Destiny 2 has improved matchmaking over the original and has a large and dedicated community.
And around that, of course, is that it's a good game! The guns just feel good! The action is exciting and satisfying! And it's a dramatic space opera with beautiful maps, which helps. As a Guardian, your job is to protect the last safe city on earth, as one of three versatile classes. Destiny 2 has improved matchmaking over the original and has a large and dedicated community. A wrinkle is that it has only been free-to-play since 2019, and there were complaints from the existing players that microtransactions really ramped up in 2023, but dammit, Bungie are very good at making shooters.