The Expansion That Bungie Wants You to Forget About - Destiny
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The Expansion Bungie Wants You to Forget About is about Destiny 1's Rise of Iron expansion. Welcome to the expansion that Bungie wants you to forget about for some reason? So.. what did Rise of Iron do to piss Bungie off? Why does Bungie want you to forget about this dlc? If you’ve played Destiny for a long time you would know that Bungie loves to place references and call backs to dlc’s, bosses, especially to its most memorable times, but almost nowhere is Rise of Iron acknowledged or referenced. Saladin calls us young wolf in Destiny 2 even though by the end of this story we become iron lord, siva is only referenced in the eververse and only a piece of dead siva is featured in the felwinter mission that is no longer in the game. Most recently when Bungie was celebrating 10 years of destiny where plenty of other trailers get played along the journey, see rise of iron came up and this happened..
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intro: 00:00
The Development: 04:33
The Iron Lords Legacy: 08:44
Quests: 30:27
Wrath of the Overdelivery: 35:54
One More Age of Triumph: 40:21
Outro: 43:47
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Some footage was also used from my previous video:
The Raid That Perfected Destiny: Wrath of the Machine
The Entire History of Iron Banner, i guess - Destiny 2
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Bungie various sound tracks from Destiny the Game and Destiny 2 - Hry
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Have you begun to remake the DLC retrospective videos? I watched all of them when they came out and they were pretty good.
chris is about to clutch up final shape just watch
@@HighFiveGhostenjoyer428 yeah I did vanilla, Dark Below, House of Wolves, Taken King + April Update, and now Rise of Iron
For a moment I thought I missed some news that Bungie was adding the Red War DLC back. 😢
i do have a head cannon that the overload fallen have s.e.v.a, the remnants of it anyway.
This was where I started Destiny. It’s no Taken King or Forsaken, but Rise of Iron will always hold a special place for me.
it knew what it wanted to be and for that we love it
Noob
@@Cabbage22927that translation lol
@@Cabbage22927SEED!?
Bro calm down
The raid was super fun and had some pretty cool weapons. Wraith is one of my favourite due to encounters and designs, the siege engine, vosik, and aksis were really cool encounters then the weapons armour had really interesting perk combos and or benefits.
Hopefully wraith can comeback to D2 so we get some siva themed stuff back outside the odd ornament here or there
This DLC was amazing. It feels like it was forgotten by Bungie which really is a shame. So many fun things to enjoy, and it bled into Age of Triumph so well to end the game in a brilliant way
The game in the Forge was awesome. Some still play it. I played last month. I still have some coins left. Got my ass handed to me 3 times. lol This is when Destiny was hard and fun because of the challenge.
@lindah6954 yeah I always go back to d1 and forget that it's actually a good difficulty
I love to go back in Destiny 1 regularly, it's much better than Destiny 2!
More feels like D1 and D2 teams has little to no communication, which led to all inconsistencies.
It really wasn’t. I truly do not understand the retrospective love for this expansion. The story was nonsense. The raid was good. The game didn’t really change… anyway. All that being said, Rise of Iron Was still better than what we have had the last two years and for most of Destiny 2s hisyory
One of my favorite things in this expansion was the artifacts. People who didn't play won't realize that you could get the ability to temporarily turn enemies friendly.
You could literally be cornered and about to die, then melee a wizard, a knight and an ogre and they would fight for you. Such an underrated ability. Something I wished the warlock could still do. A type of possession/necromancy
Wow that sound's so cool instead of a seasonal locked item that only unlocked mods that would become redundant next season never being used again
@@dragonlord7987I know right? And the best part about this artifact? Is that you could actually KEEP it and use it to make the game more fun!! Such a great concept
duuuude i remember this. i remember running around the plaguelands turning the fallen into my evil doers lol.
Red subclass?
Or using a sword block to ricochet projectiles back at the enemy. Any projectile too lol it was great fun in PvP as well as pve.
the pain of knowing how much this concept of siva and riso of iron had and how much they ignore this story.... the potential siva had was the same as the flood from halo
funny that SIVA in destiny is the Halo's flood, same vibe, awesome atmosphere.
Destiny milks potential but will never deliver on it.
