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BY OUR TEAM OF EXPERTS
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DESTINY
The Crucible’s a sea of
shotguns, but Matthew
Pellett swears by his
trusty Fusion Rifle
I’ve been hitting the
Crucible most nights
with GamesRadar’s
Dave Houghton and we’re
complete gits when it
comes to Destiny’s PvP
component. We’ve been pinpointing
the best defensive spots on each and
every map and camping there. A cave
in Bastion is a prime ganking spot,
but my absolute favourite is the ‘Killing
Corridor’ on Twilight Gap. I know most
people love a good shotty, but I spend
hours watching the radar, readying
my Fusion Rifle and springing around
corners with a volley of death.
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DESTINY
Conflict-averse
Phil Iwaniuk leaves
Crucible to the bigger
boys… for now
Having never quite
come to terms with the
profound injustice of
gear-gating in online
shooters, I simply
won’t give Crucible the
satisfaction of even trying until my
guns are as powerful; my shields
are as robust; my cloak as flowing as
those of my opponents. No, right now
I’d rather play Billy Big Man in the wilds
of Old Russia, swooping in to save
some level four Guardians from a
firefight against three little Dregs.
DESTINY
Lone wolf Dom
Reseigh-Lincoln
stumbles across some
co-operative carnage
While scouting the lay
of the land on a Patrol
mission, I happen across
a band of Guardians
going toe-to-toe with the
nefarious inhabitants of
The Devils’ Lair. These foes are way
beyond my level, I’m surely a dead
man if I start flinging my sizable weight
around in these parts… Suddenly the
oddest thought occurs to me. I could,
you know, join in. Actually engage in a
social exchange with my fellow man/
silent teen. One hour (and many, many
deaths) later, the Lair is finally ours
and my social interaction quota for the
year is well and truly fulfilled.
INFO
FORMAT PS4/PS3
PUB ACTIVISION
DEV BUNGIE
REVIEW ISSUE #102, 9/10
Destiny
Bungie Controls its fate in blinding PvP effort
Oh, Crucible. What a truly
wonderful arena for
Guardian-on-Guardian
skirmishes you provide.
There’s been many a jealous
PlayStation neighbour down the years
who’s cast a longing gaze into Master
Chief’s pristinely maintained multiplayer
garden next door (oh what sensual
shrubbery). But now, we finally have a
PvP mode to sticky grenade John-117
where the sun don’t shine.
Bungie just gets competitive online
multiplayer. It always has. The former
keepers of the Hall Of Halo have a
history of persistently putting out
the best maps around, and Destiny
is no exception. Many of Crucible’s 11
battlegrounds are belters; whether it’s
capturing Zone B’s forever tricksy lunar
choke point in a heated game of Control
on First Light or farming deadly Heavy
Ammo in the dark caves of Shores Of
Time, each arena is masterfully laid out.
The main meat hanging
off Crucible are Control,
Skirmish, Clash and
Rumble. The latter two
are Bungie’s vanilla takes
on 12-player team and
six-person free-for-all
deathmatches, though
both are spiced up by
Guardians’ potentially
round-changing Supers.
Nail a Titan’s Fist Of
Havoc on a cluster of
tightly packed players
and you can often score
four kills in an instant.
Eat lightning fist, fools!
Control is where
Destiny shines brightest.
A wickedly moreish take
on base-capturing, you
and five other Guardians
must battle a rival
Fireteam for dominion
over three zones. Vying
for control of each
demands tight team
coordination and
constant communication.
As a result, it’s a
brilliantly tense blast
played with friends –
especially if you’re all
mic’d up in a party.
CONTROL IS WHERE
DESTINY SHINES BRIGHTEST.
IT’S A WICKEDLY MOREISH
TAKE ON BASE CAPTURE.