The Entire Story of Destiny (Summarized in 40 Minutes!)

[@ShadowDestiny2]

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[@Warbec]

Amazing work! I am pleasently surprised that finally someone adresses the fact that the Traveller helped humans have their life spawn tripled... making sure that a Golden Age would occur. It's a small thing to be mentioned, but it gives allot of understanding why species thrived under the Traveller. Longer life spawns = More technology progress

[@wyvrius]

great video 👍

[@nickcphs5678]

Again the game takes place in 26th century according to destiny story summary. The game takes place in 2714 to now I don’t understand where people think it is the year 3000 or more unless bungie retcon the year somewhere. So the golden age was from 2014 to the 2300’s then the collapse and 400 years later is when the game takes place.

[@yugiberto2774]

I can finally say... after 10 years of playing this game, I can Understand the history of the game thanks to this video, great work!

[@ShadowDestiny2]

You're very welcome!

[@piiimp1985]

Agreee..thanks Guardian💪🏻

[@frankylampard3931]

It really made me angry I cant play red war or forsaken anymore tbh. Would help add context to past events for new lights. (Also, fuck them for removing dlc I paid for)

[@shirotako6249]

@@frankylampard3931 I haven't even paid for those since I started playing after they got deleted but man, I wanna play that stuff...

[@Hawk7886]

Ew imagine playing this for ten years lmao

[@GreysDen]

The fact that you've condensed 10 years of story in easily digestible video in under 45 minutes is a massive feat. This is probably the best recap video for guardians like me who've been on a break from the game.

[@ShadowDestiny2]

appreciate the kind words

[@GeremyG]

I liked the part where the Traveler said “it’s travelin’ time” and traveled all over the universe.

[@EzraInfinite]

Yee

[@DragonKhy]

Yee

[@super-manny5648]

Yee

[@Jadedbeans]

Yee

[@raiden4467]

Yee

[@ApothecaryAlyth]

I've been looking for something like this for so long. So many other "story of Destiny" videos cover things either chronologically in-universe, or some other format like covering one faction at a time, etc. But IMO this approach looking at the actual content releases makes way more sense for players just trying to understand where we are and how we got here. Thank you!!!

[@LostEnding_]

I mean he technically did go In chronological order of in universe story, I feel this video could use a bit more information

[@Oron_The_Massive]

MY MAN JUST MADE A 40 MIN VIDEO THAT HAS A WHOLE 10+ YEARS OF STORY WTF

[@JOHNSMITH-vx5yz]

Are you jealous. Eh

[@LostEnding_]

It’s more like a summary of a summary then it is all 10 years. Still a good video for refreshing

[@jasonpeng6767]

yes, it's called a summary

[@Oron_The_Massive]

@@jasonpeng6767 "yea it's called a summery"🤓🤓🤓

[@lnis5073]

There’s a KZbinr who did a 10min video of a million year old formation of earth until now WTF

[@damonsta2014]

Man, I saw this come up on my main page and I just watched it as a recap and then at 22:12 I was like "this is oddly familiar" and saw my name in the bottom right. Thanks for featuring my video and putting credit on it! You're a real one! Great job on the video as a whole too, I thoroughly enjoyed it and I will be waiting for the longer version!

[@Mental-j7k]

shut the hell up

[@gen8901]

He delivered on his promise to upload again within two weeks

[@ShadowDestiny2]

told you!

[@gen8901]

@@ShadowDestiny2 you literally did! Haha

[@binaryplays1393]

What are the chances I happen to be invested in the lore of Destiny 2 this evening, and behold the perfect video, the only one I've found that good and less than 3-4 hours!! Great vid chief

[@marcvskulper2874]

I first started playing D2 during Season of the Drifter. Now I get it. This story is incredibly deep and complex. My man just illuminated us all in under 45 mins where there are some videos that are 11hrs deep. Well done.

[@Happydude154]

The duality of this and the 10 hour Byf video lol. Respect to both of you, to Byf for all the weeks he put into his and respect to you Shadow for finding a way to somehow condense it all and still be understandable. Cant wait to see what the final shape has to offer!

