Destiny 2: The Witness Attacks Cutscene

[@krisbelch1776]

This scene makes you realize why they called it the Gardener.

[@NotPreston24]

people only focus the ghost being sliced but they never notice what happend to guardian's head

[@deadstareffect]

I did it came to pieces at the same time as the ghost meaning they are definitely 100% dead

[@warlordewoks]

@@deadstareffect i didn't notice till you said DX

[@lumberluc]

Noticed that when I first saw it. We were dead before we knew it.

[@Toaster1085.]

We actually know who that guardian was, he was Reed (the guy from reeds regret) so that’s another dose of ptsd and trauma for shayuras fireteam

[@RUGER5264]

Couldn’t we send another ghost to get him?

[@ex1ledpr0digy51]

1:11 Good shot Traveler, I really hope that beam doesn’t reawaken some ancient Nightmare God from it’s slumber

[@FlandreScarletshadowBlood]

Btw, it didn't. You can see Nezarec chilling there on 0:36

[@crankyhead1089]

the skin transitioning into smoke looks so freaking cool

[@yunantheobserver6841]

I was looking everywhere for someone to comment this...

[@oriongore]

Yeah, and the small detail of FACES on that smoke

[@allentayoto7387]

2:40 oh, this scene finally makes sense now that we know the Witness' Origin. Since the witness couldn't find the Veil in any records, it used the connection between the Traveler and the Veil to find the latter.

[@GeorgeFPS1]

Yep, would've been better if we learned that sooner

[@allentayoto7387]

@@GeorgeFPS1 yep, a lot of the problems regarding Lightfall not answering questions could be answered by the Witness' cutscene. Another example is the Witness' reaction to seeing Calus holding his empty cup. We know the Witness' was disgusted by Calus' behavior but we didn't know why exactly. Now, we know that the Witness is 'angry' at the universe because it made everything without meaning. And Calus is someone who revels in that meaninglessness.

[@GeorgeFPS1]

@@allentayoto7387 yeah, the story is good I know people say it's bad but it's just the arrangement of the story that's the problem

[@Fire_Gaming64]

@@GeorgeFPS1I mean if they arrange the story badly then the story is bad, similarly to how a car with the steering wheel in the trunk is bad at being a car if assembled badly. They had a good premise then ruined it with bad storytelling

[@Shady_600]

wtf is the veil again? final shape says nothing of that trash

[@lumberluc]

After the Lore drop on how this is a "Tengan Toppa Gurren Lagan" story, that massively explains The Witness's power.

[@torosoup]

yeah, not only because its the consciousness to an entire civilization, but also because its intrinsically aligned with the darkness, making it almost boundless

[@mobiusmmobiusiii941]

Dude! Spoilers!!

[@lumberluc]

@@mobiusmmobiusiii941 Hardly. Because we got a portion of that witness. This, we got the full Witness.

[@ringingeagle]

@@torosoupI’m still confused over how the witness has this much control over the darkness. Since the darkness is basically the veil and is neither hood or bad

[@steakwithlegs]

⁠@@ringingeaglethe witnesses people were the ones who discovered the light and the dark, the were apposed by no one, so they had control over boundless knowledge about the darkness. And if you think about how smart the civilization was, their combined knowledge would be unfathomable.

[@schonkigplavuis8850]

0:36 never noticed nazaresc just chilling there

[@gabrielgalasso4899]

Im just realizing that this is probably the only time the Traveler has fought alongside one of the races it has imbued with the light.

[@keithfilibeck2390]

doesn't have a choice, there is no where for it to go.

[@matthewhelland9258]

@h4xe7reac75 The ecumene were attuned to the darkness, and the Traveller had never done anything but flee before.

[@Kikoou]

I don't think we can shoot this guy to death, guys. Ain't no way.

[@Da1337Man]

Remember, the big boys like Nezarec and Rhulk want no smoke with this guy. The witness is to them what raid bosses are to us: A walking force of nature who could wipe you from existence by flicking their pinky finger. So you can imagine how irrelevant we are to him. Like a paper plane in a hurricane.