@@alengalindo1753 the craziest thing about SIVA being the closest thing to the Flood was that Rasputin was in control of it. With all that's happened to him since then they could have used it for a lot. We could have SIVA npcs help us on missions, or instead of the Witness just switching Rasputin off it could have taken control of SIVA from him and turned it against us...
@@xXx_Regulus_xXx Yeah but this is the same company who made the DARKNESS a bunch of empty triangles. They will never deliver on any front anymore.
I loved Raise of Iron so much. The story was baller, raid was amazing, everything about it kicked as. I loved being an Iron Lord
Based AF
I miss the D1 iron banner skinned commando armor that isnt in D2.
I’ll continue to say this till the end of time. They wrote in SIVA without longevity in mind. With SIVA we would just win and we would have learned through colonization records about many locations including neomuna which was built by SIVA years earlier then we did.
Yes, but destroy it, don’t cancel it.
@@alessandrolamera8857 Agreed, we should have destroyed it in wrath of the machine.
Veteran Characters are called Young Wolf as since that's the nickname we were given, it has nothing to do with the title. Anyone Saladin deems can be an Iron Lord, but Young Wolf is specific to the player character
Yes but by the time you finish the campaign Saladin would refer to you as Lord/Lady guardian. Not gonna it made your character feel extra badass
Rise of Iron was a return to form for Destiny IMO, the way it blended the changes between Taken king and Age of Triumph was amazing and it had a bunch of cool content, especially the raid, definitely one of the best in the franchise.
As someone who played destiny 1 for the first time very recently I must say the final mission in rise of iron wAs VERY scary to play through especially alone and the way the dead iron lords body’s just flew up into the ceiling was very disturbing to say the least
😂😂😂😂
one of my favorite moments in destiny tbh!!!!! the vibes were impeccable
Snowflake
I'm curious how you played through the original game and DLCs? Did you buy it on the PSN? I don't wanna fork out $60
The Rise of Iron main theme is one of the few pieces of music not just in Destiny, but all music in general that brings a literal tear to my eye. What a time to be a Destiny player.
A lot of if not all of the music in D1 is goated. I remember just chilling in the director menu listening to the music.
I know Taken King is always the expansion everyone thinks of for D1, but Rise of Iron was just peak D1 for me. Age of Triumph, Wrath, SRL, the amazing exotic quest/puzzle for Outbreak.... god it was a fun time.
It was. Destiny nowadays is a travesty. I despite this game now. What happened to fun? This game is soooo boring nowadays.
SRL was so much fun. A very unique, refreshing, and unexpected event in D1. Wish it was brought back, more so wish it became a staple in D1. Bet you there would be a speed run community for SRL today if Bungie made the activity permanent.
@@rechelieuit’s fun with friends but so is everything I’m guessing you don’t have to many friends though….
D1 was definitely better for solo/co-op play I got to like 380 with just doing stuff by myself
ROI was one of the best expansions. Beautiful Lore heavy story, Fellwinters peak as an alternative to the tower, SIVA as an enemy variant, Plaguelands was awesome, forge, WRATH, outbreak prime, Triumph. It was such a quality expansion put together so well. I'd love for them to find a way to tie this back and replay/re-imagine this all of this in D2. The inspiration they took from Game of Thrones at the time... WinterFell (FellWinter) and the wolves there as a nod to House Stark. It had it all man
It does tie back, sure we don't see much of SIVA and the SPlicers are long gone. But ROI laid fertile soil for other stories to grow from, as Saladin is still heavily involved in the story fo Destiny even today.
@@TheZamaron Nimbus is such a downgrade from all the splicer stuff, even aesthetically. I hate his little chrome bra
not to mention how awesome the social space was! you could not only climb to the top of felwinter's peak, but there was a CRAZY long path down the mountain as well
when I got to the top I spent a while taking screenshots
My 2nd favorite expansion in all of destiny. I have soooo much nostalgia for this era of destiny.
Staying up all night on school nights grinding the heroic strike playlist to try and get devils dawn, beating wrath of the machine, getting outbreak prime, climbing (and falling off) felwinter peak, listening to the soundtrack in between classes, freaking out when I finally got the nanophoenix ship.
Oh and I almost forgot about the dawning 2016. Which is still to this day the best holiday event destiny has ever had. Sparrow racing, new exotics, fun cosmetics, great tower music, and the return of ice breaker (even though it’s overrated in my opinion).
