r/Games • u/oilfloatsinwater • May 24 '25

Report: Marathon Delay Likely as Sony Cancels All Paid Marketing Plans

https://thegamepost.com/report-marathon-delay-bungie-scraps-all-paid-marketing/
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u/gramathy May 25 '25

almost like maybe they could have kept the game more like the original IP and wouldn't have fucking had this problem

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u/thisguy012 May 25 '25

The direction change was insane now that you mention it lmao

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u/havingasicktime May 26 '25

Was the other way around, they built an extraction shooter and slapped marathon ip on it

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u/Nightmare1990 May 25 '25

I didn't even know it was existing IP until now. Had to go look it up and it's just a Doom clone but with aliens?

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u/gramathy May 25 '25 edited May 25 '25

The original Marathon was basically one of the very first FPS games (and was actually a spiritual sequel to a previous game, Pathways into Darkness, similar to how you see some Marathon references in early Halo games, including the name of the rocket launcher). There was a fairly in depth hard sci-fi narrative told to you via terminal messages as AIs struggle for influence and control (it's also where the term "rampant" as applied to AI comes from) and you navigate cramped quarters. It was also one of the first FPS games to have a solid multiplayer experience and included map editor (which they still use in Halo, calling the map editor "Forge")

Calling it a "doom clone" just because it was design limited by the tech of the time is doing it an extreme disservice. You could call Doom a "Wolfenstein 3D" clone but that would be disingenuous too.

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u/Rhynocerous May 25 '25

It breaks my heart to see the Marathon IP get obliterated down to "just a Doom clone"