🗣marathon-general-chat

[craggy chasm]

calling him a cockroach is an insult to cockroaches

[viscid pine]

they know what happened to final shape

[near nexus]

smelly ppl that are balding watch asmon

[near nexus]

real they cuter

[upper storm]

asmongold viewer

opinion discarded, blocked, muted, reported, excommunicated

[near nexus]

he deffo lives with them tho

[last blade]

streamers are free marketing, giving away keys to streamers will always convert more than just passing out keys to random players

[jolly light]

still hyped for marathon hope it doesn’t flop but man they handled keys terribly

[open remnant]

I think its a good idea not to let others opinions entirely determine your own. No matter how much you might like them.

[jolly light]

lmao i saw a 30 sec clip i wouldn’t say i watch him

[rancid pebble]

free?

[open remnant]

The most accurate review is the one you give yourself

[craggy chasm]

I doubt it will, looks too fun to fumble

[tame nacelle]

It's absolutely true. Not just the keys. Total lack of communication.

[last blade]

yes free, it costs $0 to give a key to the game

[viscid pine]

yeah and they ask for delay the game

[worn fulcrum]

are alpha invites still going out?

[jolly light]

indeed i feel like they kinda set themselves up when it came to the alpha and now arc is overshadowing them

[near nexus]

it rly upset me seeing jackfrags blow smoke up arc raiders ass and not mention anything about the outdated gunplay and pvp, jack frags is normally honest but i guess he shills embark

[mental mango]

No they closed it last weekend

[viscid pine]

no

[last blade]

block me too, asmongold is based

[umbral rune]

Chat stop the key questions

Because it rhymes with grug

[near nexus]

clean ur room

[viscid pine]

why you people evening defending marathon game

[tame nacelle]

everyone hated this

[craggy chasm]

nah that will remove his aura

[near nexus]

why are u in the discord u munter

[jolly light]

bungie wanted to “test servers” and get gameplay feedback yet they limited the player count to a very minuscule amount

[last blade]

which one

[upper storm]

that's the thing that's really getting me, people are saying arc is breaking new ground and setting new standards but the actual gameplay looks like a ubisoft game from 10 years ago

[near nexus]

yeah its like tyler1's mic guys cmon... its his aesthetic

[viscid pine]

because dumb like here chitchat 😂😂

[jolly light]

if things aren’t changed by beta i don’t see marathon gettin the traction it needs especially with the amount of people who hate on extraction shooters right now

[craggy chasm]

what

[rancid pebble]

except the people who get those keys are doing sponsored streams and aren't promoting the game out of their kindness of their heart

[pulsar totem]

because dumb like here chitchat 😂😂

[subtle tulip]

Especially with the “hero abilities “

[viscid pine]

got problem dude?

[craggy chasm]

bro are you high

[near nexus]

fully if you played VIGOR you would know what arc raiders is looking like rn when it comes to gunplay, vigor might have actually cleared arc PVP wise 💀

[jolly light]

that too people don’t want to play an extraction shooter WITH hero shooter elements even though i wouldn’t mind

[last blade]

nah devs send out keys to streamers.. the big name streamers get sponsored deals but the smaller streamers are free marketing

[craggy chasm]

me too

[jolly light]

even then i heard the abilities aren’t all that game changing

[near nexus]

might aswell start shilling vigor if u think arc raiders is game changing hahaa

[hard valve]

PMFAO

[umbral rune]

Vigor is peak chat

[subtle tulip]

The hero shooter aspect of it ruins the game imo, with abilities one will always be on top of the others which brings a “meta” to an extraction shooter

[hard valve]

You’re fucking kidding me right 💀💀💀

Voids invis was meta defining for the entire alpha test

[jolly light]

that’s what i’ve heard.. like i stated i haven’t played it’s what i’ve seen and heard

[craggy chasm]

then it's just scifi EFT

[jolly light]

there is always going to be a “meta” complaining about that in an ALPHA is dumb 🤦‍♂️

[subtle tulip]

Arc and Vigor are two completely different concepts of extraction shooters, are you only comparing them because they’re both third person 🤔

[hard valve]

I wasn’t complaining, I was saying that the abilities were a HUGE part of the meta

[near nexus]

no im comparing the gunplay like i literally stated?

[jolly light]

i meant any abilities that would disregard player skill and experience when it comes to game time

[subtle tulip]

Gunplay isn’t even close to the same boss

[near nexus]

yeah bc vigors is still clear hahahahhahaaha

[subtle tulip]

Okay rage baiter

[jolly light]

i mean even if it is they will smooth those things out like i said i didn’t even get a key after being placed under priority access

[near nexus]

i played battlefield lad, don't need you to tell me what former dice devs standards should be

[jolly light]

so i have no room to speak when it comes to actual gameplay

[near nexus]

but its okay to have your standards on the ground if u hate another?

i want both to be good u whopper

[umbral rune]

I'd say the only ground breaking thing about marathon is the art style, nothing else

[ancient iris]

@civic minnow it's for experimenting on dead animals the dinosaurs accidentally run over outside...

[near nexus]

you're groundbreaking when u step on it

[stone pilot]

Man, no alpha discussion tomorrow :/

[upper storm]

extraction shooter with heroes and extraction shooter with polished sci fi gunplay are pretty untapped niches

[jolly light]

honestly this is the best take i’ve heard so far and a lot of people have yet to admit it 🤣🙏

[upper storm]

extraction shooter with worthwhile story is also a potential selling point

[last blade]

What game from 10 years ago does arc gameplay look like? It's honestly GOTY material.. that doesn't have to mean marathon is going to be a bad game

[jolly light]

only reason i was interested was because of the artwork style i’ve played plenty of extraction looters so nothing new there

[subtle tulip]

People are just comparing Arc to other games because it uses a third person over the shoulder view

[jolly light]

imo if they branched into a “story” version of the game kinda like borderlands it would be pretty sick with an extraction mode

[near nexus]

goty material is mad for another post apoc shoot robots game

[upper storm]

watch dogs, tom clancy's Ghost Recon Asspounder, the division 1 and a half

[subtle tulip]

Who hurt you?

[near nexus]

im hurt bc of an opinion

[jolly light]

idk if this is a good example but delta force has both a story game mode and an extraction shooter game mode which is pretty decent for a free to play

[subtle tulip]

No wonder this dudes name is emo he’s emotional as hell

[near nexus]

r u braindead?

[subtle tulip]

Facts

Nobody’s talking to you clown

[last blade]

I thought it was because of the selfie video

[near nexus]

ye da mokes doyles shut it neeanderthal

[subtle tulip]

Might be a mixture

[umbral rune]

Holy moly best thing I've heard today

[upper storm]

and honestly watch dogs was more advanced than arc from what I've seen cus at least that game had the press a button to hack a thing and do some cool environmental shit mechanic

[umbral rune]

Black ops 7 for goty

[upper storm]

overhated series for sure

[subtle tulip]

You mean delta force right

[craggy chasm]

please let call of duty die😭

[upper storm]

you can clown react me all i want but there's nothing you can day that proves me wrong lmao

[hidden warren]

🫃

[near nexus]

doing it to itself every year

[craggy chasm]

not really

people still buy the call of duty black modern warfare cold war

[near nexus]

i mean the vapid children will play and those streamers that have one limb bc the aim assist can lock u on to ppl off ur screen

[upper storm]

once again arc raiders stans, I am offering you the opportunity to own me right here and now. name a mechanic in arc raiders. name something special about the combat the makes it more than third person shooter: the game. dunk on me

[near nexus]

that or 35 year old gaming dads will play some cod too

[last blade]

how is press a button to hack advanced?

[spiral turret]

Have you ever played arc raiders?

[gilded ridge]

Call of duty is like playing sports. Same shit every year just different field, same loud sweatfilled game it has always been

[last blade]

bro's whole defense is "third person shooter, trust me bro"

[near nexus]

arc raiders is quite literally the forever winter with pvp slapped on top, i played both, gunplay and things feel super similar

[upper storm]

it's not, it was extremely shallow. and it's still more than arc's got goin on 💯

[upper storm]

yes actually

THEY CAN'T DO IT I DARED THEM TO SAY SOMETHING GOOD ABOUT ARC RAIDERS AND THEY CAN'T DO IT THEY'RE DODGING BULLETS LIKE FUCKING NEO

[spiral turret]

Honestly I waited for marathon and got hyped so much, never got an invite because they only invite around 7k? Arc raiders did invite me even on the last day of playtest and I enjoyed it far more than what I could imagine playing marathon.

