeping changes to its characters, progression systems, loot and quest structure. I was an Iron Lord by this point, bestowed with relics like a flaming sword and a revitalized Gjallarhorn.Īnd yet despite how it sounds over a few minutes, Destiny‘s Rise of Iron still manages to elicit a somewhat bored “Is that all?” from its offerings.īungie’s Destiny has always had problems with content.

A looming, cable-infested, red-tinged neon lair of horrors and Splicers. The ascent to the top was followed by a descent into one of the many hearts of Darkness conquered till now. Wielding a giant flaming axe in battle to conquer a techno-organic virus eventually led to traversing the innards of the opposing Wall. These ancient warriors of the Golden Age – I had finally learned of their fates. Ascending the winter-worn steps from a bygone era, my Guardian stood beneath the statues of the Iron Lords.

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