SoulSidekick

It's summertime I should be outside enjoying life but I feel like I've lost something precious, I haven't even played in over a year, not since Final Shape. I've just made so many memories and met so many people that I never would have otherwise, and I don't think there's going to be another game like it for a long, long time.

One guy I met in 2018 grinding nightfalls, we bonded, and I flew across the country to go to his wedding in 2023. Another guy I met, lived in a different country, we used to play together all the time, he ended up getting busy with life but will still play other games every once in a blue moon. Still another guy I met when he was a little kid, and getting to hear him grow up over the mic one day was cool. All these people and more I never would have met otherwise.

Destiny 1 came out when I was 10, and I remember playing it at my best friend's house in 2014, and it was all I could talk about to my dad for a long time, and when I got it that Christmas I was so excited. I have so many fond memories of doing all the different raids and dungeons, getting some crazy gear and being able to turn around and have a hell of a time with it, I don't think any game has imprinted on my psyche quite like it has, and I don't think anything can come close anymore.

It doesn't even feel bittersweet, it just feels bitter. The biggest problem it faced was always mismanagement from on high, whether it was senior Bungie leadership, Activision, or now Sony doing some nonsense to try and cut corners, but even through all that you could tell that the developers really tried their hearts out. And now it's ending support, getting cut off halfway through it's second saga with nothing on the horizon planned. That's what hurts most. There is no future for the IP moving forward. And I know about the petition, and the movement to hop back on June 9th for one last hurrah, but to be real I don't think the suits at Sony are going to care.

And I know they aren't shutting down servers, hell you can go back and play the first game still, but I feel like I watched an old friend just wither away and die.

I feel a bit better after typing this at least.