[rancid pebble]

it's not overheated because some people are even coming around to liking the original but it's hard to generate hype when Ure competing with gta

[spiral turret]

I guess you just gotta try it yourself

[night geyser]

Costco Rotisserie Chicken

[spiral turret]

I’m not saying which is better since I never got a chance to play marathon, but if I need to choose one game to buy for 40$ on a same genre, I’d go arc raiders

[upper storm]

go ahead keep @ing the director dude dw you'll get banned eventually❤️

[last blade]

yeah I played it for a weekend and it was the most fun I've had in years (in a video game)

[jolly light]

rising players every day of testing for arc raiders while marathon’s players count halved the day after alpha drop sadly the way bungie handled things made it the way it is

[magic rose]

oof

[night geyser]

https://sameday.costco.com/store/costco/products/17676987-kirkland-signature-rotisserie-chicken-each

[upper storm]

what was your favorite thing about the combat

[near nexus]

go play forever winter and come back to me... arc is built off of PVE, PVP is dog, yet you got arc shills trying to point out marathon doesn't know what they're doing for ranked? i can't imagine anyone wants to play that sloppy ass pvp in ranked, i hope they fix the pvp bc the game can be good, the rest was fun, but pvp is so far off

[night geyser]

Chicken Bake

[near nexus]

just scranned 1

[rancid pebble]

my favorite mechanics is the third person character controller not sucking ass and actually feeling responsive unlike most other third person games these days

[jolly light]

i heard pvp was pretty bad in marathon too😭 when it came to shield scaling

[near nexus]

WARRA GAME

[magic rose]

mrrp :3

[candid talon]

Rocket league with humans.....

[topaz comet]

Developers of Sifu. It could be fun

[night geyser]

72 lbs of Cheese

[rancid pebble]

https://tenor.com/view/ankara-messi-gif-27265598

[spiral turret]

At first I didn’t like that it’s third person, but when I see how smooth the animations and how smooth the game feels. I’m glad it’s third person. Sometimes it’s just satisfying to see good animations

[night geyser]

https://www.costco.com/whole-wheel-parmigiano-reggiano%2C-72-lbs.-.product.100096211.html

[near nexus]

i've seen clips of ppl munting ppl with snipers in one shot tbf

[last blade]

it just works.. the environments, the sound design, the tense feeling you get throughout the whole round.. the combat isn't anything special but the whole game is designed where it all works perfectly together

[jolly light]

unless they reworked it cuz people were complaining in this server about snipers not one shotting in the head

[frigid mantle]

Yeah it’s kinda booty cheeks…. But I still hope

[topaz comet]

Sniper rifles/longshot in marathon needs a huge nerf. maybe have to hold your breath when using the scope?? idk

[upper storm]

this is so insane dude i fucking hate tarkov and if you asked me to name all the unique and interesting things about its gameplay that would make someone want to play it I'd still be able to write out two fucking paragraphs. people are shilling a game for having good controls and being on UE5

[near nexus]

yes lad i hope its good bc as a pro clubs player we're one of the most disrespected communities by our devs:)

[fathom lotus]

You're popular around here tabescent

[spiral turret]

I expected marathon to look like the 2023 trailer, didn’t mind it came out like this though. Just hoped it look better visually in general

[magic rose]

;3

[fathom lotus]

Anytime I peep into the discord, you're involved xdd

[jolly light]

i hope UE5 gets more optimizations cause jesus it takes a toll on people’s pcs no matter how good the hardware is

[last blade]

no one is forcing you to like it dude 🤣

[night geyser]

104 servings of fruit and vegetables

[quaint heath]

is Marathon actually doomed bros

[topaz comet]

UE5 is slop. it ruined stalker 2

[night geyser]

https://www.costco.com/.product.4000323495.html?COSTID=iosapp_25.4.5&TRACKING=NO&sh=true&nf=true

[jolly light]

i tried the UE5 play test for squad and my 4080 super felt like it was getting cooked

[topaz comet]

theres a chance. im still buying it though

[upper storm]

ruined?? nahhhh stalker 2 is good. has issues for sure

[fathom lotus]

Is any of it about the extraction or solo play? c:

[topaz comet]

Call of pripyat had more immersion/better a.i/more features than stalker 2

[spiral turret]

Squad ue5 is good looking but also cooking my pc

[rancid pebble]

I mean yea that should tell u how low the bar is set with modern games lol

[jolly light]

“but acshually you need a 5090 for ai frame gen 🤓☝️”

[jolly light]

very good looking it was phenomenal but my pc was NOT liking it

[frigid mantle]

If Bunjie devs actually start showing up to work it might be alright and playable

[thin sundial]

I have a 5080 🤓

[candid talon]

I should hop on squad again

[jolly light]

only reason to justify myself getting a 50 series graphics card is to play modded cyberpunk and nothing else 😭

[spiral turret]

I struggled to get 60-70 fps on 2060 12gb high settings 😔

[jolly light]

only worth in me getting one tbh

[topaz comet]

cyberpunk is a nice tech demo. shit game though

[jolly light]

mannn i feel you my old 2070 was horrid

[thin sundial]

I got my 5080 for $999
And my friend bought a 5080 Tuf for $1800 🤣

[upper storm]

bar is not that low sorry, especially if you play indies. people are actually just that obsessed with graphics and production value still

[fathom lotus]

Once you start messing with mods, you need CPU upgrades big time.

[jolly light]

maybe on drop but it’s way better now

[last blade]

imagine fuming about someone liking a video game

[topaz comet]

you only like it now because of the netflix show

[jolly light]

agreed i have a 9800x3d right now

[small comet]

Yes

[spiral turret]

That one marathon gif saying “can’t we all agree to something”

[topaz comet]

whateva u know im right

[spiral turret]

I played and watched. Both is peak.

[jolly light]

cyberpunk is better now if you say otherwise you’re uneducated

[topaz comet]

da fk??

[candid talon]

Low key cyberpunk 2077 had great quests but.. some felt like they ended abruptly and that there should have been more to it

[jolly light]

obviously game isn’t fully polished in some aspects but compared to drop?! it’s in a different league

[frigid mantle]

Story is amazing

[spiral turret]

2077 story is better than edgerunners for me

[upper storm]

cyberpunk with phantom liberty was pretty solid. good story and characters, actually amazing combat. so so as an RPG

[jolly light]

i played it on drop and i’ve never closed out a game quicker in my life

[royal rapids]

.-.

[jolly light]

agreed

[fathom lotus]

Okay, better yes, but I still don't think it lives up to the hype they tried to give it. It's a decent game imo

[jolly light]

also agreed

[upper storm]

any game that lets me do short range teleport dodges and play super aggro with melee and guns gets a lot of bonus points

[jolly light]

like i said it’s not the best game ever but damn is it pretty up there when it comes to the CYBERPUNK aesthetic

[wild cave]

I think c2077 didn't write Jackie very well
We meet him for like 10 minutes how am I supposed to care about him at all

[rancid pebble]

true but that's not why I like arc personally I love the character controls how amazing the maps are for any type of game and and the hideout c ck

[zinc hazel]

HAAANNNK

[spiral turret]

The combat songs man

[candid talon]

Like the side quest where you're helping that chromed out celeb that felt like it ended super abruptly and i just hoped there was more other than the news story at the end.

[jolly light]

you’re boutta make me replay stop…

[upper storm]

the chicken is pretty quality you gotta give em that

[candid talon]

I gotta play the DLC i keep forgetting to get it when the sales are around

[jolly light]

phantom liberty is very worth

[candid talon]

But i guess a new dlc is coming soon so I'll wait to cop it if its in a pack

[blazing ibex]

i cant find alpha acess chat anymore?

[upper storm]

back to this though, how is forever winter? game looked promising but i heard they did some weird shit

[spiral turret]

Because it’s not available anymore?

[blazing ibex]

ah thank you

[spiral turret]

Well I’m not trying to be rude

[blazing ibex]

your chilling ive just been afk for a few weeks and had no idea

[frigid mantle]

Yeah I hope marathon gets delayed ngl…

[jolly light]

delayed?! that might ultimately kill off the game

[rancid pebble]

now if u wanna know why the way characters control is so highly praised go back and play some GTA v to understand the difference between crisp controls and controlling a sack of potatoes

[last blade]

it'll save it if anything

[jolly light]

ehhh i doubt that tbh i mean yeah i don’t want another cyberpunk situation happening but the game might lose hype by then

greedy consumers are impatient nowadays you gotta understand people drop things very quickly and there will be a small percentage of loyal people left

[frigid mantle]

Bunjie themselves said that a lot of mechanics and systems still need a lot of work. I played for two days straight and already got bored and frustrated

[last blade]

I think the hype is kind of already dead, for now anyway.. not a lot of people seem to be excited about it anymore after the past couple of weeks. If they delay it and then drop the beta with improvements made etc it could still bring back the hype despite a delay

[jolly light]

hopefully but yeah hype is long gone with the way they handled key drops

[fathom lotus]

80% drop normally

[frigid mantle]

It has potential but it’s so lacking when compared to Arc which kept me hooked for the whole test

[last blade]

don't say that around here...

