| 33bits |
Rubén Rionegro |
85 / 100 |
03-01-2022 |
Destiny 2: The Witch Queen offers us one of the best campaigns in the saga, with an interesting plot and new mechanics that add a touch of freshness to the long-running title. The different difficulty modes give the game more replayability and the new season is very entertaining thanks to its relationship with current events. |
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| Attack of the Fanboy |
Noah Nelson |
4.5 / 5 stars |
02-25-2022 |
Destiny 2: The Witch Queen is the next chapter in an already exhilarating game, a chapter that in and of itself reiterates and expands on the existing excellence of the core game. With a thrilling new campaign, an exciting new weapon, the addition of crafting and its impact on the weapon economy, and an upgraded subclass, The Witch Queen is Destiny at its all-time best. |
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| But Why Tho? |
Kyle Foley |
9 / 10 |
02-26-2022 |
While there is still more to come with “The Witch Queen,” in the form of the new raid launching on March 5th, the content given in the base expansion is simply Destiny at its absolute best. The campaign is by far the best of the series, both in terms of storytelling and gameplay itself, and might be one of my favorite shooter campaigns of all time. The bar has been raised going forward; the only question is whether or not Bungie can keep it up from here. |
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| CGMagazine |
Chris De Hoog |
9 / 10 |
03-04-2022 |
Destiny 2: The Witch Queen represents the highest peak the franchise has seen in years, if not ever. Held back by some grindiness and nigh-inpenetrable plot gates, it’s one of the smoothest FPS experiences available today, thanks to its best story yet and a host of gameplay adjustments. |
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| COGconnected |
Paul Sullivan |
90 / 100 |
03-15-2022 |
If you’re not familiar with Destiny, it all probably sounds pretty overwhelming. That’s because it is. Destiny 2 has a dumptruck full of mechanics, concepts, and items, and it will take you a long time to figure everything out. What’s important is that getting to the light level cap, or doing the raid, or maxing out faction rep isn’t necessary to have a good time. The game still plays phenomenally, and the balance the new activities strike make The Witch Queen an ideal place to give Destiny 2 another shot. It worked for me, and well, if you knew exactly how much I’d grown to despise helium coils and faction rep, you’d be shocked I came back at all. But come back I did, and I won’t be putting Destiny 2 down for a very, very long time. |
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| Digital Trends |
Andrew Zucosky |
4.5 / 5 stars |
03-01-2022 |
Destiny 2: The Witch Queen is the expansion that players have been awaiting for years. |
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| Everyeye.it |
Giovanni Panzano |
9 / 10 |
03-04-2022 |
After a series of half-successful expansions, Bungie has managed to hit the nail on the head with The Witch Queen, enriching its Destiny 2 with the best campaign ever. |
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| Expansive |
Laurie Jones |
Recommended |
03-09-2022 |
The Witch Queen is, without doubt, the best Destiny 2 expansion. The things it sets in motion, the flow between missions, the beautiful setpieces, epic battles, and wonderful voice acting marry up beautifully to create an unmissable expansion, even if some questions still remain about Destiny 2’s treatment of its content and how to access some of it. |
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| FingerGuns |
Rossko Keniston |
9 / 10 |
03-03-2022 |
The Witch Queen is a terrific addition to the Destiny 2 canon, finally balancing the combat and the story to near perfect levels. There’s so much here to enjoy, breathing new life into Destiny as a whole. Absolutely brilliant. |
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| Forbes |
Paul Tassi |
Recommended |
02-23-2022 |
I cannot call this a “return to form” for Bungie because Destiny has already been so good lately. But if you’ve been missing Halo-style campaigns with variable difficulty, gorgeous level design and impressive fights, Witch Queen checks every box. This is the best thing Destiny has produced in seven years. |
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| Game Informer |
Matt Miller |
9 / 10 |
03-08-2022 |
The Witch Queen is an especially robust expansion, with a particular focus on customizing the play experience and rewarding longtime players’ investment in story and systems. If it’s not the most welcoming moment for players to jump in, that may be a price the developers at Bungie are willing to pay at this point. The long-running story arc that opened in 2014 is gradually steering toward a climax, and it’s possible the developers are increasingly interested in building a ride for those who have been in the vehicle for a while now. |