[@nickson_2024]

It will probably be a way if combining light and darkness subclass powers into a mega power that can defeat the witness but with such power could cost the guardians life and also the ghosts too.

[@jzj2212]

We can think it to death 😂😂😂

[@LapisTriangle]

​@@nickson_2024 you predicted the future

[@nickson_2024]

I predict many things tbh and all came true 😮😊​@LapisTriangle

[@Mid-sword]

If you really think about it, the reason the traveler couldn’t hurt the witness is because the witness is completely made out of the consciousnesses of an entire species. Nothing about it is biological/physical. so the traveler being a God of the physical world probably can’t interact with a being completely made out of consciousness/darkness

[@nickcphs5678]

Or the traveler goal wasn’t to destroy the witness in physical world. Cause maybe that is what caused the whole collapse we still don’t know everything that happened. Maybe the traveler was trying to level the playing field and defeat the witness in a different realm.

[@nickcphs5678]

Or because bungie wanted another excuse for a dlc. It really seems they left the core players behind and just cater to the streamers. My whole thing is do I buy final shape and I going to feel the conclusion is going make everything make sense. The way they are handling it doesn’t give me any confidence. I wish the old bungie was back and make a great story like we all know they can.

[@jayd6038]

I find it interesting that Elsie Bray was there, but we haven't interacted with her in Lightfall or in Seasons of Defiance, and the Deep.

[@GeorgeFPS1]

Might get to see her In later seasons

[@Fitchy-ke3wz]

She was in lore for season of the witch, she said eris becoming a god was one of the events in her dark future and that eris shouldn't be trusted from now on, but ofc she was wrong

[@romense777]

Yall we ain't ready for this one

[@GeorgeFPS1]

Nope

[@606films9]

We were. We were very ready. Like disappointingly ready

[@idfk_vfx]

Unfortunately, we were...

[@lz9275]

Actually we were, and it still wasn't enough

[@aaronvogt2005]

Bro took down multiple guardian ships with the wave of his finger like it was flicking dust of his shirt, how tf do u even defeat this dude????

[@GeorgeFPS1]

Goona need bs anime power up

[@arabianknight86]

We can't. We have to convince him to defeat himself. No spoilers. Just my theory.

[@Sol-SD2]

Two words: plot armor

[@bearitin7563]

Two words dem plates

[@RUGER5264]

20,000 thunder crashes.

[@giftedmonster5293]

My first thought: Boy, sure would be nice if we had a FUCKING FLEET right about now Second thought: When the hell did our jumpships get weapons?

[@GeorgeFPS1]

Yeah sure would be nice to have a fleet (looks at the sky on the tower) wait we had all these ships, why didn't we use them

[@giftedmonster5293]

@@GeorgeFPS1 I mean, in fairness to a degree, what exactly could they have done? The entire Cabal fleet pre-Ghaul would have shattered.

[@GeorgeFPS1]

True, up against the Witness there isn't much to do

[@theutheone]

where were the awoken ships and the Cabal ships??? why was it like a couple of fighters against the entire pyramid fleet???

[@606films9]

I love how much Zavala is benefitting to the conflict. I’m so glad he’s in the safety of the helm doing nothing

[@beebo-]

is he supposed to punch the pyramids

[@star_sc0urg.e]

@@beebo- yes

[@condescendingonlineman2136]

@@beebo- he is supposed to headbutt the pyramids, just like he did to the almighty.

[@jsinghgjsinghg5322]

Well he is a commander, so he needs to be commanding without the potential of dying. Mara on the other hand can do big explosive space magic.

[@lz9275]

​@@condescendingonlineman2136 Saint-14 is eager to do that

[@relentlesswarlord2449]

I can’t wait for vegetable crop alien to attack again with god like power.

[@NULLIFY-fz4sj]

1:55 oh hell nah witness is sing malevolent shrine

[@sinac8]

Its mega laser made trees. No wonder it lose the war

[@happyx202]

Sounds like Steven universe

[@chadraptor2351]

If you look closer it is not trees. It is clumps of red cubes.

[@happyx202]

​@@chadraptor2351 what do you think this means ?

