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Watch What May Be Destiny 2’s Best Cutscene, Ending A Decade-Long Character Arc

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On Tuesday at reset, Destiny 2 launched its Season of the Seraph finale mission, one that was fun enough, but the real finale was the cutscene that followed.

Many Destiny players are calling it the best cutscene the game has ever had, or close to it, and I will admit, some parts of it had me leaping out of my chair. The ultimate result of the cutscene may not have been as transformative as it initially appeared, but it’s pretty epic all the same.

If you have been keeping up with the seasonal quest, simply logging in to Destiny 2 right now will throw you into the final mission which has this cutscene as the end. But if you haven’t been keeping up, you can watch it below. Obviously spoilers follow.

The context of what we’re seeing here is the end result of a conundrum that AI Warmind Rasputin ran into. His prime directive has been to protect humanity at all costs, usually by bombing enemies with his network of orbital warsats. But now that we face a Hive god, Xivu Arath, who draws power from death, him unleashing the warsats on her army would only strengthen her. So the Warmind has been puzzling about what to do when he can’t be a weapon anymore.

Meanwhile, Eramis, the Traveler-hating Eliksni from Beyond Light, is attempting to take control of the warsats herself. Partially on behalf of Traveler enemy The Witness, but partially because, as she says in the cutscene, she doesn’t want what happened to the Eliksni to happen to anyone else again, even her enemies, where previously the Traveler abandoned the Eliksni homeworld and left devastation in its wake.

And that’s exactly what the Traveler tries to do again! The most shocking sequence here is the Traveler actually threatening to leave Earth, rising from its position above the last city where it’s sat since Destiny started. Eramis is going to shoot it to try to prevent it from leaving, but Rasputin ultimately sacrifices himself to destroy the entire warsat network so she can’t.

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The Traveler doesn’t leave, not because it doesn’t want to, it seems, but because The Witness and his armies already have it surrounded and there’s nowhere to go. And now this will lead into the events of Lightfall in two weeks with the main story on Neptune and the seasonal story on Earth with the Traveler trapped in the middle.

The “decade long arc” I’m talking about isn’t just the Traveler finally moving, it’s Rasputin, one of the game’s longest-serving characters, who has now met his end. Rasputin traces his origins all the way back to Destiny 1 with a Cosmodrome strike and content on Mars. Later, his damaging nanomachines, SIVA, made up the storyline of Rise of Iron. In Destiny 2, Rasputin had his own DLC, Warmind, bringing back a new version of Mars. He shot down the Almighty in Season of the Worthy so it wouldn’t destroy Earth. And in Season of the Seraph, this current season, he has met his end attempting to save us yet again. So he’s had at least a half dozen major storylines since Destiny’s launch in 2014 and has been integrated into the lore pretty much every year in some form or another. Losing him is…a big deal.

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It’s a beautiful, thrilling, heart-wrenching cutscene. A great culmination of plotlines both old and new, and a worthwhile lead-in to the events of Lightfall. I also now distrust the Traveler more than ever, which seems determined to do nothing but save its own skin, and it feels like we’ve been little more than its zombie protector army this entire time, rather than it being our protector, as that’s only the case when it suits it.

More to come in two weeks. I’d log in, finish the season and play the final mission for yourself.

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Today, a much-awaited cutscene from the upcoming video game sequel, Destiny 2, was unveiled at the Destiny 2 reveal event. Fans of the franchise can now watch what may be the best cinematic of the series, officially ending a decade-long character arc.

The character at the center of the arc is Ikora Rey, the Warlock Vanguard from the original Destiny game. Ikora is a seasoned Guardian, a protector of humanity and the last safe city on Earth, and she has been on a journey of personal discovery and growth since her introduction in the first game.

The newly released cutscene shows Ikora Rey facing off against a powerful enemy and reclaiming her connection to the Light, a major element of the Destiny universe. In the end, Ikora is able to overcome her personal challenges and take her place as an empowered figure in the Destiny universe. It’s powerful stuff, especially for long-time fans of the series.

The cutscene is a fitting conclusion to Ikora’s story arc, one that has taken an entire decade to build. It’s an emotional journey to watch, and a reminder of how far the Destiny universe has come since its debut in 2014.

It will be interesting to see how fans react to the cutscene as Destiny 2 draws near. Until then, we’ll all be eagerly awaiting the final chapter in what has been an incredible ten-year saga.

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