[@Wonback]

The fact that this amazing story and lore is segmented between 2 games, 1 of them console exclusive, plus many many sunseted seasons should be illegal

[@adacskipper]

Couple of quick notes: 1. Clovis Bray is Elsie's and Ana's grandfather, not father. 2. Ahsa is a proto worm God; aka what the worm Gods used to be before the Witness found them. 3. The civilization that preceded the Witness was not in agreement about what the Final Shape actually was; they only combined after the violence that followed the Traveller's departure. 4. We don't know if the Traveller and the Witness have anything to do with the Gardener and the Winnower. Specifically the Winnower is confirmed to NOT be the Witness. Otherwise, great video! Its hard summarizing such a vast and complicated story so having something condensed down to only 40 min is great.

[@zaetheria]

This is fantastic!! Thank you for the short, yet thorough, summary video - it's been hard to find quality story summaries that aren't hours upon hours long. Perfect overall and for returners! Don't feel as lost in the story now ^.^

[@ShadowDestiny2]

that was our exact goal here - concise, but as thorough as possible. Glad that came through in the result. thanks for watching

[@Neru619]

This video needs more exposure. It needs to be posted and pinned on every Destiny social media platforms. When you take a step back and look how far we've come, it's so beautiful. And the winding path is still ahead of us and as Guardians we must walk that path till the very end.

[@guedes28]

Congrats on this montage. I've stoped playing D2 for several months and was lost with the recent lore, until i saw your video.

[@nobiazcustomsinc5030]

Absolute same. And sadly i wont be able to play most of it. I stopped at the tree of light thingy lol

[@prototype102010]

This video has helped me so much. I've always just jumped into Destiny here and there, get frustrated by the game just throwing you into random stories/expansions and just giving no context to anything. Being able to finally put a face to some names the game throws at you is so helpful lol

[@grant__4741]

Insane lore drop and done so well. Great vid as always

[@hdylta]

Love this. A short video with the parts that are needed.

[@danielhardman234]

one error i would like to point out is the traveler didnt actually choose to stay and protect humanity, Rasputin forced it to stay/ delayed its departure, long enough to were it was forced to fight. although the lore on that is pretty old and is mostly left over from destiny's originally planned story of the traveler not being a completely benevolent being, so take it as you will

[@JOHNSMITH-vx5yz]

Well that was FANTASTICLY. AMAZING ,can't wait for part 2

[@santiperezclavier]

Man, having played since the beginning this video is incredibly nostalgic and shows all we went through. Loved it :)

[@meisushimei]

I'm new to Destiny and this video absolutely helped me parse out some of what is going on haha. Thank you!!

[@DjayPaniora]

Sadly you won’t be playing for long😢

[@cjcj3145]

The hive having to feed an insatiable worm…I know the feeling. 😂

[@gogopossum]

I nerded out to this far more than I care to admit. Thank you, subbed, and looking forward to going thru more if your content!

[@Hydrodictyon]

Always thought to myself: if the Guardian awakened in Russia, does that make all of the player characters canonically Russian?

[@theguthboyw]

Considering that the last city is somewhere in Russia, Yes

[@ThorfinnSkuII]

edz European dead zone lol also Saint could sorta pass for the accent for examples

[@Jonnymick24]

Indeed we are comrade

[@Tao_Tology]

Konyeshka.

[@Hydrodictyon]

@@Tao_Tology you either meant “of course”, or при чем здесь конь?

[@Fever_Punch]

Thank you for making a clear, precise, and condensed video of the story. I have played for years, and this just made everything come full circle.

[@ryanwells1834]

Great Job. Look Forward To Everything Else You Produce. Keep Up The Good Work.

