Destiny 2: 5 Ups & 5 Downs

Ups

5. Combat Is Still The Best-Feeling FPS On The Planet

Like Destiny 1, I can boil down the appeal of its sequel into one question: Do you enjoy gunning down things in a sci-fi setting for hours at a time? Because Bungie have genuinely perfected the feel of first-person shooting.

Seriously, it's the iron sights tactility of COD with the acrobatic traversal of Halo, the superpowered escapism of Overwatch and the team focus of something like Rainbow Six Siege.

Every punch lands with the weight of a shotgun blast, the shotguns themselves launch bodies pirouetting across the map. Supers put you in a variety of special states that mean you can lay waste to entire platoons of the opposition in seconds, and the guns, man, letting rip with some high-rate-of-fire chain gun to tear through the opposition is a euphoric sensation few words can describe.

This rush remains Destiny's lifeblood as the pyrotechnics of each fight are incredibly enjoyable, with each defeated enemy then exploding in a popped cork's worth of primary colour, currency and items to hoover up. Pair this sensation with Bungie's knack for designing incredibly kinetic movement, and you have a recipe many will get completely lost in.

It is by far - like the original - the best single element of the game's design.