But that does not mean that developer Bungie has forgotten that cliffhanger ending of Shadowkeep, and it promises that it is not trailing off from that storyline but is instead setting the stage to continue it. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Bungie’s creative lead Robbie Stevens and narrative lead Nikko Stevens said that Destiny 2 has only scratched the surface of this story.

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Robbie Stevens spoke about how Destiny 2 has switched to a seasonal model with the focus being delivering story month to month much more like a TV show than a traditional video game campaign but promised that what players did in Shadowkeep is only the beginning to a bigger discovery behind the Darkness:

That story is going to continue to unfold across the seasons. This could occur in a big way in some form in Season 11, which Bungie has teased is going to be unlike any other time in Destiny. Or, players could see this story take its next big leap in next fall’s expansion, which Bungie has all but promised at this point in its “expansion followed by a year of seasons” plan for Destiny 2’s future. Nikko Stevens said that the story is being told season to season through the point of view of the game’s characters such as Osiris and Saint-14:

The developers also teased that the ending of Shadowkeep where players met a dark doppelganger of themselves is just the first step in a greater narrative:

Players pretty universally praised the Shadowkeep campaign and its decision to return to bringing back the Darkness and the pyramid ships back into focus, a tease from the after-credits cinematic from Destiny 2’s original campaign. Despite what feels like a bit of a step away from that narrative in Season of the Undying and Season of Dawn, it should be encouraging that Bungie is very much focused on continuing this story with these seasonal stories being the stepping stones in the grand narrative of the Darkness.

Destiny 2: Shadowkeep is available now for PC, PS4, Stadia, and Xbox One.

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Source: The Hollywood Reporter