[@chadraptor2351]

@@happyx202 That is likely a byproduct of the collision between light and dark.

[@thehalfrican1386]

@@chadraptor2351 gottem

[@DiddyCanFly]

His smile fair as spring, as towards him he draws you His tongue sharp and silvery, as he implores you Your wishes he grants, as he swears to adore you Gold, silver, jewels - he lays riches before you Dues need be repaid, and he will come for you All to reclaim, no smile to console you He’ll snare you in bonds, eyes glowing’, a fire To gore and torment you, till the stars expire

[@GeorgeFPS1]

The Witcher

[@DiddyCanFly]

@@GeorgeFPS1 yes!!

[@Da1337Man]

Fucking christ i even read that in the childrens voices, singing as you ride near von everecs estate.

[@kemardogoogleplex3008]

Gaunter O dimm

[@DiddyCanFly]

@@kemardogoogleplex3008 “I'm no cheat. I give folk what they want, nothing more. That they oft desire unworthy things- that is entirely the fault of their rotten natures.”

[@RUGER5264]

Now I see why we can’t just shoot him to death… 1:56

[@TheForkU]

Cuz u already dead!

[@RiosSumari]

You know s**t's gotten bad when the Traveler is fighting back.

[@poptobi1375]

Did...did the witness just shape the Traveler into a ghost with how its ships surrounded it o.o I know what Witness is actually doing with the Traveler, but it looks so close to being a ghost. Neat :)

[@noahv1479]

It took me a little to see what you meant… like when a guardian goes down and the ghost expands to revive them, right?

[@poptobi1375]

@@noahv1479 yes and even a bit when a ghost isn't expanding, the pyramid ships are positioned in such a way where they are the shell and the Traveler is the eye

[@d6spair]

bro it looks like sagira

[@blackhat1018]

Ah yes, the opening cutscene of Lightfall. Also known as, “The only good part of Lightfall’s story”.

[@nullandvoid7524]

Honestly it never felt like we fought THIS in Final Shape. It just rolled up and did more.of what Rhulk and Calus did. Final Shape was great but The Witness when it came to being directly confronted was very disappointing. We never saw it use Resonance before, it almost came across as having a power exclusive to itself with the slicing those guardians to pieces and cutting into The Traveler itself, but we never see it first hand..just off screen.

[@theemployer-pj4iv]

Frankly that ability is way too op to be used in game.

[@nullandvoid7524]

@@theemployer-pj4iv It was doing that off screen, you can see things that were sliced up and finalized like Scorn, Hive and guardians. In game it shoots bigger Rhulk lasers and throws glass at us in the campaign.

[@theemployer-pj4iv]

@nullandvoid7524 yes, but still.

[@sneaklone_]

@@nullandvoid7524I imagined the glass as the “visualization” of the attack in game, since I don’t really see how that attack would be able to be used in game.

[@nullandvoid7524]

@@sneaklone_ There's a number of ways they could have portrayed it better. Literally just have it be a ranged grab. Like just take that glass field around him away and make that a projectile, of it hits you you're grabbed and your health is slashed away rapidly unless you stagger the Witness. Done

[@RUGER5264]

Well I’ve leaned my lesson. Never close the door on the face of a Jehovah Witness.

[@BotBoy-un3pz]

Funny how the witness flicking his fingers was the only good thing in the entire DLC

[@Infamous_wu13]

sakuna if he was in destiny

[@beebo-]

videogamers i regret to inform you that i do find the witness and its hand gestures extremely attractive

[@RUGER5264]

No.

[@beebo-]

@@RUGER5264 think about it

[@RUGER5264]

Oh… my Witness…

[@melaniewilson1742]

I do not understand you, but I do accept you.

[@rathernot6509]

the fact that Osiris went off to try and solo Disciple Calus while Ikora was just like "okay, I'll allow it"

[@JacobExCraze]

1:57 the original Destiny Fireteam. The trailer boys are dead.

[@altronbee1216]

bro if this dude can flick his wrist and slice up 3 guardians all at once, how are we supposed to fight this thing???