[spiral turret]

I was about to say that

[jolly light]

i just think they could’ve handled alpha drops better that would’ve been the deciding factor imo

[frigid mantle]

Why tho

[spiral turret]

The exact sentence

[jolly light]

i mean even then retention of players halved day after drop

[harsh storm]

MARATHON WAS A FLOPPPP

[last blade]

arc was dope but people get triggered in here

[harsh storm]

Arc raiders blew marathon out of the water Arc raiders was so good

[spiral turret]

It’s like being in an enemy territory

[frigid mantle]

Yeah that’s usual but I thought if you want the game to succeed you have to point out weak points

[jolly light]

i feel like you can be equally hyped for both comparing two games like that always makes you hate one or the other for no reason 😭

[frigid mantle]

And we got a lot of them here if I put it mildly

[last blade]

I was hyped for marathon before I even knew what arc was. Was hyped to watch the alpha test, then I saw arc and was like wtf is this... then I played it... tried to watch marathon gameplay afterwards and wasn't even excited anymore

[jolly light]

i’m hyped for both still but i will give it to arc with how they handled alpha play test

[frigid mantle]

Marathon is a lot more appealing to me in aesthetics but inside it’s empty so far..

[spiral turret]

I was aware of arc raiders while marathon revealed but never saw a gameplay of it until I got hands on it

[jolly light]

for me at least it comes down to how they treat and handle their player base when it comes to gaming companies

it’s been evident that bungie is a shell of their former self and it’s reflecting in their way of handling things

[spiral turret]

Because the only thing different is the art style. Let’s be real other than the art style is just slower paced apex as extraction genre

[jolly light]

yeah it’s really only the art style that’s appealing to me so far

like i said my opinion doesn’t really matter since i didn’t get to play but gameplay of weapons looked very clunky and awkward

[spiral turret]

They nailed interior but the outside grass and foliage are… well I expected it to look like 2023 trailer like I said way earlier

[frigid mantle]

Arc test had a lot of problems with keys too I couldn’t invite my gang till the third day of test(

[jolly light]

me too i had some problems but hey at least i got to get in and try it 😭

[spiral turret]

Man I can’t wait to go back to the topside

[trim summit]

both are games that can appeal to a certain group.

[frigid mantle]

I just can’t imagine staying in Marathon longer then a week

If the game will be like this on release

[iron linden]

I can 🤷‍♂️

[jolly light]

agreed i just think it was bad timing on bungie’s part and now people are comparing arc and marathon because of that

[last blade]

Bungie has always known for their story telling... I feel like with marathon they just neglected the story and threw some multiplayer together. I know the lore exists for the OG marathon but seems like an after thought for this game

[upper storm]

dawg fully 50% of this chat at any given moment is "L flop game arc is better rip lmayo" like you're not a minority here

[jolly light]

i think if the game had a story game mode separate from the extraction looter one it would appeal more to original bungie fans

[tropic olive]

L flop game arc is better rip lmayo

[upper storm]

Exhibit A

[last blade]

way to prove my point

[sleek copper]

idk... youre in this discord so...

[hybrid peak]

dear developers, please provideth a key to yours truly. for PC. i wont tell anyone.

[oak ledge]

Thanks guys now Marathon will probably be delayed

[stone pilot]

I think the most worrying thing is that many people were hoping that Bungie would make a "extraction for casuals" but the very people they need to appeal to in order to make BIG revenue seem uninterested in the product

[jolly light]

thanks for your opinion arsic! i’ll make sure to pass that on to head of bungie

[tropic olive]

I was just posting to be part of the cool kids. I plan to play both games like a boss

[jolly light]

i’d think it would be pretty cool to have a story mode and extraction mode for marathon and have cross progression so that you would be able to access things from both modes

[frigid mantle]

Honestly I don’t even understand how can you be a STUDIO fanboy, love games man not the devs. If they cook up something good they get a deserved praise and that’s it

[jolly light]

exactly 😭😭 i mean i used to be but nowadays it’s not possible because of how washed out these companies seem to be

[spiral turret]

Their story seems to be more interesting than the gameplay itself. I dived into marathon lore the week it revealed and I was pretty invested.

[jolly light]

i have very few companies in mind when it comes to praise but even then it’s very few

[tropic olive]

If they don’t delay the game then they should price tag it at no more than $20. Ideally free to play.

If they do delay they should delay for 2 years and work on a full blown story pve mode on top of the pvp mode to draw people in.

If they launch as is at $40 I’m pretty sure arc will eat their lunch.

[frigid mantle]

Bunjie lost all appeal after how they massacred my boy Destiny

[jolly light]

i don’t know if any of you know what beautiful light is but the dev team over there is phenomenal and i give them props for taking their time to drop a well priced game

[jolly light]

you can say that again 🤣

[spiral turret]

I’d pay 60$ for arc honestly

[tropic olive]

Yep. That alpha test was fire

[pearl mica]

Rise of Iron = Ash of Iron

[last blade]

the studio used to pump out nothing but greatness in the Halo era

[iron linden]

I skipped destiny cuz activision, and at the time I wanted Marathon

[rancid pebble]

arc is in the same boat as marathon in terms of storytelling Infact it's even worse because they use AI to voice their NPCs which makes them all sound dead inside

[frigid mantle]

Prehistoric era

[rancid pebble]

it's fucking terrible

[last blade]

been saying I'd pay $100+ for it... game is gold

[jolly light]

bygone era they will NEVER drop anything of the same caliber

[trim summit]

and that there’s an actual competitor

[iron linden]

Look at their partner the majority through the destiny era

[spiral turret]

And what do both company make? I don’t think it’s a book or a movie

[iron linden]

WAIT AI Voice acting?

[frigid mantle]

I mean traders sound decent, couldn’t even tell that was an AI

[spiral turret]

I think they’ve been doing that since the finals

[iron linden]

icky

[jolly light]

yeah… bungie fucked up big time but here’s where they can prove everybody wrong and show the community they’re a “dedicated dev team”

[spiral turret]

Also peak game too

[last blade]

I thought the voices sounded fine, didn't detract from the gameplay.. all of the sound design that actually mattered was 🔥

[sonic willow]

I mean, based on some of the voice acting in recent games, there's no difference. This isn't Elden Ring

[stone pilot]

It's because we had so many great studios in the 90s/00s (Blizz, Black Isle/Bioware, Activision) that were basically guarantees of quality

[sleek copper]

Honesly though... I loved the arc test, played a bunch of both tests. People are WAAY overhyping it compared to marathon. It has like 3-4 features that marathon did not have in its playtest slice, and the maps are just copy paste random buildings. Biggest thing Arc has over Marathon is the Interesting AI enemies. But people shouting Arc GOTY, and Marathon DOA... do you have critical thinking skills? cause none of the games are done, and they really arent that far from each other.

[frigid mantle]

Yeah, they construct AI voices with real actors and then pay them royalties for the whole life cycle of the game.

[iron linden]

Ok, that makes me feel alot better about it

[whole bluff]

arc way better then mara atm

[jolly light]

somebody who’s actually educated jesus

[sonic willow]

All 17 people that got into Marathon probably enjoyed it

[iron linden]

I strongly disagree because it is a 3rd person shooter and I hate playing those in PVP games

[rancid pebble]

no disrespect but u gotta get those ears checked brother the line delivery was so ass that it made it super obvious

[sonic willow]

They ABSOLUTELY need a first person/duos mode

[jolly light]

they are both in their alpha stages but i mean nowadays the “full” game doesn’t really change from its alpha or beta counterpart besides a few minor tweaks and a couple qol changes

[iron linden]

I skipped PUBG and by the time they got FPS it was too late

[rancid pebble]

? games still need story what are u on lol

[spiral turret]

Visuals do appeal to people too. I’m not saying marathon graphics looks bad. The art style is cool but it doesn’t feel pleasing enough for most people

[sonic willow]

But the things that Arc did right they did REALLY right

[frigid mantle]

I’m 38 maybe I’m going death already man

[iron linden]

THis games seems to have a rich story tbh so it doesnt matter

[iron linden]

We are old

[sonic willow]

and the bad is stuff that can be changed, like balancing, loot, etc

[spiral turret]

In the end we play the game

[sleek copper]

sure... Arc isnt anything new tho... Its Unreal engine autographics with a fallout twist

[sonic willow]

duos matching with squads is annoying too

[sonic willow]

I mean, by that metric, what's new about Marathon?

[rancid pebble]

what does that have to do with anything

[sonic willow]

Genuine question btw, nobody I know got in, neither did I

[frigid mantle]

HeRoEs in extraction shooter😨

[opaque torrent]

I think ARC alpha coming out kinda helped Marathon. They will be willing to make more changes based on feedback.

And won't be as stubborn

[rancid pebble]

if the quests are uninspired and basic and the AI voices sound grating (which Ure gonna hear and do every fucking wipe) then it's gonna get boring

[jolly light]

hopefully yeah i mean arc has to be a wake up call to bungie right?!

[sonic willow]

Competition is nothing but good

[last blade]

tell me you know nothing about game dev without telling me you know nothing about game dev

[spiral turret]

Are you here to play the extraction game or know the lore of once an alien shooter game. Most people care about the gameplay itself if it’s not a story telling game

[jolly light]

yes and no it’s ultimately up to how the dev team handles it

[sleek copper]

you serious? cause there is a bunch, They basically invented a graphic design style now coined Graphic brutalism. All the textures are drawn in its style. For some its too much.

