Destiny 2, a 2017 sci-fi massive online multiplayer roleplaying game (MMO-RPG), is at heart a game about aliens and space magic, but it has given me memories during dark times that I hold very dearly.
In July of 2018, I had hit a rut with my video game enjoyment and I felt an itch to dive into a realm of gaming that I had never experienced before.
While on YouTube one night, I came across a video on the ‘looter’ genre of video games where the items you collect are mostly random chance – and when I tell you I fell down a rabbit hole, I mean I fell so deeply that I never came out.
I had done so much research on MMORPG looters over a month that I was practically already playing them before I picked up Destiny 2 for $20.75 at EB Games in August 2018. I knew that I was going to love it, but I never knew how much.
Fast forward to 2020, COVID-19 had done its work on my life and I was left feeling disappointed at how fun the year could have been. I lost the rest of my grade 11 year, the playoffs of my hockey season, and I didn’t know what bad news was next.
I had been playing Destiny 2 religiously by then and I didn’t feel the same passion to turn on my Xbox in light of reality, but then I remembered something.
The most difficult challenges in the game require communication and time commitment, which is something I normally couldn’t swing with a busy schedule. My work was cut down for me with almost nothing to do in real life; however; the random people I met online with in the same situation as me gave me solace.
Day after day I conquered the next mission on my list as I hunted down the best items, the best gear, and the best cosmetics. Destiny truly gave me drive and purpose again.
Now, I still play Destiny 2 weekly with friends and family, and it still gives me the same escape it did during uncertain times; and I’m sure it inevitably will again.