God, so many good memories. Not to mention the age of triumph update and the destiny 2 hype. Great times man.
I sadly couldn't play it because my download speed was 0.5 mb/second 😂😂
@@alex62965 and that’s why I use ethernet lol
Same here. My 2nd favorite as well, I still love Taken King a touch more, but not that much more. Age of Triumph update was amazing!! Idk about you, but I believe Rise of Iron and Age of Triumph is the golden era for D1 and Destiny's cosmetics as a whole. Rise of Iron was such a damn good time, and the special public event (its version of Court) felt more fun and somehow less grindy then the newer ones. It was such a good time and so much damn nostalgia.
This really makes you wonder wtf happened to Destiny. They've completely detached themselves from everything that made Destiny great.
@@Miguel-jm2pf yeah. I have no idea how this “filler” expansion ended up being better than every other destiny 1 and destiny 2 expansion with the exception of forsaken. And that’s including all the seasons and the holiday events as well.
The tone and visual design of rise of iron is my favorite in the series. Honestly I think it’s where bungie peaked in those regards, dreaming city comes very close tho.
Dreaming city is space tolkein. To this day I think its their best designed location. Dreadnought and plaguelands were cool but it all kinda blurs together.
"The tone and visual design of rise of iron is my favorite in the series." Literally agree so hard couldn't have said it better. It's just so badass and clear cut idk why I just love the theme and UGH DUDE THAT MUSIC IS SO GOOD in the intro of this video lol
@@feircy Dreaming City is Bingo's best enviromental design, but the fashion game in RoI was god tier
@@Spike2276 if we counting age of triumph as ROI 100%. Though i do like the medical knight styles from forsaken
@@feircy Dreaming City is my favorite place visually across the entire franchise
This DLC wasnt even originally planned and its still better than most D2 expansions. How far we have fallen...
I've never played this DLC (or D1 in general), but of all the locations I've seen, Plaguelands and Wrath of the Machine are easily my favorite. I love the appeal of SIVA, with the area it inhabits being corrupted and uninhabitable.
Also, the idea of having SIVA-corrupted Cabal or Scorn sounds absolutely badass.
The Siva corrupted Fallen didn't even have feet anymore as I recall. Their legs were kind of like pegs or those 🦿 springy prosthetics for running.
@@wizzard4063 only the dregs but yeah, it was like an alternative form of docking almost
The definitive dlc. The raid i played the most. Better than anything bungie has produced since. Was actually excited for this dlc. I still go back and play rise of iron to this day.
Me too
Me too
Rise Of Iron was a great expansion after Taken King. It made a lot of solid improvements to the game and added some additions that very solid. Wish we got more expansions like this.
I’m a say it, rise of iron is just as good as Taken King, it is some of Bungie’s best work. Taken King is when I started playing destiny and I loved it, but rise of iron is where I put most of my hours I have in the game, everything about it was great. The campaign was great. The new area was great and wrath of the machine is the best rate of all time no contest (that’s right to hell with last wish it’s boring), it’s the pinnacle of difficult but fun. Rise of iron is what Bungie should be striving for not forgetting.
Rise Of Iron was very special to me. It’s where I really got invested into Destiny back in the day. ❤
I joined D1 late in the game during Rise of Iron and it was definitely my favorite of the expansions. Not to mention Wrath was my first raid and will always be the coolest shit ever.
We all know if they tried adding siva back again, no other armor would compare to siva because it just looks that cool. That kind of look along with warmind armor and taken/hive armor with effects is the forefront of fashion. No other theme compares to these three themes.
Black armory gear was just as cool but honestly a good chunk of the reason for that was because they kept the high tech industrial black and red designs. all it was really missing were the octahedron and cables motif
What’s so cool is that Sepiks prime’s theme was covered by none other than Misha Mansoor from the band “Periphery”. I’d definitely check him and the band out if you loved the OST, they are super talented.