[civic minnow]

☹️

[sleek copper]

Im obfuscating ofcourse, but am i wrong? 90% of UE games look the same, and to me Arc is one of them

[sonic willow]

That's really not much. The art style that quite a lot of people aren't fans of as well. Plus, it's just the way the game looks. The way the game feels and plays is always FAR more important. I'd need to feel how the servers feel, how the movement feels etc. Videos don't do that justice

[dreamy geyser]

Tbf
The reason why UE games look similar is cuz no one wanna actually follow a different art style and they wanna stick with the realism and high graphics that the engine has

[spiral turret]

This general chat has always been nothing but conflicts man

[frigid mantle]

General looks are nothing if you can’t build atmosphere around them. And Arc does that for sure

[last blade]

Stop 🤣 brutalism has been a style for decades

[dreamy geyser]

Sometimes when Im mid university lecture I just go here and have a little entertainment

[sleek copper]

Sure, but this was in response to innoivation in visuals

[spiral turret]

It’s like watching a debate

[sleek copper]

Its not brutalism tho

[rancid pebble]

it's the most important part of the game lol quests are literally what Ure required focus on in every extraction shooter if u want to have a good wipe and if u can't even beat tarkovs basic ass quests then it's a problem

[upper storm]

Vertigo got it twisted, the art style is called graphic realism

[jolly light]

i honestly believe a better game can be made on UE4 compared to UE5 but people want to focus on “realistic graphics” and “immersion”

like jesus 🤦‍♂️

[steel kestrel]

hello!how i can get alpha test for marathon?

[dreamy geyser]

Exactly
Like why limit yourself to realism when the engine just lets you do so much

[sonic willow]

bit late my friend

How did Marathon run? Arc was incredibly optimized and ran incredibly smoothly, even at higher settings on a mid tier computer

[jolly light]

and optimization is so terrible for UE5 that most players can’t even run new games 😭 and i’m a heavy advocate for people with mid and low tier pcs coming from such after upgrading to a good setup

[sleek copper]

To me running a 2070 on 1440p, they both ran perfectly

[trim summit]

marathon ran fine.

[sonic willow]

I was comfortably sitting at 144fps at 1440p with a 3070, with no noticeable drops or bad 1% lows

on ARC

[jolly light]

1440p on my 4080 super and 9800x3d ran phenomenal

[spiral turret]

People said it’s not as good as it is. Even how the game look people said it should’ve gave them more fps

[jolly light]

it’s just a lot of people who want to play these games just don’t have a computer that can graphically handle UE5

[sonic willow]

The problem is that the devs are leaning on DLSS and Nvidia to make their games run better instead of actually putting in the labor to make their game run more efficiently

[umbral rune]

On my graphics card from 2011 it ran smoother than butter

[jolly light]

tell me about it frame generation is going to kill gaming and i’m calling it

only reason nvidia is going this route is to expand their market into AI video processing and so on

[sonic willow]

Frame Generation is FANTASTIC.... for immersive 1 player games. For anything else, it's really going to be a problem

[frigid mantle]

Not if Embark shares that black magic or something that they’re using to optimise their UE5 games

[spiral turret]

Soon there should be protests about game optimization rather than having to pay for newer graphics card to run a game

[jolly light]

yeah that’s what i mean it’s going to be great for story games but comp shooters and so on? yeah bye

[hoary light]

Can’t wait for the switch to have 90 percent fake upscaled frames

[jolly light]

agreed they got it pretty good

[last blade]

UE5 is a tool and will produce whatever aesthetic you want it to, Fortnite was a UE game and is super cartoony. The lighting in UE is beautiful but without a good tech artist a game isn’t going to look that good out of the box

[umbral rune]

Biggest flop in history I'm calling it

[sonic willow]

Switch 2, now play your games at 144 hz at 1440p! (22 fps native 720p)

[hoary light]

It’ll succeed

[sleek copper]

hard to beat Wii U

[hoary light]

Pre orders broke the Best Buy site. It’s the consequences of its success that I’m worried about

[jolly light]

agreed but game devs are being ultra lazy and are looking for realism and not looking for across the board optimization

[hoary light]

Virtual boy

[sonic willow]

Store 807 op

[jolly light]

terrible example but how does marvels rivals run THAT terrible on my setup

[umbral rune]

Unoptimised mess of a game

[jolly light]

like i should not be getting under 200 fps on that dog ass unoptimized pos

[dreamy geyser]

A better example would be Monster Hunter Wilds at launch

[sonic willow]

I would assume the bitcoin miners and social credit score monitoring malware slows it down a bit

[jolly light]

oh god don’t even get me started…

[frigid mantle]

Oh boy Rivals is criminally unoptimised

[jolly light]

HEY!! let the ccp steal all my info

[dreamy geyser]

Cuz how is it possible for it to use THE SAME ENGINE as the resident evil titles
And yet its performance is so bad that I had to mod the game and even install other programs JUST for it to be playable

[hoary light]

Valorant players when they find the tiny communist living in their kernel

[jolly light]

like jesus it’s terrible

[last blade]

Yeah as shown by the “bugged shaders” during the alpha 🤣 shaders are one of the biggest performance killers so they probably just dropped them to push off optimization for later

[dreamy geyser]

I literally get 40-60fps at medium settings even with a 3060 and r5 5600x

[jolly light]

leave my kernel level anti cheat alone 🤬

[rancid pebble]

if u can't even match tarkovs pocket watch quest in intensity then I think you've failed with your quests

[jolly light]

yup they “optimize” the game and say fuck all to the shaders

[jolly light]

tell em about it…

[open elk]

I wish I was a bird

[sonic willow]

MLP extraction shooter with furries and Warhamer 40k ai when?

[upper storm]

durandal is gonna be the one with the mayo dehydration quests im calling it

[jolly light]

like i said coming from a terrible pc and i mean TERRIBLE

gaming nowadays just feels like whoever’s got the bigger pockets

[dreamy geyser]

Game’s fun
Just wish I didn’t need a nasa pc for the game to go over 100fps

[rancid pebble]

heres an example of the terrible ai line delivery https://www.twitch.tv/thiixy/v/2446467294?sr=a&t=7571s

[sonic willow]

OLED 240/360hz monitors with good hardware to back it up is going to be a LARGE advantage over other players

[jolly light]

“har da durr i got a scalped 5090 for 3k 🤤”

[frigid mantle]

No game should take tarkov as an example for quests bro. Most of them are abysmally bad

[jolly light]

tell me about it there’s a reason why all my friends question why i’m shooting them before they even swing in cs

oled 360 with a good pc is actually unfair

[topaz comet]

ps5 pro over 900 canadian dollars plus the tax. might as well save three thousand more for a pc

[open elk]

Just drive across the border and buy parts here?

[sonic willow]

Tarkov would be game of the century if they had anti cheat that actually worked, and servers that weren't using i3 12100s and 16gb of ddr4 memory non-ecc and spinning HDDs

[open elk]

Ya'll live within 100 miles of the US border. Unless you're french

[jolly light]

and trust me i hate how it is because i remember everybody having on par pc builds with each other and affordable options

[sonic willow]

and quests that were better

[jolly light]

you should see the pc fryer that cheaters have 🤣

[sleek copper]

Kinda agree and disagree here... Tarkov has terrible quests, but at the same time they are some of the most memorable tasks, that I look forward to every wipe (or dread)

[jolly light]

imo the best extraction looter right now that i rarely see people play is dark and darker

[frigid mantle]

Wow, let’s not get too far of ourselves. Tarkov is nowhere near ready for release and Devs are menaces to society

[jolly light]

it’s actually so fucking fun and i never get bored of it

[solar stump]

so where's my beta key parathon

[tough hazel]

How do y'all get the profile pic cover

[finite narwhal]

are they still giving away codes? playtest finished or something guys

[jolly light]

huge learning curve but once you get pve and pvp down it’s a thrilling experience

[sleek copper]

Tried to get into Dark&Darker as a tarkov fan, but it never clicked for me. Every room felt too similar and repeated

[frigid mantle]

I ain’t looking forward to that Eager and Skier crap nu uh. Left the game after 1k hours, life felt way better ever since

[jolly light]

oh they changed that there’s fog of war now and randomized rooms

[sonic willow]

Nitro likely

[modest tendon]

It was a Discord quest which is finished now, unfortunately

[open elk]

It was a quest during the ARG

[rancid pebble]

yea but atleast tarkov quests are demanding and they force u to look around the world for shit and bring em back pinging enemies and scanning stuff isn't gonna cut it especially since u don't even need to extract for most of those missions to pass them

[jolly light]

imo right now is the best time to get into it as wipe was a month ago

like i said just a huge learning curve as is for all extraction games

[open elk]

So people are already max stat and I'll miss a point blank shotgun blast because I dont have maxed stats.

