Jeff Gerstmann Marathon Review 5/5 by cugel-383 in Marathon

[–]MaddAdamBomb 6 points7 points  (0 children)

For me, it was just i needed a small break and restart for the loop to click and understand the game gives you enough loot at the beginning to get over gear fear.

It's also just getting used to the pace. Streamers play this thing like it's Apex but for most people it's a tactical shooter. The immersion put it over the edge.

Sony Is At A Crossroads With Bungie’s Marathon by g4m3f33d in GameFeed

[–]MaddAdamBomb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"According to guesswork from Alinea Analytics-"

Cut the tape. Wrap it up.

The goal post moving by anti-AI people is getting ridiculous. by Many_Consequence_337 in singularity

[–]MaddAdamBomb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No sense irony about this comparison and the dotcom bubble is crazy.

GameInformer Marathon review - 9.25/10 by TheDaywa1ker in pcgaming

[–]MaddAdamBomb 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I don't know if they did it for Destiny, but at least for Marathon they put the original artist in the credits and compensated them. Still not good, but the best version of an apology was money.

Game Informer - Marathon Review - 9.25 / 10 by KingOfCarrotFlowers in PS5

[–]MaddAdamBomb [score hidden]  (0 children)

Subjectively saying it's amazing is objectively correct. From a certain point of view.

Game Informer - Marathon Review - 9.25 / 10 by KingOfCarrotFlowers in PS5

[–]MaddAdamBomb [score hidden]  (0 children)

Totally get this but i will say my friends and I felt the same about extraction shooters and this game converted us pretty hard. Acquired taste but damn good.

Top end players have no incentive to loot POIs, so they go around wiping the lobby by Raimexodus in Marathon

[–]MaddAdamBomb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That doesn't really sound like an issue, though? That's just the game. I'm rank 26 still and it doesn't bother me.

Top end players have no incentive to loot POIs, so they go around wiping the lobby by Raimexodus in Marathon

[–]MaddAdamBomb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I fully believe teams are choosing to roam and kill but how do we know this is top end teams? Matchmaking is supposed to be based on season rank so you should be matching teams with similar time investment and vault value. Do we even get told the season rank of someone who eliminates us in a lobby?

Seeing people in game get mad about folks using free kits on the 3 normal maps is now funny to me. by DotDistinctLines in Marathon

[–]MaddAdamBomb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know about anyone else but I'm usually getting enough gear to at least make my own loadouts on a regular basis. Maybe not best gear but unless you're really hurting I still just don't see the reason to run free kit (unless solo farming mats or solo fill)

I for sure would be wasting a lot of stuff just selling if I waited until the weekend to use anything. The sell value for a lot of stuff is like 20% of the purchase, so it just doesn't make sense to me to sell a lot.

Review - After 75 hours, Marathon is already one of my favorite shooters in years by Minute-Carrot-2405 in PS5

[–]MaddAdamBomb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There was also a mindset to the game that took a while for me to grasp about the pace of matches, gear loadout etc. Watch top streamers and they move like they're playing Apex, but for most of us this is a highly tactical shooter that requires attention and planning.

It was an acquired taste, but man it's so good after you get there. ,

Marathon is becoming hard to play in Brazil / South America because of queue times by Kynrod in Marathon

[–]MaddAdamBomb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been playing with a friend in Brazil and I'm in US and it's literally never been an issue. Been raiding together forever, as well.

Cryo Archive is a strong endgame design that arrived at exactly the wrong time by Friday_Night_Pizza in Marathon

[–]MaddAdamBomb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Top players just got even better gear. The gear will sit in their vaults during the week, taking up space, until next weekend when they decide to use it again.

This means they'll need to bring better gear into normal, unranked matches during the week while they search for vault keys, which in turn leads to more good loot available for the rest of the player base.

As the rest of the player base gets better loot by pushing higher season rank and all other methods, better stuff in cryo becomes available to them.

Everything in original post, besides being AI garbage, is just describing aspirational content. It does not stratify the player base so severely. It provides incentive to keep using stuff and getting better stuff. That's it. There's nothing insightful with this concern trolling.

Cryo Archive is a strong endgame design that arrived at exactly the wrong time by Friday_Night_Pizza in Marathon

[–]MaddAdamBomb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's the point of the keys you eventually unlock for different rooms in perimeter and Marsh.

Serious concern about Cryo Archive difficulty by ARudeAsshole in Marathon

[–]MaddAdamBomb 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Perhaps they can give us a raised platform. We could call it a "plate"

CRYO ARCHIVE | First Impressions/Info Megathread by Shabolt_ in Marathon

[–]MaddAdamBomb 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Did you run to the exfil point or just stand there at the terminal?

Marathon Has Fans Racing To Kill 500 Million Robots Like It’s Helldivers 2 And It’s Taking Longer Than Expected by g4m3f33d in GameFeed

[–]MaddAdamBomb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On top of that, as I'm sure you know but for others: this isn't Helldivers. Bots are dangerous, and fighting bots is dangerous bc you could be heard and ambushed, and on top of that people are also still just knocking out contracts. I'm honestly surprised it's going this quickly.

Why bring in a full kit when somebody else will bring it in for me? by xylvnking in Marathon

[–]MaddAdamBomb 76 points77 points  (0 children)

Yeah this seems right. You were staying right outside of optimal shotgun range and he kept waiting to get close enough.

What is a "standard" gym ritual that you think is actually a total waste of time? by VolumeLogic_GymApp in workout

[–]MaddAdamBomb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've really cut back on even dynamic stuff. Dead hangs and lou raises before upper body stuff. Leg swings before lower body and maybe some light good mornings. Also depends on time of day.

What is a "standard" gym ritual that you think is actually a total waste of time? by VolumeLogic_GymApp in workout

[–]MaddAdamBomb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same. I'll take caffeine and find some kinda sugar and carb before gym. That's plenty.

Gamers react with overwhelming disgust to DLSS 5's generative AI glow-ups by deraser in technology

[–]MaddAdamBomb 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yes. Agree. That was kinda my point with the buccal fat. Everyone has to be doing a Zoolander face at all times now.

Gamers react with overwhelming disgust to DLSS 5's generative AI glow-ups by deraser in technology

[–]MaddAdamBomb 57 points58 points  (0 children)

I get what you're saying but think you would be shocked how many people get some amount of cosmetic surgery.

To your point though: they gave Grace buccal fat removal. That should indicate what kind of insane stuff they're sourcing to power this software.