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Was the new Destiny DLC already developed in 2013?

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Can you hear that? That deep rumbling sound emanating from the Internet? Well it’s because there is a storm brewing because apparently the latest Destiny DLC was showcased in a Destiny video from 2013.

So let’s get the messy facts out of the way, here is the latest teaser trailer for the The Reef area that’s party of the House of Wolves DLC.

The offending section starts at around 12 seconds where we get to see the new social area that is coming in the new DLC.

And then here is a feature trailer from February 2013 where a very similar area is shown at 1:23 in the video.

For ease of comparison here are the two one after each other. The first is from the 2013 trailer while the second is from the new DLC.

trailer1

trailer2

The issue was first pointed out by Tom Phillips from Eurogamer via his twitter feed.

There is a debate on whether the areas are the same or not and I’d love to hear your opinion on that but I have a different opinion entirely.

When Destiny was first announced we were promised a 10 year, multi-product and an ever expanding universe. With such a large plan up front it is obvious that the team would have already prepared an outline of the main story arc and would have started working on pieces in that. The idea that they had already prepped some of the Reef before deciding it wasn’t going to make the cut for the first iteration of the game isn’t scandalous.

The game was always going to be a 10 year epic franchise, with multiple bits of DLC. This was never obfuscated. The other option would have been to give the game away for free and charge a monthly subscription but they decided on this model.

Whether we like the model or not really isn’t being questioned here. Bungie are providing exactly what they promised in the beginning and that rumbling storm approaching really is just a storm in a tea-cup.

Destiny was never promised as a singular experience. I can absolutely promise you that they are currently developing parts of Destiny that we won’t see in the next DLC as Bungie have a long-term plan and that is how long-term planning works. So that’s my take on it, if you disagree please feel free to elaborate why in the comments below.

Also Bungie if you read this, please make it possible for me to pay to level my guy up to level 26 so I can go on raids. I find the grind boring.

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Last Updated: April 23, 2015

60 Comments

  1. Umar

    April 23, 2015 at 10:06

    Honestly, I completely agree with you. If they had a 10 year plan, were they just gonna release the game as it is now and THEN only start expanding it? People need to chill out and recognize the difference between these things. Blindly hating something can also be harmful…

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    • Jonah Cash

      April 23, 2015 at 10:14

      Destiny has had to contend with blind hate since day one. It was just the cool thing to do at the time….

      Reply

      • Umar

        April 23, 2015 at 10:16

        In all honesty some of the hate it gets is downright ridiculous..that said. A lot of the criticisms about it were spot on, but if you enjoy something, to hell what people think though.

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        • Hammersteyn

          April 23, 2015 at 10:18

          I’ll pick it up again, I just hate content that’s not available all because you cant get six people together. And it has to be six people who’s play style you know well. Randoms do not work on Raids

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          • Ir0nseraph

            April 23, 2015 at 10:20

            They need to fix jumping too:P

          • Hammersteyn

            April 23, 2015 at 10:22

            hahaha not for me though, my Titan jumps just fine.

          • Admiral Chief asked for this

            April 23, 2015 at 10:30

            Your titan brings all the boyos to the yard?

          • Dawid Eduard Roestorf

            April 23, 2015 at 13:02

            I run raids regularly, and met all of my team mates through Destiny, so I was quite lucky. Would not trade 6player content for anything in the world.

            Also
            “two male hunters walk into a bar, they get kicked out, no girls allowed”

          • Hammersteyn

            April 23, 2015 at 13:11

            lol

    • Mistake Not...

      April 23, 2015 at 10:15

      I guess that’s true. It’s just when it APPEARS as if the DLC was basically done 2 years ago and could have been included in the game, then people get angry. I’m not saying it’s the case here, though. I just want my game developers and publishers to be honest with me. Then again, it’s just one screenshot.

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      • Umar

        April 23, 2015 at 10:25

        Understandable, even if it was developed in 2013, we don’t know how big it is and if it could’ve been included. This game was intended for the long haul, so it all makes sense though.

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        • Jonah Cash

          April 23, 2015 at 10:29

          Yeah that first photo of 2013 could have been concept art for all we know. Or there might have been a bare bones reef hub back then which still needed a lot of work. Destiny is the first game of its kind on console, so they are taking a lot of flak unnecessarily…

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  2. Pieter Kruger

    April 23, 2015 at 10:11

    Jeez, who will still be playing this in 2 years let alone 10!!??????

