![]() ![]() The bulk of it feels like filler, which is ironic considering the short length.Įqually lacking is an activity known as Archon’s Forge. An exciting tank battle and a surprising final boss fight are a mere 10 minutes of that campaign, with the rest of it failing to stand out in any exceptional way. Lord Saladin, the centerpiece of Rise of Iron, is a gruff, no-nonsense soldier who informs you on a need-to-know basis and may as well be a forgettable sergeant from Call of Duty Whatever.įor this and other reasons, Rise of Iron’s campaign is hardly worth a mention, easily finished in under two hours. The Taken King’s sassy Nathan Fillion-voiced Cayde-6 and the comically downtrodden Eris Morn have been replaced by a far less interesting cast. Worse still, the humor and character building in Rise of Iron feels like a huge step backward. ![]() Hating SIVA felt like hating malware on my computer. I learned to hate The Taken King’s Oryx through his actions and giant scary face. I also found it hard to get pumped about taking down a mindless nanotechnology, which regards you and dirt with the same level of fascination. I understand the appeal of storylines that play things close to the vest, but Rise of Iron leans so far in that direction as to be incoherent. SIVA’s rise and plot is so poorly explained that even after hours poring over Destiny wiki entries, I’m still not 100 percent sure I have all the details down. Rise of Iron’s storyline feels like a vestige of "Year 1" Destiny, and that isn’t a good thing. Placed in the wrong hands (in this case, the Fallen), SIVA becomes a force that must be halted before its influence infects everything. Unfortunately, it turns out that emotionless nanotechnology doesn’t make for the most responsible rebuilder of civilization. But SIVA was safely locked away, waiting for the day it could be put to use. Well, spoilers, the world pretty much ended. Long ago, a technology called SIVA was created to help rebuild the world in the event of disaster. Rise of Iron follows in the tradition of the other Destiny expansions, in that it expounds on a side story in the game’s universe, rather than the core arc of The Traveler and whatever the hell it’s up to. ![]()
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