Destiny 2 launched in September 2017, almost five years ago, as a sequel to Bungie's first space-magic looter-shooter that debuted back in 2014. Destiny 2's existence was not something Bungie fully committed to in the beginning because the company wished to keep expanding Destiny instead, but a sequel was meant to be a relaunch of the franchise across all platforms with new ideas. The franchise has changed a lot since its inception, and it is safe to say that Destiny 2's Year 4 and what has been shown of Year 5 are leaps and bounds better than the vanilla launch experience.