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| GamePro |
Maximilian Franke |
80 / 100 |
03-02-2022 |
Witch Queen offers the best Destiny campaign in a long time, even for single-player fans. The new entry will be easier, but it will remain difficult. |
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| GameSpace |
Brau3er |
8.9 / 10 |
03-16-2022 |
The Witch Queen seems to be one of the best additions to Destiny 2 right now. The local story campaign is definitely unmatched by previous expansions thanks to the varied gameplay and location design. But only a veteran of the game will be able to fully enjoy the plot, and for a beginner, half of the names and terms will remain an empty phrase. Is this a good entry point to Destiny 2? Barely. But the campaign gameplay can captivate them both, as it juggles playstyles and places entirely new demands on combat skills on Legendary difficulty. This is not a full-fledged single-player action yet, but something very similar to it. All the more interesting in which direction Bungie will go and what the finale of Destiny 2 will be. |
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| GameSpot |
Phil Hornshaw |
9 / 10 |
03-07-2022 |
Bungie continues to improve its shooter MMO with the best story campaign it has yet produced and a whole lot of great additional content to keep players engaged. |
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| GamesRadar+ |
Austin Wood |
4.5 / 5 stars |
03-08-2022 |
The Witch Queen is not only the best and most complete version of Destiny 2, it’s the foundation for something better still. |
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| Gaming Nexus |
Rob Larkin |
9.5 / 10 |
03-22-2022 |
Destiny 2 has tried to be many things over its four and a half years, and while it seemed there has always been a step back for every two steps forward the game would make, The Witch Queen is one giant leap ahead. With this expansion, Destiny 2 is quite simply at the best game state it has ever been, and offers so much to do and reason to do it that every player that ever loved this game should give it a shot to rekindle exactly what it was that sparked that passion in the first place. |
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| GamingBolt |
Matt Bianucci |
8 / 10 |
03-10-2022 |
Destiny 2: The Witch Queen is yet another reason Bungie’s epic living world has this type of staying power, and new and existing players alike have every reason to jump in here. |
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| GamingTrend |
Noah Anzaldua |
95 / 100 |
02-23-2022 |
Destiny 2: The Witch Queen sets the bar for all Destiny expansions going forward, shifting the paradigm so massively that I could never have expected it. Improving upon problem points in past releases, offering a Legendary mode with difficulty scaling for solos, duos, and trios, and introducing a new crafting system, this expansion has a lot to offer, and that’s without even mentioning that it also includes one of the best PvE raids ever. Witch Queen is a must-play for fans of the looter-shooter genre, and I encourage even those who got burned by Destiny before to give it a try. This is no longer a sign of what is to come. It is here, and it is so, so good. |
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| Generación Xbox |
Pedro del Pozo |
9 / 10 |
03-09-2022 |
We do not tremble the pulse to say that without a doubt The Witch Queen is the best expansion that has ever come to Destiny. However, it is also fair to say that this is only the culmination of what Bungie has been sowing. Many of its possibilities have been forged during these last years, since the arrival of The Renegades and today we see how Destiny 2 is a title for any type of player. Even that thought that they want to charge us again as if it were a whole game, has completely vanished, because this expansion is almost a gift if we translate it into the hours of play that it is able to provide. |
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| God is a Geek |
Mick Fraser |
9 / 10 |
03-03-2022 |
Destiny 2: The Witch Queen feels like something built for the veterans, for the long-standing fans. It’s both a culmination of years of story and prelude to something much bigger. |
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| Hardcore Gamer |
Kevin Dunsmore |
4 / 5 stars |
03-08-2022 |
Destiny 2: The Witch Queen is a good expansion, combining an excellent campaign and raid with a decent content offering, even though not much of it feels exactly new. Destiny 2: The Witch Queen may not be the best overall expansion in Destiny history, but this queen sure does put on a good show while it lasts. |
