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Marathon |OT| A Shell of its Former Self.

How Dare You Greta GIF
Happened long ago when he started talking about stupid ass shit like how devs can make games objectively worse for gamers to line their pockets. He's 100% for pay to win. I don't have time to lose brain cells when he posts. I prefer gigabowser threads for that.
 
Not that i care about reviews, but most of the review sites has pretty positive server slam impressions so expecting an 8 meta
I expect a 6-7. There's SO many fly by night no one knows who they are websites accepted on metacritic now lol. If it was the larger publications only then a 7.5 I'd say.
 
New info on seasons.

"Seasonal updates will introduce new gameplay, including gear, Runner shells, zones, events, and more, which will be free for all players to access or earn–no expansions or DLC required."

"A few other things carry over too, such as your liaison contract progression; no need to unlock the factions every season."

"Once the community unlocks the way into orbit, the fourth zone, Cryo Archive, will become available. Prepare your mind and shell to take on this end-game zone on the Marathon ship, where you'll solve security puzzles, unseal frozen vaults, and come face-to-face with an entity even the UESC fears."

And plenty of other details in the article.

Edit: god damn you Luipadre Luipadre

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New runner shells and other content confirmed free for all players. Men_in_Boxes Men_in_Boxes in shambles.

I'm a little surprised the faction progression won't reset. Did we know that already?
 
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New runner shells and other content confirmed free for all players. Men_in_Boxes Men_in_Boxes in shambles.

I'm a little surprised the faction progression won't reset. Did we know that already?
They say "Liaison contract progression" unsure of what that is but Factions will definitely get reset. That is the grind.
 
They say "Liaison contract progression" unsure of what that is but Factions will definitely get reset. That is the grind.
Ok I guess the liason contracts are just the initial ones that connect you with each faction. Wouldn't make any sense otherwise. Could have been worded a little clearer.
 
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They say "Liaison contract progression" unsure of what that is but Factions will definitely get reset. That is the grind.
I think it means you'll keep them unlocked. You know those contracts you have to do to unlock each faction? Must be that.

Everything is sounding promising to be honest and it should keep things fresh over the year.

I'm not even sure if I'm going to buy it day one or not because my PC couldn't run it due to some issue preventing the game from launch (more people were having the issue even with recent hardware so who knows).
Guess I could always ask for a steam refund if it doesn't work.
 
They say "Liaison contract progression" unsure of what that is but Factions will definitely get reset. That is the grind.
Not 100% but sounds like Liaison contract progression is just a contract to unlock the faction. So once you unlock a faction it's permanently unlocked it sounds like, you still have to level them up though.
 
Yes, faction progression is reseting, but you will have them unlocked at the very start instead of doing their first quests. Roadmap sounds awesome imo, they will change enough shit for every season to feel fresh. Kinda bummed that we wont see a new map atleast until S3, but the rest sounds fantastic
 
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Praise The Lord Applause GIF
 
Also all gameplay content is going to be free is now confirmed. Their wording was pretty weird a few months back and many people assumed they will charge for some of this after the first year, but looks like they wont
 
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Damn I didn't know OT threads were this strict on this site. Amazing. Really great idea to do things like this.
 
Funny how I think the visual design is gorgeous in trailers and screenshots. But during gameplay it couldnt be more hideous.

Maybe due to the 1st person perspective + terrible UI, I dunno.

Dont feel like playing it, but I would totally watch a movie or a tv series in this world.
 
New runner shells and other content confirmed free for all players. Men_in_Boxes Men_in_Boxes in shambles.
Are we sure every Runner is free in perpetuity or just for the rest of 2026?
I'm a little surprised the faction progression won't reset. Did we know that already?
I think faction progression is reset but you won't have to "unlock" each faction like you do initially. So if you want to start doing Sekeguchi right away in S2, you'll be able to. That's my guess at least.
 
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Legend.
 
I understand people like and care about Marathon's lore, but I am concerned it may get in the way of what is best for the gameplay. Hopefully Alien faction enemies start to get added sooner than later. There needs to be more variety in PvE

Everything else about the road map looks good and player friendly. Night time Dire Marsh sounds amazing
 
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I expect a 6-7. There's SO many fly by night no one knows who they are websites accepted on metacritic now lol. If it was the larger publications only then a 7.5 I'd say.
Live Service reviewers are cowards so they give everything between a 7.0 - 8.5. That way they can say "I was right. They gave the game great updates" if the game takes off, and "See, Live Service is a saturated market" if the game flops. It allows them to be "right" no matter what.

You will see an exception to the above rule when Deadlock hits as every reviewer has the knowledge it's already successful.
 
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Awesome. Can this be stickied somehow?
 
That roadmap has me pretty hyped. I'm just excited to play again knowing everything will stick, haha. The Server Slam was kind of hard because I knew in a week's time I'd have to start over again, lol.

