Bungie's Marathon set for April 12th reveal

Audiophile said:
Never heard of the original Marathon so have no prior bias coming in. But I did love the art style in the reveal trailer about two years back.

On the downside, I never gelled with Halo; and Destiny had zero appeal to me, so Bungie have never really made anything I've been interested in. Hopefully this bucks the trend.
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What are the games you enjoy that are closest to Marathon? IE: FPS and / or PvP
 
Audiophile said:
Never heard of the original Marathon so have no prior bias coming in. But I did love the art style in the reveal trailer about two years back.

On the downside, I never gelled with Halo; and Destiny had zero appeal to me, so Bungie have never really made anything I've been interested in. Hopefully this bucks the trend.
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I never heard of Marathon either. When I googled it way back, turns out Marathon 1 was an Apple game, and Marathon 2 came to PC in the mid-90s and disappeared fast and forgotten. My bro bought lots of PC gaming mags in the 90s and I dont remember a Marathon review at all but you had Quake, Unreal and even quirky stuff like Redneck Rampage or f-bombing Kingpin reviewed. None of us or friends who played PC shooters ever brought up a game called Marathon at all.

The new Marathon game looks nothing like the old games in any way. Style, colours, etc...

The game might be a failure, or it may be a big hit. You never know. Bungie games seem to have a big following with Halo and Destiny, so at face value their new sci fi shooter should do well too unless there's something really bad about it.

It has a very unique bright and bloomy art style. The sci fi crowd I'd assume probably will like it since many of these kinds of games have crazy colours. Complete opposite to someone expecting brown and grey concrete modern soldier game.
 
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Marathon has me cautiously optimistic, more optimistic than cautious for the moment. I do want to believe that Bungie knows that they can't fuck this up. Especially not in comparison to something like Concord, which crashed and burned not all that long ago. That was such a special, embarrassing disaster that (hopefully...) served as a lesson as what NOT to do when trying to get people interested in playing a game, as it should.

One of a few things making me hopeful is how it's been promoted. The past week of Bungie just being on their ARG shit (which is fun to see again) has been interesting to watch play out and seeing people get invested. Another thing is the first trailer from years back and its visual style, which we're seeing more of now. It's a design that definitely gives me The Designers' Republic vibes (therefore reminding me of WipEout, so I'm slightly biased towards it), and I personally think it looks great. If anything, Marathon has a clear, defined visual identity that actually seems confident in itself, which can count for a lot. Unlike Concord, this doesn't feel like something that was Overcooked by Committee in a vat desperately trying to hit a bunch of theoretical checkboxes in an attempt for maximum appeal to everyone ("theoretical", because it fuckin' backfired hilariously badly) for a new IP to get milked. This actually seems like it might be cool.

Even then, I really cannot blame anyone at all for being skeptical (within reason). Between factors like Bungie's own problems (not just with Destiny), Marathon being a live-service game, and the fact that it's an Extraction shooter, it's only fair that people are asking questions. What I want to see is that the gameplay reveal tomorrow has all the things it needs to get people invested and gives them a real reason to care. This seems obvious, but getting people interested is an important first step for a reveal, which is apparently not obvious enough. Marathon needs to come correct, and it needs to come out swinging fast and hard.
 
Since the only extraction game I was able to get into over the years is Hunt: Showdown, I hope this game turns out decent at least

I also feel we're getting a shadow drop for some reason
 
Its almost time. I cant wait to see what Bungie has in store for us. Loving the art style, futuristic theme of cyborgs running around, the color tone and palette, etc. If they nail the gameplay loop, they will be set for another decade.

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Hollywood Hitman said:
Not denying their work just meant they are a pretty shitty company, but it is what it is. Still so far the look of this game isn't grabbing me but we will see
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What makes you think they are a shitty company? It seems like their designers all love working there and are passionate about their products. Pete Parsons seems like a bit of a prick, but I don't get that vibe from anyone else.

Marathon Director Joe Ziegler seems like a pretty chill cool dude.
 
Besides the paid shills hyping this up i think this thing wont be received that well from the general audience.
The playable Alpha should be interesting.
They sadly are going to milk that twitch drop shit to give access and boost viewership.
 
