Notice how the only people who enjoy marathon are people who genuinely enjoy competitive fps. Everyone hating on marathon are arc raiders, casual gamers, and people who just aren't good at fps games. This game is HARD, Strategic, Competitive. it's not casual at all.Not so fun when you're the one gatekept, eh?
>>734112184>>734112184A coomer or a TikTok brainrot thread dies for every marathon post, so please stop. Also, you are not allowed on the board if you are above 18 years old, so I would like to kindly ask you to leave.
>>734112184Sweet! A new hate campaign? How do I join?
Y'all don’t like MARATHON because it doesn’t hold your hand throughout the process.Y'all casual brains can’t handle actually having to use it for anything other than masturbating or rage baiting.the game is a 10/10 execution and I am genuinely hooked.
>>734112184I've just jumped off a rather good run with a buddy and we got some fun loot. The game is not that hard, not that strategic but yeah I suppose you could say competitive. The TTK is far too fast and it means that whoever gets eyes on first 9/10 times will win the encounter. The problem I'm having is I've put 4 or 5 hours over the weekend playing it and I'm kinda satisfied. I don't want to do all the chores disguised as missions and there's not much that I'm seeing that's really tempting to keep playing to unlock. The shooting is fun, the environments are good, the execution of the minute to minute gameplay is good, but the story is told through text dumps and menu cutscenes. I'm not buying at release and gonna wait and see if the Marathon ship endgame content is actually "raid-like" as they claim. If it's really as good as a Destiny raid, I might try and convince my buddies to get in, but I'm pessimistic on that. I like the idea of the story and the worldbuilding, but there's no room for storytelling in an extraction shooter. I want to look at all the things on the map, see the anomaly stuff, read the graffiti, observe how the colonists did stuff before they died or analyse where all the bodies are and look at what happened to them, but the game is too fast paced and doesn't let me stop and smell the flowers to play the story, so it resorts to codex-style telling me what the story is. This isn't going to be fixable in the 3 days before launch and honestly, will take at least a year to get anywhere close to what would get me to buy it. It's a shame really, because it's clear a lot of effort went into it, but the slightly longer gameplay loop just isn't that fun. The minute-to-minute is good, but the full session stuff basically boils down to doing chores for different parents.
>>734112184>This game is only for a small minority of people everybody else, especially new players get filtered for one reason or otherAnd thus your game that is meant to be the new Destiny dies.
>>734112184I'm great at FPS games, been playing them since since the mid 90s. Arc raiders while boring af is polished, balanced and has a great aesthetic.Marathon doesn't even know what game it wants to be. It wanted to be a Hero shooter extraction but with the fast TTK the abilities are basically useless. This game is great for campers.It's now basically a crouch walk, sneak/camp extraction game and that's the player base fault.Anyone who poured thousands of hours into Halo and Destiny does not feel like this is in the same company.People will enjoy the sneak game most will not, its very niche. This is not what Sony paid 3Bn for and this will not be a cash cow they wanted. Xbox will be laughing at this one.
>>734112184If you are a casual gamer or someone who is faint of heart - this is not the game for you.
>>734112184I hate multiplayer games. Marathon should be a single player only game. MP should not even be an option.
>>734114520Doesn't seem to be for many people at all which is a problem when you are looking to make big money on it.
>>734114603They're actually not
>>734114649Not sure that's true given how hard they have shilled it.
>>734112184Marthon flopped and slopped so hard its unreal. Why are you still shilling it?
>>734114520I totally disagree it's very casual. Camping and sneaking is a very casual skill set. The gun play on this game is basically "I see you first you die" and this game rewards that playstyle.The META shell during the server slam was Assassin with smoke grenades.One of the core issues were campers and how to combat it. With ideas of crouching causing heat or the shell making a creaking noise when a player crouched for to long. This was coming from loyal Bungie fans.The game just needs major balancing and it could be great if they fix it. And it's Bungie, they have a knack for ironing their games out after launch.As I said earlier, Sony views Marathon as a critical, high-stakes "make-or-break" live-service project. They acquired Bungie for 3.6Bn, this game needs to make it big not a niche 100k active player base.
