A cut Destiny weapon with a one-of-a-kind ability shows up online when discovered in the game’s data after 12 years. Destiny has had a wild ride as an IP, changing massively since 2014 and going through multiple eras within Bungie and in terms of publishers, playerbase, and updates. Unfortunately, that long ride seems to be over now that Destiny 2 is no longer supported at Bungie and, allegedly, there are no other Destiny games in the making that were greenlit by Sony.
Yet, as fans have been saying since the announcement of Destiny 2‘s death, “Guardians make their own fate,” which was first stated in the Vault of Glass Raid. In fact, Destiny 2 is bringing content vault missions and locations back through the fan-made free mod called Project Sunrise, and a Destiny 1 PC port is also being worked on by a fan. Even if official content may be over, be it for now or for good, Destiny is still very much alive. Now, a fan managed to find an old weapon that was cut more than 12 years ago and never made it into the game.
Destiny Almost Had an Official Camera Weapon
A Destiny dataminer by the name of Breshi shared a short video of a cut weapon from the first game called Antique Camera, which was conceived as a Heavy weapon with the ability to zoom in on the scenery without spending ammo. The weapon was never released, and it’s absent from both Destiny and Destiny 2, though the latter features a no-HUD mode that allows fans to take cool screenshots as if they were using a camera. Having this as a weapon would have been arguably better and more accessible, though, and it could have even had options as an actual combat weapon if Bungie went further with it. However, Destiny 2 ended service, and Destiny 1 didn’t get its third expansion in favor of a second chapter in the series.
What’s That Weapon?
Identify the silhouettes before time runs out.
Identify the silhouettes before time runs out.
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Destiny as a series has some of the best skyboxes and landscapes in gaming, so the idea that a camera weapon was in the works but never completed can sting a bit. Former Bungie employee Christopher Barrett, who was Game Director on Destiny 2 for a time, also confirmed the existence of the Antique Camera as an early D1 concept with a Twitter post. It’s worth noting that Barrett was eventually investigated for and found guilty of sexual misconduct within the company and laid off as a consequence, which then prompted a legal dispute between Barrett and Bungie over Marathon credits.
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For those interested in fan-made releases, Destiny 2 Project Sunrise is adding old Season Passes and Artifacts, among various other content vault features and locations. This is a great step toward game preservation, especially seeing how most believed that nothing could ever come out of the content vault and that it was all lost media.
Those who would rather play the game in its current state can instead use a Destiny 2 ammo glitch to make endgame content much easier, entirely bypassing some buildcrafting restrictions or harsh modifiers. Even if the franchise is truly over, Destiny 2‘s player count is still very high for a game that got its last update almost three months ago, totaling around 25,000 players daily on Steam alone.
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August 28, 2017
- ESRB
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T For TEEN for Blood, Language, and Violence
