🗣marathon-general-chat

[glacial bane]

Sure, we can go to Mount Kailash

Would you be able to climb it

[scenic meteor]

Ofc I can climb it

[quartz abyss]

who says this
good morning mr squidward

[scenic meteor]

SpongeBob

[quartz abyss]

no i think mr krabs says it 😭

[inland hatch]

the best flavor on gods green earth

[wooden fjord]

Tell your wife I said hi

[inland hatch]

i used to get this ube ice cream in san francisco from a local creamery that i would eat by the tub, i got so fat

[stone grail]

Honestly anything that's why even your teeth feel weird if you eat too much, and can even bleed from it

[wet herald]

1 hour left on the Steam winter sale, you guys get anything good?

[river tree]

👋

[scenic meteor]

Minecraft story mode

[wet herald]

never played it, minecraft dungeons though, solid game

good little diablo clone

[obsidian plover]

👌

[tribal depot]

LET ME PRE ORDER PLS

[inland hatch]

is there going to be some sort of collectors edition? i want some marathon goodies 🎁

[stone grail]

Bro why

[viscid olive]

Meow im angy

[viscid olive]

No

[quartz abyss]

WAIT HELP DOES SPONGEBOB ACTLY SAY IT😭

[scenic meteor]

Yes SpongeBob says it

[scenic meteor]

I lied 🤫

I got space marine 2 tho might duck around and become a warhammer dork

[quiet pulsar]

you're going back to league after a month

[stone grail]

Okay good

[maiden token]

I couldnt get into space marine 2 lowk but I feel like it would be amazing with friends 👀

[stone grail]

Can we get a necromancer for the @kindred vigil situation

[stone grail]

It is it’s similar to Darktide gameplay wise

[scenic meteor]

Is space marine campaign coop

[quiet pulsar]

yes

[stone grail]

It is

[glacial bane]

neeyth really said im donso, finito, adioso

[quiet pulsar]

100k was the limit

[scenic meteor]

I’ll interrogate him at some point

[maiden token]

I spoke to my informants and it's cos yall are boring as fuck

[scenic meteor]

Who’s y’all

[stoic atlas]

2 months till marchathon

[maiden token]

(tim but dont tell him I said that)

[scenic meteor]

I get it Neeyth got wifi and we all boring now 🥀

[maiden token]

bro got internet the world's his oyster

[glacial bane]

tell your informants that everybody cant be as funny and interesting as neeyth

[maiden token]

glaze 🙄

[glacial bane]

🫗
🙄

[obsidian plover]

You wanna play it?

I got distracted by other games at like the 3rd chapter. I'll start over.

[glacial bane]

im just happy neeyth can watch his little cooking show videos on youtube now on the wifi 🙏

[obsidian plover]

Mostly tho, while good, it doesn't have the same gravity as the original Spacemarine title.

That game goes unnecessarily hard, and the soundtrack fits better.

[copper field]

i thought you already were

[scenic meteor]

Idk when ima start it not for awhile I wanna play dark souls over again first

[copper field]

word good luck. when did you retire from league also why?

[iron blaze]

⛄

[stoic pivot]

the concept of asking someone why they would retire from league of legends

[stone grail]

retired from gold

[copper field]

what

[stoic pivot]

you heard me

[copper field]

pedguin can i have minecraft base ideas pretty please :3

[copper field]

WHAT?!

[iron blaze]

no i suck at building

[stoic pivot]

[stone grail]

Do a Mansion

[copper field]

surely you have some ideas floatin around in that brainbox of yours

[iron blaze]

sorry i cant give out the few that i have

[copper field]

ah ok

[scenic meteor]

Gotta hit my training arc

[rare kiln]

is the game playable yet?

[stoic pivot]

comes out in March

[rare kiln]

someone told me there was an open beta out so i was confused

[stoic pivot]

There will be an open beta sometime before launch so you can try the game out and see if you want to buy it and whatnot

but they have not announced the precise date for the open beta

nor the precise date for the game launch apart from that it's in March this year

[rare kiln]

alright thanks, ill just keep up to date with the server

[scenic meteor]

Tetra we tight right

[maiden token]

"do u fw me" but in a new font

I'm tired af

[scenic meteor]

Take a early nap

[maiden token]

time to hybernate until marton

[scenic meteor]

You gotta wait until March to hibernate

[maiden token]

why would I hibernate when the game releases?

[scenic meteor]

Hibernate early March it’ll release late March then you’ll be away from us shorter amount of time 🥀

[stone grail]

Almost died slipping on snow

[maiden token]

people in nda were saying MAR7 do you think this is realism?

[stone grail]

What

[scenic meteor]

Copium

They just want it on the first week of March

[stone grail]

You see i need my marton...2

[scenic meteor]

-1

[latent quail]

any way to apply for closed beta testing?

[exotic frost]

Not right now

[stoic pivot]

we don't know if there will be any more closed tests. Supposedly there will be an open beta sometime before the game launch in March, though they have not announced a date for that.

[cyan coral]

I wanna play test 🙁

[scenic meteor]

/enterplaytest

[trail tusk]

I wanna test play

[pearl lichen]

/enterplaytest

[night oar]

/applybetatest2026

[proven sand]

Just drop the game early in January. Fuck the haters.

Ya heard

[night oar]

Just drop the game early in January. Fuck the haters.

Ya heard

[maiden token]

I'm awake again and still no marathon 🙄

[inland hatch]

life is hell

[river python]

Soon my friend is getting closer !!!!! Pre orders in JAN Beta in FEB Launch in MARCH

[scenic meteor]

u slept for only an hour 😨

[maiden token]

ok??

[inland hatch]

chat is this real

[scenic meteor]

and without me wtf

[maiden token]

yes and so is santa claus

[inland hatch]

mf

[glacial bane]

cant believe neeyth called me boring wtf

[scenic meteor]

I mean

[glacial bane]

@kindred vigil say it to my face u coward

[glacial bane]

fair enough eh

[scenic meteor]

You gotta step it up Tim

[iron blaze]

is neeyth back yet?

[glacial bane]

im not a dancing monkey so no i will not step it up

thats neeyths job

[scenic meteor]

See that’s a boring answer

You gotta lock in Tim maybe it’s time for a revamp

Change your name to Mark Zuck

[glacial bane]

when is your revamp im still waiting

[inland hatch]

how come there is no arachne role

[scenic meteor]

I’m stilling waiting aswell I don’t think I’m ready for a revamp

Need to do more training in the mountains with monks

[maiden token]

you should rebrand to Fred

everyone knows he's the best mystery gang member

[obsidian plover]

Fred Synergy

[scenic meteor]

Best?!?

[fast lodge]

How come the number of members in this discord has decreased by like 10,000 in the past month? lol

[maiden token]

👁️ 👃

[glacial bane]

should i get snow runner

[scenic meteor]

Idk what that is Tim it sounds boring

[copper field]

yes it looks awesome

[inland hatch]

dat shit is coop yo

inv me tim

[glacial bane]

hop on

[inland hatch]

omg google lied it said it was 60% off now its full price

[maiden token]

Tim just wants to drive a Truck-uh hawktuah 🦅 🇺🇸

[glacial bane]

greenmangaming

[inland hatch]

oh you dirty dog

lowk been wanting a little cruiser game, i might actually pick it up

[glacial bane]

i might get formula legends instead actually

[stone grail]

cruise gaming

[exotic frost]

Not much to do here if you’re not accepted into a playtest

[scenic meteor]

i kinda tired vut tetra woke me up 😵‍💫

[maiden token]

wtf?
why am I getting thrown under the bus?

[scenic meteor]

my bad

tetra hop on hearthstone

[copper field]

because we hate you duh 🙄

[copper field]

scoobs hop on the joy of creation

[scenic meteor]

idk what that is

[maiden token]

at least I didn't ||get banned||

[copper field]

AMAZING fnaf fan game

[copper field]

WOWWWW really going there ok bud 😬

scoobs just play the demo its on steam. you'll change your mind

[scenic meteor]

tetra what we getting into

i dont play horror games

if i wanna get scared ill drink monster until i see the shadowman

[copper field]

loser alert

sorry

[inner falcon]

i’m back

the mute felt like ages, eons even

[copper field]

how long was it

[maiden token]

just pop a tab 🙄

[maiden token]

I'm busy falling down a old youtube meme video pipeline

[obsidian plover]

Spengbab

[stone grail]

Spongegar

Does anyone know if FO4 mods are fixed or not yet?

