Marathon

not worth the time and effort to learn and play

Wasted 12 hours of my life.

This game is unfortunately destined to die. The gunplay feels good, world-building is excellent, and the visuals are very unique. But there's not enough content for hardcore extraction shooter fans and it's too hardcore for any casual fans to pick it up and only play once in a while.

So far, everything about this game interests me. The aesthetic is clean and nuanced, the vibes are immaculate, the gunplay and sound design are up to Bungie's standards. Except for the core genre that it is. Extraction games can be fun as co-op, with friends. They're even better when they're roguelikes. I have ZERO interest in interacting with the PvP in this game- people play like cowards when there are stakes, and losing everything to that kind of 'competition' is just a waste of my time. If Bungie can turn this around into a co-op roguelike, I can see it becoming a favourite. Hell, an offline / non-multiplayer version would be welcome with how long matchmaking can take. If they can't, the only thing Bungie will be turning around is their open sign. In either case, it's not worth the cost of Destiny, Bungie, or full price. Get it on sale if anything to give them the chance to make it good before the Sony guillotine or their own c-suite comes for the servers. I'll come back to this review if they can pivot to a good, permanent PvE experience with meaningful progression and a reason to invest time, but it will remain negative until then.

bring back pve

Первое играть из РФ БЕЗ БУБНА НЕ ВОЗМОЖНО ВОТОРОЕ ДОЛГИЙ ПОИСК ИГРАКОВ БЫВАЕТ ПО 10-15 МИНУТ НАЙТИ НЕ МОЖЕТ ВЕРНУЛ БЫ ДЕНЬГИ НО УВЫ ПОКУПАЛ КЛЮЧЁМ НЕ РЕКОМЕНДУЮ К ПОКУПКЕ

Possibly the worst enemy design I've seen in an extraction shooter. Your health and armor is one and the same despite their so called distinction and enemies will laser you immediately when you engage with them and are bullet sponges, so you're going to take damage the moment you pick a fight with an enemy instantly. It's basically a war of attrition of you constantly using med kits and shield kits every fight with an enemy that lasers you instantly. This is terrible design and would've been more appropriate to use a shield system from Warframe, Borderlands, and such instead where taking a bit of damage in fights is expected and regenerates on its own when not taking damage behind cover most likely, but nope, gotta follow the ♥♥♥♥♥♥ CoD trend of armor health being the same. Same thing Payday 3 fell for and had to include old armor again after that blunder. Health and armor being limited makes sense in Arc Raiders as enemies have clear warning signs of when they'll attack and won't automatically kill you instantly and it's expected from you that you can dodge roll some of the attacks to avoid getting hit completely. Anyways, I only played the Pve game mode as I have so low interest in PVPVEs but it's just awful.