[rancid pebble]

I don't even think u need to go to a locked room to do a quest everything is just out there in the world all u have to do is go press interact for 0.5 seconds

[burnt pond]

Lesgooo USA wins Conclave 2025

my bets hit

[finite narwhal]

playtest still up ??

[modest tendon]

Nope

[sleek copper]

And these types of quests (pick up x thing by the waterline etc) dont work with map markers imo...

[tough hazel]

Are there any new quests lol

And what did you have to do to get the old one

[frigid mantle]

Not every game should be that challenging as tarkov. These kind of quest should be in Arc for a late game. Not in the beginning.

[modest tendon]

Marathon ones? Not that I know of

[sleek copper]

agree

[pale merlin]

What is play ma that they're doing on may 16

[modest tendon]

You just had to watch a Marathon trailer

[keen zinc]

devstream where they play and talk about the game

[echo shuttle]

the quests in tarkov are what make it fun to me. I love grinding them and getting kappa

[tough hazel]

I did that lol who do I gotta talk to 😂

[frigid mantle]

Locked room quests start appearing in Arc around level 20

[sleek copper]

Looks like theyre showing off an internal test... maybe a more up to date build since they seem to wanna show something, and QnA

[jolly light]

if you completed the quest on discord you should have a pop up

[tough hazel]

Mine must've glitched

[modest tendon]

You had to watch it through Discord

[last blade]

is that scrappy the rooster in your avatar???

[echo shuttle]

SCRAPPY MY BOI

[tough hazel]

Yeah I joined a couple weeks ago and did that but left cause I didn't get an alpha code lol

[rancid pebble]

that's way too late by that point u purple shields and all your hideout

[modest tendon]

If you completed the quest then it would be in your Avatar Decoration section in your profile

[echo shuttle]

i miss him so much. I want scrappy back:(

[modest tendon]

Nah, it's Feathers McGraw, though I do love Scrappy

[tough hazel]

I think it disappears if you leave the discord

[modest tendon]

Hmm, I don't think so

[subtle tulip]

Is Marathon not just destiny with A.I

[rancid pebble]

Anyways the point is if Ure gonna force me to do menial tasks for xp atleast make me work it for so the game doesn't feel on autopilot by the 5th quest

[sleek copper]

huh?

[last blade]

isn't it a 30 day thing? Unless you pay for discord NITRO

[raw holly]

Marathon ai looks mid

[frigid mantle]

Lvl 20 is still early game for most people. Levelling is hella fast in Arc. And workshop upgrades start demanding some grind very early

[modest tendon]

Yeah, you need Nitro for the decoration AFAIK

[tough hazel]

No idea but if it's foreever I want it 😂

[sleek copper]

I think I can pretty confidently say there is no AI art in Marathon

[tough hazel]

Weird oh well

[dreamy geyser]

With nitro you get them cheaper
But you can still pay for them
The free ones are available to anyone for a limited time

But I’ll be honest
Discord decorations are mad expensive

[modest tendon]

Good to know, thanks!

[tough hazel]

Can't wait for marathon

[jaunty crystal]

people pay for discord?

[sonic willow]

Why can't games just be like Lego Racers, or Donkey Kong 64, or Unreal Championship 😦 I just want games to release and just be done

[topaz comet]

its actually not bad. the a.i can definitely bust your ass if you arent careful

[echo shuttle]

yeah people like their profile to be pretty lol

[sonic willow]

I don't want to have to wait 13 years to play the complete game

[trim summit]

and using emojis

[jaunty crystal]

oh yea the emojis

[raw holly]

Dont worry only 4 months and the game wjll have 200% more content

[topaz comet]

50% more content

[subtle tulip]

Which after the first year they will then rip 45% of that content out of the game and then make it F2P

[tough hazel]

Prox chatttt

[last blade]

$10/month but complain about a $40 game 💀

[topaz comet]

2 other maps and 2 other runners + ranked mode = 50% more content. simple math

[tough hazel]

40 dollar games peak

[raw holly]

I’d rather my games be free to play so my menu screen is loaded with microtransaction

Fragpunk is peak tbh

[rancid pebble]

most of the hideout upgrades are either found by scrappy or by doing PvE in the outskirts which is way lower risk than going to the actual POIs and the existence of the battlepass easily gives access to late game items to anyone who's at LVL 20

[frigid mantle]

4th map will not be on release

[topaz comet]

well shit take off 15% then

[tough hazel]

How

[last blade]

on the plus side you also get free system monitoring from the CCP

[frigid mantle]

Well, that’s sad then

[topaz comet]

Fragpunk might actually be the worst fps ive ever played. The cards are great though

[raw holly]

4th map is included with the $40 triathlon DLC

[sleek copper]

4th map will be in your files on release. It will be unlocked by the community doing "something"

[stoic ingot]

glory to the ccp

[tough hazel]

When this game dropping anyway

[dreamy geyser]

September

[tough hazel]

Omg

[frigid mantle]

Yeah I’m gonna work my ass to release Vaulted content

[stoic ingot]

are they doing alpha again if so how do u get it

[iron linden]

And there are people who think there isn't a market for what Bungie is doing. THough Is that actually confirmed about unlocking the 4th map?

[frigid mantle]

As they said it’s nowhere near ready yet

So it will probably come in a couple of months or so

[candid moon]

That’s Ubisoft speak for 2 years from now cough cough xdefiant cough cough

[eternal frost]

only thing we going to learn is that its being delayed to Q3 2026

[stoic ingot]

how do u usually get into the playtest like how was it the last 2 times

[empty hill]

the 16th?? bro they keep delaying it

[frigid mantle]

Hell nah, get the priest then, our boy is dead

[stoic ingot]

bro

[sleek copper]

We can compare it to Vault of Glass in Destiny 1, where VoG launched 7 days after launch, Raids in destiny tend to release 3-14 days after expansion/game launch.

[stoic ingot]

yeah nah i guess i gotta wait till the game just fully releases

[last blade]

jan 16th now

[tough hazel]

That shits down next month

[stoic ingot]

may 16th

[orchid harness]

delayed?

[sleek copper]

Not confirmed that the idea is still there, but when they first pitched the game it was their main selling point.

[orchid harness]

hope its delayed

they can cook with enough time

[candid moon]

Yeah cause they let it die took 2 years to release a game that was the same game from the open beta tests smh

[frigid mantle]

Yeah but Bunjie layed off like 40% of the studio so I doubt they can keep that pace

[tough hazel]

The super powers killed it anyway

[sleek copper]

It doesnt release after launch because they wont be done with it. It releases after launch for community and story "effect"

[candid moon]

What superpowers?

[tough hazel]

No one wanted apex call of duty

[candid moon]

They had kits and it was like that from the very beginning

[orchid harness]

if they do what they did with exotic missions in destiny it might be good

[tough hazel]

In x defiant, the abilities

[eternal frost]

they just gotta scrap the heros aspect, its not fun

[candid moon]

Yeah they had kits with abilities its not superpowers and that wasn’t the problem the delayed it so long that it lost its player base then dropped in during the worst time possible

[tough hazel]

I just didn't like the powers or the frag punk esc style but I liked everything else especially the maps,

[frigid mantle]

No one wanted Apex extraction but here we are

[tough hazel]

Does marathon have super powers too lol

[candid moon]

So you just wanted a ubi fps with no soul and was almost exactly like cod?

[tough hazel]

It had all the soul even without the abilities

[candid moon]

Again what superpowers they had kits based on their respective franchise

[small comet]

Yo can I still join closed alpha?

[tough hazel]

Ah yeah hero shooter is a better term for x defiant

[candid moon]

No it wouldn’t all the maps and characters and guns we’re based off the different ips the factions came from without that it’s a soulless fps just made by ubi instead of activision

[frigid mantle]

Not that kind of superpowers. But quite similar. That was a joke

[open remnant]

maybe the superpowers were the friends we made a long the way ☺️

[tough hazel]

Absolutely

[last blade]

which hero has the mpreg kit

[sleek copper]

this guy for sure

[keen zinc]

I think this guy's design has been completely overhauled since the creation of this cinematic

[sleek copper]

yeah

[keen zinc]

Wonder what it's like now. Thief's design is peak

[last blade]

I'd def buy the premium skins for thief

[tough hazel]

Has anyone seen the og marathon helmet in this game

[eternal frost]

What loser mod just warned me? Out yourself

[tough hazel]

Rip

[simple jay]

How do I sign up for the alpha?

[keen zinc]

what alpha

[sudden hare]

anyone else having problems login into bungie? authentication error

[simple jay]

I don’t see the alpha channel anymore

[last blade]

weird wonder why

[simple jay]

How do I open it to sign up

/beta

[keen zinc]

Pay for the deluxe login dlc

[simple jay]

Does the ultimate edition come with a code?

