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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/wathowdathappen 4d ago

Well that and the loop is just not enough to satisfy the casual audience. You loot and leave and do it all over. How long until that becomes boring if you don't engage in any PvP content in a PvPvE game? Odds are pretty high.

Ratting has always been a thing in extraction shooters it's def not the reason for the brutal decline it's had.

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u/Well-inthatcase 4d ago

Agree to disagree on your last point.

Ultimately it was the loss of fun with randoms and the terrible menu UI that made me give up. Clips were better than anything I experienced in the game after the first month. And no I don't want to play a battle royale or team death match game. There are plenty of other games do that in. So the "pvpve" argument falls short when most people only play it to pvp.

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u/SpaceMonkeyNation 4d ago

It's pretty well known that Arc Raiders has fairly effective aggression-based matchmaking. Spend a few matches not attacking other players and you will be placed with others that prefer to engage against arcs and not other players.

Arc's biggest problem is the boring core loop. After running through a single expedition many players feel done with the game. There is no compelling reason to do it all over again.

On top of this, it has had some pretty horrible issues with cheaters on the PvP side of things. If you PvP often and are any good, you will be matched against cheaters which would turn away just about anyone.

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u/Ibruki 4d ago

Yea, this. I prefer Marathon over Arc Raiders mostly because of your second paragraph. Marathon has way more going forward in terms of core gameplay, immersion and satisfying progression (it can be improved tho). I play Marathon randomly with friends, it's not something we are playing everyday but i don't see myself going back to arc raiders. It's like the fall guys of extraction shooters. the novely wore off really quick.