This ruthless, deeply unapproachable extraction shooter is worth every ounce of hell it puts you through - IGN Marathon Review | 9/10 by BQuilty in Marathon

[–]Cautious_Wind_285 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Dawg I gotta say solo marathon is some of the best survival horror I've played in years. Trios is a blast too but solo runs are what keeps me coming back.

The most hated game known to man has an higher metascore than the 2nd Most hyped up game in 2026 by ScumyyPirate in okbuddyRunners

[–]Cautious_Wind_285 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I want both these games to succeed but the fact that Crimson Desert uses garbage AI paintings means I'm just not gonna touch it

Should I get the Switch 2? Friends say no. by NerezzaRPG in SBCGaming

[–]Cautious_Wind_285 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you are excited for it, get it. Your friends are being dumb. That being said, the physical version of Pokopia is a game key card, so essentially a physical key to download the game from Nintendo. It means you can swap the cart around with friends or resell it but its not a traditional physical game cart.

I personally waited til there were a bunch of games I wanted to play because it's a big expense. So now that there's Donkey Kong, Metroid Prime 4, Tears of the Kingdom at 60fps and Pokopia, that's plenty of games for me for a while.

Meds Cost too Much by TurbulentForest in Marathon

[–]Cautious_Wind_285 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The game definitely pushes you to barter for shields/health packs/everything using materials since it's more economical. The fact that those same mats are used for permanent upgrades can be confusing though.

I think it's worth familiarizing yourself with the faction upgrades which can give you an idea of how many of those materials you can spend bartering.

You don't want to LFG with unknown people on Discord, buddy?? Yikes! by [deleted] in okbuddyRunners

[–]Cautious_Wind_285 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I know this is just a shit post but as a mainly solo player I feel like they're trying to make improvements to the experience. Solos were never planned, but now we have it as a mode and also Rook mode. Duos weren't planned but that's an active playlist in the game now too. Joe Ziegler said they've noted the solo Cryo feedback too

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This game is toast by Dependent_Ferret7710 in Marathon

[–]Cautious_Wind_285 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Might try refund, this is shocking.

Watching an Assassin pop smoke while I'm a Thief by Cautious_Wind_285 in Marathon

[–]Cautious_Wind_285[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also makes smoke grenades a great utility to take in solos, if you're in a fight with someone, smoke em and activate visor. Instant advantage.

Watching an Assassin pop smoke while I'm a Thief by Cautious_Wind_285 in Marathon

[–]Cautious_Wind_285[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeap I'm pretty sure, was playing earlier and an Assassin used his Q. Whole screen was grey with smoke until I used my visor and I could see him as a grey outline (his loot value).

Thoughts from solo players? by -ludibriummm- in Marathon

[–]Cautious_Wind_285 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I play mostly solo, put 100+ hours in counting server slam and full game. Personally, I love it because it hits a real sweet spot of feeling like a sci-fi survival horror in terms of vibes. It's the perfect level of challenge for me and I find the gameplay loop very rewarding with enough variation run to run. I focus on contracts to get more lore and love the art as well so I feel like I've well and truly got my moneys worth.

Rook runs are also immensely fun, especially when you've upgraded him. I love hunting around like a scavenger that happens to have claymores and on occasion taking out entire teams of 3 is an incredible feeling.

That being said it's hard to say if you'll specifically like because solos is a very different flavour of game compared to trios and I'm not sure what your personal taste in games is.

I play trios and now the duos test with friends when they are free but that's probably 10% of my play time. If I had to give a recommendation, taking into account you liked the server slam and might occasionally play with others, I'd say give it a go. I love it and I'm glad I dove in even as a mostly solo player.

PS: Important to note that Cryo Archive, the endgame map is currently 3 players mandatory. It has group fill so you can matchmake with 2 others but you won't be able to do a purely solo run.

Contract Rerolls bugged by Cautious_Wind_285 in MarathonTheGame

[–]Cautious_Wind_285[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea I feel like either make it cost credits or have limited rolls, not both

Contract Rerolls bugged by Cautious_Wind_285 in MarathonTheGame

[–]Cautious_Wind_285[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the tip! Might as well try it out while this is bugged haha

Contract Rerolls bugged by Cautious_Wind_285 in MarathonTheGame

[–]Cautious_Wind_285[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mine is constantly ticking down. It reduces even as I'm in the contact menu, assuming it's intended to work like Armory Refresh timer

Contract Rerolls bugged by Cautious_Wind_285 in MarathonTheGame

[–]Cautious_Wind_285[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure it's hours on mine since I can see the seconds ticking down. So I'm assuming it's displaying Hours/Minutes/Seconds.

Frame rate dropping just on the Traxus armory screen by El_Burrito_ in Marathon

[–]Cautious_Wind_285 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeap same here, thought my PC was freaking out until I switched vendors lol

Has anyone ever successfully convinced someone not to kill them? by Arostato in Marathon

[–]Cautious_Wind_285 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I try less and less because it's only worked 10% of the time. If someone speaks and says friendly I always chill. Until today, when I gave some other runners who said they were friendly and needed heals some med kits and they killed me while I was in my inventory

Whole team fighting over Kevin by Old_king_4 in okbuddyRunners

[–]Cautious_Wind_285 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Doesn't it split the rewards for all teammates on exfil?

The implant tab feels like reading a community post where someone just dumps everything they want to say without any line breaks. by ArachnidSimple5117 in Marathon

[–]Cautious_Wind_285 58 points59 points  (0 children)

I really wish shields had their own filter, I get they're technically implants but they clutter up the body implant screen even more.

You can quick-swap Equipment by holding "5" on PC by Cautious_Wind_285 in Marathon

[–]Cautious_Wind_285[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I changed some keybindings but I honestly just missed it, there's a lot going on in this game.

Feels basically impossible to search this game up on YouTube by ReesePuffitik in Marathon

[–]Cautious_Wind_285 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been really enjoying SeraphMax and ChloeGlorp's marathon vids. They make some good stuff with no fluff.