Has Destiny 2's Forsaken expansion revitalised the space opera?

Bungie's billion-dollar shooter game is winning back players by investing its alien prey with personality - and providing plenty to do when the gunfire stops

The difficulty with games such as Destiny - continually evolving online worlds and communities with whims that change week on week - is that you never really know how well those changes have worked out until some time down the line. Destiny 2's Forsaken expansion came out last month, bringing with it new modes and features intended to win back players who felt the game had become facile and too predictable. It's now enjoying an excellent Halloween-themed seasonal event, the Festival of the Lost.

The third expansion pack to the first sequel of a billion-dollar game is an odd place to rip up the rule book and start afresh. But time and again, that's what Destiny 2: Forsaken does, and as a result Destiny has never been stronger.