>>734114990Did not read
#4 global top seller with 2 days to go btw
>>734114990>The game just needs major balancing and it could be great if they fix it.Maybe but we will see. It's in a sorry state right now.
>>734112184I can't enjoy a game that looks like it was designed by a blue haired nonbinary lesbian
Babel Media saar please play Marathon or you benchod.Vishna's blessings upon you good saars.
Making a hardcore FPS is fine but you shouldn't be surprised when the niche hardcore audience is a tiny portion of people. Especially when they seem to be paying casual twitch streamers to promote their hardcore game. It's just weird.
>>734114990>reddit spacingdidnt read + you have to go back before killing yoruself
>>734114530it just shouldn't be an extraction shooter is allif anything this should be the new halo but it's just nonsense
>>734112184it’s in the destiny 2 engine so I know for a fact it isn’t strategic or challenging. yes the gunplay in destiny is very fun but not good enough to carry a GaaS game where everything else is lacking (see: D2). you should be hesitant to invest in anything made by bungie after how poorly they have handled D2 and how much they have nickel and dimed and the players. consider this your final warning.
The game is simply too hard and the economy is too fucked.If you're not a nigger that has been playing FPS for 10+ years or a ghoulish zoomer dont even bother with it, you will simply end up as a loot pinata.
>>734115101*can not readIt's 10 sentences, you got brain rot
>>734115502anon the OP also uses reddit spacing
>>734112184Bitch your gayme is a genuine pile of steaming stinking shit and no amount of shilling for it will ever help it
>>734115502ReDdIt SpAcInGIt's called formatting you dumb fk. You newbies really are killing 4chan.
>>734112184Concord 3
>>734115554Get it down to two
>>734112184This. This SO MUCH.Marathon should have been a massive success. We built something ambitious.While other studios were sanding off every sharp edge to chase trends, we took risks. We designed layered combat systems that rewarded timing and positioning instead of button-mashing. We built faction politics that actually reacted to player decisions. We wrote lore that didn’t spoon-feed you every answer in glowing objective markers. Marathon trusted its players to pay attention and apparently that was our crime.We didn’t copy what was selling. We didn’t chase whatever monetization scheme was dominating the charts that year. We didn’t stuff it with battle passes, artificial grind loops, or manipulative dopamine traps. We made a complete game. A finished experience. One you could master. Marathon demanded engagement. It rewarded skill. It respected intelligence. The combat system alone should have carried it. Interlocking guard stances. Real stamina economy. Enemies that adapted. Boss encounters that forced you to rethink your build instead of just inflating health bars. That wasn’t accidental, that was deliberate design.And the world? We built a setting that wasn’t just backdrop wallpaper. Every ruined bastion, every faction stronghold, every line of environmental storytelling was crafted to reinforce the themes: collapse, loyalty, resilience. We didn’t write cardboard villains. We wrote ideologies. We wrote consequences. But here’s what really stings: the people who did play it, really play it, saw it. They wrote essays about it. They made breakdowns of its systems. They found synergies we were proud to see discovered. They understood. Marathon wasn’t a failure of design.Marathon should have been a success because it was built with intention, mechanical integrity, and creative conviction. It didn’t chase trends, it tried to set a standard. Marathon deserved better.
>>734115652Game bad, needs work. Campers ruin everything
>>734115707Filtered
>>734115619goback
>>734115723No you just don't understand that a game needs to be balanced to be fun.
>>734114479>Arc raiders while boring af is polished, balanced>3rd person shooterlol no
>>734112184>This game is HARD, Strategic, Competitive. it's not casual at all.that's why it will failCONCORD 3
>>734115698this but unironically
>>734112184You're right, the devs are gatekeeping a story centric classic shooter from me
>>734112184>Not so fun when you're the one gatekept, eh?not so fun when your $3.6B studio makes a massive flop, eh?
