GHOST STORIES
NEED TO KNOW
WHAT IS IT? The spooky third expansion for loot-shooter Destiny 2
EXPECT TO PAY $35
DEVELOPER Bungie
PUBLISHER In-house
REVIEWED ON GeForce GTX 1070, 16GB RAM, i5-6600k
MULTIPLAYER MMO-ish
LINK bungie.net
It was a mistake to refer to Destiny 2 and its ilk as ‘games-as-aservice’. ‘Service’ implies consistency and a smooth user experience. Destiny 2 is something else. Destiny 2 is games-as-an-infrastructure—a subway system that gradually builds into something bigger and more sprawling; that needs to be constantly maintained; that will sometimes keep you waiting because such projects are complicated and the people running them can’t do everything at once.
With , Bungie is redrawing the map. The expansion adds a revitalized tourist destination—the Moon, returning from the first with a handful of new attractions and a fresh coat of paint—but also spearheads a more fundamental shift in purpose. A series of small tweaks and changes that add up to
