Activision’s Destiny game is headed to stores and digital release in just a few days’ time, promising an unheralded video game experience from the team that brought us the Halo franchise, Bungie. To further illustrate just how awesome the single player/multiplayer experience is, the publisher has introduced a new trailer to get people excited for the release.
The trailer, directed by Tron Legacy and Oblivion helmer Joseph Kosinski, is an impressive two-minute piece that features a trio of hunters working their way across the solar system, working alongside the cybernetic assistant Ghost to blast evil aliens to kingdom come and restore peace to the planets.
This video does an impressive job showcasing the many locales available within the universe of Destiny, from traveling to the Moon to eradicate a number of nasties to trekking around on Mars to put a gun-toting behemoth in his place with a pair of well-placed grenades.
Abilities are also put on full display with the live-action piece, including a ground slam that knocks enemies for a loop, and a teleportation trick that makes it easier for certain players to get around a map. Activision spared no expense in making the game look like a big-budget film. Hopefully, Bungie will see its way about approving the script for one.
Best of all, the live-action trailer adds a contemporary touch with an interesting soundtrack. Rather than using an epic theme as previous commercials have, the action in this Destiny video play out alongside rock band Led Zeppelin’s classic “Immigrant Song,” after one of the hunters requests to play something “classical.” Easily, it’s a good fit for the video.
This is the latest in the long marketing push for the game, a push that’s likely to continue throughout the Christmas season, even with the release of Activision’s other big behemoths, Skylanders Trap Team and Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, which will arrive in the next few months.
Source: Variety
