Tldr; If only things where better, things would be better…
Marathon was announced a some years ago as an extraction shooter with very interesting graphics. As a teen, who didn’t even know about the franchise, the art style hooked me greatly.
Fast forward last month, Marathon comes out in a public alpha. And it looks … Meh. In comparison to what gaming had to offer at the same time it felt dry.
To add fucking pepper spray to injury they used stolen art from some girl named antireal (relevant thumbnail artist). What gives?
Arc Raider is another extraction shooter that did a public test recently and the players loved it. From what I’ve seen, people are really excited to play this for real.
I’m so sad. To think we could have both games thriving. Competing on the same landscape to offer the best experience. Or even collaborating as leaders of the extract shooter genre.
I don’t see how they can get back on their feet to be honest. This looks as dead as concord to me (that was sad too)
At least embark seems to know their craft so I’m still exited for them.
/endrant
If you think that’s rough, growing up with the classic makes it really rough to see them force a generic extraction shooter into a beloved franchise for no reason
antireal.info <-- artist’s tumblr
Just go play the classic Marathon 1 and 2, they’re great and you get to see the magic of looking up or down in an FPS for the first time.
We peaked with Doom and Wolfenstein, humanity was not meant to gaze at its navel
Eh, I’m not to beaten up about it. It kind looks like any of the good talent at Bungie is long gone and they’re just outsourcing a lot of work. It kinda feels like they crapped this out under pressure from Sony.
I dunno, I heard about the history of Bungie and what Pete Parsons did to the company. There should be no surprise. He destroyed it and Marathon is just another indicator it seems.
I feel bad for the artist and hope they get more than just “exposure” after this.
Embark is working wonders through The Finals. I came from Destiny 2 and am so glad to have devs that listen to their entire community and put so much effort into their game.
I am excited to see what they do with Arc Raiders!
I had marathon on my wishlist but alas removed due to this poor infringement
