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[MMaRsu]

The kicker here is that Marathon is going to launch as a premium product, meaning players will be asked to pay full price. Based on what I experienced and was told, it'll have a battle pass, three maps (with a fourth arriving shortly after launch)

Bungie's Marathon Is A Polished Extraction Shooter, But That Might Not Be Enough

Marathon feels like it'll deliver satisfying gameplay, but the experience around it could leave a lot to be desired

www.gamespot.com

Concord 2 incoming...

Ofcourse it'll have a battle pass as well

My title is wrong its an extraction shooter

 

[coachmcguirk91]

70$? GTFO. 40$ I would understand, but piss off with that

 

[EviLore]

Is there a special edition controller I can buy 20 or 30 of on the Playstation website before they pull the plug?

 

[adamsapple]

Wait, it's full priced, as in $70?

Oh my ....

 

[Punished Miku]

So its not f2p lol? Ouch. Well I have no interest then.

My nuanced take is that it looks a bit bland but not hugely flawed or anything. Art design is pretty interesting. Im sure gameplay will be fine. But nothing else is really all that compelling. Being a multiplayer online only game means I won't buy it. And it'll be loaded with macrotransactions.
I think its actually possible this could bomb. It will be an okay enough game but I dont know how it will do sales wise. Im not great at predicting what the masses want. Guess we'll see. I will certainly not buy it.

 

[Guilty_AI]

Rip Men_in_Boxes

 

[MayauMiao]

3 maps? ahahahaha

 

[HRK69]

 

[adamsapple]

Rip Men_in_Boxes

 

[lughnasadh123]

So we learned absolutely nothing. Mmmk.

 

[Tajaz2426]

Wow, they are killing their own brand at this point.

 

[CuteFaceJay]

60,70 Or 80? What does "Full priced" mean these days?

 

[Calverz]

Spoiler

I hope I'm wrong

 

[DAHGAMING]

Yo what the fuck is wrong with these durk heads .

 

[Pasta la Vista]

Full priced? Like $70 full price? DOA if true

 

[Pejo]

$70.00

 

[DirtInUrEye]

Delusional beyond anyone's comprehension.

 

[MaKTaiL]

Hard pass

 

[MMaRsu]

I was pretty hyped for it till I learned about this lmao

 

[vagabond-]

LMAO good luck with that shit big dog

 

[Eliciel]

goosebumps for that cinematic.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

 

[Jakk]

Good luck

 

[Audiophile]

I'd be fine with $70 with no MTX, $20-40 with moderate TX or FTP with more MTX.

Feel like their needs to be a trade-off in this whole thing. But full price and probably laden with MTX? No thanks..

 

[MayauMiao]

- 3 maps at launch
- $70
- Battle royale

 

[DirtInUrEye]

 

[Neolombax]

Damn.. really? This seems like a really bad idea.

 

[Punished Miku]

$70.00

Cheaper than Mario Kart

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

Gamepass it is

 

[StreetsofBeige]

$70, pay for battle pass, 3 maps.

Best value in a shooter ever!

I remember the outrage COD WWII had at launch when I think it only had 8 MP maps and 3 War maps.

 

[Cakeboxer]

R.i.p

 

[TrebleShot]

Surely they mean 40 as premium no one is buying this for 70. It should be free.

 

[near]

I would 100% play this. But I would not buy it at $70 - $80. Fuck that. This will be dead in the water if it cost that much. F2P and this game will have a massive audience for at least a few months depending on how they'd sustain the live service model it would be built around.

 

[Kilau]

Sony is allergic to good decisions this gen.

 

[Shubh_C63]

Nice to joke comparing it to Concord but its just a joke. No way this fails hard.

People will pay for this for sure as many people look at AAA GaaS as their one and done Forever game. Looks very 8/10 to me but better than F2P crap.
Destiny 2 is also NOT F2P, virtually meaningless content in the F2P version of the game so I rather they demand full price.

 

[a multicultural team of v]

Sony went from having the Midas touch as a publisher to a fucking dumpster fire. What the fuck happened to them?

 

[Sgt.Asher]

I was a little interested when people thought it was an extraction shooter. Now this, DOA.

 

[delirium trigger]

The gameplay highlights were really lame.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

$70.00

Lizardboy also says.............. I'm not fucking paying $23 per map!

 

[OverHeat]

Damn… will die faster then I Thought

 

[semiconscious]

moral of the story: they'll do it until it becomes screamingly obvious that it doesn't work...

 

[Spukc]

Is there a special edition controller I can buy 20 or 30 of on the Playstation website before they pull the plug?

What a waste.

 

[MayauMiao]

You would think Sony learn their lesson after Concord, a horrible looking game, failed miserably at $40.

 

[Holammer]

At least there's some real sexy character design in the game.
... right?

 

[Certinty]

Someone please make sure Bungie realise their name doesn't mean much anymore please. This isn't the late 00s.

 

[near]

Btw, it's not a Battle Royale.

 

[Generic]

3 maps? ahahahaha

That's a lot, battle royales usually have 1 map.

 

[Luipadre]

 

[Madjaba]

Arrogant Sony AND Arrogant Nintendo on the same gen ?!

 

[MMaRsu]

Btw, it's not a Battle Royale.

Sorry you're right it's an extraction shooter ofcourse which is an even more niche genre