A few years ago, I was an avid player of Destiny 2. Alongside Eve Online, it was my main game, and I loved both the gameplay and the lore. That was until the seasonal model was introduced, which didn’t fit with the time I had available. I wrote a post about this on eXeler0n.de back in 2020: Destiny 2 - is it over?

And if I’m being honest, my situation hasn’t changed much since then, apart from my departure from Eve Online. But I still only manage two or three gaming sessions a week, when circumstances and my girlfriend allow. And with Albion Online and Planetside 2, I’m actually already at full capacity. The latter is only played occasionally, and the former, on my latest attempt, still isn’t really grabbing me. I have no idea why, but Albion Online just can’t seem to draw me in.

But that’s not really the point. The point is Destiny 2. My favorite NPC in Destiny 2 was always Cayde-6, with his cool attitude and witty remarks. He’s the reason I play an Exo Hunter. And in the Forsaken expansion, he was killed—for me, after the uphill battle of the Red War campaign, the saddest moment in the game. But now a video has surfaced announcing his return.

Well, unfortunately for me, Destiny 2 doesn’t run on Linux. To this day, Bungie refuses to release the game for Linux. And to be honest, the game isn’t really a reason for me to install Windows. A broken Arch Linux installation, however, is.

I was messing around again and messed up my system. So much so that I was faced with a choice: reinstall Arch Linux, this time completely by hand, or dip my toes back into the world of Windows. In the end, I chose the second option, simply because I wanted the comparison to Linux again. Of course, O&O Shutup 10 is a must, along with Chocolatey as a package manager. I just don’t want to live without a package manager anymore.

You can tell the difference; the FPS is consistently a bit higher, the frametimes always a tick more stable. And Destiny 2 runs. So far, I’ve only had a few minutes of playtime, but those minutes were good. The gunplay is simply outstanding, the movement is buttery smooth, and the world design is cohesive. To be honest, I’m looking forward to the next few hours in the game. Hours that I’ll be missing for other games. Sorry Princess Zelda, you’ll have to wait.