Marathon

I enjoy it. Hopefully, the developers get to continue refining the unique offerings it has, while maybe toning down the "genre staples" that I feel are being championed unnecessarily. The moments of tense gunfights in PvP and the unique PvE Vault Breaker mode are big highlights. Going through the proposed loop of ratting for trinkets and garbage to afford actual gear in-between the "real" game experience working up to Cryo (the "endgame" map) is just not that fascinating, on the other hand. I hope for the best and expect the worst.

I'm from Tau Ceti IV, and I say kill 'em all!

love/hate/love

Game is trash tbh. Wouldn't recommend buying it.

not good

One of the most curious clashes between adventurous and derivative. The aesthetic of Marathon is genuinely amazing. When I first saw the teaser trailer I thought it looked almost cheesy (in a kind of "it's a videogame the videogame1!" kind-of way), but upon seeing the final product it is actually cool. Marathon contrasts overtly digital and cold to organic and fallible and then exposes how uncomfortable the middleground between those two worlds is. It contains a lot of imagery that is surprisingly "offensive": like maggots weaving the automaton you play as. It also plays with overloading the senses a lot, which of course fits the artistic premise here. I'm completely convinced it was toned down massively during production, but the vision itself is really striking. Then there is the game. It plays like a competent shooter. That's all I can give it really. It's another "hit all the corporate bulletpoints"-type extraction shooter. Designed for retention. Designed to waste your time. Daily missions here daily missions there. Seasonal resets. Hero shooter on top of it. It's just so unbelievably derivative and boring. When Marathon does eventually shut down (which I strongly suspect will be earlier than later) I will be very confused whether I should mourn it or not. Artistically it's a brilliant game. As an actual game it's corporate slop.

Just shy of 200 hrs played. I usually play about a week until i'm beaten, bloodied, and bruised by the sweats just walking on casuals. Then I take a break, and come back in a couple weeks hoping they have left the game. Honestly skill based matchmaking would do a lot for this game, or even give us a little more time before death. TTK is insane especially when you're in the starter zone with white shields against a 4k hr no life full gold. Most of my friends have refunded or just gave up because of the no lifes. Casuals are the ones spending money on your game, you gotta give them something to work with. This game has hands down the best game design/artwork of literally any game. Just go pve or get the sweats into their own lobbies so we can at least play a bit. I am rooting for you guys. Other than the mostly negative review, I recommend this game to anyone with the hope that one day we will be able to play. Right now expect to die 9/10 raids to someone who hasnt taken his hand off the mouse for 6-8 months. But if you like pain like me.... its one of the most spectacular game designs you will ever see.