Activision have released a new trailer to celebrate the launch of Destiny…in three weeks time.
The latest trailer entitled ‘Official Launch’ is the kind that I hate it feels so disingenuous.
It proudly boasts that the game has won 100 awards, Which it hasn’t. nope instead a lot of outlets saw a shiny preview build at an expo and to give it the best thing what i saw at the show award. Which is by no means a metric of the game’s final quality.
It also has a sultry female voice over telling you that humanity’s enemies have never seen anything like you. If the Beta is anything to go by, they have. They’ve seem millions of us. If we’re as amazing as the NPCs seem to think every last guardian is, this war is going to be a bloody short one.
Finally it has a bunch of quotes from various sources, some more dubious than others including such trusted establishments as The Sun and the Metro, bastions of quality journalism and critique. I don’t bloody think.
The thing is that of all the game’s out this year destiny doesn’t need this kind of wankery because it;s more than capable of selling itself. Once you cut past all the waffle at least you get to see a nice bit of gameplay footage. Jet bikes, brilliant vistas and plenty of action. What more do you need?
Check it out.
Destiny is out on 9th September for Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One.