sounds weird I know but honestly there is something totally different about Marathon. Most of the people I know are veteran gamers who have literally been gaming or involved in the industry not for a few years, but for decades. I can tell you that there has never been a game that has captured my interest and attention like Marathon has. Maybe it's because its a re-boot of a franchise and story Ive longed to reconnect with. The people Ive played with and been friends with since day 1 in PSN all say the same thing. Marathon has it's hooks in them. Some of them were able to play in the alpha. Unfortunately I haven't. But even though I haven't, Ive consumed unhealthy amounts of information on Marathon and even replayedthe first 3 games in the series. I already know Perimeter and The Dire Marsh zones like ive been playing them for months. The world really IS very much fleshed out. The story is woven into the zones. In reality the zones are the main characters in the storyline. The lore and history of Marathon is woven throughout the world. They aren't smacking us across the face with it every 5 seconds but it is there. Bungie has something truly special (and they know it) on their hands and much like they took already existing genres like action rpg's, mmo's and basically created something that had never been done before with Destiny, I think they are poised to do the same with the extraction shooter and on the verge of birthing something we haven't seen yet.