/alhpa

[keen zinc]

Yup but the code is delayed by 2 years from date of purchase

[simple jay]

But I was looking to play now, oh well

[blissful reef]

Why are people still texting in this discord sever😂🤣🤣

Smh yall still really care about this game or getting a code come on now let it go

[feral dove]

It’s a blue valuable named “Abandoned Helmet” you can sell for 250cR

[blissful reef]

Have fun getting nothing🙌🏻

[keen zinc]

isnt it 550

[tropic cedar]

https://tenor.com/view/black-ops-woods-cod-gif-17392574626699745990

I guess gifs don’t work

[feral dove]

Might be

It’s something-50cR

[echo shuttle]

🫃

[tough hazel]

Running a marathon

[keen zinc]

is this a marathon reference

[last blade]

arc raiders server is locked

[merry elbow]

Nono, don't delete it. Double down

[tough hazel]

It was whiney so I deleted it no lie

[last blade]

I got a key for arc by sending some fake sob story to the chat in their discord server.. someone random hooked me up 🤣 then I got an actual invite from embark the next day and gave it to a friend

[echo shuttle]

Im genuinely having trouble playing other games rn. I would easily be grinding arc man

[last blade]

"CAN’T BELIEVE I TOOK TIME OFF OF WORK AND PLANNED MY WHOLE WEEK AROUND A GAME I’M NOT ALLOWED TO PLAY."

[opal plume]

Yeah that was goofy of you

[tough hazel]

Get em

[echo shuttle]

I never call off for games, seems a bit much lol BUT you do you

[last blade]

fake sob story

[tough hazel]

Ive quit jobs for games

[echo shuttle]

NAHH that diabolical

[tough hazel]

Walked off site too

[echo shuttle]

Ngl tho might call off a day or two if they announce arc release date

wont do it a for a playtest tho

[tough hazel]

You hear something?

[opal plume]

I mean I have a PTO-less gap at the end of Summer and I need to use it before the end of the year so might as well spend some on a game.

[tough hazel]

I'll quit my job rn

[echo shuttle]

Yeah i mean thats fair

[upper storm]

can someone please explain to a non destiny player what it's supposed to mean that the Marathon map "has raid mechanics"

[echo shuttle]

oh no they havnt ssaid anything but if they announce the release date of the actual game, i might consider a day or two off for release

[rancid pebble]

folding in 2 seconds under zero pressure is crazy

[echo shuttle]

Well ive never called off for work for a game but this game got me down bad ngl.

[cold stump]

theres gonna be puzzles/system interactions on the map that require multiple people in coordination to complete, usually also when facing challenging combat at the same time

[tough hazel]

Nah get that money

You can play the game any time you want but you can't get that money back

[upper storm]

that actually sounds pretty awesome. looking forward to it

[echo shuttle]

Well when i say call out I really mean im gonna reschedule to work the other two day sof the week i would be off

so not really losing anything but just wanna be there for day 1 :)

[light bough]

bro just bored and hating, i know ur 12 cuz u use an emoji at the end of every sentence

[deep lantern]

people legit just come here to waste time

[last blade]

emojis are unc

[blazing mist]

song for void https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYqIH11gvKE

[light bough]

is this ragebait

[last blade]

no this is patrick

[drowsy saffron]

🫃

[light bough]

https://tenor.com/view/lil-nas-x-nickb-pregnant-speech-bubble-gif-25238714

[light bough]

damn bro, thats embarrassing

[sharp dock]

Arc raiders mmmmmm I need to roll around in the dirt mmmmm

Release at pax mmmm

[main roost]

how can i join the closed beta? I just had a bot sharing me a picture in mp... What is that?

[somber cradle]

Did Arc give a release date?

[hardy plover]

guys ts (this) game lowks fell off!

[last blade]

June 6th

[sharp dock]

It seems that they haven’t

[meager blade]

not really

[hardy plover]

BLOCKED!

[quiet violet]

time to face the facts buddy, 8 player 24 hour peak is NOT a good look!

[last blade]

oh wait pax is going on right now?? if they drop this weekend that would be epic

[sharp dock]

Just give codes to everyone

[meager blade]

I just wonder when people will start thinking

[echo shuttle]

I will say that it dropped in number extremely fast but it was just a tech test mainly so maybe thats why. I think the next test will do better cause they should add more that they didnt add here

[hardy plover]

WAIT MARATHON OUTPLAYING ARC RAIDERS THAT GAME BLOWS CONFIRMED!!!

[sharp dock]

Falloff craycray

[quiet violet]

I take back everything I've ever said

[hardy plover]

PEAKATHON SOLOS MIDRAIDERS

[sharp dock]

And all mpreg babies are born

[prisma compass]

how tf do I get access, thanks for hugs

[echo shuttle]

I hug to break the news that the test is over

[sharp dock]

We are here to give birth atp

[manic seal]

Battleroid: Please open airlock #17-G

Durandal: 🫃 🫃 🫃

[civic minnow]

i just destroyed my anthropology quiz

[prisma compass]

was it fun, looks like it was alright

[manic seal]

I didn't get to play, I just read all the complaints about xfil shooters that I don't understand. Gear fear??? Is that like when there is no ammo ported into the level?

[candid spear]

Cheers! I really wanted to take an anthropology course in college but the only professor we had on campus that taught it had to be the most agonizingly boring person in existence

Seems like an interesting concept at least

[civic minnow]

that sucks my world civ prof recommended my anthro prof and she’s cool as hell also wtf does ninja mean

[feral dove]

Gear fear is the fear of losing your gear

[latent gyro]

Marathon Stream got pushed back to next Friday May 16th

[feral dove]

Since you lose it when you die

[civic minnow]

anthropology is cool i was most interested in the history behind our species creating art but that is quite literally the last concept we talk about

[prisma compass]

I played arc raiders, it fr is going to be the next extraction shooter, it is a beautiful game

[candid spear]

Neat! Glad you had a cool professor

[latent gyro]

https://x.com/marathonthegame/status/1920527096947888458?s=46

[manic seal]

I'm mostly kidding, but it sounds pretty stressful compared to say, just picking up a weapon laying on the ground in a "traditional" multiplayer shooter

[candid spear]

My college did, incidentally have art history. That was mych better

[civic minnow]

that’s my major!!!

[cold stump]

why

[surreal anvil]

I loved that game, but the world begs for more cooperation from its community. Rats will be rats 😔

[latent gyro]

I just wanna hear about the alpha feedback 😩 delay the upcoming to next week

[stiff mist]

I have a feeling the game might be potentially delayed ngl (I ain't against a delay but that's how I'm feeling)

Besides I still got D2 at least so I'm fine if they delay the game (I need Edge of Fate ASAP)

[latent gyro]

I’m fine with the game getting delayed, I want Bungie to take their time and not feel rushed

(As long as I get to keep game testing til release)

[stiff mist]

I hope they delay but with big Sony pushing for that September date it ain't looking hot so far

[surreal anvil]

I wanted Marathon to be a Hunt Showdown competitor, hunting those eldritch ahhhh aliens as off-brand apex characters would've been dope

[stiff mist]

Sony WILL get their money back by any means necessary

[latent gyro]

I think they’re more fine with it now that GTA VI was pushed back

[civic minnow]

destiny is so bloated it’s nigh impossible to figure out anything or how to play da game i hope this game more approachable? idk this and that are both very different things

[stiff mist]

Funny you say that bc they're actually streamlining the experience for Edge of Fate

[feral dove]

It is when it’s your gun

[surreal anvil]

All MMOs have that issue. Its valid, but even non-mmos have that issue too. Like getting into League rn is impossible for new players. The longer a game goes, the harder it is to find new players

[candid spear]

Nice! Seems like a good major to go into
Mine was generic history, but I focused on Native American history and history of religion. Somehow my capstone and final years ended up focusing on history of communism

[feral dove]

But someone else’s? HOO boy

[magic rose]

chat

[stiff mist]

I would say that they should delay it to next year around like January/March 2026 but I don't see that happening, maybe November/December 2025?

[civic minnow]

oh cool it’s cost $70,000 for all dlc?

[nimble salmon]

they just need to release the game early access before arc raiders comes out and kills it

[stiff mist]

Oh no I'm talking about the menus

[magic rose]

bro marathon brainrot b4 marathon launch goes hard

[civic minnow]

oh wow. that’s actually so so so cool i’m getting my associates in history uhhhhh in like 2 weeks

[civic minnow]

oh lmao and the like resources and all that other stuff? and materials mats on mats on mats

[stiff mist]

You ain't entirely wrong about the DLCs tho, 200/300 dollars is a lot

[manic seal]

Right, I'm saying that's an artificial scarcity... The guns have to come from somewhere in the first place in this setup anyway

[stiff mist]

Yeah that ain't happening + they'd probably get even more shit for releasing it earlier tbh

[echo shuttle]

nah marathon coming out before arc would be bad

[manic seal]

Artificial scarcity -> gambling with your stuff every time you play

[candid spear]

Ooh, cheers!!