[@willbelive]

Just started streaming this game! It’s epic but incredibly complex. This video was super informative thank you 🙏

[@edandgretchenalexander632]

I’ve been a Destiny player since House of Wolves. Have always loved the ‘world’ and story, but it’s tough to remember all the pieces that have led up to now. Thanks for helping me remember! 🎉

[@johnreel8728]

I love this game, but my god the plots are all like: Gertrude, Daughter of the Infinite Cosmos and half-sister to Zoloft the Wretched has hatched a plot to steal the traveler’s aura with the use of BDE, a lost science of the Vex. Using the wumbo ray, we must save humanity from darkness because LIGHT! … also Gertrude will still be alive in a different timeline throne world multiverse so we can do another expansion in two years.

[@minbari73]

It's all sci-fi nonsense made up as they went along with stories built around excuses for shooting things.

[@boogerwood]

Great summary. Obviously there are so many details woven into this intricate story. But in 40 minutes, you definitely captured the absolute essence and key event that lead to this final shape. As a veteran gamer, I appreciate the scope and breadth of Destiny. There have been ups and downs. There’s been good and bad. But as a whole, it has been 10 epic years. This is a great tribute video.

[@gregrich91]

I stopped playing the game around 15:15 so this is great

[@kingdenali6293]

Thankyou for your dedication to making this video. As someone who missed multiple expansions and seasons this really helped

[@VolumedWand1]

This is really helpful for me because I play Destiny on and off. Thanks. ❤❤❤

[@ShadowDestiny2]

perfect

[@VoiceofFox]

Thanks for putting this together. After watching I can still say Destiny's story is utterly bewildering and incredibly difficult to follow. Good job the core gameplay is so good.

[@St1mi]

Hey, I appreciate the hell out of this 😎 the story and overall lore of Destiny is (obviously) so much more in-depth that your typical fps. Annnd how they ixnayed half the old content and campaigns.. this is necessary for me to get caught up! Appreciate this!

[@ShadowDestiny2]

Hey, thanks!

[@alisonanddanlindsey]

I need to say thank you for all the time and effort put into this excellently made video. I haven't played since the witch queen dlc but I enjoyed every minute of playing it. I was completely lost because I had no idea how to follow such a vast storyline. I wasn't even around to play the first game, I am truly a noob, but thanks to this video I now want to play again. I want to be part of the story and finish the fight against light and darkness.

[@singlegoldenorb]

Love this video. brings back a lot of great memories playing this game! definitely miss plating on Titan.

[@Hazzer20]

Loved this, having it read to you like an audiobook is ideal for me 😮‍💨🔥 thank you

[@marcosgin777]

Thx for making an actually concise video mate

[@MrFakeMaker101]

This is exactly the type of video I needed now. I actually know what I’ve been playing.

[@gdreyer]

I've been playing Destiny for the past 10 years and still this video answered some questions I still had. Thank you and congratulations, Guardian.

[@titobudd]

I never knew Crow's ghost's name was Pulled Pork before he renamed him Glint. Delicious.

[@thesilliestgoose5990]

To sum it up: An incalculable number of years ago, a society of nomads on a very distant planet found a giant white sphere buried on their planet that caused benevolent supernatural phenomena. The society rapidly advanced and started to shape the universe in the way they think is best. The sphere, the traveler, thought it was wrong and decided to leave. After it rose out of the planet and started flying across the stars, the nomads had a civil war and one of its factions used the technology they made as well as another artifact they found to fuse their entire species into one being, named The Witness, turning them into an omnipotent god and started to chase after the sphere. Since then, the sphere arrived here on earth in the near future, it gave us a golden age, and the Witness followed it and killed us to spite the traveler and reshape the universe. The main character wakes up a thousand years later and finds a post-apocalyptic solar system filled with aliens and survivors, and after 10 irl years of kicking ass we finally kill The Witness, becoming an army of Demi-gods. The one major question left to me is this: Where did the traveler come from?

[@BrianPereyra21]

This was a very good watch. I remembered pretty much all of it, but it was nice to have a bit of a refresher because some of these moments really begin to blur.

[@thomasclyne4410]

I stopped playing Destiny for quite a while after Forsaken. Began playing again due to the expansions being on PS Plus but i felt totally lost with regards to storyline. This video is exactly what i needed. Excellent work..Thank you!

