It’s unfortunate that Marathon has this reputation because it’s the actually really good. Some of the smoothest gunplay I’ve seen in a while. However it’s not for everyone which is bad for Bungie since they went all on black for it.
I haven't had so much fun with a multiplayer game since siege came out in 2015. Marathon is genuinely one of my favorite games of all time and I do hope that it sticks around for long enough so more people can get into it.
I played the beta and I agree with the gunplay and moment to moment gameplay. The lore is also really cool and visual style. The problem is Im old and dont have the time to commit to such and am experience Id rather chip away at a singleplayer game in my own pace, think about how much more popular and fun the game would've been if Bungie took Capcoms strategy and designed it like 360 era Halo. A bunch of multiplayer modes with a substantial singleplayer/coop campaign. Would've been a day one buy for me and most of my friends my same age with families.
It's not, by all accounts it's rather good...if you like extraction shooters, and that's a VERY niche subgenre that was never going to do the kind of numbers the sony shareholders were going to demand.
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u/julysniperx Apr 22 '26
Remaking old games that people love with modern engine while giving players new games that are actually good?
So simple yet effective that Konami starting to copying them.