>>734115143top sellers are fake you retarded turd
Not so fun when devs are gatekeeping making money, eh Sony?
>>734116049so steam is just lying
>>734116023sony would be sweating absolute bullets right now. Why didn't they just fund the studio instead of acquiring it? The lead director for Marathon is Joe Ziegler, his reputation is cloning CS;GO into a hero shooter lol
>>734115907Git gud
>>734116023My studio? They could all die for all I care, as long as I get to play the game
>>734112368Kek
>>734112184Address this instead.*unzips dick*
>>734112184I enjoy it more casually then anything. I'm the biggest anti-comp person you'll ever see, and im enjoying MarathonAt first I was thinking about not buying it but honestly its a more chill tarkov with a neat style. Yeah 40 dollars and it's a bungie live service, and there's core design ideas I disagree with (focus on trios and heros / in built abilities for example) but Im enjoying the server slam enough to buy the game, though I don't blame people for not liking marathon considering how niche it will probably be, and its reputationWhatever, a 40 dollar gamble is barely a good commission of glitch with human meat on her lips, it's whatever.
>>734112184Sounds like a blast!
>>734116447Welcome to the big leagues
>>734116118>so steam is just lyingyes
>>734112184I enjoy competitive fps and marathon was truly awful. COD is the only game that’s got PvPvE right with DMZ
>>734114479>Arc Raiders>great aestheticNow, I haven't played the game... or watched any footage of it...or found the time to even begin to care about a fucking extraction shooter of all things... but from what I've gleaned from its promotional materials, it doesn't seem to have an aesthetic in the first place. It's like it's kind of trying an 80s VHS thing, but not committing in the fucking slightest. The characters I always see are just... standing there. I have no idea what their purpose is or why they feel the need to raid arcs (whatever those are).Honestly, I think it's kind of magical that a game is so completely unable to convey what it's about whatsoever. Most games you read the title or look at the key art and you immediately have at least a vague idea. Not Arc Raiders, though. They said "No thank you. Make our game look like absolutely nothing at all!" And I hope I never find out what it's about.Marathon also sux tho.
>>734116118>so steam is just lyingtop sellers is just trending that also includes popular old games
Marathon is Brat
>>734116564>>734114479arc raiders looks like dog shitit's just PUBG but 80s and there are boring spider robots for some reason
>>734116570yea its literally the top sellers for a period of time??????????????????????????????????? aka trending?????????????????????????????????????????????
>>734114370this is what's wrong with the game and why i'm predicting it to die unless they figure something outthey put in all these missions, but you're better off just ganking people because if you're doing missions you're a sitting duck
>>734116564Did you skip the cut scene? Robots from space took over the surface, Raiders go to the surface for supplies.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3G9HfFqkgI
I don't hate it, but the classes were a bad idea and have some serious balance issues, and the cool downs on everything are ridiculous. Movement is too sluggish. I also find the AI dudes painfully boring after playing for 5 hours or so. Also, the fact that they started the server slam with prox chat broken was such a mistake
>>734116782so not actual top seller but trending which means literally nothing
>>734116816Nah
>they stopped calling them runners because you can't runlel
>>734116789100% Engaging Ai is also a death sentence. And the extraction points go online 5 minutes into the game and usually disappear at the 6/7 mark.
>>734112184I'll play a single player Marathon game, but have no interest in Internet shit
>>734116917>exfil goes online at 20>campers all rush to the exfil to camp
>>734116816I had no problem with proximity chat but hardly anyone used it. on PC you had to press a button to use it.
>>734116883>i didnt play vs 3 medic stack so its not MY problemlol it will be because thats all you'll fucking see when it goes live. 2-3x medics and thermal snipers.