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    • Jonah Cash

      April 23, 2015 at 10:12

      ME!!! Give me new content every 6 months and I will gladly return to come and finish the new content. Still the best movement in any game I have ever played, the controls are flawless.

      Reply

    • Hammersteyn

      April 23, 2015 at 10:16

      I’ve tapered off quite a bit. but new content is a nice way to bring people back.

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      • Fnuik

        April 23, 2015 at 10:18

        I’ve started playing again this week. But I cannot level past 20. I hate grinding and are really bad at crucible. So I guess I will never be able to do the raids

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        • Jonah Cash

          April 23, 2015 at 10:20

          I am level 31 and a half and have never even tried a raid….

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          • Ir0nseraph

            April 23, 2015 at 10:31

            That’s a shame , when you get all the players together it’s brilliant fun.

          • Jonah Cash

            April 23, 2015 at 10:31

            I will maybe try randoms over the weekend… If time permits… Have to try it once I guess!

          • Ir0nseraph

            April 23, 2015 at 10:33

            I was lucky playing with a good group, I hope randoms works out for you , communication in raid is vital.

          • Jonah Cash

            April 23, 2015 at 10:38

            I can cuss with the best of them in 3 official languages!

          • Ir0nseraph

            April 23, 2015 at 10:39

            XD

        • Hammersteyn

          April 23, 2015 at 10:22

          It wouldn’t be so bad if the game had more areas and enemies. I gets tedious after the first 50 hours.

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          • Jonah Cash

            April 23, 2015 at 10:22

            Your lying it only got tedious after 150 hours for you!! I am about at 150 hours and I can’t do the same things over any more…

          • Hammersteyn

            April 23, 2015 at 10:24

            The grinding wasn’t tedious just the areas. Because we were promised exotics. But I ended up buying 90% of my exotics from Xur

          • Jonah Cash

            April 23, 2015 at 10:25

            I have only bought 2 exotics from Xur… One helmet and one chest piece… Not one weapon at all 🙂

          • Hammersteyn

            April 23, 2015 at 10:26

            The RNG just does not work in my favour

          • Jonah Cash

            April 23, 2015 at 10:27

            I don’t really know how I got all my exotics, but I have like 7 exotic shards that I got from dismantling my exotics. I have 3 exotic guns and the chest piece, I don’t want any more than that to be honest. I don’t want to get the whole collection. I get it, I try it and I use it if I like it otherwise bye bye!!

          • Dawid Eduard Roestorf

            April 23, 2015 at 13:27

            “Looks at my game time on primary character” Oh shit, I think I might be an addict.
            “Looks at game time for least used character” Ok, I have a serious problem

          • Jonah Cash

            April 24, 2015 at 14:05

            Hahaha. Yeah well I still hold that Destiny’s controls and in game movement is worth 50 hours on their own without doing anything meaningful!

        • CattleBruiser

          April 23, 2015 at 11:35

          I think I played against you in the crucible last night. PS4, right?

          Add me, CattleBruiser_ZA, will get you raiding in no time.

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          • Jonah Cash

            April 23, 2015 at 11:49

            Wasn’t me… But I will add you, my PSN ID is Castertroy03

          • CattleBruiser

            April 23, 2015 at 11:57

            Was replying to Fnuik…

            But you’re welcome too 🙂

          • Jonah Cash

            April 24, 2015 at 14:06

            Thanks… really need to stop inviting myself to parties 🙂

  3. Jonah Cash

    April 23, 2015 at 10:11

    Well at least they are planning ahead. Maybe they should come and run Eskom? If those idiots listened to the White paper on our electricity problems 10 years ago we would not have had the headaches of today.
    So good on them for planning ahead properly and not trying to finish things in 2 days that should have taken a month!

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  4. Mistake Not...

    April 23, 2015 at 10:12

    Release the hounds.

    Reply

  5. Hammersteyn

    April 23, 2015 at 10:13

    The areas look the same but that’s fine because I bought the game and season pass because of the 10 year promise and that DLC will follow, so you bring on house of wolves. But the 10 year thing will last about as long as the thousand year Reich. If that long….

