In two weeks, Bungie’s game will receive its final update. As a result, many are sharing their failures, which are often humorous.
Old and new players alike are mourning the ill-fated looter shooter. They’re sharing their favorite backstories, comparing their favorite weapons, and posting the most memorable moments of their most impressive achievements in Destiny. As impressive as these highlight reels and team-wipe videos are, many Guardians have posted videos of their most embarrassing blunders. It’s a touching way to commemorate a game that meant so much to so many.
This unusual form of collective mourning emerged after Makowski, an MLG Halo player and FPS streamer, posted a video of his best Crucible kills. He captioned the clips with the rhetorical question: “Dad, how good were you at Destiny?” While the video showcased perfect sniping, others responded to the hypothetical child’s curiosity with brutally honest answers by posting compilations of a completely different genre: “Kid, I sucked.”
@EndlessGL’s video clearly demonstrates how the player uses all of Destiny 2’s movement options to leap skillfully into a bottomless abyss. It’s a self-inflicted failure that every Guardian can relate to. Bungie’s freedom of movement provides a wide and deep toolkit for propelling ourselves onto paths we absolutely shouldn’t be on. Another video, this one by Warlock @Ka2chaN_03, showcases a series of speedrun techniques with precision bordering on perfection… until everything suddenly falls apart.
It’s not just about navigation and movement glitches. The flood of fondly remembered failures includes moments like the one captured by @Iunarran. She couldn’t even die properly while trying to give a failed raid attempt a comical ending. @SSG_Jonny had the chance to save the boss fight with a crucial golden gun shot, but the shot whizzed right over the boss’s head. This condemned his group to death by the orbital cannon. @TheKillerAxe2 summed up a universal Destiny experience: finding yourself in a high-stakes firefight and unleashing lethal force on everything but the guy you’re supposed to take down.
There’s something comforting and humanizing about so many players happily sharing their less-than-glorious moments. It reminds us that Destiny 2 was more than just the venue for the world’s first raid clears and flawless Trials runs. It was a space where players could share the full spectrum of Destiny experiences, which is why we kept coming back for so many years, only to fall into those bottomless pits again and again.
“Dad, how good were you at Destiny?” pic.twitter.com/yfFWkCM65q
– Makowski (@OlManMakowski) May 23, 2026
“Dad, how good were you at Destiny?”
Son, I fucking sucked. https://t.co/NmBERZxmcv pic.twitter.com/el4Y16huVG
– Endless (@EndlessGl) May 25, 2026
“dad, how good were you at destiny?” https://t.co/81PkGhjwDk pic.twitter.com/6SY60nHx9X
– かっちゃん🌸 (@Ka2chaN_03) May 25, 2026
“Dad, how good were you at Destiny?” https://t.co/EJv8EQVKio pic.twitter.com/WLCcPd43G2
– durk off da perc (@durkoffdaperc) May 25, 2026
“Mom, how good were you at Destiny?”
Son, I couldn’t even die right. https://t.co/GIBO0Wg1ci pic.twitter.com/xkLizDiI7w
– 💫 Saturn 💫 (@Iunarran) May 25, 2026
“Jonny, how good were you at destiny?” pic.twitter.com/mCVFiP6RWL
– Jonny (@SSG_Jonny) May 26, 2026
“dad how good were u at d2” pic.twitter.com/P0enUSEEeb
– Axe ^-^ (@TheKillerAxe2) May 26, 2026
Source: PCGamer
