SaysWho? Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Bungie unveils Marathon BLOG.PLAYSTATION.COM Introducing Bungie’s newest game with General Manager Scott Taylor and Game Director Christopher Barrett 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Apparently, this is a Tarkov game. Thought it was going to a single-player FPS. Big letdown. https://www.marathonthegame.com/y3vmGPNRxH3RNTqLkq5PFXZy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 21 minutes ago, Bacon said: Apparently, this is a Tarkov game. Thought it was going to a single-player FPS. Big letdown. I was really hoping it would be a rejuvination of fhe original Marathon series Marathon (1994 video game) - Wikipedia EN.M.WIKIPEDIA.ORG 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 I’m okay with this, Bungie makes games for other people than me that’s fine. The name is rude though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Never played the old games. Those old FPSs made me not even try an FPS until Halo 3. I was just hoping for more Halo but actually good again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Chris- Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 1 hour ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: I was really hoping it would be a rejuvination of fhe original Marathon series Marathon (1994 video game) - Wikipedia EN.M.WIKIPEDIA.ORG So is this just a cynical reuse of the brand elements? Because the art style of the game doesn’t seem in-line with anything I just read about those games, other than ‘you can play with other people’. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Just now, Chris- said: So is this just a cynical reuse of the brand elements? I'd say that's more or less correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy4000 Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Yeah, I definitely want this to be a different game. But I also don't know how you make a new Marathon in 2023 and have it stand out from the pack. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moa Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Neat, a Bungie game dedicated to PvP seems like a good move since Destiny isn't exactly a drop-in drop-out game. I think extraction shooters get a bad rap due to how punishing and unapproachable Tarkov is, but other games in the genre like Hunt Showdown are pretty chill experiences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 28 minutes ago, Moa said: but other games in the genre like Hunt Showdown are pretty chill experiences. If you consider Hunt Showdown to be a "chill" experience, I'm absolutely terrified to contemplate what experiences you'd consider to be "intense" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moa Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 2 hours ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: If you consider Hunt Showdown to be a "chill" experience, I'm absolutely terrified to contemplate what experiences you'd consider to be "intense" It has a bit of a learning curve but once you understand how to deal with the various AI there’s a lot of chill hunting before it’s time to showdown with players. I think Hunt is a much more casual experience than round-based FPS’ like CS or Siege that are all PvP all the time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Wonder if this will be free to play like how Destiny 2 is now. I would have to wager it will be given it'll be a live service game with seasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzzzle Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 As soon as a game becomes free to play, I immediately lose interest. Developers intentionally make free-to-play games suck so that you buy shit to make it enjoyable until it starts to suck again, rinse and repeat. There are exceptions, of course, but not that many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paperclyp Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 7 hours ago, Moa said: Neat, a Bungie game dedicated to PvP seems like a good move since Destiny isn't exactly a drop-in drop-out game. I think extraction shooters get a bad rap due to how punishing and unapproachable Tarkov is, but other games in the genre like Hunt Showdown are pretty chill experiences. I feel like we lost bungie’s incredible multiplayer prowess at a very strange time in the industry. Like, destiny’s multi could be quite good at times but it wasn’t the thrill that halo was. I especially miss great big team battle type stuff from them. So I’m cautiously optimistic. Let’s get away from the destiny formula. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 1 minute ago, Paperclyp said: I feel like we lost bungie’s incredible multiplayer prowess at a very strange time in the industry. Like, destiny’s multi could be quite good at times but it wasn’t the thrill that halo was. I especially miss great big team battle type stuff from them. So I’m cautiously optimistic. Let’s get away from the destiny formula. Halo 3 was their peak imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 New ‘Marathon’ Details On Heroes, Price And Radio Silence WWW.FORBES.COM With a far-off release, some things can here can obviously change, but this is what a source with knowledge of Marathon details relayed to me, at length. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 Charging $40s for what in all likelihood will be to the brim with micro-transactions like some free to play game, I don’t know if that’s a smart move. Nobody is really optimistic about this game, except maybe the people working on it. And with what’s become of Destiny and essential “approval rating” of Bungie and more specifically Bungie leadership as of late, I do not think the Bungie name alone will be enough for most people. I don’t know of it will be Concord level disaster, but maybe Suicide Squad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheShader Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 Looking into this has made me discover that the original Marathon trilogy is available for free on iOS and Steam. I'm counting this as a win. I've been itching to replay the original for a bit now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheShader Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 I didn't really plan on playing it on my iPad without a controller and was more excited for the Steam copy...but I gave it a go just for nostalgia's sake and holy crap am I definitely not made for FPS touch controls. All the same, 10/10, the game is just like I remember it. Maybe I can sucker some people into a LAN party. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 I think $40 is a perfectly reasonable price, but I really feel like it's going to struggle to find an audience. I am not really the target audience for this one, given my aversion to most of these competitive FPS games, but it just seems like the genre is increasingly packed. Not only is it a crowded space, but it's a crowded space full of competitors that are entrenched, free, or both (at least the ones that didn't fail). Not to mention that this game largely came at the cost of building the PvP side of Destiny. That didn't really bother me, but I know a lot players were less than thrilled that Destiny received so little PvP content over the last few years. I like Bungie and want them to succeed, but I wouldn't bet much on this one being a success. At least Sony is unlikely to close them down if it fails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 4 hours ago, TwinIon said: I think $40 is a perfectly reasonable price, but I really feel like it's going to struggle to find an audience. I am not really the target audience for this one, given my aversion to most of these competitive FPS games, but it just seems like the genre is increasingly packed. Not only is it a crowded space, but it's a crowded space full of competitors that are entrenched, free, or both (at least the ones that didn't fail). I don't think the extraction shooter genre is particularly packed, Tarkov and The Hunt being the big players, but I do think that it's a trend that came and went. COD tried their hand at it, Hyenas got cancelled, The Division allegedly had a mode. No one stuck with it. So while it's not quite a Concord situation I do think it's something people have decided they aren't interested in besides the big games. So everyone is hanging their hopes on the Bungie name now rather than the game they are making. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 16 hours ago, TwinIon said: At least Sony is unlikely to close them down if it fails. not in the strictest sense. The name/brand still has value. But they do have the option ti completely replace the Bungie leadership and strip all autonomy from the studio. Even more so than they are now they would be Bungie in name only. Maybe where for a while it looks like Sony doing to Bungie kind of what Xbox did to Rare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 11 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said: I don't think the extraction shooter genre is particularly packed, Tarkov and The Hunt being the big players, but I do think that it's a trend that came and went. COD tried their hand at it, Hyenas got cancelled, The Division allegedly had a mode. No one stuck with it. So while it's not quite a Concord situation I do think it's something people have decided they aren't interested in besides the big games. So everyone is hanging their hopes on the Bungie name now rather than the game they are making. For some reason I was thinking it was another hero shooter, despite extraction being in the thread title. I suppose that's what happens when you announce a game and don't say anything about it for 18 months. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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