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    • Ir0nseraph

      April 23, 2015 at 10:22

      I also grabbed the season pass, and I am battling the urge to start the game up again, and with no raids this time around getting 3 people together won’t be that hard so once released resistance will be futile.

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      • Hammersteyn

        April 23, 2015 at 10:24

        Getting four together is a chore 😛

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        • Ir0nseraph

          April 23, 2015 at 10:28

          XD
          Yeah that one guy must just move off serbian time 😛

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  6. oVg

    April 23, 2015 at 10:17

    Destiny, it was already foretold.

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  7. Sir Faulty

    April 23, 2015 at 10:19

    The internet at its finest again!

    Reply

  8. Blood Emperor Trevor

    April 23, 2015 at 10:27

    • Hammersteyn

      April 23, 2015 at 10:31

      This after it was released on PC… Yeah Rockstar may as well not bother anymore with PC.

      Reply

    • Admiral Chief asked for this

      April 23, 2015 at 10:31

      What is the tl;dr version of that?

      Reply

      • Blood Emperor Trevor

        April 23, 2015 at 10:32

        Shit customer support by Rockstar.

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    • oVg

      April 23, 2015 at 10:32

      500 million dollar me love you long time.

      Reply

      • Blood Emperor Trevor

        April 23, 2015 at 10:33

        Zim dollar, so around… R2. We all know you’re cheap. ;P

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        • oVg

          April 23, 2015 at 10:33

          no dollar no happy ending 🙁

          Reply

          • Blood Emperor Trevor

            April 23, 2015 at 10:37

            I’d buy that for a dollar!

    • Greylingad

      April 23, 2015 at 10:45

      AAAARRRRRGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! I.AM.STILL.FUMING!!!! I saw this last night, it’s absurd man, naturally I’m biased because I’ve fallen victim to a stolen account, but it’s just simply unacceptable, really… I mean, the DRM that is supposed to prevent a pirate from stealing my game right, has now managed to completely prevent me from playing the game, which I paid R700 for mind you… And now what? As I’m typing this with one hand, because the other is stuck in a rather uncomfortable place, I’m wondering if this will go anywhere… Funny enough though, social club had the audacity to update before kicking me out completely and then giving me a word picture fill in thing, like, oh shit guys we forgot the third party verification, let’s pop it in as an after thought….Anyway… at least it gave me a chance to learn how to play Show me how to live from Audioslave while I wait for a response from Rockstars support…

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      • Blood Emperor Trevor

        April 23, 2015 at 10:55

        This happened to you? Eish man, that sucks.

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        • Greylingad

          April 23, 2015 at 11:08

          Yep, unfortunately… The funny thing though is that I could play GTA V offline with the account not trying to connect, but last night for some strange reason social club decided it would be a good idea to activate the account, out of the blue, and now I’m completely locked out, but I mean, what can you do? In a sense I understand that Rockstar would tell their guys to just avoid the compromised account thing like the plague, simply because they don’t have a solution yet, but I mean, then at least communicate it to the staff that has to deal with angry callers, nothing sucks more than being left in the dark…

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  9. Lardus-Resident Perve

    April 23, 2015 at 10:29

    Interesting opinion on this and well “logicated”. Still not a fan of the whole thing because it is online. Witcher 3 is coming…still need a platform and DA:I 🙁

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    • Lardus-Resident Perve

      April 23, 2015 at 10:30

      5 working days left 🙂

      Reply

  10. WitWolfy

    April 23, 2015 at 10:31

    People still play this rapefest of a game??? Thought people already learned their lesson, guess not.

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  11. Viking Of Science

    April 23, 2015 at 10:31

    What’s Destiny again?

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  12. Greylingad

    April 23, 2015 at 10:32

    Meh-stiny… This is the typical example of over promise and under deliver, oh, we’ll invest 400 bazillion dolla in a game you’ll get tired of after the first 10 minutes and slowly release pre conceptual DLC…

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  13. Brady miaau

    April 23, 2015 at 10:36

    Good opinion Gavin.
    Starting development and finishing is not quite the same thing.

    Also, other than the and some roof attachments, how is exactly the same? Pah, people like finding fault.

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  14. Aries

    April 23, 2015 at 12:15

    “please make it possible for me to pay to level my guy up to level 26 so I can go on raids. I find the grind boring.”

    Agree with this part the most, oh and Bungie most likely planned everything in advance, how else would they get anywhere with the game

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