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Dynasty8
Member
Early impressions: I say this as one of the biggest Bungie and Destiny fans with over 7,000 hours on both D1 and D2.... This game is not fun. It really is not.
I REALLY hope Destiny doesn't die because of this game. Destiny is a one of a kind game that basically doesn't exist anywhere else.
- The famous Jaime Greisemer "30 seconds of fun" loop that is present in just about every Bungie game since Halo: CE, feels like it's missing here. Even as extraction shooters go, Arc Raiders feels way more fun as soon as the game begins...this game is just boring from the get-go.
- The visuals feel extremely overstimulating and almost every single building look identical. You get bored by the locations and the terrain pretty quickly. The aesthetic makes me feel like I'm on a acid trip (not a good one).
- The UI/UX is an absolute mess and way too busy. Most of the items you come across to loot all have this similar looking ugliness to them which makes it hard to point out what is what.
- To provide more context on the gameplay side of things... the PvE enemies feel mediocre to fight so far and It's rare to come across other PvP players. In Arc Raiders, just about every enemy gives you that "OH SHIT" feeling and PvP can happen at any moment which adds to the excitement and tension. I have yet to see this in Marathon
I REALLY hope Destiny doesn't die because of this game. Destiny is a one of a kind game that basically doesn't exist anywhere else.
ChorizoPicozo
Member
This game comes across indie in comparison to Arc.... And probably it was twice or even more expensive to make 
StreetsofBeige
Member
Not going to bother playing it. Not my style of art.
IMO, I think a lot of people will play or avoid Marathon not based on gameplay or it's made by Bungie. But simply due to polarizing bold sci fi art style. You love it or hate it.
IMO, I think a lot of people will play or avoid Marathon not based on gameplay or it's made by Bungie. But simply due to polarizing bold sci fi art style. You love it or hate it.
CowboyLou
Member
Finally in game. Haven't really played since the initial May test and a tiny amount in October. I think anyone complaining about this UI being obtuse or difficult to use is legitimately retarded. There's really not much to it. Also the visuals are so shit in compressed YT or Twitch vids but so nice when you're actually playing.
ChorizoPicozo
Member
.... My feed went form "Marathon is so peak, aura farming, aesthetics, the music made me gawdg, haters went missing, even haters are loving the game nowi." to this.
I still can't belive how much trouble I'm having to enter the game....again... Indie (the bad indie) vibes with this one.
I still can't belive how much trouble I'm having to enter the game....again... Indie (the bad indie) vibes with this one.
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Puscifer
Gold Member
*Sigh*
I waited nearly a year for this and can't believe what I'm playing.
The UI is absolutely hot shit, someone activated a robot in my party that obstructed a chunk of my screen the entire match I've played. Seriously, the ENTIRE MATCH I had a credit card sized robot in the top left of my monitor. It's like someone took CODs box ridden UI and decided to make it worse and more colorful.
Too many healing and debuff items for the heat of the moment. There's enemies that will absolutely fuck your shit up with no indication of their power levels till you're downed repeatedly.
No way for you to just die and come back to your party. Maybe I'm spoiled by Helldivers?
I like the story they hinted at about a ship vanishing for a hundred years and getting a distress signal enough that I wish this was a single player game strictly to explore that idea but it reminds of that joke of a story mode for the original Titanfall for anyone who remembers that.
I'm not trying to be super negative but I'm hoping more gameplay this weekend gets me hooked otherwise I'm just going to pass because the actual shooting, shells and traversal I love but it's wrapped in a seriously messy UI.
I waited nearly a year for this and can't believe what I'm playing.
The UI is absolutely hot shit, someone activated a robot in my party that obstructed a chunk of my screen the entire match I've played. Seriously, the ENTIRE MATCH I had a credit card sized robot in the top left of my monitor. It's like someone took CODs box ridden UI and decided to make it worse and more colorful.
Too many healing and debuff items for the heat of the moment. There's enemies that will absolutely fuck your shit up with no indication of their power levels till you're downed repeatedly.
No way for you to just die and come back to your party. Maybe I'm spoiled by Helldivers?
I like the story they hinted at about a ship vanishing for a hundred years and getting a distress signal enough that I wish this was a single player game strictly to explore that idea but it reminds of that joke of a story mode for the original Titanfall for anyone who remembers that.
I'm not trying to be super negative but I'm hoping more gameplay this weekend gets me hooked otherwise I'm just going to pass because the actual shooting, shells and traversal I love but it's wrapped in a seriously messy UI.
