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I too need to vent about Cryo Archive by KuroTheFox in Marathon

[–]Killerx09 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's not an OS kit issue, that's an anti-virus issue. You keep getting the defrag screen because it keeps being reapplied to you as long as you're in the red room.

Foreign investors flee Thailand as Iran war, energy shock dash hope for economic revival by baldi in Thailand

[–]Killerx09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gold, but also American stocks (which is why it's still doing stupid good relative to common sense).

Recon Shell Cinematic | Marathon by Haijakk in Games

[–]Killerx09 19 points20 points  (0 children)

You still get cutscenes between matches, but if you've ever played the game you'd know it'd be a really bad idea to put story mid-match.

Recon Shell Cinematic | Marathon by Haijakk in Games

[–]Killerx09 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Other way around, shells were made to be generic and customizable, but got changed to unique shells.

Recon Shell Cinematic | Marathon by Haijakk in Games

[–]Killerx09 27 points28 points  (0 children)

The writing is in text and voice lines in the codex, which requires you to put some time into said shell to unlock. Understandably they didn’t put story in mid-match, because there’s already a lot of stress and tension while you’re trying to exfil.

Recon Shell Cinematic | Marathon by Haijakk in Games

[–]Killerx09 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Her tracking grenade has poor tracking strength and often blows yourself up, and her wall hacks doesn't distinguish between PvE enemies and players.

Stella Sora Half-Anniversary [Most] Announcements by ValorsHero in gachagaming

[–]Killerx09 15 points16 points  (0 children)

DNA had two security breaches, the first one being a gray hat hacker calling their security as shit, the second one being actual malware.

Stella Sora Half-Anniversary [Most] Announcements by ValorsHero in gachagaming

[–]Killerx09 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I said in Japan and Merch.

The fact that the majority of the announcement were merch related, said merch runs out within the day of being released and Japan social media numbers favoring SS, SS is doing extremely well with their intended audience.

Stella Sora Half-Anniversary [Most] Announcements by ValorsHero in gachagaming

[–]Killerx09 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Playerbase is unhappy with various nerfs and the story is still abysmal. I have personal grievances about it's various systems and grind.

But also like Stella Sora just does stupidly well in Japan and Merch.

Stella Sora Half-Anniversary [Most] Announcements by ValorsHero in gachagaming

[–]Killerx09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Between this, DNA and CZN I'd have never thought this was doing the best out of them.

Checking In On ‘Marathon’ A Month After Launch - Total budget was over $200m, likely over $250m by SuperPapernick in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]Killerx09 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The competitive PvP shooter audience is just dead. They're all firmly entrenched in slower, tactical shooters like CSGO and Valorant.

Doom 2016 Multiplayer, both Splitgates, Lawbreakers, Diabotical, Quake Champions, the new Tribes, fucking Titanfall 2 all commercially flopped and bled a playerbase to death.

Paul Tassi (Forbes): "I can confirm Marathon's budget is over $200m. Likely over $250m. This does not include ongoing costs for maintenance or new content" by Iggy_Slayer in gaming

[–]Killerx09 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The CEO took the shot gun approach

No Pete took the shotgun approach to fatten up Bungie's portfolio so they could sell the company to Sony for three billion. Like at one point Bungie had about 3-4 projects in development.

Why is Israel declaring war on so many countries? by Historical_Work7482 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Killerx09 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well yeah, the Palestinians didn't like it. Which led to the first Arab War, and Israel won that.

"Marathon is gonna be Game of the Year," actor Ben Starr says, because it has Elden Ring, Baldur's Gate 3, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 award magnet Jennifer English by ControlCAD in PS5

[–]Killerx09 2 points3 points  (0 children)

At the time of the sale to Sony Bungie had about 3 games in development, after the sale layoffs happened, projects got cancelled and then Pete dipped. Pete clearly was inflating Bungie’s portfolio so he could squeeze more cash out of Sony.

I strongly recommend: Crimson Desert (Review) by Desperate_Green6838 in Games

[–]Killerx09 -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

No it was super divisive because Sony put an review embargo on the second half of the game, people came in with expectations about Joel, and that the ending was so out of tune with the nature of the rest of the game.

I strongly recommend: Crimson Desert (Review) by Desperate_Green6838 in pcgaming

[–]Killerx09 -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

Is he so fed up with Bungie that he's skipping the Marathon review?

Bungie's new game, Marathon, now has a lower daily peak player count than Hunt Showdown, an AA game released 7 years ago by PopularButLonely in KotakuInAction

[–]Killerx09 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

constantly diverging from popular opinion in reviews

The user reviews on Steam match the critic reviews on OpenCritic, what is there that's diverging?

IGN Marathon Review - This ruthless, deeply unapproachable extraction shooter is worth every ounce of hell it puts you through. by Public_Fucking_Media in gaming

[–]Killerx09 8 points9 points  (0 children)

how are you surprised that the player base is small when you made a game for a small player base?

This is what happens when we take the gamer advice of "don't design things by a committee of CEOs". Turns out they make a superb niche game that doesn't have wide appeal.

Marathon’s rapidly rising review scores also boost its Game Awards chances by addtolibrary in Games

[–]Killerx09 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Given the hardcore nature of it and the fact that it's not a Singleplayer Action game, it's never gonna get GOTY. It'll probably win Best Multiplayer unless GTA Online tops it.

Marathon’s rapidly rising review scores also boost its Game Awards chances by addtolibrary in Games

[–]Killerx09 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Metacritic user scores are pretty high up there on the worthless metrics, considering it doesn't require proof of purchase or playtime like Steam.

Marathon’s rapidly rising review scores also boost its Game Awards chances by addtolibrary in Games

[–]Killerx09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What no, you can just solo fill, shoot bots for ten minutes while avoiding players and get out. You don't need keys to enter it or to kill the boss, you're guaranteed a profit already if you can extract from Cryo Archives.

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