We Played The Final Shape
Summary
TLDRIn this video, the speaker provides an in-depth preview of the upcoming 'Beyond Light' expansion for the game Destiny 2. They discuss the new Prismatic subclass, which combines light and darkness abilities, offering a highly customizable and powerful gameplay experience. The speaker also highlights the new exotic weapons, armor, and the unique mechanics of the 'Pillar of Autumn' area, which features dynamic environmental changes. Additionally, they share initial impressions of the campaign's narrative, hinting at a darker tone and a potential satisfying conclusion to the game's current storyline. The video promises detailed reviews and deep dives into the new content in the following weeks.
Takeaways
- 🎮 The video discusses the 'final shape' of a game, with a focus on the introduction of new exotic weapons, armor, and the 'Pismatic' subclass.
- 🔫 The 'Still Hunt' exotic sniper rifle and the 'Celestial' ability are highlighted, with a tip on how to synergize them for a powerful effect.
- 🌌 The 'Microcosm' exotic trace rifle and the 'Kostov Red Death' are among the new exotic weapons available to players.
- 🛡️ Exotic armor pieces for Titan, Hunter, and Warlock classes are featured, with individual reviews planned for each.
- 🌈 'Pismatic' is a new type of subclass that combines light and dark abilities, offering a highly advanced and versatile playstyle.
- 🔮 The 'Transcendence' ability is tied to a new meter and allows players to deal increased damage with their weapons and abilities.
- 💣 The 'Pismatic' grenade is introduced, which varies by class and combines various subclass verbs for potent effects.
- 🤹♂️ The introduction of 'Exotic class items' allows players to merge two exotics into one, greatly enhancing the power of the 'Pismatic' subclass.
- 👾 New enemy types called 'Dread' are mentioned, which are considered more annoying and challenging than previous enemy types like the 'Scorn'.
- 🗺️ The 'Pillar of Heaven' is a new area in the game with a unique, dynamic environment that can shift from clear to enveloped in darkness.
- 🦸♂️ New supers and aspects for each class are introduced, promising changes to the gameplay and strategies in both PvE and PvP modes.
Q & A
What is the main focus of the video content described in the script?
-The main focus of the video content is to discuss the 'final shape' of a game, presumably Destiny, including the introduction of a new subclass called Prismatic, exotic weapons, armor pieces, and the gameplay experience without revealing any spoilers.
What is special about the Prismatic subclass introduced in the final shape?
-The Prismatic subclass is unique because it combines light and darkness abilities, offering players a wide range of abilities and allowing for a high degree of customization and build variety.
What is the 'Transcendence' ability in the context of the Prismatic subclass?
-Transcendence is a special ability that players can activate when certain meters fill up. It enhances the player's weapon damage by 5% and increases ability recharge rates, providing a significant power boost.
How does the new exotic sniper rifle with golden gun synergize with the Celestial ability?
-The exotic sniper rifle allows for a single golden gun super shot, which synergizes with the Celestial ability, providing a powerful combination for players.
What is the significance of the 'Exotic class items' in the context of the Prismatic subclass?
-Exotic class items are significant because they allow players to merge two exotics into one, enhancing the power and versatility of the Prismatic subclass and leading to a 'power fantasy on roids' experience.
What is the narrative tone of the final shape expansion?
-The narrative tone of the final shape expansion is darker than previous experiences, which the script's speaker appreciates as it adds depth to the game's story.
What are some of the new enemy types introduced in the final shape?
-Some of the new enemy types introduced are the Dread, including Subjugators which are as potent as Tormentors, and flying bats with suppression effects, adding new challenges to the game.
What is the Pillar of Heaven like as a new area in the game?
-The Pillar of Heaven is a new area with a unique atmosphere that can shift from clear skies to enveloping darkness, providing a dynamic and challenging environment for players.
What is the general sentiment of the speaker regarding the final shape expansion?
-The speaker is impressed with what they have experienced in the final shape and is excited about the expansion, expecting it to be one of the best.
What are the speaker's hopes for the narrative conclusion of the final shape campaign?
-The speaker hopes that the final shape campaign will provide a satisfying conclusion to the story, answering many of the lingering questions and setting up future narrative points.