[@SupermanFan777]

Plot armor unfortunately!! Look at the final mission in the campaign. Mf was able to hold the helm in place and didn’t kill everyone in that room when he could off. Let’s see what else he can do in the raid.

[@nitsuA_LH]

Not easily apparently lol

[@hadoken95]

You unmake that which was made in Darkness. Mostly by smashing statues with a sword of Light.

[@moeknows6300]

I see what the witness did there he cut it open a little so it gains knowledge on where to find the veil 2:40

[@kingofrannoch]

Mustve Been a wtf moment when you see your ghost get sliced

[@shawnjackson3764]

Destiny 2 has some of the best art direction ever. It's a shame I'm not a fan of the gameplay though. Kinda wish for a more Halo alike experience with that artistic vibe.

[@carterhalo255]

0:36 we get a look at nezaracs original form

[@Clementinewoofwoof]

Pete attacking Bungie employees July 2024 colorized

[@onlyplaywarlock434]

is it just me or the part where the traveler striked back really wasn't intense enough? Regarding the music, the sound and visual effects, etc.

[@kevina6416]

***spoiler*** Reading the exotic trials ship lore. the squad of ships moving in formation alongside Amanda Holiday are the trials guardians: Aisha, Reed-7, and Shayura. Reed-7 is the titan split in pieces.

[@Halixar]

I'm confused as to how Aisha and Shayura survived that.

[@kevina6416]

@@Halixar well... the only guardian split in pieces was Reed-7. the other ships were split but the cockpits looked intact.

[@robbiestafford6889]

So more importantly, the Trailer Squad is still alive?

[@thewarden1398]

Am I to understand based on Vanguards look of defeat that he only sent six small halo pelican-lookin shits to deal with this? Is he on spray paint? How has he not learned his lesson after getting bent over and reamed 24/7 since the beginning of the game and built an armada battlefleet by now? Who put him in charge again?

[@user-oo3oi9ki2j]

Dude. Thats like saying "Why did Gondor only sent like 5 dudes to stop Sauron". Its a cutscene. In a game. It wont follow every single pilot who took part in this battle.

[@thewarden1398]

@@user-oo3oi9ki2j that's a stupid comparison because Gondor sent an ARMY. This nigga had half a squadron and after they blew up the enemy won. There weren't any fighters in the background, no cruisers or battleships no wide shots of the fight, nothin. They bite it, Vanguard sighs in defeat and doubtless questions his intelligence, and the Traveller gets got. It's stupid.

[@gurimisenpai2358]

@Riorozen expensive ok.

[@Liam_Patton]

It's called not actually being a good leader. None of the vanguard are. Ikora keeps success and failure secret, never allowing the player to develop real independent confidence and just files it away under "we've got bigger concerns at hand" textbook narcissistic sociopath behavior. To the best of my knowledge as someone who joined during The Taken King, I've never heard a single line where zavala asks for any advice or assistance. Good leaders are good followers, and listen to their fellows and seek counsel. Zavala does none of it and expects total cooperation. Kayde-6 was ALMOST there, but where a good leader fights alongside their soldiers, he just vanished off to do it on his own, leaving everyone to potentially go headless in his unexplained absence. In fact, in all of destiny, as far as I know, there's only a small few major leaders we've ever seen directly present and active at the front line when they didn't have to be. The Red War isn't an example for the vanguard because the cabal came to them. The Witness Oryx The Fanatic

[@thehale_]

@@Liam_Patton The Vanguard (mainly Zavala and C*ayde) literally had Eris Morn help during the Taken King campaign because they knew she had more knowledge of the Hive. Ikora was open about everything in the Witch Queen. You were literally working alongside her Hidden. And if that point about Eris somehow doesn’t count, all three of the Vanguards took advice from Hawthorn on how to infiltrate the Last City without being detected by the Cabal. Which, by your standards, they’d be incapable of doing. And don’t even get me started on allying with the Eliksni despite the criticism and controversy. Or allying with Caiatl. Or allying with Mara Sov and dealing with her shit during Season of the Lost.

[@simonediamante7556]

If there will be a destiny 3, i hope they can let us drive our ship

[@user-he1ff9fs9n]

Best thing about this game is it's cutscenes.

