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[Herbspiceguy]

Lirik is the worst people the get impressions from lol. Just try the game

Disagree, he has a pretty good grasp on these types of games. He has played most extraction shooters on and off, plus he has a history of playing games that helped laid the foundation like Arma BR and Day-Z. Also, he's not the one to do any fake positive/negative shtick.

I'm not touching Bungie games personally (except for Myth I and II).

 

[Arsic]

In a meeting for work. Download remotely off phone begun.

Electrician in house and plumber doing work.

Cost $6000

All savings deleted.

Playing marathon asap and RE9 to completion then jumping off a bridge.

FML.

 

[Branded]

Link your twitch for the drops here:

https://help.bungie.net/hc/en-us/articles/8048011793812-Twitch-Drops

To earn the Marathon Twitch Drops, you need to link your Bungie and Twitch accounts. You need to:

1. Create a Bungie account if you don't already have one, and link it to your Twitch account by navigating to 'settings' then 'account linking' on Bungie.net.
2. Watch any Drops-enabled stream for the required amount of time.
3. Once you've fulfilled a Drops requirement, claim your rewards from your Twitch inventory.

You'll need to watch at least one hour of any participating streamers to claim your items from your inventory on Twitch. You'll also see a 'Drops Enabled' tag and often a notification at the top of the chat on an applicable stream, though chances are any of the big streamers will have them running.

I recommend claiming any rewards you've earned right away, as sometimes they disappear after 24 hours.

 

[Gudji]

Fuck I can't launch the game for some reason.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Cost $6000

Ouch! If it makes you feel any better, my daycare bill every month for 2 kids is over $3000.

 

[Branded]

It's not even connecting me to the tutorial. Some server error or some shit.

Fucking review bomb this shit RIGHT NOW LADS.

 

[Karma_Games]

If I get shot with this gun will my hair turn blue and have to pee sitting down? Please confirm.

Also, have fun with your 80's dayglo neon guns/outfits. Getting shot from 300 yards away because you glow in the dark will make it easy for the snipers to pick you off. Perfect design aesthetic for an Extraction shooter.

 

[Arsic]

Ouch! If it makes you feel any better, my daycare bill every month for 2 kids is over $3000.

I used to pay $1800 for one. Glad that's over.

 

[Lukaku's First Touch]

The menus are fucking terrible. sensory overload. Gunplay feels solid.

 

[LordCBH]

Can't wait to get home and play. Stuck workin

 

[mayham2199]

Can't wait to get home and play. Stuck workin

Yep stuck at work.

 

[Kerotan]

The menus are fucking terrible. sensory overload. Gunplay feels solid.

I hate this about modern game's. Call of Duty and BF6. Bring back the old simple menus.

 

[crazepharmacist]

Game feels weird as fuck. Way too many systems. Feels like it has a deep learning curve. Don't like how movement feels but gunplay seems solid.

Graphics are also muddy/blurry. I have everything max, DLAA. Something just looks off.

 

[Disciple of MSSP]

This shit is overwhelming with all the systems and the menus are terrible. Gunplay is pretty much Destiny 2.

 

[Wass0o7]

Watching Twitch Streams and the bots are just brain dead in the game

 

[crazepharmacist]

This shit is overwhelming with all the systems and the menus are terrible. Gunplay is pretty much Destiny 2.

Same thoughts here. Way too complicated.

 

[Luipadre]

Menus and systems are overwhelming at first we warned you guys about this. Its a new game with a lot of depths. Need a few hours before it becomes much easier to handle

 

[Disciple of MSSP]

Same thoughts here. Way too complicated.

Kinda feel like I'm playing a destiny spinoff. And those systems of navigating menus sucked too. Flashy is not always better.

 

[CowboyLou]

Do you people actually jump into complex multiplayer games with deep systems and freak out when you don't understand 100% of the game at once after 15 minutes?? Genuine question.

 

[TVexperto]

This is amazing, this is our GameBoy gaming history moment!

 

[Branded]

This shit is overwhelming with all the systems and the menus are terrible. Gunplay is pretty much Destiny 2.

Coming from Arc it's really not tbh. Literally the same set up, some things are even streamlined and require far less "menu-ing" than Arc even.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Just doesn't click for me, will play more later as my son wants try it later

Glad people are enjoying it though

 

[mayham2199]

Coming from Arc it's really not tbh. Literally the same set up, some things are even streamlined and require far less "menu-ing" than Arc even.

Yea I watched some gameplay. Seems exactly like Arc. Main difference I'm seeing is the bots seem way harder.

 

[Loomy]

Electrician in house and plumber doing work.

Let them play!

 

[Digity.exe]

Anyone with push to talk issues on PC?

 

[Revolutionary]

First impressions:
- the cinematics in this game are a MESS. Style over substance mixed with zoomer editing.
- gunplay is standard Bungie fare, which is a good thing. Feels nice getting back into it after so many years away from Destiny
- Like ARC Raiders, I'm having a hard time getting into the extraction gameplay loop. It's just boring to me.

I'll do a few more runs over the weekend when my friends install it but I'm probably going to skip the full game. That said, if ARC Raiders managed to be successful, I don't see any reason why this game won't be successful as well.

 

[PontificationEngine]

Game looks incredible but the UI is impossible to tell what's going on. Way too many screen effects too.

 

[Stuart360]

The menu's remind me of Starfield, i.e. terrible.

 

[The_hunter]

Worst ui i've ever seen.