Rise of Iron Will forever be my favorite and most treasured time of the Destiny franchise. Its when I had the most friends actively playing and enjoying the game, when the music was iconic, and my personal favorite raid day 1 attempt. My fireteam got to Aksis-Phase 2 at the same time the streamers did and we were all super excited about that! Its impossible to even compete nowadays unless you can do glitches and cheeses to speed through the whole thing:/
Of the Main musical themes of each expansion that played when you started the game, Rise of Iron's will always be my favorite.
not only was the new Sepiks theme made by a fan, but by Misha Mansoor of the very popular Prog Metal band Periphery! They were one of my favorite bands at the time so to have one of my favorite artists in my favorite game was absolutely incredible!! Great video!!!!
Some of my fondest memories of Destiny definitely came from this era. Man, the gear looked *so good*. Many of the IB guns I remember best were from this era.
Rise of Iron was my favorite expansion. The style, weapons, armor, the quality of life changes and not forgetting Wrath of the Machine. Such a good expansion
I've always said it's an under appreciated dlc! But it was 100% my favorite! So much rich story with the Iron Lords! That's what they should make a show about!
This is my personal favourite expansion, SIVA was a sick concept, phenomenal raid and just loved hanging out in the snow
The siva designs were amazing and the little sound the weapons would make when their special perk activated just perfect. While wraith is tricky for bungie to update it would be amazing to have back
Rise of Iron had some spectacular visuals. Just standing outside the forge and looking up at the burning tower, or going down into the replication chamber and seeing all the SIVA everywhere
in reference to 12:12 Bungie was saying how Beyond Light brought *dynamic* weather systems to Destiny for the first time (i.e. the snowstorms on Europa coming and going at random intervals)
Man, i really miss this dlc. Im a sucker for nanotech in scifi and SIVA really hit it for me
do you like the cloudstrider nanotech or siva better?
As someone who loves the iron lord and banner stuff i was absolutely thrilled to find out that the last dlc was iron banner related
Legit my favorite expansion. Saladin and Lady Jolder was the tragic love story I needed in a game like destiny.
Such an awesome dlc. I remember getting the game informer magazine that had the rise of iron pre-release exclusive article and being so excited seeing all the new artifacts. My most used was memory of Jolder that gave you no sprint cooldown which felt game changing in D1. Plaguelands and archons forge were fun and the raid still remains my number 1 favorite. The iron banner weapons were some of the best ever across both games. Saladins vigil fusion rifle was dirty I could 1 shot someone halfway across the rustedlands map and that’s not an exaggeration.
it was such a game changer they just removed the sprint cooldown, that was a really fun change
If I recall correctly, you’re a different guardian in the second game than the first, hence why you’re called “young wolf” and other NPCs don’t recognize your previous achievements in the first game. Your ghost even mentions your old guardian as if you’re an entirely different person in the mission where you retrieve that one arc exotic sub machine gun from cayde’s stash
Probably not anymore due to almost none of the original destiny 2 existing anymore, but back when the red war existed in game ghost’s dialogue would specifically change depending on if you played destiny 1 or not. So yes we are the same guardian
Absolutely not right d2 literally starts with the tower being destroyed you losing all your gear that’s in the vaults and defending the tower not to mention many references throughout d2 take the infinite forest where we see our own grave and saint 14 mentions all of our achievements and like the comment above me stated dialogue used to change depending how old your guardian was at the start of d2
I’ll never forget this expansion because when it dropped my fireteam and I were waiting in that long queue and I passed out on the couch, woke up and was still in queue.
Simpler times
Thank you so much for this retrospective. I have fond memories of the campaign and felwinters peak climbing the mountain....Rise of iron deserves a lot more credit by bungie. This DLC will always have a special place in my heart.
This was one of my favorite DLC’s and Wrath is BY FAR my favorite raid of all time. Wish Bungie still cared to make quality content like this
This and kings fall are my favourite
This is my favorite expansion everything just felt complete from the armor weapons loot felt fair anything you did there was an award for you. Not to mention the amazing lore and the underused siva. In the wise words of homelander “it’s was perfect, perfect every min nute detail”
I miss this time of my life sooo much. The love I had for OG Destiny 😢 Wish we could get something like that again
I’ve been playing so much d1 lately, and I have to say the game is very lively right now. Absolutely a great game honestly.
