Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

My son and I "purchased" Destiny in January of this year. The game was pretty good, albeit a bit of a grind to keep on top of things (but really, that's how I liked it). In June of this year, we also "bought" the season pass for the first two DLC packs. Personally, I could have skipped the first DLC (The Dark Below), but I enjoyed the second (House of Wolves). Now, you may have noticed that when I refer to "buying" this game, I use quotation marks. This is because in September of this year, Bungie/Activision released The Taken King, while at the same time, "updating" the base game to version 2.0. In effect, this change thoroughly altered the game we had purchased. Difficulty selection for all levels was removed, and the maximum level for characters was raised from 34 to 40, but only for buyers of "The Taken King". This effectively blocked me from playing the game in the way I had been playing for the previous eight months. All new legendary and exotic level weapons and armor were made off-limits to my character, while all old versions were removed from the game, except for the ones in my inventory...meaning I could not receive new weapons of the same class I had been using. Additionally, due to the level requirements, I could no longer participate in the daily and weekly heroic strikes, nor participate in the "Nightfall" events. This had not been the case previous to TTK. For both of the previous DLC releases, if the Nightfall or Heroic strike or mission was something you owned, you could participate. There were other extreme changes as well, all of which have left the game to be less than the game we bought. Basically, the game we "bought" was fundamentally altered in such a way as to require us to purchase the latest DLC, or no longer play in any meaningful way. If Destiny had been a subscription based game, I could understand this, but this "defacto" subscription model of requiring the latest DLC to continue playing the game you already supposedly own is absolutely ridiculous. There are a great many people who just say "Just buy the DLC, it's only $40," but it's really the principle of the matter. Bungie/Activision have removed and replaced content and features for a game I purchased with no regard for continued playability for anyone who hasn't purchased the latest DLC. Add to this that you don't even get the game with this disc, you get a stub installer and a code, meaning you can't even sell it when you're done playing it. Basically, Bungie and Activision are attempting to alter the concept of ownership, and this is something I can't stand for.