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After some consideration I have decided that Destiny 2's in-game narrative is it takes place in hell and the enemies are trying to save you.
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The main bad guy of the campaign is actually attempting to be a messianic figure.
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The player is a human who doesn't realize they're cursed to fight forever, against each other and aliens, in a level of hell.
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All the player characters are cursed to live out their lives dying endlessly and painfully in a dark mirror of Valhalla.
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I'm saying the subtext of Destiny 2 is that playing the game is like going to hell. That's not the text though, because it's a lot of fun.
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But seriously, you fight for the Light Bringer. You destroy the Almighty and the game's narrative is about how you can't die.
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So: In Destiny 2 you kill god and spend the whole game trying to save the devil.