We interviewed Adam Miller, Senior Narrative Designer, and Guillaume Colomb, Narrative Lead, at Bungie to discuss Destiny 2: Beyond the Light.
This Tuesday, November 10, the new great expansion of Destiny 2: Beyond the Light finally goes on sale. With it will come a good number of novelties to the title of Bungie, such as the fact of being able to know in detail the character of La Desconocida (played in Spain by actress Maggie Civantos), trying the new subclass: Stasis and others. On this occasion, to celebrate the launch, we interviewed Adam Miller, Senior Narrative Designer, and Guillaume Colomb, Narrative Lead, at Bungie to explain what this additional content will mean for the Destiny 2 universe we already know and all that remains for us to know.
How the Beyond the Light piece will fit into the Destiny 2 puzzle
“For Beyond the Light, specifically, we have focused on the arrival of darkness and the character of The Unknown. In how she will be a guide for players to know how to move through the darkness and use the powers of the new subclass: stasis “, details Guillaume Colomb,” We always try to expand the stories about the Golden Age, the previous period at the arrival of darkness. Now we are on the moon of Europa and here we can learn much more about the race of the Exo ”.
In addition to explaining, above, what will be the keys that will serve to define this expansion, Miller also assures that they believe that “there will be a before and after regarding Beyond the Light” in regard to the plot and argument that we can unravel.
The Darkness and the Character of The Unknown
As for the character of The Unknown, they especially point out that it will be a guide that will help us move around Europe and understand what is happening there. “I think it’s safe to say that we’ve given the character an opportunity to explain in an interesting way what’s going on with the Exos. It is not that the character exists only to be an NPC that guides us, but that it is much more. She will guide us through more than one emotional journey and so I think players will find a lot to empathize with, ”adds Adam Miller.
There will not be a great revolution in this regard, since we should not expect the Unknown to accompany us to the battlefield. Following the spirit of the saga, it will be something similar to what Eris Morn supposed in Shadowkeep, to give you an idea. Even so, they insist: he will surprise us and will have a leading role in Beyond the Light.
Something the Unknown will teach us is that darkness can be very useful if we know how to use it properly. For this, we will have the powers of stasis, which as explained by the narrative team: “it is not a good or bad thing, but it will depend on what we do with those powers”, Miller details, to which Colomb adds “the players they must understand the idea of placing light as good and darkness as bad are only titles that have been imposed on them, but the reality that both are forces of the universe. As a result, it is up to us how we use them and therefore it is determined whether it is good or evil in each case, depending on our personal decisions ”.
Duration and other key details
Regarding the duration of the expansion, they assure that it will not be as big as Forsaken but that we can still hope to fill several hours of play with all the content that awaits us: “Forsaken was an exciting project and at that time we had very different at Bungie. Still, answering your question, Beyond the Light is a little bigger than Shadowkeep’s campaign but again, keep in mind that there is a lot to do in the endgame as exotic weapons to get. ” He also points out that we must bear in mind that it comes accompanying a new Season that, despite not being directly related to Beyond the Light, it will work in parallel.
Finally, it should be noted that this is content that we can enjoy whether we have squeezed Destiny 2 to the fullest or if we are newcomers. Due to the character of The Unknown and its role as a guide, in addition to being a new territory, it can be a good gateway to the Destiny universe: “We have tried to make players who start playing it feel welcome, but it is always difficult to get them to have as good an experience as experienced players ”.
A glimpse into the future of Destiny 2
Speaking of the future, they assure that Beyond the Light will not be the last expansion of Destiny 2, far from it: “We still cannot give many details about what we are working on next, but we can say that we are actively working on the next expansion and that there is a lot of content that we will bring in the future. Beyond the Light is just the beginning of this new trilogy that we will be releasing over the next few years. We are attentive to what the players want to see and play and to all those plot threads that are loose, in order to work on getting content to cover them and answer all the questions that are still in the air ”.
Once again, the Bungie team has shown that they will fulfill their promise based on keeping Destiny 2 updated and nurtured with new content over many years. Instead of concentrating on a hypothetical Destiny 3 that closes the trilogy, they will live up to the label of “game as a service” and will satisfy the players who have spent so many years exploring the exciting world built by the company.