[latent gyro]

I was thinking February 2026 would be a good spot, it’ll be after the Destiny DLC releases at that point and they will have a lot less pressure on the company from multiple fronts including this sudden lawsuit

[civic minnow]

cheers!!🍻

[stiff mist]

That's only when they go on sale 😭

[azure dawn]

Nah you missed it when this Discord was just the ARG people who found this place the creativity and editing of the memes was on a different level and it was spammed 24/7 here it was a beautiful time

[surreal anvil]

Its on sale right now bruh

[azure dawn]

Make Faction ad memes again

[nimble salmon]

nah arc raiders is the next extraction game and tarkov 1.0 ppl want to play this now

[stiff mist]

I'll say this rn tho, Destiny 2s DLC isn't as bad as The Sims 4, cost like literal thousands to even remotely play Sims 4

[surreal anvil]

FRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[civic minnow]

why would legal problems effect development that’s an entire separate part of the company

in terms of brain power for development

[nimble salmon]

summer release is the move

[magic rose]

yea i heard the same thing for the finals im not dealing w the easter eggs of a game that is not even out but that brainrot is funny

[civic minnow]

and labor

[stiff mist]

Summer release is not the move ngl man

[latent gyro]

If the company you work for is being sued it can effect morale of the workers.

Regardless of what department you work for

[nimble salmon]

and pubg extraction coming out too they dont want to compete with so many games plus borderlands

[arctic granite]

which faction is the best?

[civic minnow]

i’ve worked at 2 companies that were being sued it had no effect on me or my coworkers

[willow violet]

Joseph Ziegler forget to put his pto on the calendar lol

[open remnant]

I imagine each one will have their own benefits

[nimble salmon]

yeah bro but the hype is dwindling down bad

[visual oracle]

how can i download

[civic minnow]

idk that’s liek an entire departments issue

[pine python]

I wish I can play the game

[willow violet]

Ive worked for a company thats actively being sued all the time and ive never noticed

[civic minnow]

i can see what you mean but like their legal team will deal with it

[surreal anvil]

Nah my company got sued and we fr got an egoboost lol

[pine python]

😭😞

[civic minnow]

literally 😭

[arctic granite]

hmm it is tied to your character right?

[civic minnow]

tf does it have to do with me

[willow violet]

thats what the judge advocates office is for, not my business

[stiff mist]

PUBG extraction???

[nimble salmon]

yup they just announced it too

[willow violet]

well i guess the office of general counsel lol

[azure dawn]

[latent gyro]

It also depends on the size of the company and what they do, for a company the size of Bungie if they cannot locate the red war files that were “vaulted” but in reality deleted then that means they need people who worked on those projects to either locate the files or they’re in deep shit. Legal can only do so much in locating the evidence they need for a case like that.

[pine python]

How do I get access on the game

[rocky shuttle]

How did yall feel about the alpha?

[civic minnow]

developers 🫷🫸 legal

[azure dawn]

It was a lot of fun had some critiques but overall solid

[pine python]

😭😭😭😭😭

[meager blade]

It was really good

Just need all the content

[stiff mist]

It'd be pretty funny if they remade the entire campaigns for Red War, Curse of Osiris and Warmind bc of this lawsuit

[nimble salmon]

i think theyll make less money competing with these games rather than being ahead of the curve and theyll realize by summer

[willow violet]

Me when i watch a content creator ask a question about narrative to a gameplay designer and they answer "yea ive heard some cool stuff from that team"

[pine python]

Destiny 1

[civic minnow]

hey no offense but why would the marathon team be affected by something the destiny team is dealing with

[latent gyro]

They can just skip Osiris but Red War and Warmind can stay lmao

[viral owl]

it was good, Never played an extraction shooter before and it was a new experience i enjoyed, nothing like getting a bunch of loot only to get bodied and then restart with a default loadout

[arctic granite]

where can i get more info on all the factions?

[willow violet]

you have to realize some people have never had like actual jobs at an organization before

[stiff mist]

Let's just say Bungie rn is kinda on thin ice, daddy Sony ain't purchase them for nothing now, they will make that investment worth it somehow

[civic minnow]

😭😭😭 i’m just struggling to see why they think it’s like a single shared spaces where everyone is all together

[feral dove]

Money printing is what Star Wars collab events are for

[echo shuttle]

If you really think that they wont win against the other games then they are doomed either way so better to just wait and work on the game till they are ready. We will see what they do

[latent gyro]

Because people that used to work on the Destiny project now work on Marathon, do you not think some of those workers will be questioned? I’m sure their priority is in fact Marathon, but that doesn’t mean they are not being asked to assist if they were a developer of the red war and Destiny dlc projects in question.

[civic minnow]

WHAT ARE YOU SAYING RN LMAO

[willow violet]

they think everyone is on one team doing everything and aware of everything

[stiff mist]

They cancelled like 3+4 games too

[willow violet]

theyve either never worked somewehre with more than 10 employees or theyve never had a job

[open remnant]

All 6 of the factions AI's have their own identity and they all have primary contracts which progress the story. If there's specific black market pieces or upgrades that you want you pick the faction that has them then build your rep up.

[civic minnow]

QUESTIONED LMAO like it’s a fucking interrogation

[nimble salmon]

Id pay the 40 bucks rn to play the game but i cant say i will pay it over the other games tbh

[stiff mist]

A third person Destiny spin off, some game named Matter, 2 other Destiny spin offs got cancelled too although idk what those two were

[nimble salmon]

later on

[arctic granite]

i figured as much, i guess there isn’t more info / lore

[civic minnow]

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE FILES shines a light in a stack developers face (is that a thing…)

[visual oracle]

how can i download and play this

[stiff mist]

Their MOBA Smash Bros hybrid is still being worked on tho

[civic minnow]

at all times

[open remnant]

yeah no specific info yet, I'm sure we'll find out soon enough though

[willow violet]

Dude, they go to work and do their job on the project theyre assigned to. If they get asked to do a task that might benefit another team maybe they do it but its a specific task. Most people are role players who do a narrow range of things

[visual oracle]

how can i download and play this

[civic minnow]

😭😭

[ember geode]

Marathon alpha team react stream delayed to tomorrow. Now delayed until next week since ziggler doesn’t feel like doing his job. Thanks bungo.

[azure dawn]

There is a lot of lore but it's from 30 years ago leading into this game

[nimble salmon]

https://g.co/kgs/9EHg3Mz

[visual oracle]

how can i download and play this

[civic minnow]

i love the creative writing happening it’s super cute

[wild mesa]

who up mpreg'ing they MIDA

[latent gyro]

Questioned about if they know of the whereabouts of the files and being requested to assist in finding the missing files for recovery sure. Just depends on what role they had in the project but I’m sure the Bungie IT department has their hands full currently.

[proven kernel]

It ended Tuesday.

[visual oracle]

this tuesday ?

[civic minnow]

whereabouts 🕵️‍♀️

[proven kernel]

last tuesday, the 6th.

[visual oracle]

ok

[civic minnow]

ur funny 🫶

[willow violet]

IDk if private companies do records management but id assume not

[azure dawn]

You are both confused this Tuesday that just passed. The other person didn't catch you past tense.

[willow violet]

cuz that would be an RM thing

[echo shuttle]

But if people spend money and play an unfinished game then it will do more harm than good in the long run. If they want to really have a community, its best to release when finsiehd

[proven kernel]

May 6th, 2025.

[arctic granite]

patiently waiting — thoughts on actual gameplay?

[nimble salmon]

Look at Tarkov the best extraction shooter out for a long time

[nimble salmon]

^

[open remnant]

I never got a code so only what everyone else has seen on livestreams and YT vids. I think the game has a lot of potential

[latent gyro]

Bungie is already in a mess with financial stability, if they lose this case there’s a good chance Sony is going to do a full absorption and figure out what to do moving forward.