Outlines
🎮 Early Access to 'The Final Shape' Exotic Gameplay
The speaker discusses their early access to 'The Final Shape', a new content release in a game, where they had the opportunity to play with various Exotic weapons and armor pieces. They mention the Still Hunt Exotic sniper rifle, which synergizes with the Celestial ability, and the Microcosm Exotic Trace rifle. The speaker also talks about the new Prismatic subclass, which combines light and darkness abilities, and how it's the most advanced class introduced by Bungie. They describe the complexity and the learning curve associated with this new subclass, emphasizing the need to rethink traditional subclass roles and abilities.
🚀 Exotic Class Items and Prismatic's Power Fantasy
The speaker elaborates on the second day of their experience, where they were introduced to Exotic class items that allow for the merging of two Exotics into one, significantly enhancing the Prismatic subclass's capabilities. They describe the power fantasy that comes with this new system and speculate on the potential impact on the game's raid, suggesting that the raid's early launch is due to the immense power that players will have with fully kitted out Prismatic subclasses. The speaker also discusses various builds and strategies they experimented with, highlighting the potential for a high degree of build variety and creativity.
🌑 The Pill Heart: A New Game Area with Dynamic Atmosphere
The speaker describes the Pill Heart, a new game area with a unique and dynamic atmosphere. They mention the area's contrast between serene beauty and a more ominous, dark environment, which can change rapidly, affecting gameplay. The speaker also discusses the Dread, a new enemy type that is as challenging as the Scorn, with various subclasses like Weavers and Subjugators that pose a significant threat to players. They express excitement about facing these new enemies in higher difficulties and campaigns.
🛡️ Facing Dread Enemies and Boss Encounters
The speaker shares their anticipation for facing the Dread enemies in harder difficulties and legendary campaigns. They discuss the unique and challenging boss encounters involving the Dread and appreciate the lore details provided about their creation. The speaker also mentions the use of new aspects and supers, which they plan to review in more detail later, and provides a brief overview of their experience with these new gameplay elements.
🔥 New Supers and Aspects: PvP and PvE Implications
The speaker talks about their experience with the new supers and aspects in both PvP and PvE settings. They describe the effectiveness of the Titan super in PvP, the potential of the new Warlock super for both PvP and PvE, and the Hunter's Ascension aspect, which they found to be undervalued. The speaker also mentions the Ghost super's impact in PvP and their intention to further explore these new elements in upcoming content.
📚 Final Thoughts on 'The Final Shape' and Lore Expectations
In conclusion, the speaker expresses their overall positive impression of 'The Final Shape' and its potential to be one of the best expansions. They discuss the darker narrative undertone and commend Bungie for embracing it. The speaker also addresses their hopes for the expansion to provide answers to lingering lore questions and to set the stage for future narrative developments, emphasizing their desire for a satisfying conclusion to the story.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Exotics
💡Pristina
💡Transcendence
💡Exotic Class Items
💡Subclass Verbs
💡The Final Shape
💡Dread
💡Subclass Aspects
💡Supers
💡Pillar of Autumn
💡Narrative
Highlights
The introduction of Prismatic, a new subclass that combines light and darkness abilities, marking a new level of class complexity in the game.
Pristina, the new exotic sniper rifle with a golden gun feature, synergizes with the Celestial ability for a powerful super shot.
The playtest included a variety of exotic armor pieces and weapons, such as the Trace rifle and the Messer's red death.
Transcendence, a new ability that boosts weapon damage and ability recharge, requires strategic use of light and dark abilities to activate.
The new Prismatic grenade offers a unique combination of subclass verbs, providing a diverse range of effects.
The introduction of the exotic class items allows for merging two exotics into one, significantly enhancing the power of the Prismatic subclass.
The variety of builds and strategies available with Prismatic is expected to be higher than ever due to its versatile nature.
The new enemy type, Dread, is considered more challenging and annoying than previous enemy types, offering a new level of difficulty.
The Pillar of Heaven, a new area in the game, features a dynamic and immersive environment with changing weather conditions.
The narrative of the final shape is darker and more complex, with Bungie aiming to provide a satisfying conclusion to the storyline.