>>734116981And how would that be when exfil points are not set?Maybe you should git gud and check your surroundings. Exfil points have always cover
I had fun but not enough to buy it on release, I only bought Arc because I am autistically obsessed with shooting rotors off and had some funny interactions pre-release. Marathon has been 100% KOS no mics and the AI enemies aren't dynamic enough to be interesting for very longI think once they add some PvE threats that are more interesting I'll probably pick it up
>>734116842yes its not TOP SELLERS OF ALL TIME you fucking mongoloid holy fuck
>>734116917what's even the purpose of marathon? like in arc raiders, tarkov & hunt showdown you had some objectives to fulfill besides kill every nigger you seeall i'm seeing in marathon is just flat-out pvp with the occasional npc interrupting the fareif i wanted all-out pvp i would stick to my battlefields and cods, extraction shooters aren't supposed to be warfare simulators
>>734117005Yeah, thermal scopes are a joke. i got a thermal on a shotgun with assassin, left like I was wall hacking.
>>734117071the point is it means literally nothing
>>734117059we got aliens on the final map
>>734117004It was broken most of the first day until they pushed a patch
>bungie artwork>genuine shilling
>>734117040what? thats exactly what happens every time. You can see the exfil on the map at 20 mins. All the campers run to them and set up a camp spot.Then they wait for a crew to exfil
>>734117105>have to grind out boring ass extraction slop just to get a chance at an actual interesting pve encounterBRAVOI FUCKING LOVE ARTIFICIALLY BLOATED GAME GENRES5 MAPS FOR 40 DOLLARS AND ONLY MULTIPLAYER
>>734116917Skill issue, managed to hack caches in solo
>>734117105proof?
>>734117202can you just solo queue with anyone besides rook?
>>734117202Is this the famous gun play Bungie was talking about LMFAO. Why would you post this, its you camping a corner against Ai.
>>734117137Exfil points are either guarded or near enemies, so id enemies around are dead that's a clear tell. I have seen nearly zero exfil camping, but I have seen players content exfil points
>>734117208they are on the cover of the game, you can go watch the vidoc from like dec and they talk about it
>>734112184I played it. I want to like it but the game sucks dick. The UI plays a big part, but also other stuff like how I can't adjust X and Y sensitivity individually and they force Y to be low as fuck.It has things that rub me the wrong way, like how edgy they present themselves to be with the 'ít's Tarkov but multiplied by 10''. Nobody has time for that shit. I don't want to get gank raped by their retard AI with OP output. At least Arc Raiders make deaths by them feel earned, with how much effort they put into the behaviors.If issues are not fixed nor addressed quickly they can get Concord'd.
>>734112184Fuck MarathonFuck Bungie
>>734117304Just press so your team slots don't autofill and you will matchmake with solo players
>>734117424given how long the game has been in development for it's already going to be concord'd on account of sales simply won't make enough to justify long-term support
>>734117193industry really is a lost cause seeing people defend this game so hard
It's hard not to compare it to Arc, but the enemy designs are really boring and just make me feel like I'm playing a CoD campaign. Variety of threats is what makes the PvP (or cooperation) dynamic and fun. I haven't seen the supposed aliens but having these groups of shooty bots as the only threat just sucks. If you're playing solo engaging at all is basically ggs because you can't really pop and run like in ARC, you aggro a whole squad of niggers who telegraph your position
>>734117432oh dude....niggers.... I missed out on that completely. Fuck it I'm preordering
>>734117395Considering they didn't bother putting them in their demo I'm going to assume they aren't a big point of emphasis
>>734117368eh people all go to unguarded exfils with no enemies and just camp because they are the easiest to leave.People ignore guarded exfils.At the 20 mark exfils are not guarded by anything.They become guarded as the counter goes down.The point being is campers wait for a crew to try safely exfil from a safe early exfil with no enemies and just snipe them from behind while they are waiting.Its ridiculously easy to do btw i did it with rook and a pistol. Just plinked off entire crews trying to exfil
>>734112184That privacy agreement you have to sign to play this made me wanna vomit.
