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[MMaRsu]

"Here's a few quick notes before you dive in:

Intensity: Cranked to the top. Cryo Archive is a pinnacle challenge and will take many runs to learn and master.
Playstyle: Think raid-style puzzle solving and layered mechanics wrapped around brutal extraction stakes.
Design: A labyrinthian layout where tight corridors give way to massive open spaces, pitting enemy crews against each other to unseal frozen Vaults.

There are more secrets waiting for you in the frozen halls of the Marathon.

You have not seen every locked room, hacked every terminal, or met every presence that is watching from somewhere deep in the ship's Panopticon.

Best of luck."

Launches March 20th

 

[Luipadre]

Gearing up during weekdays just to lose it all in a few hours on weekends in cryo. Sounds about right. Trailer was peak

 

[Artistic]

I like the premise.

 

[John Bilbo]

That's a bit like the time gating in the Splatoon games on Switch.

 

[calico]

This has to be a joke right? They're doing a joke?

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

If you are one of those who believe Marathon's ARG are the Cicada ARG gaming equivalent.... .

 

[Sticks]

Had the party going up on a tuesday

 

[Plague Doctor]

Finally, this masterpiece can be reviewed fairly.

But only on the weekends

 

[Moondoggy]

Gating content behind MMO style timers, yep, still the same Bungie that made Destiny 1 and 2.

 

[Loomy]

This is exactly how Trials of Osiris worked in Destiny.

Doesn't hurt to start with known pattern and adjust as you go.

 

[Guardian Monkey]

Weekends only? Any reason around that? They view this as trials like?

 

[Loomy]

Weekends only? Any reason around that? They view this as trials like?

Mix of that and the player base is not there to have something that'll splinter it further running all the time.

Same reason ranked is weekends only for now.

 

[Kenneth Haight]

Bungie - if you don't work M-F, get a real job.

I don't play extraction shooters or multiplayer games in general really, but this seems kind of gimmicky a not particularly fair to people who maybe have other commitments at weekends.

 

[MMaRsu]

Just to keep in mind to play Cryo you must

Requirement 1: You must establish a connection with all six Factions:
Requirement 2: Player Must Reach Level 25

And play on the weekend obviously

 

[Loomy]

Bungie - if you don't work M-F, get a real job.

I don't play extraction shooters or multiplayer games in general really, but this seems kind of gimmicky a not particularly fair to people who maybe have other commitments at weekends.

It worked fine with Trials. It'll be fine here. Most people probably won't be doing many Cryo or ranked runs anyways.

 

[Don Carlo]

Lol Marathon's Endgame map Cryo being locked to weekends only is wild feels like they turned a multiplayer map into a seasonal event

 

[Saber]

*Asking reviewers to not review the game because of the late content
*Also the devs when the content launchs

 

[Guardian Monkey]

Just to keep in mind to play Cryo you must



And play on the weekend obviously

Its probably through reset which is Tuesday, like how it was for Trials.

 

[hououinkyouma00]

Just to keep in mind to play Cryo you must



And play on the weekend obviously

You also need to bring in a minimum 5K kit as well I believe.

 

[calico]

Forcing reviewers to work weekends is kinda funny though

 

[Loomy]

Forcing reviewers to work weekends is kinda funny though

IGN next week

Negatives
- had to review on a weekend

 

[Zacfoldor]

So they are going to go ahead and release it even though the community didn't make the numbers?

Also I was thinking this would be a major game update, limiting it to the weekends is kinda....I mean the game is not for me so maybe the fans will love it.

 

[Arsic]

 

[Zacfoldor]

 

[Luipadre]

Finally another thread besides the OT where they can continue the hate train

 

[Von Hugh]

How to kill a video game:

 

[ViciousAgenda]

You can pretty much predict who it'll be

 

[Zacfoldor]

Finally another thread besides the OT where they can continue the hate train

You guys got to hate in the OT?

I left it alone like a rare gazelle. The last of its kind. Darting between predators in the congo.

 

[Arsic]

 

[Luipadre]

You guys got to hate in the OT?

I left it alone like a rare gazelle. The last of its kind. Darting between predators in the congo.

No, thats a safe place thankfully

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

 

[Hudo]

They really need to stretch their thin content, so people keep playing, huh?

 

[Arsic]

Valid complaint.

But what's their reasoning? If the reason is cheeks they should change it.

 

[M.W.]

 

[mayham2199]

Weekends only is dumb. I don't care about ranked being weekends only but don't see why Cryo would also be.

 

[Luipadre]

Valid complaint.

But what's their reasoning? If the reason is cheeks they should change it.

I dont think they want like 10 separate queue list going on all the time. It doesnt have the playerbase for it

 

[CuteFaceJay]

Reminds me of when Splatoon 2 Salmon run missions could only be done a few days in the week.

They've done their research because it was a very smart way the Splatoon 2 dev would end up splitting play sessions up to keep things fresh without needing to pump out insane amounts of content all while having a rather simple rotation system in place.

Weekend only seems a bit off though they need to be flexible with the players if they gonna try and pull something like this off.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

They want this game to die, right?

 

[Arsic]

I dont think they want like 10 seperate queue list going on all the time. It doesnt have the playerbase for it

Not fair for people who can't play weekends.

Possible changes:
-Change requirements for entry so more people could queue into it if it was up always (not a fan of this solution)
-Change the days it's open to rotate. (Tues/wed one week, thurs/fri the next etc)
-Block other queues cryo times maybe? (Not a fan of this let people play what they want when they want)

Best is to change days weekly

 

[cormack12]

Power to the people who are playing and liking this but my god if this isn't the wildest, most illogical, self harming progression of launch I don't know what is.

 

[HRK69]

That's a hilariously bad decision

 

[Spukc]

This has to be a joke right? They're doing a joke?

Honestly this is great.
Filters out all those fucking retard wankfluencers that just grind 24/7
Gives us normal humans a chance

 

[Arsic]

Honestly this is great.
Filters out all those fucking retard wankfluencers that just grind 24/7
Gives us normal humans a chance

They need to change the days weekly for it to make sense. Not everyone has weekends off.

 

[TVexperto]

great idea makes it like a nice weekly event but where is it saying only weekends?

 

[ByWatterson]

This has to be a joke right? They're doing a joke?

Has everyone forgotten about Trials of Osiris? The original version was god-tier back in 2015.

 

[Brakum]

Gating content behind MMO style timers, yep, still the same Bungie that made Destiny 1 and 2.

This is worse. In MMOs i at least can do it whenever i want during the week. But aince i work in a restaurant and dont have weekends off fuck me i guess.

 

[Spyxos]

Looks kinda cool.

 

[Stuart360]

Oh god i can already see numeorus 'see its actually going up a bit, especially on weekends. You haters jumped the gun lolz' style posts in the other thread incoming.

 

[calico]

Imagine you just grinded 10k robots to unlock this bs and you can't play weekends

 

[MagiusNecros]

Brings new definition to weekly lockout lol