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| Hobby Consolas |
Álvaro Alonso |
85 / 100 |
03-09-2022 |
An expansion at the height that shines with its own light, especially the campaign; one of the best Bungie has ever done. And in the end, it’s Destiny: a game of kicking alien asses with a shotgun in one hand and a magic spell in the other. And it doesn’t get any better than that. |
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| IGN |
Travis Northup |
8 / 10 |
03-09-2022 |
Bugs and PvP aside, The Witch Queen delivers the best version of Destiny 2 yet. |
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| IGN Italy |
Giovanni Marrelli |
9 / 10 |
03-10-2022 |
The Queen of Whispers is the best expansion in Destiny 2 history, as well as one of the most significant add-on content in the history of the entire franchise. Not to be missed. |
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| IGN Middle East |
Mohamed Shorbgy |
8.5 / 10 |
03-13-2022 |
After many hours of playing and trying everything and anything with Destiny 2: The Witch Queen, it’s clearly the best and biggest expansion in Destiny’s history ever. |
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| MMORPG.com |
Damien Gula |
9.5 / 10 |
03-01-2022 |
While the story may be turning to darker dimensions, the future of Destiny 2 could not be more bright. |
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| Niche Gamer |
NECRO XIII |
9 / 10 |
03-02-2022 |
All in all, Destiny 2: The Witch Queen is packed with a ton of not just new, but good content. |
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| NoobFeed |
Adam Siddiqui |
85 / 100 |
03-01-2022 |
The Witch Queen delivers a massively enjoyable adventure that adds a new flood of lore that builds on where Beyond Light ended. Destiny 2: The Witch Queen delivers on all the same positives that the other DLCs and even the core Destiny 2 game did. The campaign is wonderful with incredible fights, atmosphere, areas to explore, and music. |
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| Oyungezer Online |
Cevdet Emre Kızılcan |
9 / 10 |
03-09-2022 |
Those who played in the era of The Taken King and broke bungie… Let the longing stop. The Witch Queen is such a good supplement that it’s like there’s an embarrassment that apologizes for all the mistakes they’ve made in the past. |
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| PC Gamer |
Phil Savage |
89 / 100 |
03-11-2022 |
There’s still work to be done on the game at large, but The Witch Queen is a massive step in the right direction. The campaign alone is worth the price of admission. |
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| PCGamesN |
Richard Scott-Jones |
9 / 10 |
03-09-2022 |
Challenges Forsaken for the title of best-ever Destiny expansion, and has much stronger foundations to build upon. Destiny 2 was already in a good spot, but Witch Queen represents a new peak for Bungie’s oft-imitated, never-dethroned looter shooter. |
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| PlayStation Universe |
Mark Kriska |
9.5 / 10 |
02-28-2022 |
The highest compliment I can give any game is when I have to force myself to put the controller down to put my thoughts in a review. Destiny 2: The Witch Queen is that game. Somehow Bungie took a game that I play daily, for hours a week, and made me want to play it more. It’s always good getting new content with seasons and past expansions, and I have loved all Destiny 2 additions. However, The Witch Queen feels like we have entered a new age. The Witch Queen has proven that no one is better than Bungie at what they do. The Witch Queen takes every aspect of Destiny and improves on it, and then some. While Destiny is always getting better, The Witch Queen is the best piece of Destiny content ever created. |
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| Polygon |
Ryan Gilliam |
Recommended |
03-02-2022 |
Eight years after those first clumsy beginnings, the series isn’t about Hope for the Future anymore. The Destiny I’ve always wanted is here. |
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| Press Start |
Harry Kalogirou |
8.5 / 10 |
03-15-2022 |
Where Beyond Light and Shadowkeep felt like foundational expansions, The Witch Queen is the fully realized, feature-rich pay off that players have been waiting for. While it’s easy to see that PvP is still comparably neglected to PvE, a superbly focused campaign, an excellent raid, and reinvigorated Void subclasses are just a few of the inclusions that build The Witch Queen up as the best Destiny expansion thus far. |
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| PSX Brasil |
Paulo Roberto Montanaro |
90 / 100 |
