14 DAY TRIAL // PlayStation Access released a new video showing what's inside the Destiny: Ghost Edition and Limited Edition packaging, offering those waiting to pick up their copy a preview and allowing vanilla adopters to have a look at what they're missing.
The first-person shooter is laden with massively multiplayer online game elements and also has a pronounced role-playing game flavor, making for a truly interesting experience that's like Borderlands 2 on steroids.
The science fiction setting promising an interesting storyline to explore together with the polished gameplay and breathtaking visuals will no doubt propagate Destiny to the top of this year's charts.
It's what's inside that counts
The video shows both versions unboxed, taking gamers through all the contents of the limited edition, including the motion-activated Ghost replica, featuring crazy lights and a couple of lines from voice actor Peter Dinklage, who voices your in-game companion during your adventures.
The only way that replica Ghost would have been any cooler is if it were made out of Lego bricks.
In addition to grabbing a steel bookcase copy of the game and various physical and digital bonuses, both limited editions also come with a Destiny Expansions Pass, allowing players access to future add-ons, of which for the time being two have been revealed, with the first expected to drop sometime in December.
The two limited editions cost significantly more than the standard version of the game does, and they're most likely sold out everywhere and only attainable by those who pre-ordered them, but they come with some interesting memorabilia from what is shaping up to become one of the biggest games of the year.
But what's inside-er matters most
The game is poised to become publisher Activision's third billion-dollar franchise, joining mammoth series Skylanders and Call of Duty. The publisher invested quite a lot of resources in Destiny, with development and marketing costs said to have totaled over $500 / €386 million, which is even more than the budget of James Cameron's "Avatar."
Developer Bungie's previous work on the Halo series proved its ability to create gripping sci-fi stories set in an immersive universe, and Destiny is the studio's most ambitious project yet.
The game promises a wealth of single-player and multiplayer content, catering to both lone rangers as well as to fans of get-togethers, enabling gamers to join forces in order to take down various challenges, and even including six-player raids that will severely test the communication and cooperation skills of those who tackle them.
Destiny is coming out tomorrow, available on the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One platforms.
