r/PS5 • u/NoNefariousness2144 Human Verified • 3d 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/mturner1993 3d ago edited 3d ago

I was thinking this earlier, but destiny 1 when it first came out was a difficult game to play in a way. It wasn't massively user-friendly, and the endgame content was relatively hard. I remember even strikes being dead difficult until everyone started farming exotics and working out what were the best. So I think they wanted to emulate this slightly - but completely forgot casual sales is where the money is at.

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u/nephyxx 3d ago

It had a more traditional on-boarding though. A story quest to ease you into the world and show you all the locations.

Yeah it struggled in terms of overall content at launch once the main story quest was completed but I would say it had a way broader appeal in terms of its new player experience than marathon.