Mibu no ookami
Banned
My point was that a year delay isn't enough to substantially change the game. Suicide Squad was still fundamentally the game it was when it got roasted after unveiling. The Marathon we get, if we get it, is going to be largely the same game that was shown, the list of changes proves it, they're not announcing a singleplayer campaign or something. The ultimate question is are those changes enough to fix what is obviously a sinking ship? I mean as you point out this game has no aura whatsoever.
Better visuals and atmosphere could change the lack of aura. The fact that it feels like this has nothing to do with Marathon in the first place hurts it badly.
You have no characters that you connect with at all when it was obvious they should have built this around Mjolnir Recon number 54, which makes me believe that they either can't legally or are concerned about the legalities of doing so.
I don't know what's going to happen with this game, but it's been an interesting ride. I knew they had to delay the game, the only question now is what changes do they make. They've called out most of the things that I said they should address, short of the singleplayer and a clear art direction change (increased fidelity alone doesn't fix the art directio).