There’s quite a lot to sink your teeth into in this new expansionary content, even if Bungie unabashedly plays to Destiny’s current crowd of players. There are five story missions, a couple of new strikes, new weapons and armor to bolster your character’s light level into the high 300’s, new Exotic quest lines, a new social area, a new area called the Plaguelands, new game modes and maps in The Crucible, a battle arena called Archon’s Forge, and of course the new Wrath of the Machine Raid. Rise of Iron is though, largely the same in terms of content in this expansion. Bungie also expands on a small part of the Destiny universe in its story of the Iron Lords, how Lord Saladin and the Iron Banner Tournament fit into the scheme of Destiny’s narrative. The bet is that players won’t tire of grinding for gear that will get them battle-ready for the game’s toughest challenges in its big new Raid. Rise of Iron follows the same pattern that we saw with The Taken King, the developers doubling down on the core character building mechanics of the game. Last year saw Bungie throwing in live updates for the game, content that would have to hold people over for the long year wait for a true expansion. While Year 2 saw significant improvements to the game, it was a year that was marked by a single expansion.

With Destiny: Rise of Iron, Bungie and fans of their game head into Year 3 for the shooter.

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