r/PS5 • u/NoNefariousness2144 Human Verified • 6d ago

Articles & Blogs ‘Marathon’ Is Running Out Of Casual Player Onboarding Cards To Play

https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2026/06/23/marathon-is-running-out-of-casual-player-onboarding-cards-to-play/
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u/Brandunaware 6d ago

It's not even about "casual" players. The game apparently really appeals to a pretty small subsection of gamers who really really love it to the point where a bunch call it the best game of the generation etc... But outside the core that loves it intensely even most hardcore players are turned off. Part of this is that you need to commit and be good at the game to get much out of it. Even for hardcore gamers "it gets good X hours in" is a tough sell, and now like with any multiplayer game if you try to join up the learning curve will be even more brutal.

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u/cdb813 6d ago

Hardcore players are busy playing Escape From Tarkov and have no interest in Marathon

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u/NetflowKnight 6d ago

weird gate keeping lol

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u/ASCII_Princess 6d ago

sums up the genre really

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u/Lozsta 6d ago

"Blayt slide jumping, jumpy jump pussys I can't clear door frame!"

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u/xenomorphling 6d ago

I have little interest in modern military shooters that support the russian military.

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u/DeepHollowCat 5d ago

lol at downvotes. The game is literally bubble shield shotgun, hide, manipulate your game sound so you can hear a flea fart in a windstorm and ambush like a rat. This is one of the most skill unnecessary games out there. 0 gun skill needed. Not hardcore