Love me some rise of iron, wish my red twizzlers could come back, also archons forge chefs kiss.
the only reason i still have hope for bungie bringing back wrath to D2 was that the emblem u got from opening the Diamond in the raid (Siva solution) was used in the showcase of the final shape when they were showing off one of the features that are coming when final shape comes, but who knows now after the layoffs, nothing is guaranteed
D1…. I started playing when I was 13, eight days after the release of the game and the night before my 14th birthday. Now TTK is my fav DLC and Wrath is my dad’s. But we loved this time of Destiny, something about it was magical. This time made everyone happy and the friends you made, well… core memories were formed from those shared experiences and overcoming all of the challenges Bungie threw at us. The soundtrack added that *mph* to where once you completed something, you felt powerful. You felt like you just conquered the world and you and your friends/family were unstoppable. I miss these times, but thankful that I still have some of the friends I made along the way.
Rise of Iron was probably my favorite time in destiny's history. I think I put more hours into age of triumph and rise of iron than the entirety of D1. I found myself running all 4 raids on all 3 characters every week just for the fun of doing so and teaching other players how to run them. I was 12 during the time and remember being the one to teach adults how to run the raids haha.
I've wished that I was around to play The Rise of Iron since the moment I learned and looked into it. This video only makes that sentiment stronger. If they made something for the Iron Lords and Siva again, I would *definitely* play it. I love the iron lords and definitely consider my guardian to be one of them. Being able to solidify that sentiment outside of Iron Banner would be awesome.
Thank You for doing this video, I have no idea why IMO the most productive and popular DLC is the one they refuse to acknowledge or give credit.... This is the Players DLC, it may not be the best, but its my Choice for Players DLC due to the number of improvements made for the player and with our feedback.... Thanks Evan
this and beyond light are genuinely my favorite times in all of destiny. the aesthetics of snowy ruins and the fallen are just fantastic
For me it’s this (including Triumphs) and Taken King (including the April update). Beyond Light was painfully mediocre to me. Half the time I forget the name and call it Icebourne because all I remember from it is Stasis, and Icebourne is the name of an actually amazing ice-based expansion.
This was the best time in D1 imo. From the raid, to the raid rotation and challenges to strikes being one of the best activities to do with the introduction of strike Modifiers. Primiary, special, or heavy weapon buff, Nades, melee or the Mayhem modifier, strikes were top notch. Rise of Iron always gets called "Meh" but it will always be one of the best times in Destiny for me and in all honesty should have been the template for what D2 should have been at launch but we all know how that went.
Yeah, you just want to cry about what happened to this game. This was awesome. I loved The Taken King the most, but this was second best, and only Forsaken was close enough in D2. Nowadays, this game is a shell of its greatness. Boring slog. Who cares about the builds when the game play is soooo boring. Nothing to do. Seasons stink. I stopped playing this game. Especially in 2023 when so many awesome games came out. Next year looks even better. No time for mediocre games like Destiny.
I never played D1, so videos like this help me understand more of its impact and the aspects of the game people loved. Great watch! Thanks for the video! Also that hunter fit is badass!
I played from alpha D1 through current and this was my favorite time in the game. I loved the iron lord story and I loved low manning WOTM. That raid had so many possible “hero” moments
Rise of iron was my favorite destiny dlc, me and my dad made some amazing memories playing it together and getting all the amazing weapons and armor together, amazing memories that ill never forget.
I remember watching this trailer over and over before release. Back in the day. Man what a journey this game has been. I like your videos, they cover interesting topics. Thanks Evan!
Great video. I never played wrath of the machine, but man, I would love to boot up d1 and go through it.
Bro that music just hit me like a Mac truck, miss this game and my teen year so much. So many memories
That Taken King trailer is still my favorite trailer of all time. That trailer got me pumped to start playing online, King’s Fall was my first Destiny raid. And I had a super chill team take me through as I spent 45-60 mins on the tomb ship encounter and the other jumping puzzle right before you got to the Death Singers encounter.
I started playing Destiny a few months before rise of iron came out.
So Rise of iron was my first expansion launch that I would be there for. I will never forget playing roi story for the first time. Becoming an iron lord, roaming the cosmodrome and plague lands, doing the raid for the first time, and many other memories.
The weapons were awesome. Ghorn’s return as well as other exotics. The iron temple was a fun social space. SIVA was an interesting concept. The history of the iron lords had me wanting more. I could go on about all the stuff that made roi a great dlc.
The icing on the cake was of course age of triumph. Giving us even more before D2 came out. If only D2 continued what D1Y3 built.