The new supers for each class offer unique abilities and playstyles, adding more depth to the gameplay.
The new aspects provide additional strategic options and enhance the abilities of each class.
The upcoming content will include in-depth reviews and analysis of exotics, aspects, supers, and the Prismatic subclass.
The raid is launching earlier than usual to accommodate the powerful nature of the new Prismatic subclass and exotic class items.
The red subclass that was speculated in previous discussions is confirmed not to be in development, clarifying past rumors.
The final shape expansion promises to be one of the best, with a focus on narrative depth and gameplay innovation.
Transcripts
so guys we got to play it we got to play
the final shape a little bit early now
understand today's video is not going to
be containing really any spoilers we are
going to be showing a lot of the Exotics
because during the two days that we got
to play the final shape we pretty much
play with every single exotic that
includes the still hunt exotic sniper
rifle with golden gun which by the way
just to give you a small little tip
there it does synergized with Celestial
yes you can get one single golden gun
super shot off with it it's quite
amazing microcosm we got to play with
that as well that's the Exotic Trace
rifle and it's a kinetic Trace rifle and
we got the mess with kostov red death
and pretty much every exotic armor piece
on the Titan Hunter and warlock classes
we got to play with all of those I will
be doing individual reviews of those
Exotics because we tested those things
extensively today though I wanted to
focus more on the final shape the intro
Mission into the final shape but also
the big item which is the thing that
everyone's been asking how was Prismatic
Prismatic is the new subclass that we're
going to be getting in the final shape
and it is something that we didn't know
we were originally going to be getting
Strand and and both stasis were things
that were pitched very early on and
initially Prismatic though Not only was
it not revealed to us in the vok last
year but it is doing something that
Bungie has never done before it is
combining light and darkness abilities
all together now let me just say right
out the gate this is the most advanced
class Bungie has ever given us and it's
going to take a very long time to really
just wrap your head around it because it
took me and it's still taken me a long
time to wrap my head around it when you
have access to this many different
abilities you're looking at your subass
UI and you're like okay I've got an arc
subclass I'm rocking a void grenade I'm
rocking a strand melee when I slide my
abilities change because of whatever
aspect or maybe I'm charging of a trip
mine super Trip Mine grenade up on
Hunter you know I I've got the ability
to jolt Scorch sever freeze it messes
with you it messes with your head
because we've been so committed to these
particular Lanes think back to when D2
first launched and we had just these
little sub menus of what our subclass is
and that's where we played in you know
you got top tree bottom tree and middle
tree and Forsaken and then that was it
and then eventually we rolled into the
fragman aspect system but it was still
committed to one elemental type and
within those Elemental types you would
have your set of subclass verbs what's
so confusing with Prismatic is in your
mind you're like okay I'm rocking an arc
subass like my super is Arc but it's not
just jolt that you're going to be doing
here you have the ability to have access
to ignitions and Scorch and the ability
to weaken and freeze and Sever and so
when I say this is an advanced class it
really just kind of comes back to the
understanding of what we had before and
almost like unlearning those things and
going all right this is how Prismatic
works and once you wrap your your head
around that then you could start making
Headway into builds now I will say
initially at least in the campaign
similar to how strand was and even
stasis to some aspects you're going to
be relying on Prismatic to like do
damage to certain enemy types you'll see
these enemy types that have like the
rainbow look and you know you'll have to
go over there and get Transcendence to
do damage against those enemies and
again Transcendence is essentially this
bar underneath your super metab bar and
as you do damage with Darkness abilities
and also do damage with light abilities
each one of those meters fills up now if
you're doing damage with a kinetic
weapon you're going to actually be
splitting the the amount of ability or
the amount of regeneration on either
side but each one of those things fills
up and then when it fills up you have
the ability to press a button and you
are now Transcendence and in that moment
when you're Transcendence your weapon
damage goes up by 5% your ability
increases are off the channel like
there's just so many abilities you're
going to get to a point especially like
in week two when you have access to
Exotic class items where the amount of
abilities you have readily available you
almost don't have enough time to to put
that many inputs in there's just
especially in a Transcendence mode
there's just so much happening man it's
almost like a mini super it's almost
like you're rocking one and a half
supers now with Transcendence on top of
that you get access to the grenades the
Prismatic grenade which is going to be
