Destiny 2 live event let players walk the beautiful streets of the Last City Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Destiny 2 live event let players walk the beautiful streets of the Last City Escalation protocol. News by Wesley Yin-Poole Deputy Editorial Director Updated on 10 Nov 2020 21 comments Destiny 2 waved goodbye to a significant portion of the game last night - and as part of the transition to today's Beyond Light expansion, developer Bungie treated players to a lovely live event set on the streets of the Last City. For the vast majority of Destiny's six-year life, players have only been able to gaze down upon the Last City from the heights of the Tower. The Destiny 2 campaign briefly let players crawl the city streets amid a Cabal invasion, and there have been multiplayer maps set there, but we've never been able to enjoy the Last City at its best - until last night. The live event was playable via a mission that popped up on the Tower map. This teleported you to the Last City, where players made their way to see the Traveler, the mysterious big ball that hovers above the earth. As the Darkness closes in, the Traveler pulses with energy. Here's how it went down (video courtesy of YouTuber Esoterickk: You walk through the Last City as you make your way to see the Traveler. As you do, your Ghost chimes in to say he's picking up... something. Something emanating from the Traveler itself. It's a "resonance" in the light your ghost hasn't felt since the day he was born - and when he found you. As you continue, you see people gazing up at the Traveler, its light blinding them. Eventually, Eris Morn tells you something is coming. She can feel it, she says. The Traveler is changing somehow. Eris says it's drawing power, potentially in an effort to drive the Darkness away. Ghost says every fireteam has returned to The City. The guardians are with the people. "The last time this happened," Ghost says, "the world ended." Eris goes on to say the Traveler is reforming, healing its wounds. "This will not be the end. It will be an escalation." Then, a flash of light. The event concluded with a cutscene that showed the Darkness gobbling up the various planets Destiny 2 is ditching (somewhat controversially), via the Director (Destiny's solar system map screen). As the Darkness approaches Earth, the Traveler pulses to protect it. This is actually a cool throwback to the opening cutscene of the original Destiny. In that cutscene, we saw the Darkness creep towards Earth in the Director as the Bill Nighy-voiced Speaker recounted the collapse of the Golden Age. pic.twitter.com/0Tat8qyMqk- Gothalion (@Gothalion) November 10, 2020 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings And that's that! It was a cool event for Destiny fans, particularly those who are into the game's lore and universe. And I love the throwback to the original Destiny. Bungie took the time to create an entire new area never before seen for this event, and I'd love another chance to return to the Last City at some point. Until then, it's onwards to Beyond Light. Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More News Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 59 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 3 Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 10 Latest Articles Preview Football Manager's new Console edition is the best you'll get without a PC Getting Touch-right. Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 59 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 3 Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store