Rise of Iron and Age of Triumph toward the end of D1 was sooooo damn good. RoI was easily my favorite expansion and the soundtrack was freaking epic. Kind of sad to see the shell that D2 has become when we had some amazing stuff back then.
I would grind trials for that armor again. Dang that drip ages like fine wine lol
I remember climbing that mountain. Dad spent hours trying. I second tried
I still have the gamestop preorder poster hanging up in my room. I wasn't crazy about the dlc, but it earned a spot in my heart. I also found some d1 speedrunners a few months back on a discord and finally got a WOTM clear! They even helped me get outbreak prime.
Amazing video. Thanks for taking me back!
I went back down into where siva is. It a Pyramid ship down there. That was a fun hard fight to get there.
I loved the coins. My favorite was the coin that took your special but gave you extra grenades and abilities
This was a fun era for D1. I loved the aesthetic of it all, and SIVA was such a cool concept. It really doesnt feel forgotten, as Outbreak Perfected reminds me every single day of the simpler times.
I don’t care what anyone says. I loved this expansion. I was a Iron Banner fanboy way before its launch. I love SIVA, the Devil Splicers and the Iron Lord Aesthetic. Destiny 2 deserves that content back again.
The fusion from the forge was great too.
I remember when I was in college, I had Tuesdays off. My buddy and I would get up at 4 or 5 am (the old reset) and grind iron banner all day into the night to max out our IB rank. Good times.
Plus don’t forget about the SLR and the TOP TIER collaboration with Bassjackers and that amazing song during the races
Rise of Iron was alway my favorite expansion. I always hope I will see the entire vibe of SIVA return especially when the made season of the splicer.
I love that you acknowledged the sepiks prime song they changed. The fan who's track they used was Misha Mansoor. Who for anyone into the metal or Djent Genres Is one of the guitarists from Periphery. Who is a huge destiny fan
They have introduced possiblity for return of siva with Neomuna, the fact it was used to help condtruct the city. They have a open story door for a rehash into siva, but they wont use it, it coul esialy be used in a seasonal story setting
yeah they're never bringing OG SIVA back, or they wouldn't have deliberately made the neomuna tech look all different and chrome. the Cloudstriders could have easily been people merged with SIVA that was under control but they chose the less interesting silvery metal terminator look
Almost cried in a few places in this video such good times we'll never get back not even just the in game moments
As someone who dropped off D1 very early, I went back and played Rise of Iron a couple years ago, I think during that long Arrivals season, and really enjoyed it.
Rise Of Iron worked well for me when I started doing my Destiny lore project to collect as much of the story as I can. I got a really good perspective of it. We got all the backstory lore leading up to D1, the player is brought back to life in the COsmodrome, they do a few small engagements with the enemy on each planet as they search for a way to get into the Black Garden, Dark Below follows the Hive, and despite it's short length is very impactful with the intro to Eris, Crota, the disaster on the Moon, and setting up for Taken King, House Of Wolves expanded on the lore of the Fallen and their Houses, and the Awoken, and served to unite us as solid allies with them, which in turn leads into Taken King, which is still getting new lore revalations and was one of the biggest impacts on the story of Destiny, a great victory against the Hive and showing their Gods can be killed. THen Rise Of Iron is great as it shows us how desperate the Fallen were after their leadership was crippled, and their best chance at a unified effort with Skolas, we learn of the Iron Lords as Saladin had just been a barely known background character, the impact of ROI is not as big as the others, but it leads well into the AGe Of Triumph lore with us having beaten most of our enemies major leadership in the system at the time, essentially it served to set up our eventual fal to Ghaul, by use being blinded by victories and feeling unbeatable. After te Red War Saladin had a lesser role, and though we never got another Expansion that acted like a true sequel to Rise Of Iron, depsite being small it still had a major impat on the story, as Saladin narrativly represented some of the oldest Guardians and was a pretty good insight character, especially when Caiatl showed up, and he was like "We mus crush them completly", but from seeing the truce that came after and still being wary of her, and in Season Of The Risen he took a punishment for Crow by being indebted to serve Caitl, he soon grew to respect the Cabal and bury his hatred of them, he may have lost his brother and sister Iron Lords with Lady Efrideet as the only other survivor, but he found new comrarderie in the new generation of Guardians and Caiatl's Cabal, even forming his own Cabal unit the Iron War Beasts. And een better is how thes ROI lore also at times was used with Rasputin, such as a reason for us to be cautious of Rasputin in Worthy, and later Rasputin would be rebuilt by being merged with his son Felwinter's memories, and eventually evolving enough to see direct warfare wasn't always the answer, and sacrificed himself to prevent Xivu Arath from getting what she wanted, a slaughter of war so great she could be directly summoned. THanks to the Iron Lords Rasputin made up for his past sins and decided to trust the future of Humanity tot he Guardians. ROI may not have gotten a direct sequel, and SIVA may not have been heavily involved anymore after, but this expansion laid some fertile soil for the rots of other bigger stories to take place. THat is the legacy of Rise Of Iron, a good enough end and unwitting transition to D2, and laying rots for bigger stories to grow from and Saladin to be remembered so well with the fans as more then just the Iron Banner handler. I've come to see Destiny as not just a bunch f individual stories, but each Expansion, each Season, even if they don't directly flow into the next, all work together to weave a tapestry of an epic and unique story.
