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[Draugoth]

According to Jez Corden, Arc Raiders plays much better than Marathon:​

• Accessibility and Visual Style: ARC Raiders offers a more accessible experience with a retro 80s sci-fi aesthetic, contrasting with Marathon's darker, more generic style.
• Varied Gameplay: It blends PvE (fighting AI-controlled ARC machines) and PvP combat, encouraging dynamic strategies and unpredictable encounters.
• Fluid Movement: The game's movement system is praised for being smooth and fun, allowing sprinting, sliding, and using ziplines, which adds excitement to exploration.
• Creative Weapons: While some weapons lack impact, their unique variety and design make combat feel fresh and distinct.
• Story and Setting: Set in a post-apocalyptic future, players explore Earth's surface for resources while facing robotic threats and rival scavengers, creating an engaging narrative backdrop. Marathon nearly has no backstory

In contrast, Marathon has been criticized for lacking originality and presenting a more generic look, making it harder to stand out in the extraction shooter genre.

Marathon is doomed — I already think ARC Raiders is the better extraction shooter (and I feel bad for Bungie)

Embark Studios' ARC Raiders is the extraction shooter I've been waiting for. Here's why it's better than Bungie's upcoming Marathon.

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[DeepEnigma]

 

[diffusionx]

Is this true or is Jez just pushing MS' line

 

[Luipadre]

 

[Magic Carpet]

Borderlands 4 going to dominate?

 

[Thief1987]

Is this true or is Jez just pushing MS' line

What do you think? Let's ask adamsapple and Little Chicken for some unbiased opinion

 

[adamsapple]

Is this true or is Jez just pushing MS' line

The only person who would have genuinely stood up for Marathon is banned until Jul 18, 2025, so we won't know for sure until then.

 

[QLQ]

Hot chocolate is doomed, coffee is already a better hot beverage.

 

[Montauk]

Is this true or is Jez just pushing MS' line

How dare you. I'm sure Jez is entirely neutral at all times.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Is this true or is Jez just pushing MS' line

 

[Generic]

Arc Raiders visuals don't look impressive.

• Accessibility and Visual Style: ARC Raiders offers a more accessible experience with a retro 80s sci-fi aesthetic, contrasting with Marathon's darker, more generic style.

I would say that Arc looks generic and dark while Marathon has a retro 90's sci-fi vibe.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

hory shit

 

[AutumnLeaves]

What is he? Nostradamus?

 

[Montauk]

Clickbait slop.

 

[Sebastian1295]

Who cares what this neckbeard thinks. Guy is a microsoft simp who's life long fantasy is being in a bed with his xbox boxers on with phil spencer and humpty dumpty greenberg.

 

[adamsapple]

hory shit

The definitive extraction shooter on console, bruv.

 

[Shubh_C63]

I have seen hours of footage from both the games, and ARC Raiders had literally x3 times more exciting situations than Marathon, literally every round also.
Even the public event of Marathon looks so tame and generic, while ARC Raiders hidden events like Harvester thing feels actual adventury.

Even the Base upgrade situation in Marathon feels hopeless and lifeless compared to ARC.

 

[LordCBH]

I didn't get an alpha invite, and the one dude who I know has who was really looking forward to it came away incredibly disappointed.

I like the style and visuals, but damn….. he really wants to try a few runs with people he games with a lot, but….none of us got invites so he can't.

 

[Baemono]

Is this true or is Jez just pushing MS' line

I'd say both

 

[clarky]

hory shit

You might identify as Asian but i see you.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

 

[Kacho]

The definitive extraction shooter on console, bruv.

He's posting at Icon Era?

 

[Zacfoldor]

The only person who would have genuinely stood up for Marathon is banned until Jul 18, 2025, so we won't know for sure until then.

 

[OverHeat]

No lie detected

 

[TheThreadsThatBindUs]

Arc Raiders visuals don't look impressive.



I would say that Arc looks generic and dark while Marathon has a retro 90's sci-fi vibe.

It's crazy how big of a downgrade Arc Raiders got from its initial reveal to what it looks like today:



to this:

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

He's posting at Icon Era?

It's crazy how big of a downgrade Arc Raiders got from its initial reveal to what it looks like today:



to this:

Now do Marathon

Better yet find out how Marathon was supposed to look and how they ditched it to go with the current style according to the devs

 

[clarky]

Hot chocolate is doomed, coffee is already a better hot beverage.

Racist.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

Hot chocolate is doomed, coffee is already a better hot beverage.

Man shut the fuck up

 

[DeepEnigma]

Is this true or is Jez just pushing MS' line

Helldivers 2 still shits on both.

 

[adamsapple]

Hot chocolate is doomed, coffee is already a better hot beverage.

I'm a coffee guy and kinda don't like hot chocolate so ..

 

[Bioshot]

What is he? Nostradamus?

 

[Parazels]

Who offered Bungie to develop this game? Sony? Or it had been in development before they joint the Japanese corporation?

 

[near]

My opinion changed after watch various streamers play the alpha. I'm no longer interested. RIP Bungie.

 

[mayham2199]

How the hell is Marathon generic looking? I don't know anything that looks like Marathon while Arc looks very generic to me.

 

[clarky]

No lie detected

May I suggest you calibrate that lie dector.

This fat cunt is full of it.

 

[Draugoth]

The definitive extraction shooter on console, bruv.

At least Marathon has nice graphics

 

[semiconscious]

 

[clarky]

I'm a coffee guy and kinda don't like hot chocolate so ..

Reading between the lines here.

This weird way of you saying you're coming out of the closet?

 

[GHG]

He's posting at Icon Era?

adamsapple does as well.

 

[Generic]

It's crazy how big of a downgrade Arc Raiders got from its initial reveal to what it looks like today:



to this:

Hehe there are a lot of people upset in the comments section of the second video

"How dare you prefer Marathon over Arc!"

 

[adamsapple]

adamsapple does as well.

Nah they perma'd in a few days, lol.

If you mean whether I have any burners there, well then ..

 

[clarky]

Funny how hes got fuck all to say about the price rises.

 

[CobraAB]

D

O

A

 

[Montauk]

It's funny that people will point to articles of this low calibre as somehow being proof of something.

He's telling people who want to be told Marathon will flop that it will flop.

 

[Giallo Corsa]

You know what's funny/ironic gents ? That people are arguing between which of the 2 upcoming, generic slop is best/worst than each other, meanwhile, this :



...looks 10x more exciting since the art-direction is out of this world - an unholy marriage between Armored core, Metal Gear and Attack on Titan, shame that it will most probably spend the better half of a decade in alpha/beta like most of these PC centric titles usually do and also never see a console release.

 

[BennyBlanco]

These proxy wars are hilarious. What's the point? Both of these games are on all platforms.

Console wars are seriously dead if this is what it's come to. I knew it was over when Ass of Can Whooping built a PC.

 

[JPSLotus97T]

I couldn't place where I saw a character that looked like the color scheme of Marathon. But I finally remembered only because I sadly own this piece of shit.

 

[Bitstream]

He's posting at Icon Era?

 

[Generic]

Now do Marathon

Better yet find out how Marathon was supposed to look and how they ditched it to go with the current style according to the devs

Marathon looks better than its reveal because it's visually cleaner. The contrast between realistic environments and colourful characters/weapons is easy on the eyes.

Everything in Arc looks...brown and grey.

 

[Physiognomonics]

Some even say this in the other forum. Almost everything in arc raiders besides maybe artstyle (if you like those colors) is better than Marathon. Things do not look good for Marathon.

AA game development >> AAA game development.