There is something about returning to many of Destiny’s previous locations, including the very first areas of the original game, that makes The Final Shape reek of high school. A lot has changed about the series in the ten years since our ghost first found us just outside of Old Russia. Moreover, running down the same halls I once traipsed with the old gang feels like a high school reunion of sorts.
When I was first here, I felt so small, but coming back to my old haunts all these years later as a bigger and better version of myself has revealed just how much I’ve grown in the years since. Destiny 2 , like just about anything that’s been running for ten years, is tough to break into. There’s lots of characters, motivations, plot twists, and proper nouns to keep track of.
For the longest time, Destiny 2 has reveled in these things, spinning a hell of a yarn for the fans who have stuck around for all of it over the years. The Final Shape is unconcerned with most of those nitty-gritty lore tidbits as it brings some of these arcs to a close, placing emphasis instead on big feelings and a surreal environment that lends those feelings real power. This makes it a bit messy, but there’s something deeply moving about how much The Final Shape wears its heart on its sleeve, too.
The Final Shape has the unenviable task of having to close out this book of Destiny’s history . I worried about how it might begin to tackle such an immense task, which seems impossible to accomplish.
