Destiny 2 is one of those games where players can truly notice just how much attention to detail there is, with Bungie crafting every tiny aspect of the experience very carefully. This includes cinematics, with all the audio and video departments combining to create something truly unique, but even the base game is full of those moments where everything sort of falls into place. Those who played the game at launch will know how this feeling was always there during Destiny 2's Red War, right from the beginning of it all, when Guardians were forced to leave the City, Lightless.
This carried on in Forsaken, of course, with a wonderful soundtrack blending perfectly with the narrative and the characters. A striking example is the cinematic with Cayde-6's last stand against the Scorn in the Prison of Elders, moments before his Ghost is murdered by Pirrha, one of the Scorned Barons. That cinematic is the pinnacle of detail in Destiny 2, even including sounds like that of Ace of Spades reloading and gaining Memento Mori, or that of the Golden Gun Super as soon as Cayde uses it.
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However, a Reddit user by the name of warlockShaxx reported how Bungie missed something big, or maybe paid the notorious Cayde-6 a terrible homage in that same cinematic. In fact, Cayde is seen hitting many Scorn enemies and is known to be an excellent Gunslinger who never misses a shot, and yet the trailer never shows Firefly explosions from precision kills. As such, warlockShaxx states that is possible that canonically speaking, Cayde never actually landed a headshot, or maybe Firefly was for some reason absent from Cayde's version of the Ace of Spades.
Another Redditor called asylumprophet promptly replied to warlockShaxx's post by stating that this happens because Cayde was voiced by Nathan Fillion, and his sci-fi series, Firefly, was canceled. The joke is a brilliant one, and it ties with the original post perfectly, so much so that asylumprophet garnered more upvotes than the actual post itself, and plenty of awards too.
While many Destiny 2 players are still upset about Cayde's death in Forsaken, it may have been a blessing in disguise due to how many major story moments it created. Regardless, the reason why Cayde's shots never cause Solar explosions through Firefly remains a mystery, and with Forsaken being vaulted soon, it's likely Bungie will never really share the answer to this.
Destiny 2 is available for PC, PS4, PS5, Stadia, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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