Donald mac Ronald
Member
Played most of the evening not sure I like it. Maps are tiny and you never seem to run into anyone but NPC's who drain your ammo of occasionally a player squad will come out of nowhere when you're fighting the robots.
Hollywood Hitman
Gold Member
I just got out of the opening and I am already out I think, feels so lifeless, feels so empty, the whole idea of exploring just to possibly lose it litrelly fucking doesn't sit with me and I gotta just realize this niche genre of extractionisn't for me, it really isn't. The whole concept is such a depressing style of game I hate it.
If I was to play any extraction it'd be arc raiders but I couldn't stand that game either.
Just killing the enemies I did made me yearn for destiny. The menus, the tiny little items, I just don't care about any of it at all and I promise I am not one to just shit on a game just to do it, I disliked every moment of that opening I don't even want to go much further.
MiguelItUp
Member
Finally got some time into it, unfortunately not as much as I would've liked. But I'll get more in soon.
There's as much lore here that I was hoping for, which I felt would not be met. I'm honestly pretty happy with everything I've come across so far. The immersion, sound, gunplay. That could change with more time, but I've enjoyed what I've played so far and look forward to playing more.
It's just cool to care about a Bungie game at all considering I personally didn't care for the Destiny series.
There's as much lore here that I was hoping for, which I felt would not be met. I'm honestly pretty happy with everything I've come across so far. The immersion, sound, gunplay. That could change with more time, but I've enjoyed what I've played so far and look forward to playing more.
It's just cool to care about a Bungie game at all considering I personally didn't care for the Destiny series.
Light_Crusader25
Banned
Be that as it may, I think it was a mistake for Bungie to tackle a niche within a nich; They should have gone for a more accessible experience. Even if Marathon were to capture an audiance of its own, said audiance would not be large enough to sustain Bungie until Destiny 3 hits. An incongruous, frankly bizarre choice...
Well, Sony will probably have to write-off a few hundred million dollars. What a mess!
ChorizoPicozo
Member
This game comes across indie in comparison to Arc.... And probably it was twice or even more expensive to make
Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
I'm finally able to play.
Coming from the alpha I cannot believer they kept some of the lore pages as just cryptic green must read boring nothing. I thought they were placeholdersβ¦.
Also I see why movement aim feels bad. You gotta jack it up asap in settings on console. Wasn't this low in alpha.
Coming from the alpha I cannot believer they kept some of the lore pages as just cryptic green must read boring nothing. I thought they were placeholdersβ¦.
Also I see why movement aim feels bad. You gotta jack it up asap in settings on console. Wasn't this low in alpha.
mayham2199
Member
Only played one match with a a group. So far I'm liking it way more than I thought I would. Waiting to put my son to bed before I play more. I triggered something in a base and we got swarmed by bots and died. Using triage for now which is great.
CowboyLou
Member
I really don't get it. Arc had approx. one morbillion pieces of shit and junk to clog up inventory and about twice that of garbage to craft and waste fifteen minutes between runs. But people are complaining about THIS inventory UI??!!
I don't want to live on this planet anymore. Putin, press the button.
I don't want to live on this planet anymore. Putin, press the button.
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StreetsofBeige
Member
For you guys talking it feels indie, how?
I'm not going to bother playing it. But just going on face value, the production values look AAA with bold art style. So that alone should make it a step above indie graphics.
I'm not going to bother playing it. But just going on face value, the production values look AAA with bold art style. So that alone should make it a step above indie graphics.
CowboyLou
Member
It doesn't have photorealistic UE5 slopshit visuals and expensive mocap cinematics etc. so it's not really aligned with GAF's tastes.
I can kinda see the point though. Everything about the presentation is very minimalist. Destiny had expensive cutscenes etc. and and generally dwarfs this game in scope. It's gonna turn people off. If it eventually comes out that this game costs a billion bucks to make I'll be scratching my head. It really does feel like more of a side/passion project. Which would make more sense if Destiny was still going strong, because this won't appeal to a lot of fans of that game.
Puscifer
Gold Member
You think you're just used to the UI since you've basically been playing it off and on for a year?
CowboyLou
Member
I genuinely don't think so. According to Steam I have less than ten hours in the playtests combined, and most of that was almost a year ago (the UI isn't the exact same as it was then, either, although pretty similar).
I found Arc a lot more overwhelming at first compared to this.
