Robert Stoneback wrote: "With Halo: Reach, Bungie has ended its tenure of one of the most influential series in the video game industry. We are all familiar with the accolades by now – Halo was the Xbox’s killer app, the series that legitimized Microsoft’s stake in the console business, the herald of Xbox Live, and a multi-million dollar, platinum gajillion-seller franchise."
The Marathon Duo queue test ends as Bungie confirms its return in Season 2, with new experimental playlists already on the way.
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Its neat especially since not everyone might have two friends playing it. Makes it more personal to go at in duos.
It's 2026 and basic match making features in MP games are still being drip fed to an audience that still gets excited over said basic feature being implemented.
Darryl Linington from Notebookcheck.net writes: "Early hands-on time with Marathon, spanning roughly 10 hours, points to a distinctive extraction shooter with strong shell-based class design, layered faction progression, surreal presentation, and a dense UI that still needs smoothing out."
Almost 16,000 reviews on Steam currently has the game sitting on a very positive 90% Not sure if it has the player numbers but those who are playing seem to be enjoying themselves.
On Steam, you have to have bought the game, in order to play. On metacritic, ANYONE can review it. I'll leave it for you to decide which one matters more.
Replies(1)The game is really really bad. So generic boring and lifeless. UI is terrible. Bad and slow gameplay. Not sure who gives the go ahead for these games. Insane all that money companies just throw away for no reason. Nobody a asking for these games
You haven't played it. That much is apparent from your comment. Gameplay is FAR from slow and boring. I do agree the UI definitely needs to be re-worked. But then again, you're just repeating a complaint you're reading about, not actually experiencing.
Can you show any proof you've actually played it, by sharing your PSN ID or Steam profile? Nah, guessed as much.
Gunplay is the best thing about the game. To call it bad is wrong. Just because it isn't a twitch shooter doesn't mean it's slow, not everything has to play the same. Everything else is generic I agree.
Yes I am. But tell me ,with goty games do you play? Have you even played Marathon? If not ...S T F U!!
So sick and tired of the hate BS 🤮🤮
Bungie has fully settled the Destiny 2 Red War copyright lawsuit with writer Matthew Martineau, ending a year-long legal fight.
I wouldn't exactly call it the influential series in the world (story-wise anyway, never much played multiplayer :D) but Bungie made a bold move and I applaud them for it. It took guts to leave such a beloved series behind. But now with that being said, they went independent and signed on with... Activision.
I understand why they did it, they wanted to stay independent... but why Activision? Many hate Kotick, and chances are he'll ruin them.
Let me just say, I hate The Library level.
Bungie is one of those success stories you don't see often enough in gaming. A small time developer that comes out of basically nowhere and creates a game that reinvents a genre.
I did always feel like maybe Halo could have been 4 or 5 games long.
You shouldn't end a game with a lackluster boss battle and cut out in what is essentially the middle of a cutscene. (Looking at you Halo 2)
I would not be surprised if Activision gets Bungie working on a new Call of Duty game, not sure how I feel about that, but it could happen.
It's good that Bungie has finished making Halo games. The series gameplay formula was holding back their creativity; they couldn't mess around with the gameplay too much without upsetting the millions of Halo fans. A new series will allow them to finally innovate again.
I think Reach is great but it's feels old school.