Bungie hired Arrested Development’s David Cross to make Destiny funny

Destiny’s Ghost is a notoriously boring and unfunny character, and it’s transpired that Bungie hired Arrested Development’s David Cross in an attempt to add some humour to Peter Dinklage’s robot. The only problem is that Bungie ignored every suggestion Cross made for Ghost’s dialogue.

In an interview with IGN, Cross discussed his experience writing for the game, saying he spent “a couple of days” writing gags for your robotic companion.

“Brian Posehn and I got asked and jumped at the chance,” he explained. “We were flown up to Bellevue, Washington to do a punch-up on the Ghost character in Destiny about a year ago. We were both very excited about it. They did not use a single, solitary thing that we wrote, which is a shame because we wrote some stuff that – you know, we’re gamers, and they… – I would imagine somebody somewhere said, ‘We can’t inject this levity or humour into it.'”

Cross then goes on to criticise the Ghost character’s dialogue in the game, having played Destiny following its launch.

“It’s a shame because I’ve played Destiny quite a bit. I haven’t played since I’ve been over here and working on Bob and David, but you know when it came out I was way into it and way excited about it,” he added, “and when you’re at an hour 20 of that thing, it’s like the Ghost is kind of monotone saying this thing, ‘We must get over the ridge. That’s the cabal – we’ve got to defeat him.’

“Whatever, it’s boring as sh*t, and I speak for myself and Brian, and I know thousands if not millions of other gamers would be like ‘It would be nice to have a joke or something in there.’ You think we’re going to f*ck with the tone? But it was very exciting to go up there and get paid to play a video game a year before it came out.”

Destiny is due its next big expansion this September in the form of The Taken King, which will introduce a new raid, Guardian subclass and much more content for players. However, Bungie has also been in hot water over its £40 price tag and some exclusive content in the retail versions of the expansion.

Source: IGN