While the jury is still out on whetherDestiny 2‘s current episodic content structureis good or not, Bungie’s seasonal offerings are wholly inevitable, and the newEpisode 2 – Revenantis almost upon us. All content considerations aside,Revenant‘s trailer is appropriately striking and badass, riffing onDoomandBloodborne.
To be perfectly frank, there are a lot of reasons why aDestinyplayer might be getting excited aboutRevenant. BetweenOnslaught updates, theremoval of content time-gating, and a whole suite ofcool new weapons and armor,Revenantis already looking mighty fine. If all of those things didn’t sell you on it, though, Bungie’s new trailer may well do so. With music that almost certainly brings up images ofDoomand the like, and an art style that even FromSoftware wouldn’t shy away from,Destiny: Revenantmay end up being exactly thetour de forcethat Bungie currently needs.
Destiny 2: Episode 2 – Revenant begins on October 8
Slated to kick off properly on October 8,Destiny 2: Episode 2 – Revenantis our opportunity to take up arms alongside Mithrax yet once more. This time, our enemy is Fikrul himself, the big bad ofForsaken,and a few other notable pieces ofDestiny 2content. As the narration tells us, Fikrul’s managed to get his undead paws on an Echo of the Witness following its defeat, and this led to the creation of a whole new kind of Scorn.
It’s an exciting setup, not in the least because there may or may not beflyingScorn mucking about. With the Guardians taking up arms as kinda-sorta vampire killers, it’s perfectly thematically appropriate for Revenant to adopt an almostCastlevania-esque design language for the season. A timely development too, now that Halloween is on the horizon.
That being said,Destiny 2: Episode 1 – Echoeshadsomegood momentsonly for it all to kind of fall apart towards the end. Bungie has got a long road ahead if it wishes to impress its players withRevenant, now that the first Episode didn’t quite deliver on all of its promises.
Even if you’re thoroughly uninterested inDestiny 2‘s current content structure, there’s something to look forward to withFrontiers.Destiny 2‘s 2025 formatseems way more player-friendly and approachable already. Though, I’d keep this in mind with a pinch of salt at hand: Episodes appeared way better than the prior years’ seasons ahead of their launch, too, andthen we got disappointed. Bungie has since corrected the course, yes, but a tiny bit of skepticism goes a long way withDestiny 2, I feel.