 

[Spyxos]

It's a shame that they didn't rework the ugly skins and icons. Other then that it has potential.

 

[clarky]

The menu's remind me of Starfield, i.e. terrible.

Nothing is that bad.

 

[Loomy]

Worst ui i've ever seen.

Which part?

 

[dorkimoe]

ill be honest, im actually really enjoying the artstyle after thinking it was stupid.

My first issue as a noob, theres just so many different loot with different names and i dont have time to read in game. whats best way to figure out what loot i want?

Also anyone know how to do the first objective? i have to scan a tower, i was at a tower but couldnt do anything?

 

[clarky]

ill be honest, im actually really enjoying the artstyle after thinking it was stupid.

My first issue as a noob, theres just so many different loot with different names and i dont have time to read in game. whats best way to figure out what loot i want?

Also anyone know how to do the first objective? i have to scan a tower, i was at a tower but couldnt do anything?

They put quest mark objectives in the game. Just head to that.

My advice to anyone is dont play solo until you know whats what.

 

[Branded]

Anyone with push to talk issues on PC?

I have yet to hear anyone talk in game despite using both party voice and proximity.

 

[Stuart360]

Interesting that some are liking the artstyle, i hate it. It looks like everything is made out of Lego, or one of those fancy texture mods for Minecraft.

 

[Loomy]

My first issue as a noob, theres just so many different loot with different names and i dont have time to read in game. whats best way to figure out what loot i want?

Use something like https://marathonmeta.gg/ to read up on the different loots, etc. Do that outside of combat when you're not playing to familiarize yourself with it all. That's the fastest way. Best way is to just play and read the description of things you extract with.

 

[near]

Downloading now! Let's see if this is worth the price tag come March.

 

[kevboard]

Which part?

well, one big issue I found is that these idiots apply the right stick deadzone to the menu navigation as well

I once again have to notice that the developers aren't even playing the genre of game they are developing. anyone who is actually playing competitive shooters on a controller knows you get the deadzone to the point where you eeeeever so sliiiiightly drift in-game for best input response and to keep the AA active at all times. ESPECIALLY if you use a more exponential reaction curve you basically want a 0 deadzone.

yet if you do that here, some menus will become unusable as they close when detecting a right stick input, and menus will scroll around while trying to navigate them.

so noone who is good at modern shooters on a controller worked on this game and gave feedback to whoever coded the menus



another piece of evidence that noone who is good at competitive shooters worked on this is the fact that they have aim acceleration (aka ramp up time) that can not be turned off. although it gets less intrusive at higher sensitivities to be fair, and isn't nearly as egregious as it was in Destiny 2

 

[Arsic]

I have yet to hear anyone talk in game despite using both party voice and proximity.

Say something outlandish. That'll get them to speak.

 

[The_hunter]

Which part?

Sensory overload, but I'm getting used to it.

It's hard to tell which parts are important at first glance.

 

[Aion002]

I played 4 matches. Great combat and cool graphics. I still hate the characters art style but the gameplay feels awesome (I loved Destiny multiplayer, so I was kinda expecting this).

I had some good first impressions so far. The systems didn't seem complicated and liked the menus.

I had zero expectations, but now...

 

[MiguelItUp]

Which part?

I'm curious myself. From what I've seen and gathered, people just don't like the look of it. Which goes into the whole look and aesthetic thing. I totally get it if people don't like it.

I'm still an extraction shooter noob all things considered, and all the menus always look daunting to me no matter what because of the whole looting and individual item thing, lol.

 

[CowboyLou]

I'm curious myself. From what I've seen and gathered, people just don't like the look of it. Which goes into the whole look and aesthetic thing. I totally get it if people don't like it.

I'm still an extraction shooter noob all things considered, and all the menus always look daunting to me no matter what because of the whole looting and individual item thing, lol.

Nobody who has ever played Tarkov would dare calling Marathon overly complicated lmfao

 

[MiguelItUp]

Nobody who has ever played Tarkov would dare calling Marathon overly complicated lmfao

Yeah no kidding, the more individual items, the more complicated and ridiculous it all is. From what I'm seeing with Marathon, it's not nearly as complicated. You just gotta get in the swing of things and learn what's what. Which is standard with any game, especially extraction shooters.

 

[CowboyLou]

Yeah no kidding, the more individual items, the more complicated and ridiculous it all is. From what I'm seeing with Marathon, it's not nearly as complicated. You just gotta get in the swing of things and learn what's what. Which is standard with any game, especially extraction shooters.

Yeah, I don't understand how the average retard out there can memorize dozens/hundreds of heros and their abilities in League or OW or Rivals but somehow gets upset when they don't have Marathon's entire loot table memorized after two rounds

(it's because they're acting in bad faith)

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Definitely not a game for people who lack patience. There's a lot of learning in the first 5 - 10 hours.

 

[Gudji]

Definitely not a game for people who lack patience. There's a lot of learning in the first 5 - 10 hours.

Saw someone that seems like a younger guy complaining on X that he died almost at the beginning of the match and now he had to wait for his team to either revive him or get killed. This man wouldn't last long on counter-strike either. Lol

Meanwhile I've been on the bungie support forums for almost two hours because I can't launch the game. Amazing start.

 

[DR3AM]

Trash. Concord 3
Arc is better

 

[Dzab]

The amount of content and effort that's gone into this has surprised me, just doing a faction quest and picking up the reward was insanely cool. Unfortunately was only able to have one game due to errors lol.
Items and things seem complicated but every new game like this always is