I'll admit originally I was like, "MAN, THIS ISN'T MY MARATHON. IT'S JUST THE NAME BUT NOTHING ELSE." But it didn't take long for me to dismiss that original take because I adored the Ghost in the Shell and Neo Tokyo inspired look and aesthetic. Even the OST. I understand that it's divisive, I really do. But they knew what they were doing. It stands out more than any other FPS right now, and hell, in a LONG time. You can see an image of it and instantly know EXACTLY what it is. Which is pretty huge considering we've gone through several FPS games where folks could look at it and have a hard time distinguishing, lol.

I really hope this finds its footing and stays for a long while. I'd love to see how it evolves over time. I'd also love to see them revisit the universe/IP in a different way.

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Honestly relieving for anyone remotely interested in the game. I feel like it's never been THIS bad trying to talk to folks about the game without being dragged by folks that wanna see it fail, lol.

Who gives a shit about critic reviews for GAAS games? For the most part, reviewers on gaas games just go by what gaming community as a whole thinks of it
Yeah, that's my perspective too. I mean, reviews to me haven't really mattered much period as they're just "professional opinions", but I feel like games in the multiplayer space are pretty hard to even trust review-wise for a LOT of reasons.

Awesome. Can this be stickied somehow?
Folks should know better, but hey, if they miss it, let them get shot, lmao.
 
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Outside the lack of a PvE only option/mode and wokism applied to the character design making them androginous and unattractive on purpose, I loved the open beta.

I think won't be as successful at launch as Destiny, Helldivers 2 or Arc Raiders due to the lack of PvE, unappealing character design and too harsh difficulty for people who doesn't approach it with the survival/horror/Souls hardcore mindset , and mainstream people who expect it to be a Destiny or Call of Duty will be dissapointed because the game isn't what they expect/want, creating mixed and divisive opinions at launch.

But other than this, judging only for what the hardcore game it is and what it wants to be, I think it's a great game that will be successful specially some time after launch once players realize that the game keeps getting better and better as you keep learning it, unlocking cool stuff and you keep adapting your playstyle to the game.

I think it will take some time to players to realize this, and also a handful months to the devs to fine tune, tweak and fix some stuff, plus implement a couple missing things. But after that I think will have a great word of mouth and will keep growing.

I think crows will be served to those saying this will be Concord 2.0/3.0/4.0.

So new map probably every 6 months, just like arc. Would've loved another regular map sooner, but it is what it is
I played the server slam 31 hours and there are several areas of the two available maps that I didn't properly explore at all. So playing at a normal pace I think they'll have enough maps at launch and the pace of a couple maps per year (+ changes, additions and special events in the older ones) will be ok.

Regarding characters, like with maps I also thought that needed more at launch (particularly at least a manly chad and an attractive female, both things that nowadays seem forbidden in Sony games because they want to keep their games away from white heterosexual males) but now seems fine now to me. I played mainly initially with Destroyer but later switched to Assassin when switched to play solo and only briefly tested Vandal and Rook. Regarding characters will have over 100 hours worth of stuff at launch.

It's also worth mentioning that the game has an insane amount of content regarding missions, rewards of many kinds including many cosmetic character and wepons skins and stickers plus character and weapon omds, several unlockable/skill trees, cool narrative, lore text etc.
 
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Outside the lack of a PvE only option/mode and wokism applied to the character design making them androginous and unattractive on purpose, I loved the open beta.
Just because we don't have big chiseled men and/or busty voluptuous women? I mean, how would that be fitting in this world and universe? Lol.
 
So new map probably every 6 months, just like arc. Would've loved another regular map sooner, but it is what it is
Looks like we'll get one in season 3, was hoping season 2 but if they can mix things up significantly then all good I guess.

Still going with what we said in the test that there should be a map between Dire Marsh and Outpost. But we'll know if that's the case soon enough.
 
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For example:
Valid criticism: "The loot drop rates are too low for shotgun type weapons"
Gonna-get-you-thread-banned: "lol imagine liking this game. Concord 2 am I right guys?"

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Thanks for the tip, I'm out, don't want to end up like Corporal Hicks.
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Looks like we'll get one in season 3, was hoping season 2 but if they can mix things up significantly then all good I guess.

Still going with what we said in the test that there should be a map between Dire Marsh and Outpost. But we'll know if that's the case soon enough.
The seasonal thing they going for sounds like PoE tbh where they change the gameplay every season to make it fresh. If they can deliver, it will be big

Also first map unlocks with community event, familiar? :)

Sadly im not that excited for cryo personally, because i bet it will be impossible for solo players and you also need really good gear so you probably gonna try it once a day if you have good runs lol
 
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The seasonal thing they going for sounds like PoE tbh where they change the gameplay every season to make it fresh. If they can deliver, it will be big

Also first map unlocks with community event, familiar? :)
Hopefully its not deposit 4 million springs up a factions arse.
 
Have they said how the game will be monetized? From the twitter post it seems seasons are free, so is it just cosmetics that are paid?

Great OT btw
 
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