The biggest positive to me was the promise of something like Arc with better post launch support, but it really just feels like a fairly standard multiplayer shooter retrofit into an extraction shooter and I don't think Bungie is going to get the budget to work on it as much as it would need to become compelling
>>734117614its literally just cod on large maps with a one game mode gimmick.The pvp is dogshit. the actual fun part is the loot and shoot pve loop
>>734117493>Fuck it I'm preorderingyou are not very subtle. it's very obvious how to solo.
>>734117723no it's not. I played rook once and thats it. I thought that was the only way. Not being able to solo was one of the things holding me back actually
>we will sell your data to the government
>>734117669Actually the only fun part is griefing people
What hate campaign? Look everywhere and you will see people are absolutely in love with this game and the wild worldbuilding Bungie has delivered. Just look at this heart-warming multi-colored lobster, you won't find this in any other game. Marathon is a game made with soul and passion.
>>734117797that's epic preordering right now
>>734117797Majority of non censored non anonymous content creators are shitting on it.
>>734117864I'm pretty sure it's sarcasm
>watching streamer>I'm so hooked, I'm locked in>while he's switching to Tarkov
>>734117797this is unreal, literal shill psychopathy.
>>734112184
>>734117943each "shell" sees the lobster shell differently, get it? Someone got paid for that.
>>734117864We actually won, haters couldn't stop Bungies massive success.From 143k to 64k in 3 days? A decent hold that bodes well for the future of this game, actually. And look, it shot up to PLACE 3 in the Steam top sellers. Some people will be very mad when this is another Arc Raiders situation where the actual paid launch peaks at double the amount of players as the stress test.
>>734118016
>>734118051thats literally just a bug
>>734118227>massive successKekaroo
The maps really suck, so unless they saved everything good for the 1.0 I think it's toast.
>>734118249Lobsters aren't bugs you fucking idiot
>>734118325Isnt this already 2 out of 5 maps or somethingHow many maps are we getting
>>734118249No it's just teasing the original AIs returning
>>734118348actual retard. Its a game bug. As in the colours are not syncing this is a common multiplayer bug.
>>734118416It was a joke rain man
>>734118275cope, hater
>>734118436the joke here you fucking autist is three retards thought a syncing issue was profoundYou are not smart retard.
>>7341183493 and one that's getting unlocked in probably a month. Tarkov released with 12 maps btw.
I gave it a second try today for another couple hoursStill sucks ass, appreciate Bungie giving me the chance to try it
>>734118016>>734118243Kek this reads like an attempt at creating a meme by a marketing team of 60% women and 40% "women"
>>734118436genuinely hilarious when people like you have no selfawareness
Yeah were /thriving/
>>734118595>>734118486I can't believe my dumb lobster joke made you this mad lil nigga
>>734118575this one is the worsthttps://www.reddit.com/r/Marathon/comments/1rgqmgb/streets_are_saying_marathon_is_actually_good/Funniest one was some gen x troon on the steam forums trying to act punk and just posting schizo groomer babble.
>>73411827564k people played this despite knowing their progress will be deleted a day later.Everyone else pre-ordered right after playing 2 matches on the first day and is now waiting for release. Like i said, 200k on launch day is very much possible.
