Third spruce tree on the leftMar 6

I played the #Marathon "server slam" for exactly twenty five minutes. i.e. as long as it took to finish the tutorial mission. I never tried loading into a real mission. Why?

I couldn't figure out what the fuck I was supposed to be doing nearly all the time; and I couldn't READ THE TEXT; icons were too similar; the color choices, while aesthetically pleasing, made some shit really hard to discern details.

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/bungie-asks-marathon-critics-to-delay-full-reviews-till-the-release-of-an-endgame-zone-and-i-am-wistfully-reminded-of-vault-of-glass

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Bungie ask Marathon critics to delay "full reviews" till the release of an endgame zone, and I am wistfully reminded of Vault of Glass

Bungie suggest that Marathon reviewers "hold your full review and impressions until you play Cryo Archive, Marathon's pinnacle endgame zone and experience".

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Show threadPatrickMar 6

@tezoatlipoca I meanwhile have never played Marathon because:

1. I am salty at Bungie for doing Myth dirty.
2. I don't want a multiplayer extractions shooter, I want Marathon.

Show threadThird spruce tree on the left
@PatrickoftheG well, yes, that too, the original Marathons had nothing to do with extraction shooters.
Mar 6 at 3:09pmWeb
Show threadPatrickMar 6

@tezoatlipoca It felt like such a monkey paw curse to get Marathon back after all this time, only for it to be this instead of Marathon.

Sometimes dead is better.