In a developer livestream showcasing their upcoming growth, Bungie made a bevy of bulletins for what awaits gamers in Future 2: The Closing Form.
The livestream opened by asserting a brand new subclass referred to as Prismatic, which fuses Mild and Darkness powers to let gamers combine and match Future’s lengthy roster of talents to create their very own Guardian cocktails.
As artwork director Dave Samuel defined, “One of many idea artists early on created this very evocative picture of a Guardian with Mild armor and Darkish armor.”
“We’re like, ‘we actually want this in The Closing Form. That is the final word type of being a Guardian to wield Mild and Darkness on the identical time,’ ” added Catarina Macedo, The Closing Form’s venture lead. “We constructed Prismatic to be precisely that.”
Not content material with this presumably game-breaking mixup to the sandbox, the livestream additionally introduced Future 2’s first new enemy faction because the Forsaken growth in 2018: The Dread.
Becoming a member of the Tormentor from Lightfall final 12 months and the Subjugator that was beforehand introduced for The Closing Form, The Dread will embody flying bats with weapons referred to as Grim, acrobatic melee bruisers referred to as Husk, and Weavers/Attendants, which can use Strand and Stasis powers respectively to impede and bully us.
“The Dread are this new Witness faction,” stated Samuel. “Once you see these new characters, not solely do they appear distinctive and new, however you see, like, a throughline that we have been constructing by the years that connects all of it collectively.”
The livestream additionally included a cameo look from govt inventive director Luke Smith, who teased that though The Closing Form is the finale of the Darkness and Mild saga, it could not be the top of Future, with a promise they’d have extra to say sooner or later.
“Going through The Witness shouldn’t be the top of Future 2, and it is undoubtedly not the top of Future. After you face The Witness, we’ll inform you what’s subsequent in Future 2,” he stated.
Future 2: The Closing Form is slated to make its debut on June 4th after a delay. Will probably be predeeded by a limited-time exercise referred to as Into The Mild, which can give gamers an opportunity to struggle waves of enemies to attain some additional loot forward of the growth.