[@BaxterAndLunala]

There will be dire consequences if the Witness isn't the final boss in the next Destiny 2 campaign. There will also be some if it's exclusive on PS4, and not available on PC and Xbox One.

[@micahbowers2562]

I think the show case guys said that he was going to be the raid boss😫. I mean it makes since but at the same time I don’t like it. Lucky there putting in a new system that makes match making easier by raising everyone’s light level

[@soundwave4236]

@@micahbowers2562 why you calling The Witness a he when it is genderless

[@micahbowers2562]

@@soundwave4236 mostly the voice or voices it uses

[@Riskofrain527]

​@@soundwave4236why do you care

[@BaxterAndLunala]

@@soundwave4236 The Witness is literally it's entire race merged into a single individual.

[@acardenasjr1340]

The Guardians had no fleet and just a bunch of jump ships. Probably wouldn't have made a difference since Rasputin couldn't hurt it.

[@ruzemekam359]

Lightfall has been out for a fuckin minute now, but i decided to come back to this cutscene. I love how at 37-39ish the witnesses hand motion almost gives off a mild contemplative vibe. Very much like the analogy often used by the witness, its like it's playing a game of chess and deciding how to proceed. But seeing these "moves" in real time is really fun to watch.

[@wisherboy25]

See this was such a good opener to the expansion, just a shame the rest is a naruto filler episode

[@empyrean196]

The root of nightmares raid was good too. Since we get to see the creative destruction from Traveler’s light. The Witness wasn’t harmed, but those pyramid ships can be terraformed, and leveled. Neomuna should’ve been more engaging beyond strand acquisition.

[@RUGER5264]

Hear me out… I know the witness is powerful. But what about a sneak attack? Just sneak up behind him, and shoot.

[@RealBeefToaster]

wish I could find the vocal part of when the witness' theme plays

[@scalyboi8918]

It’s going up against oryx all over again

[@d6spair]

if you’ve read the lore, it’s actually worse than oryx. the witness is the voice oryx was hearing in the deep

[@Swoleson_Rebel]

Oryx was cool asf but the witness does have far more power

[@--Nemesis]

If they don't have The Witness doing this slicing magic in the raid when we're against him... I'm going to REEE

[@japonte173]

i have some bad news

[@DuelaDent52]

So, like, if the Witness could have just found the Veil’s position this whole time by touching the Traveller, what was the point in literally anything it did?

[@IrishGamerJG]

Rip the original Guardians

[@LapisTriangle]

that wasn't the og guardians

[@JoshBeck-z5m]

Now would be a good time to have a massive defense network of giant laser cannons run by a super intelligent AI, oh wait, that was probably the Witness’ plan when it got Eramis to activate the Warsats, knowing that Rasputin would hit the self destruct to save humanity. And before anyone points out that Rasputin failed to destroy the one pyramid ship before getting hit with the emp, he only used five warsats, compared to the network around earth, which easily destroyed a solar system destroying ship several times the size of the moon, I think he could have caused the Witness’ forces some serious damage

[@MissionaryMiller]

I havent seen or heard an explanation for this but why doesnt humanity have any major flagships? They just have straight fighters and nothing of significant size or support or major weaponry

[@shagath]

Skill "unravel reality" is quite awesome :D

[@melamshwablah4381]

That is what buggy supposed to be doing

[@vaxus7073]

FACTS

[@jackolantern147]

I would've had the Traveler fight the fleet alongside the guardians, really showcasing its power and the stregth of the vanguard until the Witness links the Veil, THEN have him beat the Traveler and open the portal. Having them just sit there while the business on Neptune takes place is just stupid.

[@BlackSkullArmor]

Can someone please explain to me why his head is smoking

[@juanur4722]

its been said that the witness its not only someone, its a collective mind entinty

[@MICROKNIGHT3000]

We will find out in future content about the witness

[@Bustuhh]

A thousand names, a thousand voices

[@toxicrunner10zholo90]

Dying spirit

[@destinthegamergecko1831]

Literally a entire race in one body

[@jzj2212]

Look at the middle of the traveler it looks just like the veil

[@Teal_Lapis]

When it was doing its laser yeah, it kinda looked like the veil

[@rookie2159]

Coming back to this I hate the fact this reminds me sukuna lol

[@edisonlaw934]

How the hell are we going to put this guy down?

