Bungie has spent the previous ten years exploring the depths of our photo voltaic system, nevertheless it looks as if it’s lastly gearing as much as transfer on to one thing, or reasonably someplace, else. At the very least that’s what it appears like goes to occur in Future’s eleventh 12 months, which is tentatively titled Frontiers.
In a latest interview with Edge journal, which was republished by way of GamesRadar+, some Bungie builders mentioned the way forward for the sport, which is presently in ts tenth 12 months and midway by way of its first “episode”—a famous break from the sport’s seasonal mannequin, although gamers are presently struggling to acknowledge what’s basically totally different. Whereas discussing what gamers ought to anticipate from the following 12 months, Bungie additionally tipped its hand a little bit bit, gesturing at what’s to return subsequent for Future 2, , together with not solely new characters and tales, but in addition seemingly new worlds.
At the very least, that’s what it looks as if Robbie Stevens, an assistant recreation director on Future 2, is suggesting. When discussing what’s subsequent for the epic sci-fi/fantasy opera, Stevens divulged:
“A whole lot of that fascinated about 12 months 11, and the way we begin actually moving into the following journey right here after these Episodes, we’re going to be leaning on that considering as properly. As a result of we’ve been doing this linear factor for some time now, and we need to get again to increasing our worlds and world-building, increasing the universe of Future usually.”
The emphasis on worlds and world-building are the important thing to why Stevens’ assertion excites me. In Future’s lore, humanity skilled a golden age of discovery and exploration previous to its battle towards the Darkness that culminated with the struggle towards the Witness in The Closing Form.
The battle decimated humanity and compelled it on its backfoot, that means that a lot of the sequence has been spent clawing again house within the photo voltaic system from the forces of the Darkness. For the primary time in a very long time, the Guardians are type of free to push again out and go to new and fully alien worlds.
It’s an thrilling prospect that delivers on a part of the fantasy that gamers have had for the reason that very first Future. Although they’ve all the time understood the need for protecting the story in our personal photo voltaic system, you’ll be able to’t moderately give people a sci-fi recreation with ships and aliens and ask them to by no means anticipate to go wherever else. Taken altogether, Stevens’ tease, the Frontiers naming, and latest cutscene detailing a personality’s dream of exploring the expanse of house with their accomplice definitely level to us getting the fuck out of Sol, and seeing extra of the galaxy!!
Contemplating how way more we’ve discovered concerning the alien species of Future since its beginnings, this seems like a foregone conclusion, nevertheless it’s thrilling to suppose it’s practically right here. Over time, we’ve discovered rather a lot concerning the Hive and their homeworld of Fundament, and although it sounds inhospitable as hell, think about attending to see it someday sooner or later? Caiatl, a Cabal commander who turned one in all humanity’s biggest allies, usually talks concerning the former capital of the Cabal Empire, Torobatl, which was decimated by the Hive god of battle, Xivu Arath. Regardless of taking out each of her siblings (Savathun and Oryx), Xivu Arath continues to be at massive and the marketing campaign towards her might start or finish by reclaiming Torobatl!
The Eliksni, who got here to be generally known as the Fallen, are nonetheless in want of a brand new dwelling world after the collapse of Riis, and the failure of Riis-Reborn on Europa. The Closing Form even teases gamers with glimpses on the Witness’ unique civilization, and based on this latest interview, their faction (the Dread) are apparently right here to remain. And the place precisely do the Vex come from, and what’s their complete deal? There are such huge questions that want answering in Future nonetheless, and it more and more seems like our photo voltaic system is operating out of options to supply. It’s time to get on the market.
Future 2 is an infamously advanced and convoluted recreation, so I’m actually trying ahead to this tender reset that’s following The Closing Form. I’m much more excited for the specific route that it takes and the way properly it realizes that dream of Future that I had ten years in the past.