specific to each class and those are
very potent as well and they too dip
into a variety of subclass verbs as it's
normally like a mixture of things
whether it's like suspend and jolt
together or or it's like shatter damage
and you know void damage together you
know so there there's a variety of
different subass verbs that they all
rely on and that's the thing about
Prismatic is just understanding that you
really are rocking a little bit of
everything but initially I would say
Prismatic was not that crazy to me like
it was like okay this is cool but I'm
not that Blown Away by it and that's
where I was like initially and when I
say initially I'm talking about in the
campaign I was concerned that Prismatic
was too much of a jack of all trades
build here's where things really blow up
the second day we were there we got
access to Exotic class items that's the
big selling point for prismatic is with
exotic class items you now have the
ability to merge two Exotics into one
now it's not the entire exotic you'll be
like the main benefit of that exotic and
that'll be the Bold Point that's within
that exotic class item but nonetheless
it's still two exotic class items into
one and that is what really elevated
Prismatic so initially when rocking
Prismatic which is my normal Exotics I
was like okay this is this is all right
and I'm not blown away by it then when I
got into the full builds when we had all
the aspects unlocked all the fragments
unlocked because they pretty much gave
us the whole Suite to play with in the
second day and all the Exotic class
items that's whenever it was like this
is power Fantasy on roids this is why
the raid is coming out 3 days after the
launch of the final shape and not week 2
had the raid come out in week 2 I'm not
saying we would have walked in there and
SLA the witness around but exotic class
items and a fully kitted out Prismatic
subass you're going to be putting out
some potent damage you're going to be
doing some nasty stuff and what's so
crazy is with all these different
variety of different aspects and
fragments and and also class items
there's going to be more build variety
than ever before and we know this
because we have like the build battle
series and I will say as a season goes
on all the builds kind of consolidate
into like maybe three like two or three
where everyone's just pretty much much
using the exact same thing there's some
people being creative but there's
obviously like your your bold Point
potent bills that rise to the top
Prismatic though because of how much
variety is it's going to take us a long
time to really just narrow down and like
what is the most potent now in terms of
what I I use we tried a variety of
different things some were more potent
than others there was one set of
abilities we did which included us
rocking dust fi grenades we were rocking
Spirit of renewal and that was you know
of course is getting getting a b with
the frost armor there and then the other
exotic that we were rocking with it was
actually from the the hunter exotic
helmets so Sera rnes facade so we had
Spirit of renewal and ser raknes facade
that one comes where you where you gain
woven Mel when activating a grapple
there's been some changes there and so
the change there is just simply by using
your grenade you get woven melt so if
you're understanding where I'm coming
with this guys with the single dust fill
grenade throw you have both woven male
and frost armor you essentially have
double the resist and so the things that
you can tank with that was was pretty
wild and I was just running in there and
like throwing it down and essentially
just letting things just beat the piss
out of me just to see like what I could
survive but I'm really impressed with
that and obviously like in day one
encounters when you have minus 20 Deltas
like that's going to make a big
difference another combination we rock
was actually the spirit of abiant leap
which of course takes advantage of
dinger's lash but we combine this with
the spirit of kep and ke's getting a
buff too and dude the amount of
abilities I had not even including
Transcendence was wild because
essentially I mean I was just popping
abilities over and over from my
concentration from getting the slam from
popping my barricade to uh suspending
everything in front of me from applying
the wave of solar going back and forth
doing the the solar and doing damage
with that like essentially I I ran into
a situation with that particular build
where I was like dude I have so many
abilities at my disp
I just I don't have enough time to get
all of these abilities out that's how
crazy it is and you know what's even
even crazier is like the moment you pop
Prismatic or Transcendence these things
amplify so it's like you're already
chewing out abilities left and right and
all over the place but then you hit
Transcendence and this thing this thing
amps up even more on top of giving you a
prismatic grenade now what I will say
about the Prismatic grenade that takes
presence over your base grenade so it's
not like you can use your Bas grenade
while using the moment you're in trans
in it's you're only using the Prismatic
grenade which you're going to want to
use anyways because it's potent but that
was the experience there with Prismatic
and we'll be doing like deep dives into
Prismatic uh this week but just to give
you an idea here initially when the
final shape launches Prismatic is a