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For what it's worth, I hope the reveal is welcomed by all. Bungie get a lot of hate and I'm not sure all of it is justified, so I hope they knock it outta the park
 
farmerboy said:
For what it's worth, I hope the reveal is welcomed by all. Bungie get a lot of hate and I'm not sure all of it is justified, so I hope they knock it outta the park
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There are a lot of reasons why Bungie gets hate, some probably deserved and some not deserved. It's become a passtime to hate things in gaming. It's like people have decided to be teenage girls and hate things to appear hip and with it.

At the end of the day though this game is likely going to be successful or not on its own merits, but it's going to have to navigate the influencer/twitch streamer and social media landscape with not only Bungie's baggage but Sony's as well.

Less than 12 hours for Bungie to make a really big "first" impression. They'll only get this chance really, but I wonder if Bungie can navigate the cynicism present in today's gaming culture. And none of that is to dismiss valid criticism against Bungie or gaming in general.

It'll be an opportunity for a reset for the company and its fans, but I'm not sure they'll be given the space to do so. The gameplay reveal is going to have to be perfect and I don't even know what perfect looks like at this point anymore.
 
Not my genre given the online multiplayer nature but it looks interesting and they definitely nailed the artistic part, curious to see if it launches this year and if there's a beta soon to give it a try, I should be part of the new PS beta program so maybe I'm chosen :messenger_tears_of_joy:
 
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Is it just me or is the art design a little bit on the tryhard side? Nobody's really seen the game running yet, but the promo visuals leave me cold.
 
reinking said:
expectation GIF


I am not expecting much but as much as people hate on Bungie lately, Destiny 2 was one of the top grossing games on Steam last year.
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Because the gameplay is actually amazing. The final shape was next level. The shooting the mechanics, the customizations, the story, the chatacters. It Demolishes call of duty or whatever other fps the masses have been buying.
 
I really enjoy Destiny 2 - I have thousands of hours played, part of an older gamers discord - love running 3 man dungeons and 6 player raiding occasionally.
well aware of the content drip and how Bungie became infamous for stating that they did not want to over deliver content because it sets them up for future failure.

they create missions that force PvP players to run PvE and the reverse - They have taken away content so that the story now makes no sense

- but the game feels incredible - there is a ton of fan service - I'm gonna keep playing it until the inevitable D3.


Marathon - PvP focused extraction shooter? probably not my thing - but - I did like the sillyness of the dark zones in the division (my first PvPvE game I remember) or mixed raids in Anarchy Online (Omni versus Clan at Tarasque)

I think the game will have to have some type of permanent progression and interest from the group of people I play with for me to get invested in Marathon - if not I'm sort of made sad because I see the development of this game as taking away from the content that could have been delivered to the game I really like - destiny 2 - I also get that that is a really biased opinion.

I want this game to blow me away so that I'll have another game to play long term - but while hopeful I'm not entirely optimistic.
 
people in the discord are all over gaining the codes. its a decrypt system you have to go through.

no clue how or where they are inputting it but its cool to watch
 
Well even if I don't get into the alpha they will eventually do an open beta just like in Destiny (there's no better way to give word of mouth assuming the game is good).
 
Shubh_C63 said:
Do we have any idea how long the presentation will be,
20 mins or 3 hours ?
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The whole thing seems to be two hours. But I think the presentation will be max one hour or so? Destiny 2 reveal comes to mind (or similar to the expansions).
Guess there will be some sort of interview after the main presentation, answearing questions from social media and what not.
 
Shubh_C63 said:
Do we have any idea how long the presentation will be,
20 mins or 3 hours ?
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The Destiny gameplay reveal trailer was 12 minutes 19 seconds.

Destiny 2's gameplay trailer was 2 minutes, 56 seconds.

Given that this is something new, I'd say we should probably expect something closer to the Destiny 1 gameplay reveal trailer. They have a lot to prove here.
 
Mibu no ookami said:
The Destiny gameplay reveal trailer was 12 minutes 19 seconds.

Destiny 2's gameplay trailer was 2 minutes, 56 seconds.

Given that this is something new, I'd say we should probably expect something closer to the Destiny 1 gameplay reveal trailer. They have a lot to prove here.
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I don't think this will be just a trailer. I'm expecting a Vidoc as well at the very least.
 
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