[@Seraph89_]

Enter Nimbus.

[@codownhill]

Hot take (maybe) I’m hoping the witness actually beats us lol. Like this collective entity can freely do whatever in the universe and we can’t even swim in water

[@fumarc4501]

Would have been nice to have a fleet, eh my fellow “former” Dead Orbit comrades?

[@Hunter0623]

Fled with the fleet

[@larkalfen4513]

It was much less gory than i expected

[@GrandMasterGalvatron]

Damn, they merked the shipwright girl just like that?

Yes, it's witness time

[@jaydanhadley]

What’s the song called in the beginning?

[@Glen67z]

why didn't the witness do this in the raid

[@thatoneguy1553]

Because we would lose very easily

[@ballergamerdestroyer4455]

Plot obviously, if we genuinely faced the witness, it would literally be over, the goal was the final shape not kill us, even though he could have done it at the same time.

[@JGr2000]

The pyramid ships being empty has to be one of the most disappointing things to come out of this ten year saga… So was the overall story of this expansion. Final Shape NEEDS to deliver

[@seniorgrocco]

What is the music called at 2:51? Does anyone know

[@SirBork]

Was the traveler attacking the witness? Or just tracker beaming it?

[@thatoneguy1553]

Bonk hammer to defeat witness

[@vamperjr1376]

Did they kill the og guardians from the D1 box cover?

[@GeorgeFPS1]

No they were different guardians

[@vamperjr1376]

@@GeorgeFPS1 Damn I still feel bad for the ones that died.

[@ringingeagle]

@@GeorgeFPS1nah I’m pretty sure it’s the og fireteam

[@serve97]

I wish they showed before pyramids came

[@kinganime750]

Yal gonna need Franklin richards or the marquis of death for this 1😂😂😂

[@onionring-bd6cy]

destiny has SO MUCH POTENTIAL FOR SPACE BATTLES but they didnt take it

[@Fought_in_the_CrimsonRedSeas]

right? they could've made a vehicle for missions in space

[@wittyvonskitsum]

Did the witness create a big ass Ghost?

[@AlexaHan66]

The moment i know who is The Witness is slicing still upset me to this day, can we kill it? Aren’t we going to get sliced too? 😅

[@GeorgeFPS1]

Maybe, maybe not

[@LapisTriangle]

Reed 7, that's who we see get sliced

[@GateOfShadows]

Worst part is..........The witnesss is just a lackey

[@ottterdude]

yeah to the zorpalods

[@IcyCryce]

The story was all downhill after this moment

[@TheTomac]

I find you destiny folks commendable for being able to take unibrow mc smokehead seriously when he is so adorable looking.

[@Fought_in_the_CrimsonRedSeas]

😭😭💀

[@stew-03]

“Unibrow mc smokehead” lmao

[@trailmountain8336]

Who is attacking on those empty ships 😂

[@drag0nemper0r97]

Feel like The New War from Warframe does a much better job of showing the dread and terror of losing to a nearly unstoppable force. Warframe for the win

[@kulehulfer4385]

I mean it's fun, but new war is confusing as shit and you get acess to a frame way too early imo. Needed more mission time as the operator

[@drag0nemper0r97]

@@kulehulfer4385 I mean yeah. But I guess I focused on grinding for so long that by the time I finally did the new war I was familiar with everything

[@Chancey13]

Shame the DLC sucked

[@PegFlora-n8s]

Hernandez Shirley Jones Kenneth Brown Patricia

[@ElsieDixon-o2e]

Young Richard Lopez Sarah Taylor George

[@flippedoutcookie]

Genuinely don't understand why destiny players even care about the story. The storyline was destroyed before it even launched and they clearly had barely an idea on how to continue it besides... whatever this garbage is lol.

[@duhamelmateo8250]

We can't get near the witness and the game might make it that way I said It as soon as she appeared WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE!!! We are over powered we need a enemy beyond over power