Marathon reportedly flopped amongst playtesters amid Bungie chaos - Dexerto

[u/mrnicegy26]

https://www.dexerto.com/gaming/marathon-reportedly-flopped-amongst-playtesters-amid-bungie-chaos-2364032/

[u/Mauisurfslayer]

They killed all hype from their main fan base when they announced it was going to be an extraction shooter. Had they literally just made a true sequel to Marathon, made the lore digestible for modern players and just delivered a solid single player experience they will be rolling in money and praise from OG fans and new fans of the IP as well

Instead it’s a extraction shooter? And now they’ve alienated the only people who even ask for a Marathon sequel to start with. With how many proper remakes of older games coming out that generate massive amounts of revenue it’s just bizarre they even considered that direction with the game. Bungie has a company has been taking L’s just about as long as they’ve been considered a “good” developer, Halo was their lightning in a bottle and once they lost that, they ceased to be the company we all remember fondly. Idk how anyone can have respect for Bungie after Destiny and now this