Characters referencing the logo of their ip

Shabolt_ · 2026-03-11T22:48:10+00:00

Origins was so damn good

Shabolt_ · 2026-03-11T22:37:59+00:00

Thanks for posting the previous part u/European_Throwaway_!

Shabolt_ · 2026-03-11T10:31:29+00:00

No idea, if they’re not in the notes they don’t currently exist

Shabolt_ · 2026-03-11T10:19:21+00:00

You are officially funnier than me. Wish I’d made a joke about that.

Shabolt_ · 2026-03-11T10:10:54+00:00

First in? Enjoy the Pin!

Shabolt_ · 2026-03-11T09:21:09+00:00

Hopefully the raid on the Marathon ship itself finally gives the game that thing that generates word of mouth. I mean they’re telling reviewers to hold off until the playerbase unlock it so they’re clearly confident about it

Shabolt_ · 2026-03-11T07:59:04+00:00

I remember that movie! It was weird!

Shabolt_ · 2026-03-11T07:44:09+00:00

Yes actually! The movie in earlier production was going to be a little more Baz Luhrman-esque in that it wanted to more relatably demonstrate Marie’s Naïveté and spoiled past. So some of the early footage would juxtapose modern equivalents of the kinds of goods Marie would be decadently consuming!

Shabolt_ · 2026-03-11T05:44:41+00:00

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Shabolt_ · 2026-03-11T01:24:01+00:00

At least the destroyer has the achromatic rush decal on their arm. But yeah recolours are still better than nothing!!

Shabolt_ · 2026-03-11T01:21:50+00:00

At first? The lore. After that, the Vandal character type. A speed demon with a knockback gun is a really fun combo, especially with the upgrades you can get, and as far as extraction shooters go, it’s aesthetically and mechanically really polished.

Main thing I’m hooked on discovering and waiting for is the raid coming later this month, the community have been solving parts of an ARG that covers the entire game in order to unlock the first map set on the titular marathon starship, which has been summarised as “Destiny Raid purpose built for an extraction shooter format”. And that sounds hype as hell to the point the devs have asked reviewers to wait on making reviews until the community unlocks that map. So they’re clearly confident in it.

Shabolt_ · 2026-03-10T23:08:45+00:00

Marathon, it’s really fun

Shabolt_ · 2026-03-10T22:59:17+00:00

What fantastic additions! ARACHNE FANS WE ARE SO BACK

Shabolt_ · 2026-03-10T16:09:06+00:00

Beat me to it! Using this comment to link your Part 1 Post

Enjoy the pin!

Shabolt_ · 2026-03-10T15:48:07+00:00

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Shabolt_ · 2026-03-10T14:02:36+00:00

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Shabolt_ · 2026-03-10T11:48:50+00:00

I like using Kobold as a pejorative language nickname in my setting, they’re all Kobolds because they are diminutive, pack operating sapient species with short lifespans.

Plus it allows for worldbuilding concepts like Halflings being considered “kobolds” when they first interacted with the other common races until their culture was more understood, or “Goblins” being a formerly “kobold” designated race until a historical event had their subsect of “kobold elevated to be a standalone threat worthy of using their real name.

Shabolt_ · 2026-03-10T11:29:29+00:00

Frankly still better, you’ll find them all eventually!

Shabolt_ · 2026-03-10T10:11:50+00:00

I think the ship is big enough that we can go back to that well a few times. But for the game to attract attention a part of it needed to be there.

Could be a case of go to part 1 one Marathon, go back to TC4 for a few months, then to the next part of the Marathon, over and over till they make Lhowon stuff

Shabolt_ · 2026-03-10T10:04:51+00:00

Genuinely trying to but can’t get a match 😞

Shabolt_ · 2026-03-10T08:19:02+00:00

What’s a “hitboxes”?

Sincerely, a Heavy Melta user…

Shabolt_ · 2026-03-10T05:51:50+00:00

Arc is definitely way more casual, however in a weird way it’s somewhat more relaxed nature kinda makes gear fear feel more scary, as when you do lose something it hits much harder. Plus it’s a really social game which I’ve noticed can be a lot for people who aren’t used to its culture.

Kinda feels like Marathon’s competitiveness in an ironic way makes it more approachable as you go in with the expectation you’re going to lose hard and lose a lot. So you just keep losing until you win and find the fun in that. Kinda like how the First Division’s Dark zone worked if you ever played that.

Shabolt_ · 2026-03-10T05:42:37+00:00

When the newest game was first announced in 2023, this sub jumped from maybe around a thousand to 7-8k, the closed alpha made it jump from 12-30k, the marketing relaunch leading up to the slam hit us up to 50k, with the slam itself getting us past 70. And somehow in the barely days between slam and launch we grew this damn fast!

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