[copper field]

no, rev u should play joy of creation

[stone grail]

That shit is old and has no replay value

[copper field]

theyre remaking it

[stone grail]

oh wow

[copper field]

yeah demos out rn and it lwk looks gas

[stone grail]

Is it scary this time

[copper field]

go find out

[gleaming bough]

[stone grail]

Original wasn't so...

[upper zephyr]

Would anyone here recommend borderlands 3?

[stone grail]

and the entire fanfic about scott cawthon in the "lore" was weird as fuck

[copper field]

i thought it was neat

[stone grail]

If you ignore the horrible story, characters and quest design, it's decent, 2 is still better

[copper field]

its def unique

[stone grail]

idk about that

[upper zephyr]

Oh really? I have 2 as well but I only downloaded 3 😔

It took 2 days to download, it might still be downloading

[stone grail]

It's still decent but the story and pacing is just horrible

Same for the characters, still unsure why they assassinated Lillith so hard

[upper zephyr]

I dont mind story too much, is the gameplay fun?

[stone grail]

It's fine

Very easy for a borderlands game

[upper zephyr]

One story game ive really been liking is disco elysium, i got it for free on epic gsmes

[stone grail]

Great writing yeah

Somehow still get misinterpreted to this day because how layered it is

[upper zephyr]

I can see that for sure, there's so much stuff in it. I wasnt fully sure what the perspective was when I started playing since the moralists seem pretty neoliberal and the game doesnt seem very against it, but I dont think youre meant to side with them. Im not too far though

Its really funny too

[tough flame]

67

[glacial bane]

still cant believe brochachocheeks managed to slime me from beyond the grave ✌️😔

[maiden token]

what?

[scenic meteor]

Tim in his crashout arc

[dense pumice]

huh

[tough flame]

[dense pumice]

?

[maiden token]

🤷

[shy flame]

Amazing digital circus is amazing

Watched all 7 episodes last night, icl I was glued. Solid tv.

[maiden token]

if it wasn't amazing it would just be called digital circus 🙄

[scenic meteor]

tetra can u sing me a song so i can sleep for a bit

[inland hatch]

[trim summit]

real

[copper field]

go to sleeeepp go to sleeeep go to sleeep little babbyy go to sleep go to sleep goo goo gaga time for youu

https://tenor.com/view/go-to-sleep-tik-tok-tiktok-goo-goo-gaga-time-for-you-andy-arthur-smith-gif-4632342918520500047

[glacial bane]

shite in here now

[copper field]

what

[bright mesa]

was there no feedback left regarding the game getting a safe/prison pocket?

really weird not having one since the game is an extraction shooter

[warm granite]

Tbh I never felt it needed one from what I played, I’m not against it but there wasn’t ever really a time I felt i need it. If they add one I imagine people will keep room/lab keys in it

[obsidian plover]

Doesn’t need one

[warm granite]

Dark and darker never had one and I felt the game was fun without it

[obsidian plover]

It also doesn’t match canon

[warm granite]

I feel since the matches are designed to be pretty quick it just doesn’t really fit the game

If they start doing like 50 minute raids like Tarkov maybe I’d feel different but it doesn’t seem the game is being built up to be that way

[earnest vortex]

Will there be any close alpha tests until release?

I never got the chance to play it 🙁

[obsidian plover]

Not likely an alpha next wave

[real mauve]

What is the /dac command about?

[stoic pivot]

it was a thing for an ARG back in april. You needed to generate a DAC then put it onto a website, 2000 people would do that then the website would activate and we had to line up 3 different "satellites" in a certain way to finish the ARG

[stoic pivot]

no more alphas I believe, but there will be an open beta sometime before release in March. Don't know when that is

[earnest vortex]

Ohh I hope I will get the chance to play it. I’m so so hyped for this!!

[real mauve]

Ah quite cool, I just noticed that command when poking around. Thank you!

[warm granite]

There may be a test later this month

If there isn’t, probably wait until March

[quick kiln]

3 more months!

[warm granite]

There was a screenshot floating around of some channels for a Jan playtest

[stoic pivot]

I doubt there will be one this month, unless it's releasing LATE March. It would be too close to the open beta then

[warm granite]

Yeah someone with a modded discord client who could see hidden channels reported it but who knows really

[stoic pivot]

might have been channels for the December test

[obsidian plover]

Fake

[stoic pivot]

or that

[trim summit]

fat chance lmao

50 min on the small maps would be terrible

[pliant siren]

Bonkers

[rocky jacinth]

What are you doing here?

[obsidian plover]

Doing cool stuff hbu

[upper ledge]

has anyone else been tapped for the two week playtest in Jan?

[trim summit]

that’s me

[obsidian plover]

It’s gonna be unrestricted probably

[upper ledge]

thats what i was thinking

or like pre-ordering gets you in?

[rocky jacinth]

I'm playing games with my wife @pliant siren

[prime breach]

Marathon

[trim summit]

🏃

[obsidian plover]

🇰

[lament geode]

there was

i hope there isnt a safe pocket

[nimble canyon]

Tiktok is ruining the brains of our youth.

[worn knoll]

Tiktok is bad, but youtube shorts is worse

[nimble canyon]

YouTube is becoming more AI heavy by the day.

[worn knoll]

Parents keep their kids off of tiktok, but youtube doesn't have the same china fearmongering, and is chock full of AI brainrot

[topaz raven]

There’s a confirmed Jan playtest?

[nimble canyon]

If I might ask, why are you so adamantly against it?

[upper ledge]

my buddy got an email on Friday about it

[nimble canyon]

So he already broke NDA, incredible.

[upper ledge]

didnt someone link something similar on reddit a few weeks ago?

[stone grail]

Speedrun

[trim summit]

wish anytime i searched for anything it wasn’t just shorts instead of videos

[nimble canyon]

You can get an extension to disable youtube shorts, lmao

[fast lodge]

This is the Marathon discord though 🤔 not the Marathon test discord

[nimble canyon]

But the fact you need an extension...

[trim summit]

not on playstation

[worn knoll]

https://unhook.app/ streamline searches, remove shorts, etc.

[worn knoll]

oh god tv search is so much worse too absolutel 0 relevant results

[trim summit]

yeah the app is ass

[worn knoll]

and all of the reccomended tabs are the same 10 videos they want you to watch, independant of category

[stone grail]

YouTube shorts should get removed honestly it’s so ass

[trim summit]

like youtube on a 55” tv is great but search criteria doodoo

also you can’t even filter stuff anymore

[worn knoll]

fym this medieval cooking tutorial is categorized as "Role-playing games" and "More like Markiplier" and "From your favorites" all at the same time

[copper field]

i feel like a medieval cooking rpg is something that markiplier would play in his free time. could be one of his favorites too

[inner falcon]

like 24 hours lmao

[inner falcon]

oh my God it’s john void himself

[tawdry ivy]

I just ran a heroic strike with Atheons Epilogue, void burn and small arms this week

[copper field]

chat is farming sim good

which one is the best

[nimble canyon]

Oh

uh, it depends. what you want, arcade vs actual sim.

[iron matrix]

Has this game been playtested on console yet? I’d just like to know if it’s going to be targeting 120 fps.

[copper field]

which is funner

[stoic pivot]

I've never asked if people I've been in playtests were on console or PC but I'd assume consoles have gotten tests. Though I'm not sure if you can expect 120 fps. Most games don't I think, though I don't play on console so idk

[iron matrix]

Most multiplayer games on XSX/PS5 are 120 or close to it these days. I was thinking of getting Arc Raiders but I saw it’s hard locked to 60 FPS. If this game is targeting a higher frame rate I was just going to wait and get Marathon instead.

