{"id":66017,"date":"2014-06-19T13:53:09","date_gmt":"2014-06-19T11:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=66017"},"modified":"2014-06-20T15:38:41","modified_gmt":"2014-06-20T13:38:41","slug":"destiny-alpha-hands-on-impressions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/66017-destiny-alpha-hands-on-impressions","title":{"rendered":"Destiny alpha hands-on impressions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Developed by Bungie, the team behind Halo, Destiny is a multiplayer FPS set in a large, dynamic, persistent open-world whose ever changing landscapes are complemented by a robust character customisation system.<\/p>\n

The events of the game are centred around\u00a0an alien race that is threatening to destroy what is left of humanity, with you and your faction tasked with defending the human race and restoring peace to your planet.<\/p>\n

Destiny is due to be released for the PS4, PS3, Xbox One, and Xbox 360 on 9 September 2014. Those who pre-order the game will have access to a beta version from 17 July 2014.<\/p>\n

Destiny will\u00a0be one of the biggest game releases this year, with Activision Blizzard set to spend R5.2 billion<\/a>\u00a0producing and promoting the FPS open-world game.<\/p>\n

Destiny Alpha Impressions <\/strong><\/h3>\n

I spent the weekend on the Cosmodome and it was great. Destiny has been on my radar since its reveal early last year, it is gigantic, ambitious, and something new on the horizon, but here is what I got up to during the Alpha test on PS4.<\/p>\n

Character Creation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Creating my character was simple – there are three classes, three races, and multiple looks for each of them. I decided go with the Warlock. This class can throw energy grenades and use void power to desecrate all enemies as its super power.<\/p>\n

I then went on to choose my race from Exo, Human, or Awoken. I chose Exo, a robotic race. You can go into quite some detail when customizing your character, changing eye colour, lip colour, head colour, etc. I did not see many humans running around during the Alpha, and everyone I know created an Exo – seems like they may be the dominant race in Destiny.<\/p>\n