Bungie has always created their games with quality and a strong attention to game world
lore.
Welcome to the SKILLED channel.
And today we're looking at 28 mysterious facts about the Destiny Universe and the company
that designed them.
There's dozens of references, easter eggs, origin stories, and interesting facts.
It's possible that players haven't even found all of them yet.
But we do know that Bungie is very decisive when they design their games.
Let's take a look at the 28 Mysterious Facts About Destiny.
1.
NAME ORIGINS.
The game was originally called "Project Tiger" and "Destiny" was actually the game's working
title, but the creators liked it so much they kept it as the official title.
There's an old image of the office during development and on the projector screen in
the back we see a logo or a symbol related to Project Tiger.
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The design of Destiny went through many iterations before arriving at the game we know today.
And the concept art reveals more of the origins behind it.
For one thing, we see a few pet tigers which makes us think about the old game name, Project
Tiger.
As well as the abandoned species, Tiger Man.
But we also see a big difference in the different classes.
They look a lot more distinct and mythic compared to the more universal class designs we currently
have.
Cities also look vibrant and populated, which is something we haven't seen at least in Destiny
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3.
All of the three character classes are heavily influenced by the coolest movies.
The Warlock space wizards are based on the Jedi from Star Wars, Gandalf from Lord Of
The Rings, anD Morpheus from The Matrix.
The Hunters are based on Han Solo from Star Wars and Clint Eastwood's Man with No Name.
The Titans are based on the Stormtroopers from Star Wars and of course, Master Chief
from Halo. 4.
STORY ORIGINS.
Most of the story line was cut after Joseph Staten, a former writer for Bungie, left the
company.
There was also an extension of the tower, called the city, that was completely removed,
which contained additional vendors.
The entrance to The City is believed to be the vex gate by the outfitter.
The actors who voiced The City's vendors are still credited in the game.
5.
Destiny has a very large ensemble of known voice actors.
The most famous among them is Peter Dinklage who voices the Ghost.
Lance Reddick, known of, The Wire and Fringe, is Commander Zavala.
Shohreh Aghdashloo (Admiral Raan) is Lakshmi-2.
Nathan Fillion, known for Serenity, is Cayde-6.
Gina Torres is Ikora Rey.
Bill Nighy�is the�Speaker.
Peter Stormare voices Arach Jalaal.
The male Awoken is voiced by Crispin Freeman, while the female Exo is Cree Summer and the
male human is Matthew Mercer.
Claudia Black�is Tess Everis, the special orders vendor.
And in the Japanese version, The Speaker is Akio Ohtsuka, the voice actor for Solid Snake
in the Japan.
The City's Announcement AI is voiced, by Jen Taylor.
Otherwise known as the actress responsible for bringing life to Master Chief's faithful
AI companion Cortana in the Halo series 6.
HALO REFERENCE 1.
The first reference to the game was as an Easter Egg in Bungie's Halo 3: ODST.
During that game, the player can find a poster featuring Earth, and the words "Destiny Awaits".
This was removed in the Master Chief Collection developed by 343.
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HALO REFERENCE 2.
Then again in Halo Reach there's a poster referring to the Traveler.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVew6iNiwYM 8.
ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE.
When Destiny launched in 2014 everyone was doing the Ice Bucket Challenge to promote
awareness of ALS.
When Destiny's Ghost was nominated, Bungie accepted the challenge.
To top it off they nominated Jeremy Irons, the main villain from Advanced Warfare, Joel
from the Last Of Us, and George Lucas.
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Dinklebot Nickname joke.
The Ghost voiced by Peter Dinklage is often referred to as "Dinklebot" for his robotic
sounding speech.
The earliest origins of the nickname �Dinklebot� come from a let's play from the Rooster Teeth
crew during the beta period.
They called him Dinklebot and the name quickly caught on.
10.
That Wizard came from the Moon became a big meme during the Alpha phase.
Fans criticized the way Peter Dinklage said this particular line.
And it led Bungie to changing the line in the final version of the game.
Ironically, Bungie showed no remorse and actually sold T-Shirts with the famous phrase on it.
11.
Early in the game's release, the community found a place to farm items which they quickly
dubbed �The Loot Cave�.
It was located at Skywatch on Earth.
Bungie quickly patched it and actually made light of the situation.
Now, when people venture into the cave, they find a charred pile of corpses, and interacting
with them prompts a disembodied voice to say "A million deaths are not enough for Master
Rahool", which means the loot cave is now part of Destiny lore.
12.
An interesting glitch players found was Sparrow Surfing.
The practice of glitching your Guardian so they're standing on their Sparrow using the
Dance emote & proceeding to ride around like it was a surf board.
This actually inspired Bungie to create the EV-30 Tumbler; a Sparrow variant where the
standard emotes are replaced with motocross tricks while in the air, and also has the
ability for any number of flips after taking flight from a jump.
13.
NICKNAMES.
Usually in an online game a new player is often referred to as a newbie or a noob.
In Destiny, Bungie officially refers to new players as the nickname "Kinderguardians".
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NICKNAMES.
The Destiny Community has come up with their own nicknames enemy factions.
