Warning: This article accommodates spoilers for Destiny 2’s newest growth, The Edge of Fate. We suggest you full its story marketing campaign earlier than studying additional.Destiny 2’s 2024 growth, The Final Shape, was the conclusion of tales the sport and its predecessor had been telling for 10 years–which signifies that its latest chapter, The Edge of Fate, is setting out on a brand new course. That places The Edge of Fate in uncharted waters (or possibly uncharted area) because it lays the groundwork for a brand new story, and determines the path Destiny will head for the foreseeable future.
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And lots has modified with The Edge of Fate. The growth takes gamers to Kepler, a brand new planetoid, with a narrative that hinges on the Nine–powerful interdimensional entities tied to the planets of the photo voltaic system. The Nine have been string-pulling entities current largely within the background of Destiny 2 for its complete run, however with The Edge of Fate, they’re placing fingers on the scales and driving the narrative in probably the most direct means ever.Central to the story is Lodi, a brand new character launched with the growth who’s totally different from these we have seen earlier than. Lodi is not a Guardian, resurrected by the Traveler with particular new powers and immortality; as a substitute, he is a person out of time with a perspective nearer to these of the individuals taking part in the sport than of the futuristic area wizards we have been coping with to this point. He’s additionally from a unique background than different characters. Lodi was a member of the US authorities’s Department of External Observation, an alien-hunting outfit from the 1960s. That has introduced an entire lot of recent lore into the Destiny world, with a better look into the previous than the sport’s story has ever supplied earlier than. The Collector’s Edition of The Edge of Fate provides a better have a look at the DEO, and even suggests it investigated the Kennedy Assassination–which had followers questioning if Lodi was the person on the grassy knoll.So many modifications coming to Destiny 2 have led to fairly a number of new questions, as effectively. GameSpot put a number of of these inquiries to narrative director Alison Lührs in an electronic mail interview, discussing the brand new additions in The Edge of Fate and the way Bungie is approaching the sport’s ongoing story in its new chapter.GameSpot: Between Lodi, Ikora, and Orin, there are some actually attention-grabbing themes of destiny, free will, and id which can be happening with The Edge of Fate. Can you speak about what you wished to painting with the growth, and what you need gamers to remove from it?Alison Lührs: Our main objective was to kick off the Fate Saga with a query, and that query is a deliberate problem to one among Destiny’s core beliefs: “Guardians make their own fate” … however do they? In this launch, every of our characters is challenged by destiny otherwise, and their response tells us extra about who they’re and who they’re changing into. We need gamers to interact with that huge query themselves and begin asking huge questions concerning the world of Destiny.Something that was actually cool concerning the Light and Darkness Saga was that it brought on all of the tales being advised in Destiny 2 to synergize with one another, nevertheless it took some time for the sport to get there, with plenty of earlier expansions and seasons centered on smaller, one-off tales. I do know that storytelling for Destiny 2 typically requires planting plenty of seeds that may develop into one thing later, offering choices for story beats that may come up sooner or later, moderately than following a inflexible plan. So in crafting the following “saga” for Destiny 2, what is the workforce’s strategy?AL: We already understand how the Fate Saga ends! When we got down to plan the following saga, we knew we wished to set ourselves up for storytelling success by having a objective to work towards. We deal with the story construction like a skeleton–we know the fundamentals, however how we obtain them is versatile and adaptable. That means we are able to seed parts now that can repay on the very finish. As a consequence, we’ve received a narrative that feels wealthy whereas permitting us as creators flexibility as we go.What did you study from the Light and Darkness saga and all the things culminating in The Final Shape? How did that form or alter Destiny 2 storytelling going ahead?AL: The Final Shape was my first growth (no stress!!), so the most important takeaway was proving out a theory–that our gamers are invested in our characters, and that after we put money into them, it brings everybody alongside for the experience. The Final Shape was an ensemble character examine, and that story’s success proved to us we are able to go deep on character the way in which our followers wish to. Expect extra new pals, deeper time with acquainted ones, and an even bigger concentrate on characters shifting the world by way of their selections.It looks as if The Edge of Fate units up plenty of long-term story threads, however Renegades sounds prefer it’ll be extra of its personal factor. So how are you approaching storytelling going ahead for Destiny 2 total, from growth to growth? Is there nonetheless curiosity at Bungie in telling huge, long-term tales the way in which the previous few years of Destiny 2 have accomplished?AL: Renegades picks up the place Edge of Fate left off, actually–it is a direct continuation of the Fate Saga! We made the deliberate selection to not make this a bottle episode or a one-off, and as a substitute knew our gamers would have interaction extra deeply if we made Renegades an inherent a part of the broader story. We’ll be coping with the ramifications of III’s demise and what the opposite Nine are doing in response.Recent seasons had been capable of put a decent concentrate on character growth, giving one or two characters plenty of consideration with out the necessities of an even bigger, higher-stakes growth story. How does the change in seasons and episodes have an effect on the way you’re taking a look at telling Destiny 2’s story?AL: We assume we are able to have our cake and eat it too. We wish to maintain concentrate on central characters whereas seeing how their selections and relationships impression the world in high-stakes methods. Edge of Fate is an effective instance of this model–rather than cramming in 10-plus characters, we centered on only a handful so we might go deep with them.One of the extra attention-grabbing parts of this marketing campaign, from a structural standpoint, was the way in which plenty of its missions could possibly be performed out of order. It created plenty of small moments with particular characters the place you bought to know them. Can you speak about the way you approached telling The Edge of Fate’s story and the way you went about creating these missions in order that they could possibly be attention-grabbing and add to the entire, while not having to happen in a particular order?AL: First, we wrote out