Bungie‘s planned epic new franchise Destiny might be designed to appeal to even the most novitiate of players, but based on what we’ve been told already the premise is hardcore sci-fi. The game takes place seven hundred years in the future and puts the player in the shoes of a hero whose civilization has been ripped apart by an invading force, saved from extinction only by the intervention of a mysterious entity known as the Traveller — an enormous alien sphere that descended to Earth and remains, silently watching, as the remnants of the planet’s population build a new city in its shadow.
Some intriguing new pieces of concept art for Destiny have now emerged over at Save Room Mini-Bar, showing both the devastation caused by the attack on mankind, and the stirrings of the rebuilt civilizations plans to venture out into the galaxy once more.
The concept art is stunning, but experience has taught us that what looks amazing when drawn by an artist in 2D doesn’t always end up being realized in the 3D generated environments of the game. Luckily, Xbox Magazine has also grabbed a whole bunch of screenshots from the PlayStation 4 announcement footage, so that a side-by-side comparison can be made between concept and the current state of the game. Thankfully, the game seems to measure up to its original artistic ambitions, and the graphics and visual design of Destiny look pretty amazing.
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