If video games have taught us anything over the past few years, it’s that grappling hooks are the most exciting new feature you can add to a franchise.
Destiny 2: Lightfall, the MMO’s 2023 expansion, will have Guardians swinging on a grappling hook with their new Strand powers, which Bungie originally unveiled in August. But in the expansion’s latest trailer, which debuted at The Game Awards 2023, players got to see grappling hook gameplay that confirmed Guardians can tackle anything, even their own. fellow Guardians.
About 30 seconds into the new trailer, after the cute cinematic moments are over, we see a Thundercrash Titan take off using its Super. Now, for the uninitiated, Thundercrash is an added Super in Destiny 2: Forsaken, which causes the Titan to turn its body into a missile, literally letting it fly through the air until it crashes into something. The super isn’t new, but the hunter using his grappling hook to hitch a ride on the Thundercrash is.
Bungie knows how to make a flashy trailer, and this moment takes the cake. The Thundercrash Titan glides towards a group of enemies and the Hunter is able to fly through the air with them. When the duo land, the two start kicking ass together, and we even see the hunter take on an opposing Cabal and do some sort of melee execution on them.
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The Rodeo Hunter is definitely the highlight of the trailer, but there’s plenty of other interesting Strand tidbits and possible teases lurking there (plus, we get plenty of shots of the gorgeous Neomuna destination ).
Twenty-two seconds into the trailer, we see a fighter crash to the ground. When they land, the entire Cabal around them rises into the air and remains suspended. We see this same effect later in the trailer where a handful of cabals levitate – trapped by Strand – around a warlock standing in a rift.
During a shooter section, starting 23 seconds into the trailer, we see a Titan firing what appear to be green bullets from a new gun. Green fleas may not look out of place in a Destiny 2 trailer, but the color of the bullet usually matches that of the weapon element. It took almost a year to get legendary Stasis weapons in the era of beyond the lightbut it makes it look like Guardians will get Strand Weapons almost immediately in fall of light. Shortly after the Thundercrash segment, we also see a Titan shatter a Towering Barricade, causing a massive blade to slash in front of them, searching for nearby Cabal targets.
Just before the minute, we see all three classes launch their new Strand Supers, which we’ve mostly seen before. However, this trailer seems to confirm that the Titan’s new Blade Hands Super is yet another roving Super Ability – something Titan players are already pretty familiar with. The Hunter Rope-Dart Super appears to have a huge spin radius, allowing the Guardian to easily slice through a group of Cabal, and the Warlock Super summons a bunch of homing missiles out of thin air.
The rest of the trailer is mostly focused on story and cinematic moments, rather than gameplay. However, we see a Titan punch through glass in the rear half of the trailer. This animation mirrors many of the other shoulder charge abilities Titans have access to and will likely be one of Strand’s melee options.
The trailer is full of plenty of other enticing moments worth remembering. If you are interested in longer ventilation, we recommend that you consult Aztecross Analysis Video.
Bungie will release Destiny 2: Lightfall for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X on February 28, 2023.