the straightforward story for what we wished to tell–think of a brief seven-sentence sort of story. Then we thought of all of the totally different areas of data that may match beneath that story–facts about characters, revelations concerning the world, worldbuilding–and divided them up by places we knew we’d be visiting. Each space, or biome, has a unique narrative theme, and every of these areas would maintain data particular to that space. That means, when the participant goes by way of, one space isn’t depending on studying one thing from the opposite. You can play both first space within the order you want, after which the aspect quests you unlock are dependent in your development. It was enjoyable to think about story on this means, and we realized lots!The Nine are one of many weirder and extra attention-grabbing parts in Destiny 2 lore. Can you discuss concerning the challenges of reworking the Nine from a form of unknowable background component into characters who work together with the participant?AL: The problem of the Nine is staying true to how alien they’re whereas nonetheless ensuring that gamers can perceive them. Not simply perceive them, however perceive who they’re and what they need. We began by understanding what lore existed, the divide between them, after which began exploring what every of the Nine need as people. We did plenty of analysis on what textual content for the Nine already existed after which had plenty of enjoyable exploring the best way to construct on that basis and flesh out every of them as characters.I’m additionally questioning if the plan is to lean into simply how bizarre (complimentary) the Nine may be, given the Space Horse, Xur, and all the chances of coping with extra-dimensional beings. Is it robust to steadiness all these disparate parts of the Nine’s “character”?AL: It’s enjoyable! One of the fun of telling a fantastic huge area epic is discovering locations to organically tie issues collectively. Storytelling is the act of listening: listening to what we’ve already established, and listening to what gamers are desirous about. Discovering how all the things ties collectively is a very enjoyable train in weaving connections.Lodi is the primary Destiny character who feels much like precise gamers, since his body of reference is lots nearer to our time than the many individuals from the Golden Age in our future. He’s extra of a daily man than any of the Guardians, which gives an attention-grabbing new perspective. Can you speak about bringing a extra up to date character into the game–what drove that call, what the inspirations had been for Lodi, and what the challenges had been in including a personality like that into the story?AL: As quickly as we knew we had been telling a narrative about time, we knew we would have liked a personality to embody that in our ensemble. Time journey is a factor in Destiny, so we knew we’d be taking part in with a well-known component, however we wished to do it in an surprising means. That means taking an enormous risk–we might have simply had our time traveler come right here from the Golden Age, however to the participant’s eye, the Golden Age nonetheless appears to be like like the longer term. We additionally noticed opportunity–if our time traveler was from an period nearer to the participant, there’s tons of area to play with data. What does the character not know, however what do they know our different characters don’t?Once we determined we wished to open that door, a very powerful factor was ensuring they felt like they completely belonged in Destiny. We did that by ensuring they, as a personality, embodied ideas inherent in Destiny: themes of hope, id, and an in depth connection to current Destiny parts.With that as our information, the items fell into place. This character have to be an optimistic one; their journey should contain a seek for definition of id, and–convenient!–we know we want a brand new Emissary.For Lodi the character, we had enjoyable imagining the absolute best candidate for time journey. To us, that meant a diplomat, somebody gifted with language, somebody with a excessive charisma stat block, and most significantly, somebody we might wish to spend time with.The Department of External Observations is an enormous however mysterious a part of The Edge of Fate, and totally different from the same old scientific organizations we often hear about in Destiny 2. What had been your inspirations there, and what led to bringing it into the story?AL: We pitched the DEO as NASA meets the Men in Black. Destiny does plenty of Big Science, and we had been excited to indicate the group that was the inspiration behind a lot of our world’s philosophical strategy. The DEO believes in assembly extraterrestrial life with open arms–that worth carries ahead all the way in which into the longer term. The style of New Weird is a deep one with tons of examples throughout media, and we’re excited to discover extra.The introduction of the DEO was a extra direct look into a few of Destiny 2’s previous than I believe we have ever gotten. With the Nine having these time-manipulation powers, how, if in any respect, are you fascinated by approaching the historical past of Destiny 2? Time journey has at all times been an integral and engaging a part of the story, however are you anticipating to make it a bigger a part of the expertise from right here?AL: Fear not, [as] we’re not going full time journey; we gained’t find yourself on an island within the 70s with the Dharma Initiative or something. We wish to deal with time journey extraordinarily rigorously because it’s simple to mess up–I don’t anticipate time journey as a bigger a part of our expertise shifting ahead.It is vital to notice, although, that in Destiny’s world, we wish to consider our previous with the identical optimism that Destiny thinks about its future. The previous in Destiny shouldn’t be the identical as ours.So–did Lodi assassinate JFK? Was it the Nine? Do you might have an enormous string board arrange within the Bungie workplace? Is the reply to all these questions sure?AL: Lodi has an ironclad alibi. He was together with his brother in Illinois at work, and heading out later to observe his nephew’s peewee soccer sport.More critically, although, it is a enjoyable Easter egg we’re excited to see followers get enthusiastic about! Lee Harvey Oswald was the wrongdoer on this world, identical as ours, however the weapon was suspiciously extraterrestrial. The DEO received maintain of that weapon, was capable of reverse engineer it, and used that found expertise to start the Graviton Project. Dr. Nella Davis, mathematician for the DEO, helped write the proofs for that expertise, and later, the Graviton Lance. Yes, that one.If Destiny 2 had been to, say, hypothetically, ship gamers to Old Chicago sooner or later, would the Bean be there?AL: No, however weirdly sufficient, Adams/Wabash station is completely fantastic.Anything you wish to add?AL: We’re exhausting at work on Renegades, we’re sprucing our story so it’s the very best it may be, and the very best half about it’s ██ ██ █ ████████ ████ ██ ███ ████ ████ ███ ████ ██ █████ ████.