The most recent expansion forDestiny 2made the game’s world a little bigger with the unveiling of Neptune and its inhabitants, though some fans have been quick to point out that many of these new concepts fail to deliver what was promised in the trailers leading up toLightfall. While plans forDestiny 2’s expansion this year were likely shaken up during the development process, it’s safe to say that the end result didn’t deliver what many veteran players were hoping for.
As is the case with each of the game’s annual expansions,Destiny 2: Lightfallhas let players explore a new partof the Solar System for the first time. The cyberpunk-themed futuristic utopia of Neomuna has been revealed on Neptune, home to a previously undiscovered human colony that has managed to evade most of the conflict since the Collapse. The protectors of the city and its inhabitants are known as Cloud Striders, and while they don’t appear to wield either the Light or the Darkness, they can nonetheless hold their own in battle thanks to their golden-age weaponry and impressive cybernetic enhancements.
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While the Cloud Strider characters interacted with throughout the expansion’s campaign certainly have a unique albeit controversial charm about them, some fans have noticed that they lack what seems like an important detail from the expansion’s reveal trailer. This was pointed out by a player on Reddit known as Endless_Xalanyn6, who made a post bringing attention to a shot in the trailer whichshowed the Cloud Strider Nimbusfabricating a weapon out of the nanites that they use and firing it at one of the pyramid ships. This led many to speculate that the civilization on Neptune may have held weapons unlike those that have been seen before, but such a feature is nowhere to be seen in the final version of the DLC.
In fact, the Cloud Striders have been received rather poorly by much of the game’s audience. While these superhuman warriors do get some attention during cutscenes, most of which showcase them traversing the city and fighting enemies with their hoverboards, Nimbus' perhaps overly-enthusiastic character and often juvenile personality has driven some particularlyvocalDestiny 2fans to find them annoying.
WhileDestiny 2as a whole is no stranger to showing trailers that boast content which never makes it into the game,Lightfallhas led to some substantial disappointment due to its promotional material and narrative buildup suggesting that it would deliver much more than it did. Perhaps the most questionable piece of missing content has been the hand cannon shown in the expansion’s promotional art. While this mysterious weapon had garnered much attention after it was found absent from the expansion, Bungie has since announced thatthe gun will find its way intoDestiny 2through a quest coming later this year.
Destiny 2is available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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