means of getting through the campaign
kind of like strand is potent but not
nearly as potent as what you were you
were going to want it to be but then
week 2 rolls around the episode will
launch we get access to Exotic class
items and that's where things get insane
and again like I said earlier this is
why the raid is launching in week one
Buie knows this they know we would have
went in there and probably whooped up
the raid pretty quickly especially like
high tier players that know how to build
craft really really fast those guys when
they get their hands on exotic class
items and the full kit there Prismatic
it's going to be nasty so yeah lots of
great things from that let's kind of
circle back to the the final shape
itself I don't want to give you
narrative spoilers because the narrative
is really important to all of us I did
have an interview though with the with
the narrative team and one of the other
developers and you know I'm I'm trying
to get access to that audio and I think
we may just upload that audio from that
interview and that way you can kind of
get an idea of what I was trying to go
for but essentially in that interview
guys what I was really driving home to
and my questions was are we going to get
all the answers are we going to wrap up
the Lucin l wise now let me just say I
definitely didn't get nearly as many
answers as I had hoped a lot of it came
back to hey cross just play the campaign
you'll get more information and we did
get to play mission one we also got to
play Mission 5 I would say jumping
around from mission to Mission like that
we didn't get to play a bunch but I
think we also got to play a little bit
of mission 7 but one was like the
mission we played the most of and I
honestly was kind of like kept my
blinders on CU I didn't want to know too
much going into it because nothing jars
me more than like jumping around in a
campaign and things get kind of
fragmented so I like to kind of
experience things in its chronological
order because that's the best way to
experience it but I asked questions in
that interview and those questions
included are we going to learn more
about the three factions the factions
that make up the witness right what was
the witness's life like before the
witness and all I got pretty much from
that is just play the campaign and these
things will be answered now one question
we did ask and this was actually
answered for us right on the spot was
about the red subass I asked was the red
subass ever going to be a thing and
essentially what I asked was are we
going to get that third subass I would
assume it it will be paracausal
considering our other subclasses but
things are going to change right
obviously after we defeat the witness
how is that going to play a role how why
would we even need a third sub class
that wasn't really answered on whether
or not we're going to get a third sub
class what was answered was that the red
subass that we covered last year was not
real I don't know what that was they
just said that there is no red subass
being worked done they did not say that
a a new subass is not being worked done
or that we will not get the third dness
subass they just said from that
screenshot that so many of us ran with
last year uh on the red subass that is
in fact not real so yeah just just
wanted to bring some clarification on
that I'm happy that they answered that
for us though anyways as far as like the
final shape goes and the pel heart this
is an area that's going to be unlike any
area we have had and the reason why I
bring that up is because the the vibe of
it is just creepier and it's not
necessarily like day and night cycle and
not going to get into like mechanics or
whatever but there are points when
playing on the pill heart where you know
things are clear and you can see the sky
and everything it'll go from that to
suddenly you can't even see what's right
in front of you like that that's and it
almost reminds me like the dynamic
weather system they included in Europa
it's similar to that except for this is
just like more daunting you know it's
not just oh it's snow we're in a
blizzard it's like no you're literally
being enveloped by what you would equate
to the darkness and uh that that plays
into it mechanically but that's kind of
the experience on the pill heart you'll
go from this Garden atmosphere to some
of the most beautiful areas and then
you'll step off into what feels like
hell and I love that you could have both
of those type of biomes in in this one
destination now I did not get to
experience the entire destination we
mainly only got to play like within the
mission structure and then we got to
play one of the game modes on the on the
pill heart which is really cool but uh
within that new activity is when I got
to really experience you know that that
effect where suddenly clear skies you
see your enemies all around you and the
next thing you know it everything around
you you can't even see what what's
happening in front of you and it feels
like you're being wrapped in darkness so
that was really cool now finding the
dread we said in the past that the I
would say the most annoying enemy type
to face inside of Destiny is probably
the Scorn the scorn man that they just
the way they move the the fact that some
of them just go in complete immunity by
just like disappearing the reappearing
and then they can just kill you from
behind or the fact that they have this