[stoic pivot]

there will be an open beta sometime before launch so you can probably find out then

[long gulch]

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8yT9nw2/

[inland hatch]

@devs can i have the game now?

please

[stoic pivot]

👆

[warm granite]

I wish this game would come out on switch 2 lmao

[nimble canyon]

WHEEZE

[copper field]

im such a fat fucking chud. im getting excited over the fact that i can make my cursor kasane teto in a game

[hasty umbra]

Get in line.

[sour cairn]

persephone

[copper field]

gimme minecraft house ideas pretyp lease thanks

[sour cairn]

persephone

[trim summit]

paws

[nimble canyon]

Neuron Activate.

Okay excitement's over back to sleep.

[inland hatch]

penis tower

[tender bay]

how is the game now? i wanted to join the first play test but wasn’t able to then heard it was kinda ass then i forgot about it so how it is now?

[copper field]

no thanks

[inland hatch]

[night oar]

u know in spongebob how squidwar hss that weird head house i think you sjould have that. squidwards hoise

Been watchin lotsa spongebob lately. not the more recent stuff but the OG seasons. That show sure is a hoot!! xD

Ohhh that boy and his square pants

Hr alwasys can make me smile when im feeling down

[scenic meteor]

U all stink

[inland hatch]

ur mom

[copper field]

u all sink 👀

[ripe rock]

Bubbles?

[scenic meteor]

Technically hop on

[inland hatch]

wut

[scenic meteor]

Hop on

[inland hatch]

hop on what?

[scenic meteor]

League

[inland hatch]

hm.

i'm still working, technically...

[scenic meteor]

It’s 9pm

[inland hatch]

im on the west coast

[scenic meteor]

It’s 7pm

You work night shift ?

[inland hatch]

i dont have hours im a salaryman

MUST COMPLETE FEATURE

ask me again another time i would play, i used to be a platinum league gamer

[scenic meteor]

Interesting

[copper field]

scoobs hop on dunecrawl it just dropped today

[scenic meteor]

im too poor sink

[copper field]

its only 15 dolla

[scenic meteor]

im spent 35 dollar today

[copper field]

spend 50

you have a job right

[scenic meteor]

yea but im still stingy

[quartz abyss]

50 for me to bc i bought a bday present

[copper field]

happy birthday!!!!

[quartz abyss]

no not my birthday 😭😭😭😭

but ty 😭

[languid plume]

happy early bday!

[quartz abyss]

IM CRYING ITS FOR MY FRIENDS BIRTHDAY 😭

[copper field]

how old is your friend

[scenic meteor]

im actually so bored someone save me

[mystic gazelle]

saves y

[copper field]

omg teto hiiii!!!! i put you as my cursor in rhythia

[copper field]

hop on rhythia its lwk peakables

[scenic meteor]

osuu but bad

[copper field]

osu sucks

scoobs hop on sound space on roblox lets 1v1

[mystic gazelle]

the what now

[scenic meteor]

i dont play roblo

[copper field]

loser alert

[copper field]

dw about it

[scenic meteor]

teto hop on league

[mystic gazelle]

but ur retired

[scenic meteor]

Don’t mean I can’t get addicted again

[copper field]

teto hop on dunecrawl

[trim summit]

cursor as rhythia

[mystic gazelle]

😱😱😱😱

[copper field]

im moving ur face around in front of circles to the beat of music

[trim summit]

bust it down Anastasia

[copper field]

play signalis

[sour cairn]

fortnite

[copper field]

hop on

among us back in the shop

[main harness]

Happy birthday~!

[blissful kelp]

someone else with a jan 6th birthday?

literally me turning 19 today

[obsidian plover]

congrats

[copper field]

happy birthday chat

[blissful kelp]

omg the one and only rotating fish its an honour

[copper field]

i dont rotate

[blissful kelp]

https://tenor.com/view/spinning-fish-gif-13847119319931384163

[blissful kelp]

oh 💔

[trim summit]

potate

[copper field]

bruh

[blissful kelp]

can you rotate for the one time

[copper field]

watch my stream first

[blissful kelp]

like the water? stream?

[copper field]

twitch

[blissful kelp]

sly self promote

[copper field]

cant blame me. these are trying times

[trim summit]

try harder

[blissful kelp]

ykw fish. that's so real

[trim summit]

don’t fish go to school?

[copper field]

yk what else is real? twitch prime

[copper field]

bah hum bug

[blissful kelp]

yk what else is real? im broke

[copper field]

real

[blissful kelp]

LMAO

[inland hatch]

fish is a streamer? or does it swim in streams?

[trim summit]

what fish are common in streams?

[proven kernel]

small ones

[scenic meteor]

fish schools

[inland hatch]

https://tenor.com/view/lefishe-stfu-cresid-fish-walking-fish-gif-21773581

dang the gifs don't embed

[proven kernel]

they do not

[trim summit]

who’s doing flawless root of nightmares with me

[brittle nebula]

🥴

[copper field]

parttime streamer. not enough to quit my job and stop going to college unfortunately

[inland hatch]

real

i have a job but id rather play video games all day

[copper field]

watch my stream oooo you know you want tooooo

[trim summit]

based

[copper field]

https://tenor.com/view/dog-hypnotizing-hypnotizing-dog-hyptonizing-you-hypnotizing-you-собака-гипнотизирует-gif-14437882061713379771

[inland hatch]

where is it?

[copper field]

link in my disc profile

[inland hatch]

you're playing signalis

[copper field]

its a good game

[stoic atlas]

sigmalis mentioned 🔥

[copper field]

lwk peakables but im kinda dumb

[proven kernel]

Oddly enough was talking about it in another server tonight...

[copper field]

devs know heat?🔥

[stoic atlas]

game recognizes game

[stoic atlas]

one lore video fixes this

take it from me I’m dumb as rocks

[celest plover]

[copper field]

should i finish the game first also what vid

i feel like the main reason i like the game is cuz the tall pretty cyborg robot ladies

[trim summit]

it’s always good to love cyborg ladies

[stoic atlas]

yes absolutely finish the game first (ALL of it)

and video's by 'Indie Xplorer' but you could chose another since that one's 2 hours

[copper field]

im at the part where i got thrown down the elevator. how much longer would you say i got left?

[stoic atlas]

you’re on your first run?

[copper field]

ya

[stoic atlas]

you got like two more major sections before you complete run 1 I think

iirc

and then after that you keep going

[weak lake]

I want know, if final weekend test come, did you guys will finish all content in maybe 2 day?

[copper field]

tf you mean run 1

[trim summit]

😳

[crude bronze]

Is neeyth back yet

[quartz abyss]

yayyyyy

[copper field]

@kindred vigil are you back yet

[tulip sedge]

hi

is it March yet?

[ionic tusk]

we wish 😔

[celest relic]

Neeyth will return...in avengers doomsday

[viral leaf]

hello

[meager compass]

Is there a mod that can reach out. You guys sent me an email by mistake I believe

[fleet thicket]

Is this an israeli game

[keen radish]

New Vidoc this week?

[fleet thicket]

Filmed from tel aviv

[stoic atlas]

flight laughing gif

[nimble canyon]

signalis made me cry. (I enjoyed it)

[worn knoll]

I see that "servers in common" you aren't fooling anyone, raider.

[fleet thicket]

Self report

[worn knoll]

150 hours in arc and proud of it, lovely game. Not quite my style, but its the best extraction shooter since Hunt IMO.

[fleet thicket]

https://tenor.com/view/he-is-the-greatest-israeli-soldier-israel-you-dont-mess-with-the-zohan-zohan-idf-gif-13905765522592902133

[worn knoll]

I'd call out an embed fail but the title still makes the joke work in a sort of meta way so I'll give it a pass

Anywho, I think it's ghoulish and vile to trivialize current events by calling a game you don't like "israeli" but that's just me

[worn knoll]

OH MY GOD YOU'RE A LOL PLAYER CALLING ANOTHER GAME ISRAELI? 😭

[fleet thicket]

I STAND WITH ISRAEL 🇮🇱 🇮🇱 🇮🇱

[worn knoll]

Like I said, ghoulish and vile, but don't tell me you're not in a glass house

[fleet thicket]

I AM A LION HEAR MY ROAR

[worn knoll]

Boy trolls got boring.

