It’s hilariously awful because, as a fan of the original Marathon trilogy, the aesthetic of the new game is the only thing that appealed to me; and it was stolen.
I have no interest in an extraction shooter. You can make an extraction shooter if you want, but you gotta make something that players can get emotionally invested in first. Original Marathon players won’t recognize this and new players won’t care so what was the fucking point of any of this, I’m going crazy. This industry has lost all direction
KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 1 month ago
This new game has essentially no relation besides name and logo to the old Marathon games. Sadly, because the old ones were the shit.
Geetnerd@lemmy.world 1 month ago
KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 1 month ago
It’s okay, ‘the shit’ is a weird phrase anyway. And as a Marathon trilogy connoisseur, you’re clearly alright.
JordanZ@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Geetnerd@lemmy.world 1 month ago
doxxx@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
I’m a little late to this party but this can be easily avoided by using the phrase “the shiz”. Just gotta train autocorrect to accept it.
tuckerm@feddit.online 1 month ago
Calling this a Marathon game makes no sense, and I don't just mean aesthetically. The business case can't possibly be there, either.
Anyone who has a nostalgic attachment to Marathon (👋) won't be interested in this new game, and anyone interested in this new game probably doesn't care about the name "Marathon."
On top of that, there's the fact that Marathon kind of looked like Halo. When Bungie made Halo, they were clearly taking after their own art style from their previous games. Which means Bungie could have announced that they're making a singleplayer first person shooter that kind of looks like Halo. Everyone would have lost their minds. Instead, they announced yet another live service game, and no one is interested.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Well now I’m not buying it.
KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Its worse than that: this game is somehow CANON with the original Marathon
Jesus_666@lemmy.world 1 month ago
My vent core feels retroactively unblasted by this revelation. You really can’t expect anything good from any of the major studios anymore these days.
Anti_Iridium@lemmy.world 1 month ago
How dare you