Marathon Is on Track to Launch in March, but Thanks to Its Anti-Cheat Solution, It May Not Be Playable on Steam Machine or Linux

[Peter_Brosdahl]

Bungie's extraction first person shooter is set to launch on March 5, but its anti-cheat system could prevent a large audience from being able to play it.

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[Riccochet]

The game looks terrible

 

[Brian_B]

A shame they are looking at ruining the original game's legacy here

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

Seems to be a trend for Bungie. I was reading similar comments regarding what's been done with Destiny 2 but I don't believe it was as bad looking as this one seems to be.

 

[igor_kavinski]

Another promising IP falling victim to online crap. When will they understand that you need a good single player game to get people invested in the game and then they go and do some online gaming because they want more?

 

[Brian_B]

Marathon was a good game back in the ‘90s — the Mac equivalent of UT or Quake really. But, you know, since it was on the Mac (in the 90s no less) only like 15 people ever played it.

Kind of a precursor to Halo, before MS bought them out and made it exclusive

 

[igor_kavinski]

Speaking of Bungie and Marathon and only 15 people ever playing that game, who here has played AND finished Oni?

 

[DrezKill]

A shame they are looking at ruining the original game's legacy here

I know man, gawd d4mn.

 

[Riccochet]

Another promising IP falling victim to online crap. When will they understand that you need a good single player game to get people invested in the game and then they go and do some online gaming because they want more?

You don't need a single player to be successful. ARC Raiders is a fantastic game.

 

[igor_kavinski]

You don't need a single player to be successful. ARC Raiders is a fantastic game.

For that particular demographic. For people like me who are not into online gaming, I doubt that I would even try it out. Those of us who hate mingling with people in the real world prefer to have our own sweet time on our PCs WITHOUT having to interact with other people. The last thing an introvert like me wants is dealing with loud, boisterous extroverts in a game. Now if ARC Raiders involves making a party with your own friends and going on an adventure, yeah, maybe that might explain its popularity.

 

[Riccochet]

For that particular demographic. For people like me who are not into online gaming, I doubt that I would even try it out. Those of us who hate mingling with people in the real world prefer to have our own sweet time on our PCs WITHOUT having to interact with other people. The last thing an introvert like me wants is dealing with loud, boisterous extroverts in a game. Now if ARC Raiders involves making a party with your own friends and going on an adventure, yeah, maybe that might explain its popularity.

Every game isn't made for you. Every game isn't made for me. I don't like RTS games. Guess what, I don't play them.

If you don't like online games then don't play them. There are millions of people that do.

And you can solo ARC Raiders. Play as passively as you want. It uses aggression based match making. So if your goal is to not interact/fight with other players, and focus on quests, you'll be lobby matched with others that do the same. It's really quite brilliant.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

The game looks terrible

My first thought was - Apex Legends is that you?

 

[GodisanAtheist]

Weird use of the Marathon property.

Anyone old enough to remember what Marathon was isn't going to care for some cookie cutter shooter, and anyone young enough to still care about Bungie isn't going see the draw of Marathon as a property.

 

[Brian_B]

Speaking of Bungie and Marathon and only 15 people ever playing that game, who here has played AND finished Oni?

I loved that game but it was glitchy

 

[igor_kavinski]

I loved that game but it was glitchy

If they only had a publisher like Rockstar who refused to let them put out a half finished game, it would've been far better. Like L.A. Noire that at least came out half decent despite being 7 years in development hell.

 

[Riccochet]

My first thought was - Apex Legends is that you?

I was thinking a mix of Apex, Minecraft and Borderlands

 

[DrezKill]

Instead of spending money on this crap they should go play the original trilogy on Steam for FREE via the sourceport Aleph One (and Aleph One was available for many years before it came to Steam).

Classic Marathon on Steam

From the team that brought you Aleph One, the classic sci-fi FPS Marathon from Bungie on Mac revived for modern hardware by the fan community.

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Classic Marathon 2 on Steam

From the team that brought you Aleph One, the classic sci-fi FPS Marathon 2: Durandal from Bungie on Mac revived for modern hardware by the fan community.

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Classic Marathon Infinity on Steam

From the team that brought you Aleph One, the classic sci-fi FPS Marathon Infinity from Bungie on Mac revived for modern hardware by the fan community.

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