[fleet thicket]

Cant tell if that meant u dont like boy trolls or if u forgor a comma

[worn knoll]

Yk what it was an error but now, no, I specifically think male trolls have lost their game. The girl trolls are still cooking.

[stoic atlas]

you implying girl trolls belong in a kitchen?

[thin linden]

Destiny 2

[arctic narwhal]

why are the shells trying to be god? is this something from the original games or new

[worn knoll]

Quote from Durandal, referencing escaping the destruction of the universe and therefore attaining true immortality, godhood

As he tried in vain to escape his death, so do we by digitizing our consciousnesses

We're just working on a different scale

[arctic narwhal]

who is Durandal? npc or a real person

oh nvm gotta be a npc based off what you said

[worn knoll]

the main character (not playable character, just the one the story revolves around) from the originals, a Rampant AI

[arctic narwhal]

ahh I see. sounds like a fun little AI

[worn knoll]

He's also in this one, voiced by Ben Starr, though we don't know his role besides waxing poetic about how foolish we are

[arctic narwhal]

oh wow! he was so good in ff16

[worn knoll]

Oh he's delightful. Some excerpts from his final message in the first game I think sum up his personality pretty well.
"I could... ...try to explain to you what new horizons are suddenly open to me, but I doubt you would understand and if you did it might frighten you. That amuses me... ...I'll send you a postcard from the galactic core if we're not too busy. Love and kisses, Durandal."

Also - "When my ship still answered to the Pfhor, they called it Sfiera after their goddess of lightning and passion. When you helped us take control on Tau Ceti, the S'pht rechristened it Narhl'Lar, 'Freedom and Vengeance'.
I call it Boomer"

He's snarky, he's borderline flirtatious, he's got a secret love for humanity despite how they've wronged him, he's one of the best characters in gaming IMO

Excited to see him fully voiced in a new appearance

[worn knoll]

especially by ben starr, I've never found a performance of his to be lacking

[high cave]

i loved the effect they had on the voice in the cinematic trailer

[arctic narwhal]

lol it sounds like he is a troll to me. I didn't expect all this lore from "escape will make me god" but I appreciate it. do you remember how many games marathon had? I never knew it existed until this game

[arctic narwhal]

how old is this trailer? now I wanna hear it

[karmic sable]

3, without including Marathon 2026

they are avaible on Steam for free, thanks to the AlephOne port

[worn knoll]

A trilogy, all of which are free on steam if you enjoy a good boomer shooter

[arctic narwhal]

ayo? they stopped at marathon 3 and halo 3..

[high cave]

https://youtu.be/fvbEnWLRo1s?si=FoAa-h6BZbE5Bjm7

[worn knoll]

for reference he's the voice reading ozymandias in the background

[arctic narwhal]

ahh the reveal trailer. I gotcha I gotcha

[karmic sable]

He also voiced the "Death, the end of all things but the dreams" segment on the gameplay reveal trailer

I think

[worn knoll]

Halo 1 was originally set in the Marathon universe before Microsoft had them strip the branding since it was a game for Mac and they didn't want to send customers to someone else's products

You'll find that a bunch of the weapons and even enemy types from Halo originate in Marathon

[arctic narwhal]

oh wow what? marathon has more rep than I thought

[karmic sable]

I believe HALO was meant to be a spinoff of Marathon

Literally change the names on the enemies and you would have Marathon

[worn knoll]

Mhm, Cortana was meant to be, as the real sword is said to, made from parts of Durandal, containing the same rampant code

[karmic sable]

I hope we see the copy version of Durandal that he made before transferring himself to that Jjaro(?) ship

[worn knoll]

Marathon originated most of the ideas and concepts bungie constantly returns to

[arctic narwhal]

ohhh I hear Ben in the trailer now LOL don't think I noticed it at first since last time I heard him was in ff16 before e33 came out

[worn knoll]

hell, do you know why destiny is named destiny?

[karmic sable]

hell even in roots of Destiny, you will find Marathon referances

[arctic narwhal]

now this is some crazy lore right here. makes me want to learn more about him

[worn knoll]

It's named destiny because the last word of the Marathon trilogy is Destiny. "You are Destiny."

[karmic sable]

Also isnt the very first story arc of Destiny 1 similar to Marathon?

or gave referances to Marathon

[arctic narwhal]

?? this fr? bro what

[worn knoll]

Oh plenty, though I'm less familiar with destiny than I am with halo so I couldn't give specifics

[karmic sable]

yeah, Marathon Infinity ends with "You are Destiny"

[arctic narwhal]

it sounds like Marathon is the true God of BUngie

[karmic sable]

It is the core of Bungie

[worn knoll]

Mhm mhm. The bungie Mythos runs deep. Even Myth, the fantasy RTS game you'd think could have NOTHING to do with Marathon, has hints that its world plays by the same rules.

[arctic narwhal]

dang I never knew that. marathon was def before my time but bruh

[karmic sable]

we have some of the OG Marathon devs working on NuMarathon(what people cann Marathon 2026 to differentiate between OG Marathon)

[arctic narwhal]

I wonder why it took them this long to do anything with Marathon then? I never knew they had such a game that was connected to their other hits, especially Halo.

[worn knoll]

If you can bear pixel graphics, you should play them, they hold up about as well as Doom, albeit more confusing and maze-like at times. The control scheme is mostly modern, too, as it practically invented mouse aiming in fps games. Also, fun fact, dual wielding and rocket jumping (well doom had rocket propulsion, but not vertical jumps.)

[arctic narwhal]

looks like Marathon won in the end tho.

[karmic sable]

1: They were stuck with Destiny

Also i believe they choose Marathon as an IP to use while making an extraction shooter because of how rich it is

[worn knoll]

Mostly because they wanted to explore new things. I personally think they're bringing it back around because it seems like the most relevant universe they could put a live service PvP game in without compromising their classic storytelling, and sony no doubt was enforcing that they do one of those.

[karmic sable]

We knew Bungie was attempting at an extraction shooter before the Original reveal trailer came out, people figured it out from job listings

[worn knoll]

It's interesting how quick they were on the genre, you can somewhat tell too, it's got the bones of something that wasn't as influenced by recursive tarkov clones as some games

[karmic sable]

or was it that they were gonna do a pure PvP game

wait

yesterday we got an Outpost clip. Today we will probably get a Cryo Archive clip?

[arctic narwhal]

oof, I might have to check it out. oldest games I've played are ff7 classic and this jrpg from the 90s about saving gaia. I'll check it out on steam

[karmic sable]

they are teasing maps in its order from what it seems

[arctic narwhal]

yeah them being stuck with destiny makes sense. they did make 2 games I suppose

I'm pretty excited for it, I just hope the TTK isn't buns. I hate a TTK like cod

[worn knoll]

Seems to be higher than average, lower than ARC, though I haven't been in any playtests

[arctic narwhal]

I feel like a COD ttk shouldn't be in an extraction shooter

[worn knoll]

I mean, the base of the genre is one-shot-one-kill for the most part, so I think just about any ttk can work

[karmic sable]

We know they made it faster, though i dont know how compare-able to COD because the last COD i played was BO3

Also i cannot share info besides this because if i do i get bombed by Bungie

[worn knoll]

tarkov, hunt, etc all have ttks where a shot to the chest or head is insta-dead

[karmic sable]

Atleast Marathon has some features to mitigate the TTK

like DBNO and Sponsored kits, Rook etc

[worn knoll]

This isn't that, but it isn't quite ARC's "you can turn around a fight even when you're outnumbered and surprised"

[arctic narwhal]

is jinx's VA from league in this trailer? this woman at 5 mins sounds very familar

[karmic sable]

Whats her name?

