Destiny (PS4, XB1; PS3, 360)

[bdoughty]

Finally participated in a Raid. Someone just invited me random and they had already gone through 1/3 of the Raid, so I missed out on the first part, which is pretty straight forward. Once you get past that... I understand why it took the first group ten plus hours to beat it. We had nobody with any experience at the point we were at and this is a completely different beast from the regular game. This is not a strike and you better have someone with a keyboard handy in your group to search Google on Vault of Glass. The actual fighting was not that bad up until the last boss and his friends. What is a challenge is trying to figure out what to do to move forward. We beat sections of the Raid and I still have no clue how we did it or why certain things happened. There is stealth, platforming, puzzle solving, portals, mazes and numerous new effects and abilities the bad dudes can wreak havoc upon you.

We made it to the final boss but were worn out and had no clue as to the best way to attack it so we plan to try again later in the day. It is worth the effort. Even without beating the boss and missing the first part of the game I netted 2 Legendary weapons and a few shards and energy.

Doubt I would do another run of this particular Raid, possibly with the new ones coming in the expansions. Worth it for the loot but as a first time you have to set aside at least 5+ hours to make it worthwhile. Unless you are running with multiple repeat raiders. It has been beaten in 30 or so minutes but those guys were exceptional players that had run through it multiple times.