Destiny 2: Mercury, Osiris and the Infinite Forest

Destiny and Destiny 2 are the properties of Bungie. Orginal art by Dorje Bellbrook

Destiny 2 main campaign was really fun to play if you haven't tried the game I really recommend it. The game in its current state known as 'New light' and is free to play for the original campaign and the first two DLC's 'Curse of Osiris' and 'Warmind'.

If you haven't read my first article on my return to the Destiny universe I recommend checking it out here, and my other on 'The Red War' the main story in the vanilla game.

This time around I'll be covering the first DLC pack, Curse of Osiris, which was originally released on December 5, 2017, and this time round saw my guardian (my main is a Warlock) visiting Mercury.

This time around the focus was on rescuing the character Osiris from the Vex in order to prevent a dark alternative time future from forming. The expansion also saw the exploring of the relationship between Osiris and Ikora Rey whom was one of the other key characters in this franchise and the big bad happens to be Panoptes, the Vex Mind that controls the Infinite Forest.

Apart from the addition of Osiris there was the addition of his Ghost named Sagira whom is Osiris female-voiced Ghost, as well as the character Brother Vance from the original game, who you could visit and get missions from in The Lighthouse (formerly an exclusive social space in Destiny for those who went flawless in Trials of Osiris) and his obsession with Osiris did make me smile somewhat.

For me Sagira was my favorite addition and made me really wish we didn't have our Ghost voiced by Nolan North and at least gave us the ability to change the voice to a female one.

Mercury was a little disappointing to explore, it was a pretty small map and being able to visit the Infinite Forest was only a small consolation and it reminded me of the 'Black Garden' from Destiny 1 which is a game I hold dear memories for.

In terms of the story, it was a lot shorter and left me a little disappointed as I'm very much into the story compared to the other aspects of the game which are still fun but very grindy, more so than Destiny 1.

I did enjoy the final battle and it felt just as grand as the one at the end of The Red War. Considering this is free to play at this stage of Destiny 2 life I recommend trying this particular story out.

Next time I'll be taking a look at the DLC Warmind.


Till then “Stay Safe Guardian”.