Earlier this week, Destiny 2 <\/em>broke its all-time peak concurrent players on Steam<\/a> with the release of Lightfall<\/em>. Less than two days, later, however, the expansion is carrying a heavy ‘mostly negative’ tag on the platform’s reviews<\/a> due to a series of shortcomings.<\/p>
The Lightfall <\/em>Steam page only listed a meager 29 percent of all 1,903 reviews as positive at the time of writing\u2014a strong contrast to its wildly successful launch. Its predecessor, The Witch Queen<\/em>, boasts a ‘mostly positive’ tag<\/a>, with 76 percent of its 1,959 reviews giving it a thumbs up.<\/p>
The expansion’s story was the penultimate chapter of the Light vs. Dark saga, a highly anticipated installment that set the stage for another year of content. Its story, however, seemed largely self-contained and didn’t bring many answers, drawing criticism from some parts of the community<\/a>. One of its biggest and arguably most important mysteries, the Veil, continues to be as esoteric as it was in the build-up to Lightfall<\/em>, despite its importance to the overarching narrative.<\/p>
The gameplay from the campaign didn’t draw as much flak as the story, but the flagship addition of the expansion\u2014the new Strand subclass\u2014can feel underpowered at launch. Several of its Fragments are time-gated until March 7, while others are locked behind the World First raid clear for Root of Nightmares. This means players get a somewhat passable version of it, but they will need to wait to enhance their builds\u2014and also farm the new Strand Meditations resource<\/a> used to acquire Strand upgrades and abilities.<\/p>