The Fallen are "Space Pirates".
Fallen Dregs are called "Gregs".
Vandals are called "Randalls", although there is one specific enemy named Randal The Vandal
who appears in the Forgotten Shore occasionally.
A slight misreading of the Fallen Shanks results in "Skanks".
Cabal are "War Rhinos" or "Brutes" due to their Jumpjets.
The Hive are "Space Zombies".
The Vex are "Alien Terminators" due to their heads and their Terminator like movement.
15.
After the game released, fans began joking about the Ghost being a fancy door key due
to how many times it has to open a door in the campaign.
When opening the door to Omnigul in the "Will of Crota" strike from The Dark Below even
the NPC, Eris Morn, refers to it.
"In it's dying breath, the Traveller sent out the Ghosts...
To open doors.� It was derived from statements the fans said themselves.
16.
CONCEPT ORIGINS.
Destiny was originally conceptualized as a straight up fantasy game by Bungie but found
they couldn't entirely leave science fiction behind.
They ultimately elected to combine aspects of both genres.
17.
Comedians David Cross and Brian Posehn were asked by Bungie to write dialogue for the
companion Ghost.
The two were flown to the studio and there they wrote a series of riffy one-liners with
some lines that were self-reverential for the character.
However, none of the dialogue was used for the game and the character was instead kept
as monotone. 18.
EASTER EGG.
There is a jukebox can be found in the lower, bar-like area of the Tower.
When near the jukebox, you can play music from it.
Most of the song clips are either remixed parts of the soundtrack, Paul McCartney's
song for Destiny, and a song named Siege of Madrigal.
This song has been an ongoing Easter egg put into every Halo game made by Bungie.
19.
Many of the Legendary Weapons in the game have references to history and pop culture.
TFWPKY 1969 - Stands for "The Fall Will Probably Kill You," reference to the 1969 movie Butch
Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Another NITC - Stands for "Nail in the Coffin," reference to the common idiom about likely
causes of death.
Red Death � is a reference to the Edgar Allen Poe story of the same name.
Gjallarhorn is a Reference to Norse mythology as the horn Heimdal will sound at the onset
of Ragnarok, the Norse apocalypse.
One Way Ticket 000 is a reference to the Australian equivalent of 911.
Final Boss is a Reference to the competitive Halo 3 team of the same name.
Hard Light is a Reference to advanced Forerunner technology from the Halo series.
The Comedian is a reference to the character of the same name from The Watchmen.
20.
Gjallarhorn TRIVIA.
The Gjallarhorn is considered the most coveted exotic in the game as of Destiny Year One...
The Gjallarhorn was designed and personally crafted by Feizel Crux as a gift to the Guardians
who fought the Battle of the Twilight Gap.
It was forged from the armor of the Guardians who fell in battle.
Bungie's 3D modeller and Gjallahorn's designer,�Mark Van Haitsma, added a wolf onto the weapon
for each day he spent working on it.
A total of 16 wolves can be seen in in the various images of the weapon.
The design of the weapon itself was inspired by knights and gladiators.
The Gjallarhorn was also used in the�Destiny�live action trailer Become Legend.
During the E3 2013 gameplay demo, the Gjallarhorn was originally called the "Wolfpack."
However, Bungie revealed that this name was made up as a joke.
21.
MARATHON REFERENCE 1.
Marathon was Bungie's original first person shooter starting in 1994.
They still have nostalagia for the game as there are many small references to it in Destiny
that can be easy to miss.
Tycho is a location in Destiny.
But it's also the name of an AI in Marathon.
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MARATHON REFERENCE 2 � The Fate of All Fools, a unique exotic weapon, gets its name from
the phrase, "the just fate of fools," which the AI Durandal carves into a planet's surface
in Latin after destroying Tycho. 23.
MARATHON REFERENCE 3 � WEAPONS � Some of the weapons are also derived from weapons
available in Marathon.
The Duke MK.44 bears resemblance to the .44 Magnum.
Fusion rifles operate on a similar principle to the Zeus fusion pistol.
24.
MARATHON REFERENCE 4 - A patrol mission that can be obtained in areas where the Fallen
roam is named "Low-Flying Defense Drones".
"Beware of Low-Flying Defense Drones" is the name of a Marathon campaign level.
25.
MARATHON REFERENCE 5 - Manus Celer Dei is the name of the ship Durandal used to return
to Earth in the second game.
It also happens to be a player ship in Destiny. 26.
MARATHON REFERENCE 6 On the planet Venus, you can find a reference to the Marathon logo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4X9HdPVaOU 27.
MARATHON REFERENCE 7 The final screen for Marathon Infinity has an interesting quote.
Now, in the quantum moment before the closure, when all becomes one.
One moment left.
One point of space and time.
I know who you are.
You are Destiny.
It's very ironic that a game from 1996 makes reference to a game released in 2014, almost
20 years later.
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And last of all, the amazing success of an all new series.
Destiny was the Best Selling New IP as of its release in 2014.
$325 Million Sold in five days.
100 Million hours of online play logged during this period.
No other game matched this as of 2014.
The franchise had a budget of $500MM to produce 10 years worth of Destiny content.
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