Excellent looter shooter with one of the most interesting fictional universes I've ever experienced. Unfortunately, this game is mismanaged. Deeply mismanaged. Plagued with bugs, pvp cheaters, and exploits that take away from some of its most fun encounters. I love this game, I love this franchise, I love the universe that Bungie has created. It could be a 5/5 if only it functioned better, but beneath the layers of bugs and mismanagement there is a game that is truly unique, and incredibly deep. The new player experience is simply not good, getting into the game now it is confusing and hard to learn. I reccomend you find a friend thats in already, and lacking any of those, convince some friends to give it a try with you. There is a lot of fun to be had, but it does require some patience to truly see why this game is special. The raids. 6 player, endgame activities, some of the best content I've ever played in a game, requiring a massive level of teamwork and coordination, and they are so, so rewarding to complete. If you've been driven away by the bad rep this franchise has, or by the shitty launch of this game, I recommend you give it another shot.

The single best game I have ever played. A wonderful, lovable cast of main characters, consistently stunning combat animations, and one of the best turn based combat systems ever put into a game. The story carries heavy themes of the youth rebelling against corrupt power structures, of self discovery, and of learning to stand up for yourself and even to yourself when it seems like the world is determined to beat you down. This is a story that is deeply relevant to our modern world, and a story that changed the way I look at myself and at the people around me. It made me laugh, it made me cry, it made me reevaluate the way I think about injustice as a concept. Of course, being developed by Atlus, it is prone to some less than stellar anime tropes, including the gross oversexualization of one main female character in particular. Those issues and some brief dips in writing quality during a few side stories aside, this game is beautiful, and you should play it.