10 FANTASTIC Video Games (You Should Never Play)

10. Destiny 2

The masterminds behind Halo had already departed Bungie by the time Destiny 2 rolled around. Still, the knowledge of how to forge best-in-class shmup mechanics is clearly something that runs deep in the studio's blood, as the latter feels like an evolution of Master Chief's golden years in almost every respect. 

That being the case, there are precisely zero negatives to give Destiny 2's core gameplay. If only the same could be said for the surrounding baggage that drags it down to the depths of Titan's impossible ocean.

For every individual component of Destiny 2 that stands head and shoulders above its contemporaries (think raids, intimidatingly deep lore, and a power fantasy like no other), so too, do counterpoints so grievous exist that they can't be waived as ignorable irritants.

As old as it is, Destiny 2 has become a case study of why the live service model isn't sustainable. Chiefly in how its otherwise fantastic story has become a piecemeal, time-gated experience for existing players and a nonsensical mishmash of nonlinear events for newbies. Pile on some horrifying microtransactions, neglected PvP, and cookie-cutter seasonal content and you're left with naught but an adventure that's long since turned its back on attracting new blood and exists only to keep existing Guardians running the treadmil in its aging ecosystem.