Lady Efrideet is mentioned in the cosmos ghost shell from year 1 d2
This expansion introduced me to Destiny. I didn’t play until Witch Queen but it was Rise of Iron that made this game aware to me. I wish I would’ve started earlier.
This video is amazing and I appreciate the light that it shines on all aspects , from
Creative development to player involvement and satisfaction. Truly and criminally underrated and as you put it, sadly forgotten and bastardized.
OMG, I completely forgot about the Wretched Eye strike... So good.
I dont think you mentioned the details for sepiks. The music that plays in the boss changes depending on the difficulty. Because the normal strike plaus the original theme, but in master or grandmaster nightfalls (or maybe its just nightfalls in general IDK) it plays the Perfected remix
The extra awesome fact about Sepkis Perfected's theme is that it's not only a fan made cover of the original, but it's a cover by Misha "Bulb" Mansoor, the founder and guitarrist of Periphery
I will literally never get over the fact that my favorite band kinda happens to have a song in D1, super wild stuff
Edit: "vanilla D2 you're next", the first retrospective where you won't be able to play the game, GG Bungo
This was with the Siva! Brought back so many memories lol
Archons Forge was the cherry on top. Farming Saladins Vigil, the best D1 fusion rifle, was just so cool.
great vid and i do agree lol just happen to pop up thanx for the content got a a new sub
Saladins Vigil from the forge was an awesome fusion rifle
Age of Triumph was the time I got on weekly to do all types of available activities.
Not for a weekly pinnacle grind or a drip feed story. But just for the fun of the encounters.
Willingly wanted to do strikes, raids, trials, crucible just for fun and seeing everything.
Some of the best music in destiny and some of the best memories i ever made were during this expansion. Truly holds a special place in my heart
Never played much of d1 only the release day and then my brother played it by himself.. i played d2 since release day (7 years ago) and I’ve always loved this game and it’s unique feel. Siva always felt like the coolest drip and weapons that I never got why they never had it as a thing in this game.. now it makes a little more sense but also less as it’s so cool looking for the enemies/guns/and drip that could come from reintroducing it in d2
i started playing christmas 2015 and im still playing. I will always love rise of iron. It had so much incredible content.
I 100% agree with your love of the wretched eye! I've been waiting forever and begging bungie to add it back
They want us to forget this dlc because it’s the first and last time they released 2 good expansions in a row
28:35 i remember being 11 years old on my older brothers 3rd character and was absolutely terrified during this part
This expansion was the last true "destiny" experience that I had with my little friend group that played together. Raids and trials. We tried to race for the raid....doing it with an old school Lan party at our buddies apartment. After d2 came out and the bad experience everyone else had, they all left the game. So many fun memories in this expansion and its raid.
Anyone else miss the forge? Fighting endless waves of enemies for unique legendaries. Being able to randomly team up with a couple players and fight in an arena was so much fun.
34:51 Hell yes I do! I may not have had a reason to use it, but it was one of my favorites because of how cool looking it was, next to Zhalo Supercell!
Don't forget that in AOT (Age of Triumpth) around 2 months after Rise of Iron and made all the exotic ornaments earnable along with some silver armor sets through weekly activities that still is active through reset!