Destiny 2: Beyond Light Reviews
With a lengthier campaign and more questlines, “Beyond Light” offers plenty of new PvE activities and Stasis shakes up Guardians’ play styles in both PvP and PvE. Europa itself is a beautiful and elaborate map and it’s great to be able to explore the Cosmodrome again. However, the removal of a lot of the base content and the lack of new PvP content is upsetting. Although we still have some content that’s planned to be released in the future, like a new Raid, Bungie still has a lot to make up for.
Bungie has taken a step forward with this expansion. They are clearly on the right path with this stone-cold offering that ironically will warm up even the most jaded of Destiny fans.
Beyond Light chooses the evolution of Destiny 2 existing components instead of completely revolutionizing them. The result is a great expansion, which succeeds the previous one.
Review in Italian | Read full review
„Destiny 2: Beyond Light“ starts a new era for Bungie's loot-shooter. But as interesting as the new moon Europe is and as good as the stasis-abilities are, the overall „Beyond Light“-package does not live up to this hype. Instead it delivers solid replayability, but also cuts out a lot of content, „Destiny 2“-veterans enjoyed playing.
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The Destiny 2 universe has changed forever and it’s all down to the latest expansion Beyond Light. With the release of Beyond Light, the latest expansion to Destiny 2, developer Bungie has not only trimmed down the game’s original content, but the studio has also added a new campaign and a new planet to explore. Whilst Beyond Light may not be as grand in scope as to how Forsaken was, it’s more of a bridge to what comes next.
The post expansion content at this point in time is decent. While the season is far from over, it does look like Bungie plans on expanding on Beyond Light. However, the current amount of content available, including post launch, is very bare-bones when compared to prior expansions. Because of that, and combined with the very mixed reactions at launch, Beyond Light is an ultimately flawed project.
This is a major turning point in Destiny. A new subclass blueprint and a phenomenal new location make Beyond Light required playing for all Destiny fans. Centering the expansion around literal and emotional coldness paid off in spades. The Exo Stranger, easily the series’ most mysterious character, needed to happen at some point, and Beyond Light was that perfect moment. Even though Europa’s frozen moons don’t cover the glaring flaws, weather effects are great additions to Destiny. When we look back at Beyond Light in a year or two, we’ll see the groundwork for bigger features and story beats in this add-on.
Bungie's need to recycle material from Destiny 1 and Destiny 2 is a move that is welcome, but it is not the desired one.
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Destiny 2 continues to expand its content with a fairly complete DLC that offers a multitude of hours of gameplay and new missions, all using the same solid and addictive gameplay as always. Season of the Chosen looks very good and has a very promising story base that looks set to surprise.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Destiny 2: Beyond Light turns out to be a good product along the lines of Shadowkeep. We are facing a standalone chapter that introduces a new year in the Bungie universe with many new features and not without some gray area, often due to lack of care in the writing phase. The new subclass is interesting and we hope it is only the beginning of a cycle of large implementations in this sense. The hunting season begins a totally new chapter for the world of Destiny 2 and the foundations to give important twists to the plot and gameplay are all there: it will be up to Bungie with the next updates to make the MMORPG still alive and thriving with news and pepper. We on the Tower always look at the horizon waiting for what will come, this time even beyond that bulky balloon and beyond its light.
Review in Italian | Read full review
A stunning new world and powerful abilities await in Destiny 2: Beyond Light, but all the good is outweighed by the amount of content Bungie threw in the Destiny Content Vault, forcing future Seasons to pick up the slack.
Destiny 2: Beyond Light doesn’t fix all that is wrong with the original game, but it is the first of many in the right direction.
Destiny 2: Beyond Light is certainly a worthy expansion in the operatic space war. At this point it is given that there is a wealth of exotic weapons and armour to get to grips with, but the new Stasis powers are worth the investment alone. Throwing freezing walls at enemies adds a layer of defence that was sorely missing. These new powers change the tide of battle in such a way that just has to be experienced to be believed.
Despite a few hiccups, Beyond Light sets the stage for a triumphant year of Destiny 2. If the franchise continues this way, the best is yet to come.
The Beyond Light expansion offered a decent amount of new content and fun along with the new Stasis power which changes for the players' style in the Crucible or even the strategies in Raid missions, it is without a doubt worth giving it a try.
Review in Arabic | Read full review
Destiny 2: Beyond Light hugely improves the development of the story and narrative of the universe created by Bungie. A new subclass and other co-op activities will delight along with numerous new rewards, although the focus has been more on PvE content every season. However, the dedication to keeping up with everything the game offers remains exhausting.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Beyond Light brings a fresh start of sorts for a game trying to continue the success after Forsaken and reclaim a bit of that spark lost during Shadowkeep and subsequent seasons.
It is my sincerest of hopes that this shaky start is just an anomaly for Bungie’s new direction, but the game’s state ever since Shadowkeep also leads me to believe otherwise
Beyond Light fails at pushing Destiny 2 in a good direction. It's lacking in countless ways, from the campaign to the seasonal content, and it doesn't give you nearly enough for the price. Even the most hardcore Destiny fans will probably find plenty to dislike here, and casual players should skip this without a second thought.
Post-sunsetting and content vaulting, Destiny 2: Beyond Light had some big expectations to meet. Instead, it plays things safe, delivering a boring main campaign, the usual Power grind and routine busywork to keep players engaged. Even with some interesting story bits, strong art direction and a fun raid, it's hard to recommend for both new players and die-hard fans.