Bungie has issued an official statement, they are throwing an artist under the bus and pledging to make it right with the original artist.

This is a developing story.

  • KoboldCoterie@pawb.social
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    2 days ago

    This new game has essentially no relation besides name and logo to the old Marathon games. Sadly, because the old ones were the shit.

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      1 day ago

      Calling this a Marathon game makes no sense, and I don’t just mean aesthetically. The business case can’t possibly be there, either.

      Anyone who has a nostalgic attachment to Marathon (👋) won’t be interested in this new game, and anyone interested in this new game probably doesn’t care about the name “Marathon.”

      On top of that, there’s the fact that Marathon kind of looked like Halo. When Bungie made Halo, they were clearly taking after their own art style from their previous games. Which means Bungie could have announced that they’re making a singleplayer first person shooter that kind of looks like Halo. Everyone would have lost their minds. Instead, they announced yet another live service game, and no one is interested.

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      2 days ago

      How dare you.

      I loved the Marathon games. They were better than Doom!

      Edit; My bad, I thought you said they “Were shit,” instead of “The shit.”

      My bad. Carry on.

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        My vent core feels retroactively unblasted by this revelation. You really can’t expect anything good from any of the major studios anymore these days.