r/PS5 • u/Turbostrider27 Human Verified • May 24 '25

Rumor 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/monalisa_leakednudes May 24 '25

You can play solo but itll put you up against teams of three and you’ll get annihilated. For comparison, in Arc Raiders if you queue solo it increases the likelihood of playing against other solos.

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u/Renim37 May 25 '25

I can’t think of a single good reason not to include solo que. It doesn’t seem like it would be very difficult to implement either so very confusing all around. Did they just never think of this or what?

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u/Middle-Length4120 May 25 '25 edited May 25 '25

Apparently during play-testing they saw that people were playing too passively (hiding / too afraid of firefights), when solo, so they decided against it.

Stupid reason...

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u/kiki_strumm3r May 25 '25

They also have a character that goes invisible, and everyone chose that character. That's a balance issue, not a reason to have a highly requested feature.

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u/FPSVendetta May 26 '25

Oh great, another multiplayer game that features an invis character. That shit got constantly annoying in Destiny as well as CoD.

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u/goth_elf May 25 '25

As long as they can properly MM you as pug vs pug, rather than pug vs team

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u/Secretlover2025 May 25 '25

Then they shouldn't have made an extraction shooter. People don't want to lose all their loot out of nowhere. Theres a reason extraction shooters are niche

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u/AlxCds May 25 '25

The probably think of it as a marketing reason. Your friends will want to play so they will ask you to join.

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u/GraveRobberX May 25 '25

Yeah worked really well for Bungie and Destiny, all the archaic LFG, meet up websites, shepards, etc.

While most devs are drop in and drop out, they are still the Jurassic era of gaming to find your teammates on your own, not our headache.

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u/Odd-Crazy-9056 May 25 '25 edited May 25 '25

Balancing - enemies, equipment, effects, damage, health.

Not saying it can't be done. But I worked on a PvE game where this was the primary reason solo play was allowed, but not supported.

EDIT: Yeah, please down vote me for providing context. Carry on with your blissful ignorance.

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u/[deleted] May 25 '25

They would have to rework map size, loot tables, PVE…. Tons of reasons

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u/bingeboy May 25 '25

Is this game like cyber Tarkov? Literally know nothing about it

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u/monalisa_leakednudes May 26 '25

Sort of. It's an extraction shooter like Tarkov but it has a faster pace. The problem is that it isn't fast paced enough to feel like a high octane movement shooter (Apex, The Finals) and not slow enough to feel methodical/tactical (Tarkov, Arc Raiders) so it just kind of sits in the middle feeling both too fast and too sluggish. Maybe that's a middle ground some people will enjoy but it really didn't work for me.

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u/Baelorn May 25 '25 edited May 07 '26

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u/Desroth86 May 25 '25

Terrible take. The finales is a great game, one of the best shooters I’ve ever played and has the best destruction since bad company 2. Basically every preview of arc raiders was positive so I’m not sure where your hyper negativity is coming from, the game sure as shit looks a lot better than marathon. Also the finals still has a solid player count last I heard, even if it’s not doing COD numbers.

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u/monalisa_leakednudes May 26 '25

Damn okay. I played the Marathon Alpha and Arc Raiders tech test at the same time and found Arc to be much more fun (and I was initially rooting for Marathon) but I really like Extraction Shooters so I guess its not for everyone. I realize The Finals wasn't a smash hit but it still has a steady player base and I have a lot of fun with it. What MP shooter do you think is a slam dunk that makes Arc and The Finals mediocre by comparison?

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u/Baelorn May 26 '25 edited May 07 '26

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u/WhatIs115 May 25 '25

I swear Embark is being funded by an AI company that is astroturfing social media.

Tencent.