[@JMsFunActivities]

This video reminded me of my wasted time battling Skolas for hundreds of hours 😂🤣😂

[@KenanJHS]

This videos was awsome, so much I’d forgotten about

[@singleplayersquad1]

Excellent video man.

[@ShadowDestiny2]

Appreciate it!

[@seronon]

Gotta be honest, I played a bit of Destiny 1 and also tried to get into Destiny 2 here and there. (Before it got f2p and trying to return multiple times afterwards) Destiny 2 always interested me, but I never really got the hang of it and quite frankly was absolutely overwhelmed by it. When I last gave it a shot - and thanks to one of your videos I learned the systems - I was demotivated after finding out that stories where vaulted and I wasn't able to play everything. Now with Final Shape I decided to take another look, because the Witness really caught my interest. Watching this video now made me sad for all the amazing story parts that I missed, but also really motivated me to keep going now and finally get into the game for real. Thank you very much!

[@vectorfox4782]

This is short and straight to the point and still manages to be under an hour. You earned a sub.

[@martinj7452]

I loved Destiny so much but finding people to raid who weren't completely clueless was absolutely impossible.

[@JulesA5266]

Thank you so much for this summary! I played D2 from the beginning, and then left after the Curse of Osiris due to burnout. I came back again in Beyond Light, and while I had played through Shadowkeep and everything else I could at the time, I was definitely lost story/lore-wise. This video helped me consolidate all the things I knew and didn't, and now I've got a better idea of what it is we'd been up to this whole time. I mean, I did lots and lots of pew pew and grinding, but things were disjointed. Kudos, job well done!

[@burchified]

They really drip fed a story about as long and intricate as a goosebumps book

[@Fighterpilot555]

How do you even summarize this story when we do not even have time to explain why we do not have time to explain?

[@LibrocreatesL2]

that's the best quote of the entire story 🤣🤣 followed by "How's your sister?"

[@DJGHOSH]

This is the best summation of the story

[@tiofranja]

absolutely amazingly crafted video! thank you so much for putting all of this together

[@itzdan0s477]

Great work covering this for us new lights that are missing 75% of the story. Only campaigns left were the ones were you acquire the darkness subclasses. And some cut scenes.

[@vogelbert7082]

as a day 1 d1 and d2 vet this is the perfect vid for final shape! tyvm kind sir.

[@F1reb0lt]

Thank you for doing this 😁 I came back to destiny last year at the back end of season of defiance after being away for 3 years and this really filled in some gaps in the story that I had missed. Looking forward so the more detailed version 👍

[@AtenSol12]

Cant wait for the full version, shadow ❤❤l

[@ttdnahapsu9575]

I needed exactly something like this. Thank you so much

[@ShadowDestiny2]

Glad it was helpful!

[@YoungKT2389]

Thank you bro you’re the best! Just now subbed

[@BeccaGothBee]

I liked the part where the witness said “it’s witnessing time” and it looked at everything

[@austinrock7636]

👎👎👎 boooooo copycat lameeeee not funny

[@Jake-or6rq]

I've been playing this game for 10 years. Haven't understood a lick of lore until you broke down the story.

[@Mental-j7k]

ur just dumb

[@grant__4741]

Been needing this

[@sirarthur0]

Really enjoyed this in-game retrospective, as someone who has been playing on and off from season to season, it was very easy to follow

[@maticlikar147]

Shadow, you are truly amazing and I absolutely love every single of your videos, keep going, man.

[@nerdwatch1017]

This is definitely the game I’d totally love to see made into an amazing trilogy of movies or better a long running series on HBO or Amazon Prime. This and Mass Effect would be amazing to

[@thedouble_t3939]

Thank you so much for this video, you made my campaign experience a lot more enjoyable since I wasn't able to experience 90% of the story myself.

[@OmegaGamingNetwork]

Was really glad to find this as I always wanted to know how it turned out. I really enjoyed it until TTK, but I just couldn't get into that expansion and never ended up finishing it. I don't even remember what it was anymore that caused me to quit. I didn't even bother with Destiny 2 but I always enjoyed the lore.

