Bungie vets say Destiny 2 dating sim was pitched but rejected

With news of Destiny 2 receiving its final update still circulating, former Bungie staff have revealed the studio once explored a dating sim. Former community lead Liana Ruppert said, "Fun fact, the team actually made one, but leadership was very Hard No that nobody wanted romance or silliness," adding, "Very Dream Daddy inspired lmao.

It was fun getting to be a small part of it." Senior narrative designer Robert Brookes explained the prototype came from the "Carnival" event where devs had a week to make fun prototypes. He also wrote, "Myself and two other narrative team members (who both CAME from romance game design) had an entire pitch deck for one, complete with costs and real hard metrics on returns.

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