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[Kurotri]

According to this gentleman, there was an event for Marathon that Bungie held where they invited Escape from Tarkov players and asked them for their opinions, and it seems that none of them were thrilled after their play sessions. As you might know, Marathon is supposed to be an extraction shooter similar to Escape from Tarkov. Timestamped at 8:30:


Edit: Welp, video's private.

 

[M.W.]

Tarkov sucks so this sounds good.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Is this a hit piece or damage control by OP?

 

[JohnnyFootball]

I'm not interested either. I popped into this thread to tell everyone that.

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

Aztecross is like the biggest D2 streamer on the planet. If he says Marathon is in trouble, you'd best believe it.

 

[Kurotri]

Is this a hit piece or damage control by OP?

Neither my sausage-friend, I saw this pop up on twitter and thought with all the Bungie related news this would be....interesting to talk about.

 

[GHG]

Who remembers that bullshit self-congratulatory marketing piece they did for marathon where they claimed it was so "exciting" to play but they didn't even show the game itself?

Well now we know why.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Marathon has always been shit, so no surprise there.

 

[ReBurn]

I knew that without ever seeing it.

 

[Thirty7ven]

I’m sure this isn’t just more fud for the clicks by cashing in on what’s trending. I’m sure.

 

[adamsapple]

It being revealed as an extraction shooter was pretty much all I needed to know.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

.

 

[diffusionx]

Was anyone excited about it when it was announced?

They should have just made it a single player game in that universe, with a multiplayer mode sure.

 

[Magic Carpet]

I've noticed that Apple isn't exactly well loved around here. Marathon was an Apple thing. So I expect this title is already poison on Neogaf. They need to change the name. The antidote is changing the name.

 

[Punished Miku]

Ive never played an extraction shooter so I guess I dont really get what would be so hard to make.

 

[LordOfChaos]

I just want a damn linear single player Bungie campaign where I don't need to arrange 6 adults with their own jobs and families time to unlock all the content or play an arena err extraction shooter

Their gunplay: Great, still some of the best in fact. Everything else around it is just frustration to me. So much of Destiny is just junk management, is that a positive addition to the gameplay?

 

[GHG]

Was anyone excited about it when it was announced?

They should have just made it a single player game in that universe, with a multiplayer mode sure.

At least then it would be faithful to the IP.

Fuck it, I hope it's cancelled/rebooted.

 

[Kurotri]

I hear its currently a disaster

For some reason I feel validated now. Thanks Mr White.

 

[Thedtrain]

Went woke going broke. Oh well.

 

[Guilty_AI]

rip Men_in_Boxes

The Finals is indeed your final hope, or the final hurrah.

 

[BennyBlanco]

Was anyone excited about it when it was announced?

They should have just made it a single player game in that universe, with a multiplayer mode sure.

But then how can they sell you 40 season passes as well as a monthly battle pass?

 

[Thirty7ven]

I heard on YouTube its currently a disaster

Fixed that for ya

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Fixed that for ya

 

[Flutta]

It being revealed as an extraction shooter was pretty much all I needed to know.

If this was a game revealed by team Xbox it would be the second coming for the green rats, so please spare us your hypocrisy it’s getting old

 

[Drizzlehell]

I hope this fails. I'm that petty.

 

[Muffdraul]

OG Marathon was the game that made me a Bungie fan back in 1995, and after finally giving up trying to enjoy Destiny 1 and 2 and swearing I'd never play another Bungie game unless it had a robust solo campaign, I was soooo fucking stoked when they announced the new Marathon. Only to have my heart broken again a few seconds later.

 

[MiguelItUp]

The only extraction anything that I dig is Dark & Darker, cause for me, it's been different enough than Tarkov and other modern day/shooting ones. But taking the Marathon IP, only to reskin it as something that's unrecognizable, and making it an extraction shooter sounds... like not the best idea. Fans of Marathon were not happy, meanwhile others were like, "WTF is Marathon?"

I always thought it was a weird choice, maybe a, "Hey we own the IP, might as well do something with it" situation. To me it just felt like them trying to get a slice of that extraction shooter pie while it's still "hot."

 

[SmokedMeat]

You’re used to eating sliced Ribeye on your cheesesteaks?

Here, try our Steakumm and tell us what you think.

 

[tmlDan]

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Chum the water for sharks.

The sharks brain size relative to the Orca is interesting.

 

[Thirty7ven]

 

[Aenima]

Marathon not interesting? It never was.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

I mean if you don't buy what I say there is always the ignore button

Never mind I will take care of it myself actually

 

[Chukhopops]

They had to choose between reviving Oni or reviving Marathon.

In my humble opinion, they made the wrong choice.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

I hope this fails. I'm that petty.

honesty is better.

 

[trikster40]

I wasn't planning on getting it either. Come on Bungie, just give me a solid single player game with some crack MP. I think you've got some experience in that genre.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Don’t understand the hate

Let’s wait and see

 

[adamsapple]

If this was a game revealed by team Xbox it would be the second coming for the green rats, so please spare us your hypocrisy it’s getting old

Nah. Unless you're calling every person in this topic saying the same thing a green rat too.

 

[MDSLKTR]

 

[Thirty7ven]

I mean if you don't buy what I say there is always the ignore button

Never mind I will take care of it myself actually

Expected no less from a fraud. Keep on tricking people into believing you got sources everywhere. Mr Littlefinger over here.

 

[Sleepwalker]

I've noticed that Apple isn't exactly well loved around here. Marathon was an Apple thing. So I expect this title is already poison on Neogaf. They need to change the name. The antidote is changing the name.

Bullshit there are plenty of apple fanboys here. Also nobody under 50 remembers the original marathon

 

[Neon Xenon]

Was anyone excited about it when it was announced?

They should have just made it a single player game in that universe, with a multiplayer mode sure.

I wasn't excited, just more cautiously interested with the first Marathon announcement trailer, because I was also recalling the then-rumors from months prior about Marathon being rebooted as an extraction shooter. My stance was, "Nice trailer, very good aesthetic, but I'm keeping all my expectations in check until actual gameplay is shown."

Now? With all of Bungie's issues regarding Destiny 2 alone? Now I'm just cautious. Marathon is getting delayed to 2025 for a reason.

 

[SHA]

When everything s, God forbid, build a new rig.

 

[Oddvintagechap]

I hear its currently a disaster

I would have played Factions 2 even if it was the same game as the first one..

 

[LordOfChaos]

Bullshit there are plenty of apple fanboys here. Also nobody under 50 remembers the original marathon

That was 1994, there's elder millennials that would remember it

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

Don’t understand the hate

Let’s wait and see

You're probably one of the lucky ones who dodged a bullet and didn't bother with Destiny or D2. They started out fun, but slowly turned to shit with the greed, virtue signaling, inability to find a clear direction etc. and now the cracks are finally showing, and it's all falling down like a house of cards.

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

Tarkov players not like it might be a good thing to be honest

 

[MoreJRPG]

It takes a certain type of masochist to play Tarkov, believe me, I’m one of them so I have no idea what Bungie was expecting inviting Tarkov players to a play test. You could tell from the reveal trailer what the gameplay would be like and it’s nothing like Tarkov.

 

[MMaRsu]

Escape from Tarkov players don't even like Escape from Tarkov, so I don't know what to tell you.

 

[LazyParrot]

This is gonna bomb and the IP will get shelved again, meaning zero chance of a proper single player Marathon game in the coming decades.