>>734118650bro you are retarded im laughing at the tweet not your fucking post idiot.Not everythings about you you fucking zero self awareness chimp
>>734118349Yeah, and the two in the server slam aren't very distinct. They have some verticality which is nice but have some really annoying choke points that will become grating fast I think
I have ironic shitposting fatigue
>>734118349i dont know what people are lying for but theres only 3 maps you see that clearly in the beta.Theres supposed a 4th "raid" thats a bank heist or some shit.Doubt they will have the hinted "marathon" raid at launch. Faggots are saving that for a paid expansion
>>734118715I suspected you had actual autism but now I know for sure
>>734117513its for the high tier raid
>>734118839thanks for confirming you are autistic and aloging
Got over 20 hours in the slam. I can definitively say, not worth $40. If it was like $10 MAYBE I'd be more willing to buy it, but probably not. If it was f2p I'd probably play it super casually and just run around fucking with people. After all the last runs I did in the slam before uninstalling were running around with nothing but the knife and stabbing people, with the last one ending with stabbing a guy and both of us downing each other. Most fun I had in all 20 hours of play.
>>734118630the demo ends in like 5 hours monkey, i stopped playing bc there is nothing being carried over and i got my fill
>>734118794Oof, I thought they were saving more for release. I have officially gotten my fill then>>734118889I wonder why it seemed like a good idea to hide anything interesting behind a raid
>>734118914if this shit was addictive people would be playing it to the last minute and loving every moment.Half the players quit and refunded on the first day lol then another half the next day
>>734118985Typical live service strategy where you just hold back content and trickle feed it to morons, probably with the intention to release paid content later.That way you have to produce less content
>>734118693>Everyone else pre-ordered right after playing 2 matches on the first day and is now waiting for releaseNo they didnt the game barely went up in the charts duri g the entirety of the slamOnly now
>>734112368fpbp
Arcs biggest strength is how its moving parts create a dynamic experience where every run can have a very different story. I don't think I've had a single memorable encounter in 10 hours of Marathon, it really just feels like I'm playing CoD with a super annoying respawn
>>734112184Endymion's been grifting real hard after that disastrous face reveal.
>>734119090Theres definitely built in viral moments in arcMarathon has none of that and none of the hype shit looks impressive at allArguably the most viral the game ever got were the cinamatics and those barely represent the actual ingame shit
>>734119090it really is just random cod fights sporadically happening over a large map. In a sense the backdrop becomes irrelevant in the pvpers eyes and its nothing original.
I genuinely like this remix they uploaded yesterday.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii7KWBOy9cs
>>734119185WorseThe game is mode like watered down apex
3 maps at launch1 game modefullpriceloljustlol
I wish the in game visuals looked closer to their cinematics, it would definitely give it more of an edge
>>734112184>Gatekept from a game I wasn't going to buy and don't want to be a part ofOh. The agony.
>>734119285lmaooooooooo
>>734119285Samemy modded Fo4 looks better than it
>>734119000insane that top 3 best sellers NA top 4 best sellers globally, game is fun but i like the extraction aspects and if my gear just gets deleted in a few hours ill just go play deadlock
>>734112368Nice try skeletington, I'm getting involved because I'm sure to win the argument!
>>734112184So bungie thought that making a niche game for a niche audience is the play? Well, let's see how it works out shall we? Spoiler alert - it won't
>>734119278>30 euro key is "full price"
It’s the worst game ive ever played. Worst gameplay, worst graphics, worst ui, worst animations. Why is the ai even in the game?
>>734119432>games over a hundred usd are the new normalYou just accept being ripped off
>>734112184I lose constantly but its still sort of fun just take a sponsored kit and if you die it doesn't matter.
If boongie wants to win they have to go hard fire all the lgbtq+ employees, detransition the characters, make a version for the linoox, keep cheaters out, add the Pfhor, make it $30 with sale for $15, sell skins that don't look so trooney, and generally well harden the fuck uphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDUuCSc42NU
The reality is that it's marketed itself too well to outright fail. Those hoping for a Concord level or even Highguard level crash won't get what they want. It'll probably do okay, though I doubt it will do as well as Halo or Destiny. Big budget aside, it looks easy to iterate on and bleed money from players.
>>734119730Now imagine just how big their marketing budget was.Sorry bro but Sony is gonna eviscerate Bungie.