[arctic granite]

same sadly, looks retor sci-fi like. my kinda thing. hopefully it feels good

[azure dawn]

The game will be finished on launch this was a private play test they dubbed an Alpha with a strictly performance focused build of the game for gameplay loop testing only

[echo shuttle]

tbf tarkov hasnt had ANY competition. I love tarkov and play a lil every wipe but that isnt comparable to marathon

[nimble salmon]

all the people who miss the cycle frontier wanna play this and thats the game that actually competed with tarkov at the time

[mental mango]

Greetings runners

[last blade]

until now

[echo shuttle]

The guy im debating said they should release marathon early. You missing context

[open remnant]

yeah the gunplay looks like a lot of fun plus I really like the premise. The idea of everyone's runner being a conciousness uploaded to a cybernetic body. It explains why its possible to have multiple copies of runners

[dense seal]

DO NOT RELEASE THE GAME EARLY

[mental mango]

Huh

[azure dawn]

Ah so it would seem

[latent gyro]

If anything they should push back development

[nimble salmon]

Summer release is the move i stand by

[mental mango]

What I walked into

[civic minnow]

sure but like do you know companies get sued like alllllllllllll the time and i can see how you are saying that things are like worrisome about “being successful” cuz they want to keep their jobs and stuff

[dense seal]

they can't bc of cod and battlefield + GTA 6

[open remnant]

I'm of the mindset of 'release the game when its done'

[azure dawn]

Make game good then launch our impatient adhd gamer brains can wait

[stiff mist]

https://thegamepost.com/all-canceled-destiny-projects/ this is what I was referring to btw

[dense seal]

EA just confirmed they're ready a fall 2025 release and cod is getting a BO2 continuation

plus GTA 6 next year i slike 😭

[mental mango]

What dose call of duty has to do with marathon

[latent gyro]

Just because a huge corporate office gets sued, doesn’t mean a small company like Bungie can handle it. I don’t think people realize how small Bungie actually is not to mention the 2 sets of layoffs they already did in the 2023-2024 year

[stiff mist]

EA and DICE can't afford another 2042

[gloomy osprey]

it's WHAT?!
FINALLY

[simple bolt]

Yo guys

[civic minnow]

ur joking right

[nimble salmon]

SUMMER RELEASE

[dense seal]

cod gets more players and what not, you'd not want to release a game around cod timeframe

[latent gyro]

GTA 6 is releasing in May 2026 so that’s irrelevant now

[simple bolt]

My girlfriend misses my best friend

[nimble salmon]

SUMMER RELEASE

[civic minnow]

850 employees…..

[gloomy osprey]

I've waited 15 years for another Alex Mason gaaaaame

[simple bolt]

What should i do

[nimble salmon]

SAY IT WITH ME

[civic minnow]

“small company” aiight

[nimble salmon]

SUMMER RELEASE

[mental mango]

False call of duty sucks I keep my mind right here

[dense seal]

sucks /=/ they get more players and people buy it more

[mental mango]

I’m giving bungie a chance

[azure dawn]

Can't tell if this is real or not but that never ends up good

[mental mango]

More cheaters

[simple bolt]

No im srs

[dense seal]

september is a good date bc they are not competing with those games

[simple bolt]

My gf misses my best friend

[summer vessel]

Le indie company Bungie

[dense seal]

every game has cheaters bru, specially warzone

[gloomy osprey]

no wait, David was the son, not Alex

David Mason game hype

[tired fulcrum]

Leave the indie company alone

[mental mango]

Where I am destiny 2 is safe place

[summer vessel]

Bungie, famously small company who deals in famously small games

[nimble salmon]

same dat as Borderlands and depends if arc riaders releases

[last blade]

what happened to your best friend

[atomic steppe]

How do I get a key to play?

[open remnant]

My gf keeps accusing me of cheating. She's starting to sound like my wife
/jk

[mental mango]

Also marathon

[azure dawn]

I cannot judge your situation all I can say is be cautious and think with your head

[dense seal]

borderlands 4 is releasing early

[atomic steppe]

I would like to test this game

[civic minnow]

amazing troll btw @latent gyro

[gloomy osprey]

Now we can see if Harper lived (hopefully he did cause BO2 is so quiet after he dies)

[stiff mist]

I think I'm hyped for B4 ngl

[dense seal]

idgaf about B4

im hyped for ready or not, marathon and the new battlefield game

[azure dawn]

https://tenor.com/view/tf2-soldi-smirk-grin-gif-14632572

[tired fulcrum]

Yeah when I saw B4 my brain went to Battlefield 4 lol

[last blade]

idgaf about ready or not, marathon and the new battlefield game

im hyped for arc raiders (ok I care a little bit about marathon)

[azure dawn]

You can still click the link

[stiff mist]

Can't say I'm excited for Battlefield ngl

[mental mango]

Keep fingers off click bait

[nimble salmon]

SUMMER RELEASE MARATHON

[stiff mist]

EA has a lot to prove

[open remnant]

I mean its literally impossible to play marathon currently for the majority

[mental mango]

Arc raider get no money form me no game pass

[formal nymph]

6 days ago

[azure dawn]

Marathon isn't even playable right now???

[mental mango]

Just ps 5 executive

[formal nymph]

Lmao that’s always the response “it’s impossible to play”, but that was actually peak marathon day loooool

[civic minnow]

yes but just not for you :/

we’re having a lot of fun playing !! wish you could join!

[open remnant]

ah fair one, yeah Arc is currently the more complete game. It'll be interesting to see how they both do once fully released

[nimble salmon]

switch 2 needs an extraction shooter

[formal nymph]

Marathon DOA my dude

[azure dawn]

It's not available for anyone rn wdym?

[open remnant]

We will see

[stiff mist]

Man what is that banner on your profile

[velvet glade]

Mario Party is an extraction shooter

[civic minnow]

here we go again

[last blade]

I think there is still some hope with the thief runner and some premium skins

[mental mango]

Bruh

[civic minnow]

god forbid you see something beautiful

[tired fulcrum]

There is nothing wrong with that banner

[formal nymph]

I didn’t play whatever you sent

[azure dawn]

You don't even have the Alpha Tester role lol

[formal nymph]

What did it say.

I’m in a hospital sorry.

[civic minnow]

no it is just not you i mean a lot of us are playing right now i was gonna send an invite to play but you are specifically excluded to play idk what happened did you get banned?

[open remnant]

I hear the inside areas are a lot better looking than the outside areas quite often but watching gameplay I don't actually mind the look of the outside areas

[atomic steppe]

am i able to play the game right now?

[tired fulcrum]

You good?

[open remnant]

They're not amazingly detailed and realistic but I think they fit into the context of the game fine

[azure dawn]

Ah yes the troll

[formal nymph]

Oh shoot Marathon is here on life support

[winter briar]

i think were cookin with this one chat

[nimble salmon]

This chat is going to have more activity than marathon in september

[dense seal]

your bait is weak

[mental mango]

Gets off of this chaos mess and plays destiny 2

[civic minnow]

????? okay man odd way to cope

[uncut basin]

has*

[stiff mist]

If they put in a Miiverse 2.0 then I might consider a Switch 2

[gloomy osprey]

Miiverse was beautiful

[atomic steppe]

Can somebody please tell me how to play the game?

[azure dawn]

Your bait is weak and your conviction none

[craggy chasm]

no.

[stiff mist]

Wii U might've been an E Tier console with no games but Miiverse was beautiful

[atomic steppe]

ok cya

[tired fulcrum]

Nah what Switch 2 needs is an eShop that doesn't lag every time I scroll down

[stiff mist]

What about both

[open remnant]

what do you want to know?

[tired fulcrum]

Lets not get crazy now

[civic minnow]

|| 🫵👃🦶||

[dense seal]

playing a better game rn

[azure dawn]

I have messages from the devs oh delusional one. Check my description for my roles are plus one.

[craggy chasm]

ah the space racism

[hushed heron]

I just joined

I just heard about this

[craggy chasm]

cool

[civic minnow]

heard about what

[hushed heron]

Marathon

[civic minnow]

what’s that

[craggy chasm]

idk man

this guy is tweaking

[feral cradle]

I think…I miss Arc Raiders

[celest raft]

if I can run Arc, can I play this?

[dense seal]

yes

[celest raft]

im on 1660 Ti and Ryzen 5 but the Steam page tripped me up is all

It looks pretty fun so I'll see whenever I get the chance to pick it up

[mental mango]

Bro don’t at me

[hushed heron]

How do I play the alpha?

[mental mango]

It closedown until next alpha stage

[empty hill]

metal gear john

[hushed heron]

Ok

[empty hill]

hard solid snake

[dense seal]

you know its true

[last blade]

this guy has made like 50 alt accounts to come in and ask the same question

[celest raft]

is this game a lot like Deep Rock?

[dense seal]

its different

[celest raft]

without the mining, or beer, or dwarves

[celest raft]

more about shooting than exploration it seems like

[dense seal]

sorta

[open remnant]

so not like it much at all then 😂

[hushed heron]

I'm waiting for SBR to release on Netflix

[celest raft]

I was just thinking of a coloquial co op horde shooter for myself to compare it to

Deep Rock is awesome but I think you need a really good group of friends to get the most replaybility

[celest raft]

is it Moscow Smash instead of Detroit for this one

[formal nymph]

I think it’s funny that people still use the Russia meme

[cold compass]

It about diving in and taking out bugs, robots, and aliens

[celest raft]

yeah I know a little bit about the game, its very Starship Troopers and Warhammer inspired it looks like

[cold compass]

Kinda, but it more of on the funny side of things

[formal nymph]

Nice embed

HEY BUDDY GET BACK HERE WITH YOUR SHAME

[celest raft]

I also know that there's events that happen across the game's population and or how there's like a constant universal war going on throughout the game for territory

[zinc cloud]

WHAT embed

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/784255854240595972/1368706139184955392/9sv6kk.gif
FINE JUST FOR U

[celest raft]

idk what you'd call systems like that but I love when multiplayer games are influenced by gameplay decisions of the players at large, Chrome Hounds did a LOT of that

[cold compass]

Yea, and plus everything that you do is Canon in game

[dense seal]

galatic war