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'''''Destiny''''' is an open-world massive multiplayer first-person shooter video game developed by [[Bungie]], released on September 9, 2014 for the [[Xbox One]], [[Xbox 360]], [[PlayStation 4]] and [[PlayStation 3]]. <ref name="launch"/>. The game's sequel, ''[[Destiny 2]]'' was released on September 6, 2017. | '''''Destiny''''' is an open-world massive multiplayer first-person shooter video game developed by [[Bungie]], released on September 9, 2014 for the [[Xbox One]], [[Xbox 360]], [[PlayStation 4]] and [[PlayStation 3]]. <ref name="launch"/>. The game's sequel, ''[[Destiny 2]]'' was released on September 6, 2017. | ||
Unlike typical FPS games, ''Destiny'' features [[Wikipedia:Role-playing game|role-playing]] elements and as such has been likened to "''[[ | Unlike typical FPS games, ''Destiny'' features [[Wikipedia:Role-playing game|role-playing]] elements and as such has been likened to "''[[wowwiki:World of Warcraft|World of Warcraft]]'' in space,"<ref name="Eurogamer 5222012"/> while Bungie refers to it as a "shared world shooter."<ref>[http://au.ign.com/articles/2013/02/21/destiny-coming-to-playstation-4?abthid=512571c8f46a8b285500002d '''IGN''' -DESTINY COMING TO PLAYSTATION 4'']</ref> | ||
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''Destiny'' is set in the 28th century in a post-apocalyptic setting. Humans had spread and colonized the [[Wikipedia:Solar System|Solar System]] with the help of a spherical entity known simply as "[[Traveler|the Traveler]]" who reshaped planets and moons, and taught humanity new technologies and mystical powers that led to a time later called the [[Golden Age]]. An event known as "[[The Collapse]]", an attack from the Darkness, an unknown faction or entity, saw the dissolution of these colonies and left mankind on the brink of extinction. The only known survivors of the Collapse are those living on Earth, who were saved by the Traveler.<ref>'''Game Informer January 2014''', ''page 52''</ref> The Traveler hovers above the [[Last City|last remaining human city]] as a large spherical body, and its presence gives the [[Guardians|Guardians of the City]]—the last defenders of the human race—the ability to wield an unknown power.<ref name="ign 11272012" /> | ''Destiny'' is set in the 28th century in a post-apocalyptic setting. Humans had spread and colonized the [[Wikipedia:Solar System|Solar System]] with the help of a spherical entity known simply as "[[Traveler|the Traveler]]" who reshaped planets and moons, and taught humanity new technologies and mystical powers that led to a time later called the [[Golden Age]]. An event known as "[[The Collapse]]", an attack from the Darkness, an unknown faction or entity, saw the dissolution of these colonies and left mankind on the brink of extinction. The only known survivors of the Collapse are those living on Earth, who were saved by the Traveler.<ref>'''Game Informer January 2014''', ''page 52''</ref> The Traveler hovers above the [[Last City|last remaining human city]] as a large spherical body, and its presence gives the [[Guardians|Guardians of the City]]—the last defenders of the human race—the ability to wield an unknown power.<ref name="ign 11272012" /> | ||