>>734119730It will die but not immediately. Like concord and highguard. The only thing riding for this game is brand recognition and that will only carry it for so long.
The game needs giga enemies that need at least more than two squads to beat
>>734119730TRVKE, all the Concord fans will have to deal with this being an XDefiant kind of blunder, see you in a year and a half.
>>734112184Notice how youtype likethis
>>734119974>>734119787>>734119730so a timeflopthe least satisfying kind of flop
>>734112184>Not so fun when you're the one gatekept, eh?where's the gate to, the unemployement line for Bungie?
>>734119787concord died literally within 2 weeks, same with highgaurd, i would bet money that marathon is still kicking in a year, they are not just dropping this
>>734120147They existentially cant drop it kekThis is all in
>>734112184>Competitive extraction shooterLmao.
>>734112184I had an absolute blast this weekend, especially yesterday. The game really does come together the more time you put into it. Can't wait for Thursday, Bungie absolutely cooked here and im excited to experience everything else the full game will have to offer.
>>734119730It's just going to take longer to bleed players instead of doing it over the course of a week. As other anon just said there is almost no chance that Bungie meets expectations and makes their money back in a time period that makes Sony happy. Bungie has ruined their relationship with the people that own them.They might not acknowledge the game as a failure outright but you will be able to read the writing on the wall pretty early. The Open Beta was not inspiring and it was free. I think what's going to happen is that they are going to be forced to crunch out a couple seasons and then Sony will see the writing on the wall and put the game into maintenance mode while forcing them to revive the Destiny franchise after they killed D2.
Well, I played as much as I wanted. At the end of the day I liked the game a lot and bought it already.That's saying something considering I:>thought this idea was stupid as a Marathon fan>had no faith in Bungie after being repeatedly burned on (and quitting) Destiny>don't like extraction shooters a TON (they're okay)I really expected this to be an at best I'll grab it for $10 down the road on sale deal, but nah, i really had a blast with this Server Slam. They got me.
>>734120219Yes it's truly lightning in a bottle.
>>734120181yea and by that metric, given enough time i could see this being a cyberpunk situation
I didn't get to play nearly as much as I wanted to, but I really needed to see if I could noticeably improve by the end of the Slam to see if I'd actually have a good time with the game. I love how punishing it is and I want to keep playing. Pre-ordered.
>>734120271the fuck is wrong with you, refund that shit immediately
I bought the collectors edition so I'm biased. However this was the most fun I had in a multiplayer shooter since OG Destiny.I'm surprised how well I can compete with a squad of randoms, but I am typically the first person on a mic and I'll even give out calls when there's no one else using their mic.Bungie defined my gaming teenager years with Halo 3, ODST, and Reach, and then defined my college and 20s with Destiny 1. I trust in their gunplay and I think the extraction genre will ensure a sustainable community of FPS fans.Also Triage ended up being my main since I couldn't try Thief but Triage's kit might be the best. My go to set up has been the Hardline PR and the standard volt SMG. It's such a great combo.
>>734120219If there's one game nobody in the industry is worried about flopping, it's Marathon
tortanic niggers moving goalposts seeing how marathon won't fail outright, you just love to see it
>>734120303Cyberpunk was still hyped
>>734120353the server slam makes me wish i could get the collector edition statue even more, its such a blast
>>734120219It's a return to form for bungie. The game is amazeballs.
i had a blast playing this on the toilet
>>734120353Yes, this game is hella tight. It's got the juice.Hardline PR + Volt SMG + Triage has been the go to for me too. Though that B33 and the Stryder go super hard also. The Repeater is fun as well, but its slow reload feels so punishing
I played as much as I wanted. At the end of the day I disliked the game and I don't think I would play it even if it was F2P or went F2P some time after launch.That's saying something considering I:>don't care about the original games>Knew Bungie was going to fuck it up (they did)>like PVP gamesI really expected this to be a game that won me over just like how Bungie bamboozled me with a few good Destiny expansions, but nah, I felt nothing for the whole duration of the Open Beta. Rape Bungie.