[@MrLMG]

Watching this to prepare for Final Shape. Great video- thank you!

[@ShadowDestiny2]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@lostonrodeodrive]

This video made me realize I just be shooting stuff without asking questions

[@djstanley1300]

Need the longer version

[@_ChiaroScuro_]

Wow before a beginner guide and now a lore guide for us new players ? Thank you for the good work shadow !

[@jaredowner]

Excellent work here. Can't wait for the long one too!

[@headshothunt3r414]

watching this video after coming back made me remember a lot of the things i experienced while playing back then

[@theanchor2212]

Thank you for this - perfect recap before getting back to the game for one last ride

[@pch1370]

Now knowing most of the important context, I still think that Nezzy Coffee to wake up Osiris is the most fucking random thing that ever happened in the entirety of Destiny's Timeline and that's saying something. 39:12 also, totally important lore: Proof that our Guardian is canonically actually really good at drawing.

[@WAstEDxLaMA]

This is a great video, thank you! Didn’t really realize a lot of important set up occurred between the major expansions in the seasons. Makes me regret kind of falling off. Even still, I have no idea what is going on lmao. I think Destiny has always been more known for its great shooting gameplay anyways

[@BingusCombat_]

Thank you for making this video, my friend is trying to get into the game and all the other recaps are 4 hours long!

[@ShadowDestiny2]

Glad I could help!

[@imacmccormick]

Thank you for this lol I didn't have time for 50 hours of Byf.

[@andresponce305]

Fantastic video thank you. I stopped playing D2 before the witch queen so I needed this to catch up.

[@mxx720]

Loved this, but I'm looking forward to the longer video. This is a great recap for Destiny players, but there are definitely parts where I felt like if I was a complete newbie and had no idea what the story was, I'd still be lost. I'd be mostly asking WHY these things happened, and who all these people were beyond brief introductions. I hope the longer version goes on tangents to explain them in greater detail, and also the gameplay and locations a bit.

[@basconrad719]

W video! I've been looking for a simple recap to show my newlight friends

[@GothicHellhound]

It was a wonderful time having been here for so long with you all:> can't wait to see you on the other side of the ending of our 10-year war. I hope it'll be amazing.

[@jeremiahvelez7338]

It’s interesting seeing this from you. I’ll watch it while I’m waiting for Byf to release his masterpiece.

[@Vandetta333]

Great video! Looking forward to the unabridged version!

[@UltimaTaylortho]

Thanks for this! I’ve been gone from destiny for about 4yrs and came back and was so lost lol

[@bwestbrook90]

Me, who played all of the expansions and end game content: “wow, that’s cool, didn’t know I did all that!”

[@Guardian1337-q5b]

This is truly amazing

[@VTOffRoadAdventures]

This video is a great summary of the story. But man seeing the old D2 clips makes me realize how big of an improvement the lighting engine upgrade was. Yes the changes are subtle but when added together it looks like a much more beautiful game.

[@SauloBenigno]

Amazing video!

[@DakotaRandol-vo7xy]

Just getting into destiny 2 now, this has made it make a lot more sense

[@blitzlegends1583]

Literally got my friend into destiny today so i can send this to him

[@alabamaman1372]

The true friends were the guns we met along the way.

[@badacid7388]

I quit at shadowkeep, I came back in season of the wish to see the end of this journey. Thanks for the recap!!!

[@Mr.yapper69]

💀 I already forgot wtf bro was talking about in a 41min video I will definitely not be able to watch a 10 hour video 😂😂

[@gageamato5669]

Lol

[@gamer94339]

tiktok & insta reel effects... attention span reduced! really recommend start watching Old movies. :)

[@InDwightWeTrust]

Usually do not comment but really really appreciate the effort that must have gone into this, I followed destiny till about year 6 so very nice to get a good summary. The only question I still really have and have never worked out, what are the vex and where do they fit in? They just seem to be, and I get they have time travel shenanigans but I am still confused, who made them etc. etc. etc. Have I missed this?

[@bshawfoolery13B]

The Traveler:"don't forget your towel"😊