In a lawsuit that "Destiny" developers Bungie and Activision are currently facing, the legal document presented in court revealed controversial information regarding the game's creation.
According to the file, the game underwent major revisions regarding its story which forced the release of "Destiny" to be delayed by about a year, IGN reported.
Originally, "Destiny" was set to come out in September of 2013. However, the game's story was rewritten a month before the targeted release month. To give developers enough time to work on the game, Bungie established a new launch period for March last year.
But since the game officially came out in September 9, 2014, it clearly shows that Bungie was not able to meet its second deadline.
"Although 'Destiny' was planned for release in September 2013, the story was substantially revised beginning August 2013, requiring a new release date of March 2014 and edits to much of the work previously completed," the document read.
The file, however, did not go into detail regarding the rewrites made to the game. However, its narrative has been greatly criticized by fans due to its lack of depth.
Before its release, Bungie boasted that "Destiny" will provide a rich story similar to other epics such as "Lord of the Rings" and "Star Wars." However, when the game came out, it didn't provide gamers the opportunity to play through its entire narrative. Instead, some of its aspects were only presented through the game's website, Gamespot noted.
The lawsuit that Bungie and "Destiny" publisher Activision are currently facing is related to the firing of Marty O'Donnell. He served as the music composer for "Destiny" and the "Halo" series. According to O'Donnell, he was removed from his position without proper reason and was required by the company to give up his shares.
As for the game itself, Bungie is currently preparing for the release of "Destiny's" third expansion pack, the "Taken King" DLC. It is set to come out on September 15 and will contain new features and modes for the game.
One of these is the Mercy Rule which will allow Bungie to monitor the crucible matches. If the developer sees that a match is one-side to the point that it's already becoming unfair or overwhelming for the losing party, Bungie will end it immediately.
As noted by Gaming Bolt, the new rule was added to avoid embarrassment for gamers and to prevent challenging matches from deterring other players from joining.