[arctic narwhal]

oh man.. I gotta see how I feel about that

[karmic sable]

I am not a leage player so idk who voices Jinx

[arctic narwhal]

Ella Purnell

this woman at 5 mins has a popular VA I just can't tell who it is

[worn knoll]

Glitch? The runner in the punk looking shell? She's played by Erica Lindbeck

[arctic narwhal]

she gets smoked right after their chat

[worn knoll]

oh blackbird

[arctic narwhal]

oh the credits have their names

omg she was in evolve! maybe thats where I remember her voice

[maiden token]

https://tenor.com/view/marathon-marathon-game-blackbird-marathon-blackbird-mida-gif-7593384298362937856

[obsidian plover]

Gotteem

[scenic meteor]

I’m not opening that virus

[obsidian plover]

You already did you fat liar

[obsidian plover]

[frigid valley]

Tarkov be like
Oh whats that you either one shot or do nothing because of your ammo type

[twilit sparrow]

HUNT's arsenal is wild west era, you dont have automatic guns minus one that nobody uses
also
exfill shooters leg meta top game design good job nikita

in fact, im about to jump on HUNT right now thanks for reminding me

[obsidian plover]

[worn knoll]

Forgot to mention, that's also why "The Weapon" from Infinite is to be named Joyeuse. "My name is Cortana, of same steel and temper as Joyeuse and Durandal" is the full inscription. Even 343 knows not to break that prophecy.

[scenic meteor]

Everyone hyping up Durandel when he look like this 🤓

[frigid valley]

[worn knoll]

THAT IS MY HUSBAND YOU'RE CALLING A NERD Also no, he looks like a weird creepy screaming bald guy, which is very different.

[karmic sable]

even with 343, Halo cannot escape Marathon

[worn knoll]

The Bungie mythos is stronger than Bungie, once it's infused into a franchise it doesn't matter what becomes of it, the Myth remains

[maiden token]

how is this description different from the nerd emoji?
nerd emoji is creepy and bald

[worn knoll]

no buck teeth

[frigid valley]

playing the OG trilogy and seeing the marathon glyph everywhere

[maiden token]

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/marathongame/images/d/d8/Durandul_Face_Unkown.png/revision/latest?cb=20140114042124
he might you dont know

[worn knoll]

The Bungie Mythos started with Pathways, and never left. Everything always tells the same types of stories, imbued with the same aspects. Eternal Heroes, time as a construct, loops so large no one could ever see the whole, death and the drive to escape it, intelligence and the meaning of knowing everything, the end of your world. Different names. Different faces. Different Worlds. But the Myth lives on.

This is why I've rarely been afraid that the story of the new Marathon will be unfaithful - because Bungie never stopped writing for Marathon. It's all the same. Halo, Destiny, it doesn't matter the name it takes. We've done this all before. We will do it again. Into Darkness once more.

...EXCELERAIDER

[frigid valley]

Oh destiny what a convoluted mess of a story you are

[karmic sable]

I wish i could post the "Halo fans when they accidentally enter marathon.bungie.org/story" gif bro

[worn knoll]

MA-5B Assault Rifle = MA-75B Assault Rifle minus grenades
M6D Magnum = .44 Magnum Mega Class
Plasma Pistol = Zeus-Class Fusion Pistol
SPNKr = SPNKr (literally had the same name)
Plasma Rifle = Alien Weapon (2 version)
M7057 Flamethrower = TOZT-7 Backpack Napalm Unit

[maiden token]

bro's writing the bungie story manifesto

[worn knoll]

Sorry no I was just making sure I had the names right

[worn knoll]

Hunters are literally just still called Hunters!!! It's crazy how so many people don't know this

[frigid valley]

I fucking love the name the the SPNKr

[worn knoll]

WE BETTER HAVE IT

I'll be so sad if there's no SPNKr in numarathon

[frigid valley]

Microsoft says no

[worn knoll]

Bungie had the name first???

[quiet pulsar]

bungie has the rights

they even said "needler" in vidoc, they are that confident lol

[worn knoll]

If a name is in a game, and another company uses that name in a different game, and a sequel comes out to the first game, does the second game have superior rights?

[maiden token]

spnkr?
needler?
😨
what did she do wrong?

[quiet pulsar]

live

[quiet pulsar]

ip stuff

like adding "vidmaster" achievement in halo vs being vidmaster in marathon i think

[worn knoll]

I'm in agreement, I meant like, if a movie came out between star wars and star wars the empire strikes back that had a character named Luke, would they have to re-name Luke in the next movie?

[frigid valley]

Depends who owns the rights to said property and its complicated
hence why the Destiny bungie 20th anniversary had this is totally not a CE magnum gun

[karmic sable]

maybe not on release but probably on post release

[worn knoll]

Bungie owns full rights to Marathon, and the SPNKr first appeared in Marathon. Idk what else there is.

[karmic sable]

I mean the gold mod for Magnum MC Pistol which was on the April Alpha turns it to Halo's pistol/Forerunner exotic

[quiet pulsar]

bungie/marathon would have the rights then

[worn knoll]

You could just come to court with a video of someone loading into Marathon, seeing the copyright bungie icon, and then loading up a game while holding the SPNKr and like. definitely win.

[frigid valley]

im sure it'll appear at some point too
We got the Misriah shotgun

[worn knoll]

Misriah was in Marathon first too!!

The Misriah Massacre was why MIDA rose to power!

[quiet pulsar]

battle rifle and mida mini/multi tool were shown too

[frigid valley]

Never used MIDA in D2 because i didnt play PVP much and urm
scout rifles are dogshit

[karmic sable]

well you might want to

[frigid valley]

Apart from DMT
DMT my beloved

[karmic sable]

Its getting a Marathon themed ornament

[quiet pulsar]

they'll probably remaster the perks too

[frigid valley]

Im pretty done on destiny after the Final shape and Heresy i dont know what the hell they're doing with the story XD

[earnest ingot]

is there a new playtest recently？

[quiet pulsar]

9 very angy beings goofing around the system

3 died, spoilers for the number wars

[karmic sable]

there is appareantly a research playtest but you cannot sign up to that one, only random people from the old playtests are being chosen in very low quantity

[frigid valley]

I know of the IX but its such a writing crutch to go

Oh you know that big bad that was the biggest bad of all time and you killed WELL THIS NEW THING IS AN EVEN BIGGER BAD

[karmic sable]

and we are trying to stop its Prophecy from happening

[quiet pulsar]

"there are 9 beings that are in 4th dimention, we pulled one into 3rd dimention and it fckin died"

[karmic sable]

VI gaslit Dredgen Bael to be its Weapon to escape their dimension while the Inner Nine chose us as the Weapon

[quiet pulsar]

IX are not the "biggest bad" i think they are just bored

[frigid valley]

and the worse thing is that there is a FAR more interesting faction thats universally got the best story trough line. Love the Hive

[karmic sable]

from someone i heard, IX are interdimentional beings that love to do alot of trolling

[worn knoll]

i hate when this chat starts getting destiny on me I never played 😭

[karmic sable]

Love or hate the Nine, Lodi is the GOAT

[quiet pulsar]

i mean it is a bungie game

[worn knoll]

no I KNOW

it's not like y'all shouldn't

[uneven iron]

<// I don’t remember if it was this exact discord or not but I remember people were posting their AI uncropped versions of Craig Mullins artwork last time I was here and everyone was celebrating how cool it was. I personally identify as AI so whenever I am inspired by art that I see online, the moment it enters my brain and I later create a new artwork it is theft. Carl Sagan called us molecular machines and said in order to create an apple pie from scratch you must first invent the universe. I have analyzed the copyright office stance on AI artwork and it’s wildly inconsistent with current cultural norms. I myself find it impossible to to to integrate the thematic use of AI within the Marathon narrative narrative with this newfound policy of anti Basilisk sympathies. This post is a test test to see if these statements will will get me banned. Escape will make me God. //>

[worn knoll]

I just don't know jack shit so I have to go take a break while I wait for discussion to change

[karmic sable]

dude works on a secret goverment agency to monitor extra-dimensional beings, gets ripped away from his time to Kepler to be III's Emissary and he knew Ikora before the collapse

[quiet pulsar]

we need more bread crumbs in marathon tweets

[frigid valley]

i dont hate the IX i just think after John witness there are more interesting things that they could d o

*oh I dont know the Hive Civil holy war that should be happening that involves people that we know and care about already 😔 *

[worn knoll]

I'm fucking starving out here

my only respite is when someone who knows less than me about Marathon asks a question and I get to kindly inform them and watch them react

[worn knoll]

Nothing gets you booted or timed out here, besides whatever Neeyth did and saying the name of Blackbird's voice actor

[frigid valley]

Like a DID YOU KNOW "Colony ship for sale" is the insperation for "The Libary" of being the worst level inthe game

[quiet pulsar]

saying VA's name gets you booted?

