In the days since the announcement of its impending end of live service updates, I've been returning to Destiny 2. And I'm not the only one: In the last week, Destiny 2 has drawn its highest daily peak player counts since early February as disaffected Guardians revisit their old stomping grounds in the wake of the unhappy news.
As a lapsed Destiny sicko myself, it's been an affecting return—a bit like spending obligated time with an estranged friend who's received a terminal diagnosis. But despite the sickly pang it's put in my gut, it hasn't been all bad: Stop me if you've heard this before, but it turns out the shooting in this Destiny 2 game is really, really good. Even now, near the end of its long decline, Destiny packs a peerless amount of joy into its gunplay.