03-12-2022 |
Destiny 2: The Witch Queen expands, improves, and refines everything that already works extremely well, proving that this game as a service is still far from exhaustion. Moreover, it offers an engaging new journey, important revelations, and a turning point that only builds on promise for what lies ahead. |
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| Push Square |
Stuart Gipp |
8 / 10 |
02-28-2022 |
Despite its shortcomings as an entry point for new players, there’s a lot packed into The Witch Queen worth appreciating – we haven’t even mentioned the new Glaive weapon type that combines melee with long-range attacks, the hugely enjoyable new Lost Sectors, or the overhaul to the Void subclass, bringing it more in line with Beyond Light’s Stasis. This pushes the number of viable types to “two”, which isn’t great, but Arc and Solar should be getting a similar upgrade in the (hopefully) near future. Seasonal content will continue to deliver story as 2022 wears on, but obviously the quality of it cannot be judged yet – the expansion isn’t even complete at the time of typing, what with the new Raid yet to drop. Still, this is Destiny 2 at its very best and a pleasingly vital expansion to what remains a superb game. |
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| Screen Rant |
Jacob Zeranko |
4.5 / 5 stars |
02-24-2022 |
This is the only noticeable downside to this expansion and it’s one that will only affect certain players. Even then, the story alone is absolutely worth dealing with what is realistically a minor inconvenience. Destiny 2: The Witch Queen is an achievement in storytelling for Bungie, which somehow has two more expansions still to come for its ongoing game. The Witch Queen is a must play for fans of the series, casual or otherwise, as it’s an intriguing story that is well told, exudes confidence, and hints at an even brighter (or darker) future that’s still to come. |
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| Sirus Gaming |
Srinivas Naidu |
9 / 10 |
03-08-2022 |
Overall, I would recommend this expansion to anyone who seems interested in playing the game. Destiny 2 Witch Queen is arguably the best expansion the franchise has ever seen and while it may have its shortcomings the future looks bright. |
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| SpazioGames |
Lorenzo Fazio |
Recommended |
03-17-2022 |
The Witch Queen is one of the best, if not the best, expansion contents that Bungie crafted for their Destiny 2. |
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| Stevivor |
Hamish Lindsay |
Recommended |
03-06-2022 |
Witch Queen is thankfully a beacon of hope. Destiny was long mocked for the narrative and mission design it provided, and this new expansion absolutely knocks it out of the park with the best campaign in the Destiny series. If you’re a lapsed veteran I sincerely hope you come back and experience the joy of the campaign. Its challenging difficulty and brilliant — actual — in-game storytelling are worth the price of admission alone. |
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| The Games Machine |
Daniele Dolce |
8 / 10 |
03-15-2022 |
The Witch Queen is a great expansion that puts Destiny 2 on the right track after the partial misstep of Beyond Light. There’s a lot of content here, even though some activities are blocked behind the season pass paywall. |
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| TheSixthAxis |
Tuffcub |
Recommended |
03-04-2022 |
There’s no denying that the main story missions for The Witch Queen are great, Void 3.0 is very welcome, and if you do like chasing God Rolls you will be very happy. The Witch Queen is a solid expansion and I suspect many more secrets will be uncovered over the coming months, but I do hope the next year’s Lightfall brings us something totally brand new rather than reworking existing enemies and mechanics. |
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| WellPlayed |
Nathan Hennessy |
8.5 / 10 |
03-13-2022 |
A twist-filled return to the mythology of The Taken King should lure back lapsed series veterans in Destiny 2’s most focused and challenging campaign yet. |
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| Windows Central |
Ryan Esler |
4.5 / 5 stars |
03-09-2022 |
The Witch Queen offers Destiny 2’s best campaign to date, an exciting new weapon archetype in the Glaive, and takes its first steps in revitalizing the Light Subclasses in line with Beyond Light’s Stasis Subclass with Void 3.0. It also adds the enticing prospect of weapon crafting, which is unfortunately hampered by extremely grind-y requirements to truly experience the most weapon crafting has to offer as well as a raid that could be the most convoluted yet. |
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