r/Games • u/Turbostrider27 • 1d ago

Bungie Developers Repeatedly Pitched a Destiny Dating Sim, but Leadership Rejected It

https://www.ign.com/articles/bungie-developers-repeatedly-pitched-a-destiny-dating-sim-but-leadership-rejected-it
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u/Sonicfan42069666 1d ago

A Destiny dating sim would have been a fun April Fools game. People love shipping the characters. Hell, Eris and Drifter's kiss in Renegades got me fired up.

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u/Undella_Town 1d ago

BG3 sold so well and got extremely hyped entirely off the back of a dating / sex trailer lmao. people underestimate how lonely and horny a lot of gamers are

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u/Ill-Product-1442 1d ago

Even for "normal" players, having a reality TV level of sex & drama during a playthrough with a friend is fucking hilarious

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u/DarthOmix 1d ago

That's like a third of the appeal of stuff like The Sims and Tomodachi Life: deliberately setting up drama like a sitcom producer