>strategicCheck out this cool strategy.>>734117797>little quirkIt's just the devs being lazy faggots and assigning a randomized color to some objects.
>>734120546>he's not having a blastBig mistake
>>734120027>>734119974>>734120147Yeah. I don't think it'll be a mega hit. But it likely won't even be fun as a flop due to how relatively long that will take.
i'd love a pure singleplayer game with this art style, it's stunning. all the art, menus etc, colours, game looks amazing i just don't really care for this genre of game
>>734114479>Marathon doesn't even know what game it wants to be. It wanted to be a Hero shooter extraction but with the fast TTK the abilities are basically useless. This game is great for campers.It's now basically a crouch walk, sneak/camp extraction game and that's the player base fault.This might be true for solos. The game really is built for trios and that's where the abilities shine. I've logged around 20h on the test and I've seen many teams and players saved by their abilities. Assassins's ult for example is a massive "fuck you I'm gone". Every shell has useful stuff. I used to think the ttk was way too fast too but with the added experience I'd say it shouldn't be lengthened by much. As it is right now you can turn the tables on a trio as a solo with a good play or two and you still have some time to react if they see you first (unless you get shotgun jumped or get caught in the open but that's on you).
>>734120658I think it looks like visual vomit especially if you move quickly.Would probably be cool in a puzzle game or something though.
>>734120732The worst part is when the ability that causes censored mosaics to show upJust fucking awful
>>734120252If even half of the pre-order crowd (to say nothing of those that buy it Day 1) doesn't refund, that'll give Marathon enough momentum to, well, marathon for quite a while before it collapses.
>>734112184>Notice how the only people who enjoy marathon are people who genuinely enjoy competitive fps. surface level fps*
holy, I played 24 hours of this See yall on Thursday. This game rules
>>734120851Think I finished at lvl 33…didn't really focus on any skill trees or contracts since it was resetting. I simply can't wait to dive in on Thursday.
>>734120960Ended the slam tonight on a loss but a fun one. Second to last random was a hell of a teammate and helped us get some great loot. Sold everything right before the last one and went crazy.I love it. Can't wait for Thursday.
>>734112368That sign can't stop me cuz I can't read!
>>734112184>Notice how the only people who enjoy marathon are people who genuinely enjoy competitive fps.good marathon isn't competitive because you don't meet any players
>>734120785It needs to make a pretty penny in a relatively small window for Sony to give them leeway. Sony doesn't want a game to be profitable in 2 or 3 years after it's sold the same (maybe) 2 million people season passes. They want the game to be profitable ASAP and it's not showing signs of that. Messing around with data gave me the absolute best case for Bungie with that 2mil number, assuming the same ratio of console/pc players which seems unlikely and going off a median of concurrent players which also assumes that many of those CCU players in the test are addicted and going to/have bought the game and not just playing it because it's new and free.
>>734121278The more I played, the more I liked this game. After a couple of hours it finally clicked and now I can't wait to see more on Thursday. Preordered Deluxe Edition.
it's a piece of shit and there is no reason to pay $40 for this even though $40 is not a ton of money.it's ugly. it's modern bungie. it's not halo 3.
>>734121331had a great run with two randoms for about 20 only to get absolutely smoked at exfil, good times. dire marsh is awesomethats it for me, uninstalled, looking forward to the release weekend and trying Thief
>>734112184Finish the Fight. Then they copy pasted the formula without innovation into 2026. We can see the engine. We know how bad it can be thanks to Destiny. The pacing is slow like Destiny. It's fucking bad. Apex and Arc Raiders exist. Nothing unique about the game on offer.
>>734112368There should be a version of this about making live service games.
People don't want to admit players are tired of the Halo formula. It eventually got its multiplayer portion live on PC and no one played it.
