The story will keep stay

Future 2 is heading in direction of the conclusion of its massive Gentle vs. Darkish rumble, and Bungie is planning to maintain as a lot of that story stay as it could possibly. Bungie says it won’t sundown any extra expansions in Future 2 shifting ahead.

The announcement arrived on the finish of at this time’s Future 2 showcase, which debuted the date and trailer for the upcoming Lightfall enlargement. Bungie says it has been engaged on the Future 2 engine behind-the-scenes to make this story, beginning with the communion with darkness on the moon, to be playable start-to-finish.

Should you’re unfamiliar with the idea, “sunsetting” is shorthand for making sure content material inaccessible. Beforehand, Bungie vaulted content material as new expansions arrived, citing the dimensions and complexity of content material in Future 2. This contains areas, raids, and, notably, the Forsaken marketing campaign. Transferring ahead although, Bungie says it doesn’t plan to sundown any extra Future 2 expansions.

Whereas this isn’t un-vaulting every thing, it does imply that shifting ahead, it ought to be simpler to hop again in. That’s an enormous plus for returning, lapsed Future gamers who wish to see what’s been happening with the story.

Bungie is including a sweetener, too: all Future 2 campaigns are free-to-play this week. So in the event you noticed at this time’s information and had been fascinated by working some previous Future 2 content material, now’s a very good time.

The battle of sunshine and darkness

Catching up on the story could be a good suggestion in the event you plan on hopping into Future 2: Lightfall. The brand new enlargement was revealed at this time in the course of the showcase. Guardians can be jaunting over to Neomuna on Neptune, to face off in opposition to Calus and the Witness.

You gained’t be with none new powers, after all. Strand is the brand new software for this enlargement, letting gamers zip across the neon metropolis with sick grappling strikes and likewise use the neon strands as a supply of injury.

Lightfall can be set to carry a bunch of quality-of-life enhancements to Future 2, starting from loadouts to commendations. It looks like the onboarding course of for Future 2 ought to be loads smoother over the approaching months.

Future 2: Lightfall drops on February 28, 2023.