I think some people get in their own heads with this kind of game. I've watched it happen in real with some of my friends. Nobody should be stressing about their loadout and every single thing they pick up when they're just learning. Just go in with your gun and some ammo/heals and learn the basics. The early faction missions walk you through a lot of the mechanics and locations too.
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MMaRsu
Gold Member
The ui in arc is clean tho were not talking about the items u pick up
mayham2199
Member
I don't get it either. Arc had the same damn menu and people are acting like this somehow different. It's the same shit to me.
Guardian Monkey
Member
Its new. That's it. It's part of the fun IMO.
Hollywood Hitman
Gold Member
And hopefully it bites them bad, they litrelly shit on the destiny fanbase when it's so fucking hard to have a live service game in which they broke that barrier and had a game that lasted 10 years and people wanted another 10 years but instead they shit all over it and put it on auto pilot and here we are.
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Plague Doctor
Member
From what I seen, it's just kinda bland as fuck lifeless world, not a fan of the style going on with the bright colors, and the UI kind of sucks.
Good shooting is the best I can say about it.
Good shooting is the best I can say about it.
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schaft0620
Banned
I feel like there's too much stuff being thrown at me and the screens are too busy. I feel overwhelmed, I hope a get more comfortable.
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kpopSuperstar
Gold Member
The Marathon UI is taken 2 steps too far, it's overdesigned. Reminds me of those art pieces where they just put a chair in a room and nothing else.
Hollywood Hitman
Gold Member
Or maybe they ya know, just don't like it
Kronark
Member
Destiny isn't going to die because of Marathon. Destiny is going to die because Bungie ran it into the ground after years of abusing their player base.
If Marathon succeeds at all Bungie will still be there to fuck it up too.
MayauMiao
Member
Maybe they are sending a message to Sony that they are fed up with extraction shooters.
Loomy
Thinks Microaggressions are Real
Destiny might survive because of this. Bungie needs space from D2 to work on an actual step forward with that game. Bungie is also running on financial fumes. This game needs to hit to give them. the breathing room they need to fix Destiny.
They've shown they can't do that otherwise.
Loomy
Thinks Microaggressions are Real
"Fed up"
99% of people have played 1. And it came out a few months ago.
It's not like Tarkov was doing gangbusters.
The_hunter
Member
I think it's a well constructed multiplayer game, graphics are really next gen. Gunplay is good.
You have to play this game very slow and clear rooms and corners. It's a very sweaty game.
I can't say I was personally having fun playing the game though.
Personally this extraction shooter genre might not be for me. This game is probably fun if you have a group of friends to play with.
You have to play this game very slow and clear rooms and corners. It's a very sweaty game.
I can't say I was personally having fun playing the game though.
Personally this extraction shooter genre might not be for me. This game is probably fun if you have a group of friends to play with.
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ViciousAgenda
Member
I played it a while. Wasn't sure are first but gradually began to warm to it. Had some very good runs. It definitely feels more dangerous than cuddle raiders.
Hollywood Hitman
Gold Member
Can someone answer this tho have they said what end game is? So you have good runs but what is the end game goal? Genuinely curious
I collect VHS tapes
Member
Just got off work can anyone give me some summarized initial impressions from this thread?
Even if people love this game, I really don't think it's for me as everything I've seen about this game makes it seem like it is very very sweaty
The more casual nature of arc raiders is one of the reasons I like it so much
Even if people love this game, I really don't think it's for me as everything I've seen about this game makes it seem like it is very very sweaty
The more casual nature of arc raiders is one of the reasons I like it so much
The_hunter
Member
I think the game itself is good if you are into extraction shooters or competitive multiplayer games. It's a sweaty game for sure.
The UI is pretty bad, very confusing at first.
Graphics are really good.
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MayauMiao
Member
Like any other hero shooters, the end game will be not enough player count to support the cost to maintain the game.
Look at Concord, so much story to tell, yet prematurely ended.
ViciousAgenda
Member
This isn't friendly. Its been exclusively shoot on sight in my experience.
ComboBongo
Member
I think the game is fantastic. I've been looking forward to it after playing the tech test last year and so have known what to expect. I get that it's not for everyone but I'm loving it.
Roman Empire
Member
I need this to be said but menuing takes too much of your time in the match because of the "scavenging/scanning" containers and stuff. It shouldn't be that slow, even if the game's pace isn't that fast (can't say the same about the time to kill).