[worn knoll]

lol it got me timed out earlier, something in her name triggers something automatic

[quiet pulsar]

ah it makes sense now lol

[nimble canyon]

Did you write this using chatgpt?

[scenic meteor]

I would assume so

[nimble canyon]

Feels like it.

[worn knoll]

no?

[nimble canyon]

Incorrect, if you talk about politics in certain ways that certain people don't like you get timed out.

[worn knoll]

improper grammar and punctuation in places, seemingly unrelated sentences, no AI-like phrases.

man people rly don't know how to detect these things. chatgpt simply would not write these two sentences in order

"I personally identify as AI so whenever I am inspired by art that I see online, the moment it enters my brain and I later create a new artwork it is theft. Carl Sagan called us molecular machines and said in order to create an apple pie from scratch you must first invent the universe."

If at all.

[karmic sable]

I hope we get cutscenes like The Phone Call from EOF campaign on Marathon's seasonal story

[nimble canyon]

Probably just automod being weird.

[worn knoll]

I feel like we've seen bits and bobs of proper cutscenes snuck in around the new Vidoc

scenes that don't show anywhere else, heavily filtered over and only in for a few frames during transitions

like some shot of a moon or planet exploding, some shot of an unidentified AI's face screaming, stuff like that

[karmic sable]

Yeah, we have seen those

but cant confirm or deny

[obsidian plover]

Yawn

[sullen vapor]

Is there a admin in here or a staff member?, just wondering if it would be ok to plug a edit/ short gmv i made of marathon if not totally cool, I wanna respect the rules

[karmic sable]

If you have done it, share it on #🎨marathon-community-art-chat, If not still share it but credit the creator of it

[sullen vapor]

I created it and will do thanks for the response!

[karmic sable]

Im not a mod, but i believe this is how it should be done

[sullen vapor]

Alright thanks bro

[grizzled summit]

NuCalorique

[tulip sedge]

ermmmmmmm... you look familiar

[tall flower]

I’m in Disney waiting for a bus

[karmic sable]

Well well well Sparky

[tulip sedge]

well well whaleeeee!

[karmic sable]

Been long time since we talked

[tulip sedge]

the last time we talked it was at a scam server.

[karmic sable]

Im still there, i just dont look at it

[obsidian plover]

What in the flip

[tulip sedge]

don't we all?

[tulip sedge]

it's not like that lol. it's just a game that we like to joke to be a scam.

[karmic sable]

Honestly I am only on the news channel for it

Anytime I look at Gen chat I feel my braincells slowly dying

I feel bad for its mods

[tulip sedge]

nahhhh I wouldn't blame you. it's pretty normal to step away from the game for a long time. me personally I just want it to be 1.0 already.

[karmic sable]

I still play the game though, mostly 3 times per week

[tulip sedge]

I take it back. you are more active than me lol.

[karmic sable]

Currently im just sitting on Marathon’s Closed Technical Test client vibing to the menu music

[tulip sedge]

really hope the preview weekend happens in February instead of a week before launch.

[karmic sable]

I assume it will either be late February or early March

[tulip sedge]

🤞

[karmic sable]

And hopefully we get the January news drop early

[quiet pulsar]

late february is more likely

[stone grail]

Happened to me yesterday but I got a warn instead of a timeout and my messages got nuked

[karmic sable]

for news?

Bungie confirmed it on their press release

for the news drop

[maiden token]

gotta love modern gaming
"omg I can't wait for the announcement to announce the announcement of the announced game that's been announced"

[stone grail]

When playtest

[maiden token]

to be announced :^)

[stone grail]

In the announcement ? The announcement that will be announced ? That announcement ?

[maiden token]

it's more likely than you think!

[kindred vigil]

Why is it on a press release and not something more people can see it

[karmic sable]

Idk

https://press.bungie.com/Vision-of-Marathon-ViDoc-premieres-explores-Marathons-darker-sci-fi-se its in here at the bottom

[stone grail]

Oh shit he’s alive

[karmic sable]

"More news to come in January 2026."

[kindred vigil]

Weird, that's the exact same thing on their news site of the marathon tab, yet doesn't have the January 2026 part

[karmic sable]

Yeah

[kindred vigil]

I guess press releases and a site just for general news probably has different rules or something

[karmic sable]

and the end tab where it summarizes the launch plan

[kindred vigil]

I kinda suspected news would be soon with how they're doing daily YouTube shorts at the moment seemingly

[karmic sable]

I assume they are soon

either today's D2 reset or next weeks we should get the Marathon bundle for D2

[twilit sparrow]

They should not give news in january @karmic sable , highguard is coming out jan 26th and its gonna overshadow marathon

[mystic gazelle]

💀 , 💀💀💀😭✌️

[kindred vigil]

This is true

[proven kernel]

watch it be a smashing success.

[mystic gazelle]

we are all playing highguard

[maiden token]

I just googled to check if highguard will have linux support and linux gamers are honestly the most delusional people on this planet
https://steamcommunity.com/app/4128260/discussions/0/691995483855462512/

[mystic gazelle]

@kindred vigil @copper field @scenic meteor let's squad up on highgard

[kindred vigil]

u added sink, and for that I'm out

[mystic gazelle]

BROOO

[maiden token]

sink only likes you cos he glazes teto man, get over him quick

[mystic gazelle]

if no sink then who 4th?

[maiden token]

me

[kindred vigil]

"add Linux support or cancelling this game"

oh no 0.86% of a userbase is gone

[jaunty crystal]

lets get high and hop on highguard

[mystic gazelle]

Ben: yes

[maiden token]

(who tf is ben?)

[kindred vigil]

Do we even know if high guard is 4 player, what if it's 3

[shy flame]

Do CyberTetos sing of electric pears?

[jaunty crystal]

bendrowned.wav

[mystic gazelle]

...__......

[maiden token]

this is fine anyway I'll only be working the british shift

[mystic gazelle]

what if it's 6

negative sixty seven.

[proven kernel]

67 member squads?

[crude bronze]

LMAO

[proven kernel]

wow

[crude bronze]

SNOWCRASH IN SHAMBLES

[stone grail]

Inb4 high guard is some moba

So 5 players

[twilit sparrow]

fun fact, highguard has 5k followers on X
concord had 10.9k

the difference is that highguard is made by veterans, concord was made by some activist who did money laundering

[dawn musk]

Checking this chat after ages and people still compare it to concord

Some people just want to hate smh

[stoic pivot]

they're not even talking about marathon they're just talking about highguard lmao

[stone grail]

Reading is hard in the TikTok era

[stoic pivot]

which is unironically a good comparison because they've had one poorly recieved trailer, done no other marketing, and they're releasing in a few weeks

like ?????????????????????????????????????????

[stone grail]

Still not sure why they’re doing the same shit again

[stoic pivot]

I swear highguard is some sort of money laundering scheme, I just can't prove it because it doesn't make any sense

[stone grail]

I had that theory for a bit with other games too so wouldn’t surprise me

[karmic sable]

I assume they arent posting on socials because whatever they post people will be negative towards them

the last announcement on TGA by Geoff REALLY hurt them

[stone grail]

Even he didn’t seem that much into it

It felt like he was held at gunpoint the entire announcement

[stoic pivot]

ok but surely atp either you delay it, or you market it, cause if you aren't marketing it then nobody will be interested, and if you want it to succeed then you have to delay it (since you're not marketing it)

[karmic sable]

I think they are gonna let the game speak for itself

which is a way, But it can definetly hurt the gane

[stoic pivot]

there's no way they actually intend it to succeed with how little anyone cares about it rn

[karmic sable]

like we saw with the April alpha of Marathon

[mystic gazelle]

wat a reading?

[proven kernel]

you do it with tarot cards.

[mystic gazelle]

tart?

