Steve Troughton-SmithFeb 26

Now Marathon is open to everybody, so I'm going to talk about it.

I played 17 hours solo, and it was a miserable, sweaty experience, with a very low time-to-kill with excruciating respawn/matchmaking times when player count is low. The art direction is beautiful in theory, but the bland flat map design and inscrutable UI does it no justice.

I don't think I went a single round where something worth recording happened. It is just not at all geared for the kind of social dynamics in ARC Raiders

Show threadBenRiceMFeb 27

@stroughtonsmith I played a few rounds with @siracusa yesterday and I felt similarly. ARC Raiders has been the rare multiplayer game where I’ve felt like I’ve had actually agency. You (usually) have time to react and regroup if things go south. I didn’t get that at all in Marathon.

That said, the worldbuilding and story stuff feels much richer and that’s intriguing at the very least

Show threadJordan MorganFeb 27
@BenRiceM @stroughtonsmith @siracusa Is it worth playing if you usually play online solo? That's been only reservation.
Show threadSteve Troughton-Smith
@jordanmorgan @BenRiceM @siracusa the solo experience is miserable, IMO
Feb 27 at 1:57pmIvory for Mac
Show threadJordan MorganFeb 27
@stroughtonsmith @BenRiceM @siracusa Welp, back to redsec then.
Show threadJohn SiracusaFeb 27
@stroughtonsmith @jordanmorgan @BenRiceM I mostly play solo, and I really like it! (I enjoy PvP in Destiny, too.)