MARATHON Trilogy - Official Trilogy, Forge & Anvil, and Scenarios

So what does this one have to do with the established Marathon universe?

The trailer looked good but idk if I can trust Bungie after what they did to Marty ODonnel. Also if a AAA game is PvP only then that means I’ll only be able to play it for two weeks before it becomes unplayable for anyone with a job. $40 for a game im guaranteed to only enjoy playing for two weeks is a hard sell.

I feel like the blue blood spatters were pre-censorship for chinese market.
Idk.
Im super jaded about new games because I know even if a AAA studio wanted to step back from half-finished cashgrab genres they would get their shit rearranged by their owners/investors.
 
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It's nice that Concord gets a comeback! Why the hell is a multiplayer game arty farty? Boy, I hope someone will get fired for that blunder!
 
So what does this one have to do with the established Marathon universe?
Well it takes place on Tau Ceti IV, a S'pht Compiler has appeared briefly in two trailers so far, and a redesigned version of the Marathon herself is in a lot of promotional material.
That's about it.
 
Just watched the gameplay trailers along with some reviews.
I can't believe they're going to try to sell you a live service HERO SHOOTER for $40 with mtx.
Why the fuck did I believe for a single second that in 2025 a AAA title would let you meaningfully customize your character like in the other properties they claim on the promotional trailers?
Cant wait to play as "asian chick (purple version)" or "tank character (green version)".
I fucking hate gaming now why does every character have to have a quirky personality why can't you just be a nameless soldier anymore?

The actual game looks weirdly dull despite having plenty of color. I think it's because the backgrounds all appear to be grey with no detail and there's way too much fog. Objects you see up close are red/yellow/etc, but the background is grey billboard trees on a lighter grey background. It looks like they didnt know if they wanted to do realistic or toon shaded so they just did both.

I also really hate the Tron deresolution death. Is it really that hard for modern hardware to run up to 18 ragdolls?

At least it's not a movement shooter.

I made an illustration to describe how this feels to me
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Just watched the gameplay trailers along with some reviews.
I can't believe they're going to try to sell you a live service HERO SHOOTER for $40 with mtx.
Why the fuck did I believe for a single second that in 2025 a AAA title would let you meaningfully customize your character like in the other properties they claim on the promotional trailers?
Like I said earlier, customization was probably the name of the game when they dropped the first reveal trailer a year or so ago (or at least variable equipment you could kit your cyborg person out in), but somewhere along the line somebody decided they wanted Apex money and some other idiot asked "what if we had Destiny classes too?" Also based on what I've been told ITT they probably laid off everyone who was working on the game and replaced them with steretypical women devs and even more stereotypical trannoids.
 
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What retard decided that eye searing neon was a better color palate than shit brown? All this retarded soft pastels and neon colors is making me miss the brown age.
 
What retard decided that eye searing neon was a better color palate than shit brown? All this retarded soft pastels and neon colors is making me miss the brown age.
The worst part is none of the colors are even used logically, but instead just vomited out in one giant clash and then hailed as art. At least when CP2077 did that it had the in-universe explanation of "Yeah, these people are actively being neon ugly because they're being punk lol".
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Seriously, what the fuck is this, why is the sand that's being kicked up a neon rainbow? Its sand. It should be intentionally dull-colored and boring to make everything else stand out more. Is everyone and everything supposed to be assembled out of recycled Chinesium or something?

God, its an interested concept done the worst way imaginable. Sucks to look back and think about how good when it had it back then, too.
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I read that as showing a level of dehumanization. Like goth sniper doesn't care because he's losing parts of himself and doesn't even know it. It's probably supposed to contrast with anime hair's mild stress response. But I agree it could've been more pronounced.
Unrelated but the unnecessary cartwheel that anime hair pulls at one point might be gayer than Concord Green Man's hot sauce.
If you look closely both Goth Sniper and Anime Punk are given the exact same photo of a child, and they both want the exact same things: the piano tune and the lucky leg. I think the implications are a bit deeper, but naturally I don't expect the trannies involved in this to do anything actually interesting with such a premise.
 
Cross had an image that compiled a bunch of what he to draw inspo from, to no shock one of my favourite series, ruined by trannies, was one of them. Ghost in the Shell.
A lot of trannies misinterpret GITS, as do retards who don't understand the concept of cyberpunk. They don't understand what the series is trying to say or convey, so they misinterpret it as "wow my dick has to be chopped off!" somehow.
You know, I wanted to watch that anime for years and I am finally getting around to it. Thanks for setting my expectations of the fandom as low as possible, always a good sign.
 
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"I wish Marathon made a come back"

Monkey's paw finger curls...


Its in moments like this where Im glad Blood isnt coming back ever.
this, I can't imagine what boomers who were playing Marathon on the original mac feel about this, probably rightful impotent rage that a IP they once played has been turn into GaaS Troonslop
 
What retard decided that eye searing neon was a better color palate than shit brown? All this retarded soft pastels and neon colors is making me miss the brown age.
How did they manage to make this style look washed out too? It looks so muddy and washed out and it should POP. I'm tired of all the HECKIN EPIC environmental noise that games have nowadays. I DON'T WANT A FUCKING FOGGY WASHED OUT EFFECT OR FLOATING DUST BULLSHIT IN THE MAP IT MAKES PEOPLE HARDER TO SEE.
 
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How did they manage to make this style look washed out too? It looks so muddy and washed out and it should POP. I'm tired of all the HECKIN EPIC environmental noise that games have nowadays. I DON'T WANT A FUCKING FOGGY WASHED OUT EFFECT OR FLOATING DUST BULLSHIT IN THE MAP IT MAKES PEOPLE HARDER TO SEE.
That I think is the most egregious shit. You have these characters and levels designed with high-contrast in mind, but in-game the color palette is oddly muted and drab and it makes the game look even cheaper than it already does. It's like they're embarrassed by their own art style. At least Concord owned it.
 
You know, I wanted to watch that anime for years and I am finally getting around to it. Thanks for setting my expectations of the fandom as low as possible, always a good sign.
Watch also GitS Stand Alone Complex (the first 2 seasons, not the Netflix 3DCG crap).
 
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I think the aesthetics would work wonderfully if they leaned 100% into it. Gameplay shows the colours all washed out, stinks of corporate meddling to make sure it's 'not too crazy!' They compromised, and it shows.

If this was a single player fps+immersive sim hybrid that was called something other than Marathon, I'd be interested. Just reeks of wasted potential.

I am interested in the soundtrack, however. They used Justice and Gesaffelstein in their trailers, and the music in the short cinematic was pretty good. I think the OST may be the only thing salvageable from this.
 
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