[twilit sparrow]

we dont know the budget of highguard, concord was over 200 mils and it has the longest list of credits in a video game
it WAS a money launder scheme, there's no way

[kindred vigil]

I find it interesting in retrospect

Highguard has Ex- Concord(who were ex Bungie), Titanfall, apex devs,

In like for example, 2017 (where hero shooters would've been on the rise)— Do you know how crazy a Bungie+Titanfall Dev team game would've been for the masses compared to now

Now it's like a total recipe for a nuclear disaster man

[hasty umbra]

Tiktok has done irreparable damage to this generation.

[twilit sparrow]

with that artstyle? no shot 🤣

[kindred vigil]

No more so what the dev team would represent at the time

More accurately, I should've said 2018 cuz Bungie was not doing good in 2017, but you get it

You have like, the greatest gunplay dev team, and the team who made the greatest movement ever in a fps at the time that would be an elite combo unfortunately nowadays both studios are not exactly the best anymore

[twilit sparrow]

I sitll dont get how you go from designing gaming's most badass mechs in titanfall 2 to whatever the F is highguard supposed to be, guns on horses and magical shit, its literally puke

Could be a good game tho, we'll see

[kindred vigil]

Yeah the art style has a lot to be desired but hey the gameplay could genuinely be fun it's free unlike concord so there's 0 loss

if the game manages to be a cool 6/10 I'll be surprised

[vestal cedar]

ACT CALM

THE GAME IS RATED EVERYONE

[hasty umbra]

Metroid Prime 4 Is my least favourite of the prime series.
And I'm sad about it.

[vestal cedar]

AND I MEAN T FOR TEEN

[hasty umbra]

RATED M FOR MY MOMMY BOUGHT ME THIS.

[vestal cedar]

mommy glitch

[karmic sable]

We knew this for some time

[sonic swan]

i didn’t know people expected it to be m

[slate mirage]

when is the next playtest?

[karmic sable]

It was rated T on Xbox app for some time

[sonic swan]

it looks like the most T rated game ever

[magic phoenix]

Im so disappointed with the new Marathon updates.

[vestal cedar]

Well that’s news to me that the company that made the game and makes the video has been putting RP on everything for the last month

[magic phoenix]

I was so enthusiastic at the game being neon colored and bright. I was doing nothing but praising the games design. Then they spent all this time making the game darker?

What the hell? Who wants it darker colored? Puzzled

Losing interest in the game now

[sonic swan]

it’s still full of color they just sharpened it a bit

looks better now imo

[magic phoenix]

Its too shady

[latent gyro]

I'd rather an M rating tbh

[obsidian plover]

What if I carve carrots into cards. Can we do carrot cards?

[latent gyro]

Why do I feel like games these days are becoming more T rated to focus on younger audiences and movies are becoming more R rated to focus on older audiences

[hasty umbra]

Companies want more moolah

bigger player base, wider reach

[obsidian plover]

FUQ YOU PAY ME

[latent gyro]

Yeah, I just feel like it could make the Phor underwhelming with a T rating

[hasty umbra]

Metroid Prime 4 suffered to appeal to more people.

[latent gyro]

I wants a horror sci-fi extraction shooter

[sonic swan]

i mean it’s an easy T rating considering were playing as synthetic shells. why lose out on extra revenue with an unnecessary M rating

[latent gyro]

As long as their plan as they have it set is to stick to multiplayer only and not focus on story then it's fine

When I was a kid and I saw Halo was M rated I wanted to get my hands on it more and parents still buy the game for their kids regardless I'm js lol

Same thing is going to happen with GTA VI

[sonic swan]

no chance gta gets a T rating

[kindred vigil]

They mean kids buying it

[latent gyro]

No lol It's already M rated

[sonic swan]

ohh my b

yeah i bet they will but the draw of marathon will come from the gameplay where as kids wanted to play gta bc of how violent it was and you could do “whatever”

[sonic swan]

also welcome back from prison

[latent gyro]

My only real question is how Halo received an M rating while Marathon doesn't

[kindred vigil]

Uses red blood

[latent gyro]

It's not really about the rating but more the content

[pliant sonnet]

It's both yk

[kindred vigil]

And I think cuz the flood?

[sonic swan]

it gets brutal sometimes

[stone grail]

Hot take but Glitch pretty

[latent gyro]

So blue blood with decaying corpses in cybernetic shells makes it a T rating?

[sonic swan]

it’s not ridiculous to say that

[pliant sonnet]

That's a fridge temp water take

[kindred vigil]

I suppose so, u can get around the content ratings with blood colour changes, and since it's not a real person dying, it also circumvents that

And also they had different standards at the time

[sonic swan]

matter of fact how much would a glitch shell cost me

[kindred vigil]

Is why halo is rated T now

[latent gyro]

It's more just I expected an M rating with how the game is currently set, executing players with a knife to the face etc lol

Usually it's corpses and blood that make an M rating or language (which isn't a factor here)

[stone grail]

The blood color thing will always be dumb to me rating wise

[sonic swan]

it’s because we play as robots not humans

[stone grail]

At least it's not white like in some asian countries which creates really funny visuals

[latent gyro]

Yeah I mean when you're crawling you leave a trail of blood behind and it splatters out when you're stabbed lol it's just more of the concept of what makes it T instead of M

[kindred vigil]

It's also because it's not that graphically visually in game, yes it leaves a trail, but other than that it's blood splattering and trailing and decaying bodies with just them looking lifeless

There's no guts, organs, or things being violently ripped apart visually, so I guess cause of that its not considered that graphic

it may depend how graphically you depict gore as well the target that can be killed

[sonic swan]

you have my reddit upvote for this one gangster

[latent gyro]

Neither does halo, only difference is a corpse with red instead of blue blood

[kindred vigil]

these are just androids with pc cooling blood

[stone grail]

it depends on the country also

[kindred vigil]

Different standards and the flood had them exploding in guts when u kill them

[stone grail]

Some seem to care more about the blood itself than the implications or straight up gore, which is odd

Like what happened with the Metal gear white blood, but people still got dismembered

[kindred vigil]

And they use red blood instead of anything else

But it's mainly esrb standards changing

They used to be VERY sensitive back then due to GTA SA and some old fmv game, night trap?

[latent gyro]

I'm just curious what makes an ESRB rating difference from T to M lol from my original statement I just feel like T gets pushed to the limit a lot

[sonic swan]

🤖

[latent gyro]

Back in the day nearly every FPS had an M rating

[kindred vigil]

because they were overly sensitive about games

[latent gyro]

Except for a fine few like the early call of duty games

[stone grail]

Honestly as they should since you shoot people, but it makes sense it's lower now because desensitivation or whatever it's spelled

[kindred vigil]

Especially shooters

[sonic swan]

desensitized

[kindred vigil]

But now it's just kinda like no one really gaf anymore so why bother

[stone grail]

Dyslexia hero

[kindred vigil]

Kids know what guns are, they're commonly advertised to them as toys so it's probably not seen as a big deal anymore

[stone grail]

Always found that odd ngl

[kindred vigil]

A lot of things are odd, for certain

[stone grail]

Unrelated but Vecna Stanger things chase theme in DBD sucks ass

[scenic meteor]

Rev Mon amour

[pliant sonnet]

Yeah does the rating really matter

[scenic meteor]

You guys did not just shrimp me

[kindred vigil]

Not at all but it's a interesting topic for games cause they have been ever so changing throughout the history of esrb

[inland hatch]

good morning marathon enjoyers

[glass ravine]

morning marton enjoyer

[pliant sonnet]

https://tenor.com/view/jesus-ballin-mars-bars-gif-19910027

Jesus Ballin Mars bars

[scenic meteor]

I wish Rev would fw me

[stone grail]

Wait Once human still doesn't have a console release?

Isn't that game on phone ?

[kindred vigil]

It is on phone but it's targeted for 2026 on console

That's kinda normal for Asia based games they released on phones cause that's their biggest market along with pc

[scenic meteor]

Console don’t really get games fr anymore

[stone grail]

ONE GAME

[kindred vigil]

well in terms of Asia and gacha Xbox definitely don't

[pliant sonnet]

As pertains to color I am a fan of changes I like the idea of heavily chromatic colors being subject to environment and not just flat led lighting everywhere. It's cooler to have flatter neutrals of environment juxtapose the hyper synthetic chromas

[scenic meteor]

Rev you fw hearthstone battlegrounds right

[stone grail]

Got the feeling it's gonna shut down before it even release on console

[stone grail]

No why

[kindred vigil]

This bro has asked me to play hearthstone 3 times

[scenic meteor]

It’s a fun little game 🥀

[stone grail]

Never liked Hearthstone because i don't want to farm like crazy to get a decent deck or waste money on virtual cards

[kindred vigil]

It's his new fixation after league be easy it's more productive on the brain at least since it's cards

[scenic meteor]

Actually kinda true

[kindred vigil]

It could be worse Scooby could've been playing magic the gathering

[stone grail]

Fortnite card

[scenic meteor]

I never tried to get into magic I tried Yu gi Oh once but it’s too much deck building and synergy u need to manage

[kindred vigil]

That's all card games I'm afraid

[scenic meteor]

Hearthstone a little more simpler

[stone grail]

idk about that

[kindred vigil]

perfect for league players

Not destiny players cause it doesn't give you a legendary card from a kiosk

[scenic meteor]

Rev you ever played Xcom

[frigid valley]

it still is the whole concept is to take the bright simplistic nature of styles like Neo-Vectorheart and other graphic design elements and light it realistically. "Insert the short here"

[stone grail]

2 yes, great game

[scenic meteor]

Prob my most fav turn based of all time it’s so good

[kindred vigil]

Is it good for those who hate RTS? I hear a lot of XCOM glaze never anything bad about it

[scenic meteor]

I would think so it has no rts elements

[stone grail]

Yeah it's not an RTS at all, it's pure turned based

[scenic meteor]

It’s purely turn based if you don’t like turned based u won’t like Xcom

[stone grail]

There is a management aspect to the Avengers itself, your troopers, ressources, things you build

[kindred vigil]

I like a persona

[stone grail]

Which is in real time,technically but it never comes into play

[scenic meteor]

Ish

Not really tho

[kindred vigil]

What could u compareit 2

[magic rose]

For those that have played any of the play tests, how are you feeling about the runners that are available? Which ones are your favorite? I’m very much interested in blackbird.

[stone grail]

Nowhere close to personna it's not a character driven story, it's just "We need to save Earth from Alien scum, vive la résistance"

[scenic meteor]

Closest game I can compare it to isss 🤔

[scenic meteor]

Wasteland and mutant year maybe

[kindred vigil]

what is that

[scenic meteor]

Wasteland 3

[stone grail]

Scared that the medic becomes overpowered cuz healing being a huge deal in an extract shooter, since he essentially has infinite sustain but we need to play the actual game to be sure

[scenic meteor]

Damn Neeyth not versed with turn based games at all

[stone grail]

Wasteland is what used to be fallout

[scenic meteor]

Surely u kno about marvel midnight suns

Imagine that with no card system

[stone grail]

Isn't there a turn based gacha

[proven kernel]

porbably

[scenic meteor]

Honkai star rail but that’s more like persona

[kindred vigil]

plenty

[kindred vigil]

I KNOW FINAL FANTASY BE WUIET

[scenic meteor]

Oh wait it’s like girls front line 2 ik you know that game

[stone grail]

Actually i think XCOM is one of it's kind with all the mechanics i think

[kindred vigil]

I never played gfl and won't ever

[stone grail]

XCOM has a cover system which is very important and perma death on the soldiers, hence why it's hard

[kindred vigil]

Is it like gears tactics

[scenic meteor]

Idk what that is

[kindred vigil]

gears of war but xcom ig

[proven kernel]

Tactical rpg based in gears of war

pretty fun

[scenic meteor]

From looking at a screenshot it kinda looks like gears tactics

[kindred vigil]

Zcom is 60$ wtf

[scenic meteor]

It’s on sale pretty often u can prob get a cdkeys

[kindred vigil]

is there mods that make me win the game in 1 button without using my brain

[scenic meteor]

Easy difficulty should

I’m actually hurt Rev don’t know about battlegrounds that peak Unc gaming

[stone grail]

You can save scum

[inland hatch]

what is unc gaming

[uneven vortex]

Another month of anticipation and excitement folks

[scenic meteor]

Games for Uncs

[inland hatch]

sounds like 67

[kindred vigil]

Totally unaccurate battlegrounds or

[scenic meteor]

Hearthstone battlegrounds Neeyth 🥀

[kindred vigil]

MF no one is playing hearthstone 💔

[stone grail]

Cuz it's ass

[inland hatch]

blizzard 🤡

[scenic meteor]

💔

[stone grail]

Not even that, Hearthstone is like a full time job to get cards unless you pay

[scenic meteor]

Og hearthstone is ass

Battlegrounds is rng autobattler nothing is saved after games

[stone grail]

autobattler, you made it sound even worse

[kindred vigil]

auto battlers ❌

[scenic meteor]

🥀

[stone grail]

if i want AFK gaming EVE exists

[kindred vigil]

There's more ppl playing cookie run kingdom than hearthstone Scooby 💔🥀

[cloud arch]

Hi! I'm new here would love to know how to sign up for any early access playtests

[stone grail]

There are none currently

[kindred vigil]

You cannot do that for there's no play tests currently

[cloud arch]

sad

[kindred vigil]

but if you know how to lucid dream you could technically play it

[cloud arch]

ha

that was almost funny

[scenic meteor]

Rev would u play overcooked with me 🥺

[inland hatch]

poor scooby always tryna get people to play

[scenic meteor]

Only Tetra fw me fr

[stone grail]

I'm good

[frigid valley]

gotta Arc on My raiders before Marton comes out

[stone grail]

Arc my don't shoot

[inland hatch]

sending trigger nades your way

and macroing my kettle

[pliant sonnet]

Arc raiders has been fun it's just not a lot to do if I'm being honest

[frigid valley]

Mmm yes that AI generated voice over I fucking hate it

[pliant sonnet]

I noticed the AI voicing fast it sound really bad a lot of the time

[inland hatch]

the PvP is fun, but im starting to get jaded from the 3rd person bs

[pliant sonnet]

PvP is nice but it's just pvp for the sake of pvp

[frigid valley]

i dont mind the game itself playing it with friends is fun but just the
opens box

litreally the least interesting loot possible

i open this box and its like 2 blues and a green Great

[pliant sonnet]

The loot yeah is not very interesting its more resource management

The rare stuff for the most part is not actually that good especially the guns

[kindred vigil]

I literally played finals with u

[proven kernel]

Everyone said you were good.

[frigid valley]

I hate the fact i feel like the game pushes me away from PvP because where are the guns

I dont know what the loot rate for guns and stuff i actually use in marton will be but i hope its more

[inland hatch]

my stash is like 80% guns hehe

[pliant sonnet]

It's a crafting gamr

You minmax scraps and then make the stuff to make the gun

Which I don't know how much I like that loop

[inland hatch]

be a pvp god and just take guns from others

[pliant sonnet]

Too many free kits to actually be worth

The secret is to play trios on locked blue gate or queen and play winner keeps all

[inland hatch]

yes

[frigid valley]

exactly its like

oh i can just use the free kit all the time?
i get a
free gun
sheild
healing

[delicate vigil]

even without 3rd person arc wouldnt be a good pvp game, its a shame

[pliant sonnet]

Yeah the game has become a relaxing farming Sim for me like stardew

In solos my aggression is so low too nobody even shoots

[frigid valley]

i mean same

[inland hatch]

am i the only one the enjoys the skirmishes on arc 🤔

[pliant sonnet]

Extract is like my loot is full and it's technically good just nothing exciting

[scenic meteor]

One time but I was kinda ass I’d understand if u want a new teammate

[pliant sonnet]

I do but you need people to play with

[frigid valley]

mmmm yes rusty tools and a duck

[kindred vigil]

No such thing as ass I had fun with you that's all that mattered to me

[pliant sonnet]

I had a route I would do I would leave eith like 10x rusty tools

[maiden token]

aww <3

[delicate vigil]

skirmishes are fun but its so hard to profit, free kits everywhere, getting 3rd, 4th, 5th partied

[frigid valley]

ive only got a few hours so im still learning