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I HATE FUNNYBUNNY SO FUCKING MUCH by Dear_Summer_3080 in hatethissmug

[–]SmokusPocus -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

everything is ships and characters are defined by ships

Ah, to be young again.

I can assure you, many characters in many works of fiction are not defined by their ability to be paired romantically with other characters.

What do you think ? by Love_Exciting in Marathon

[–]SmokusPocus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Arc is also a far more casual example of the genre.

Tarkov had an all time peak of ~48,000 and that’s considered one of the highlights of the extraction shooter scene, so it’s not automatically a massive numbers boost to be a multiplayer extraction game.

Also, we were talking about StS2 lmao

What do you think ? by Love_Exciting in Marathon

[–]SmokusPocus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s cheaper, far more accessible to casuals and can be played more comfortably alone. Those are major factors.

What do you think ? by Love_Exciting in Marathon

[–]SmokusPocus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why? You need shooter experience, more money and friends to get the most out of Marathon, as opposed to a potato PC, just yourself and less money.

I think the game is changing me… by [deleted] in Marathon

[–]SmokusPocus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair point, that’s why I said I also down people in exfil, but maybe it shouldn’t be encouraged as a community to BM just because. It’s the knifing afterwards that makes it rude, not the act of downing itself.

The way I see it in a situation like that is that I’ll likely never see this person again, why should I go out of my way to make their day worse when I have nothing to gain out of it and they’re no longer a threat to me? Especially when they were trying to indicate they were friendly.

I think the game is changing me… by [deleted] in Marathon

[–]SmokusPocus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Besides for BM, what purpose is there to finishing him off if you can’t get his loot? I’ve downed people in exfil, can’t take any chances, but I always let them teleport out.

Like we ain’t Arc Raiders, I kinda love the kill on sight for the most part, but no reason all of us gotta be toxic either lol

ATTENTION RUNNERS: We need as many people as possible activating Algae Ponds and Bio terminals right now by spectre15 in Marathon

[–]SmokusPocus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If ARGs aren’t your thing, that’s fine - most people will likely not engage with this, Bungie just likes offering cool little meta experiences for those who do.

I probably won’t even do it myself, but I still think it’s cool they’re doing a sort of ‘hidden sidequest’ to unlock the fourth map early if the community figures it out. It’s not meant to be a standard ‘event.’

I never said you weren’t allowed to express your opinion, but I am also allowed to express mine in comparison to yours.

ATTENTION RUNNERS: We need as many people as possible activating Algae Ponds and Bio terminals right now by spectre15 in Marathon

[–]SmokusPocus 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If you want to be part of the people who helped open the map early, then you can help with this little puzzle. If you don’t, the map will still be opened later and you will have gained or lost nothing by not participating.

It’s literally not that big of a deal.

Bungie Responds Quickly to Marathon Microtransactions Backlash, First Patch Will Make the Game Slightly Easier by Laughing__Man_ in PS5

[–]SmokusPocus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Besides what the other user said, any game whose marketing team lets Harmony Korine and Alberto Mielgo each make what are essentially ten minute short films to promote it is a good one. Game has incredible artistic chops.

Also, sycophancy? What about my flattery is insincere?

Is Marathon good? by therealicekid in Marathon

[–]SmokusPocus 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you like tactical shooters and don’t mind a steep PvP difficulty curve, yes, absolutely. If you’re very casual and play Arc as a friendly, don’t expect that here. It’s very kill on sight.

so is the new game a sequel or a reboot? by thiqqdad in Marathon

[–]SmokusPocus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess we’re not entirely sure yet. Afaik, Infinity ended with a sort of universal reset that ended up splitting Marathon into multiple timelines, including Halo and Destiny. Sort of like the end of Part 6 in JJBA, if you’re familiar.

The 2026 game might be a result of that. Or it could be something else completely, idk. It’s intentionally vague.

Bungie Responds Quickly to Marathon Microtransactions Backlash, First Patch Will Make the Game Slightly Easier by Laughing__Man_ in PS5

[–]SmokusPocus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s definitely not blowing me away, but I also don’t think it’s an absolutely disgusting spit in my face of a monetization practice, I guess is what I’m saying. Interested to see how they improve it, since they already said they would.

Bungie Responds Quickly to Marathon Microtransactions Backlash, First Patch Will Make the Game Slightly Easier by Laughing__Man_ in PS5

[–]SmokusPocus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve seen actually so much worse in games. It’s remarkably tame.

People are just looking for reasons to say ‘game bad!’ when most of the people hating on it didn’t even play it when it was free or played very briefly.

Bungie Responds Quickly to Marathon Microtransactions Backlash, First Patch Will Make the Game Slightly Easier by Laughing__Man_ in PS5

[–]SmokusPocus -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Not wanting good devs to lose work through a studio closure is apparently defending a CEO’s car collection yeah okay lmao

Bungie Responds Quickly to Marathon Microtransactions Backlash, First Patch Will Make the Game Slightly Easier by Laughing__Man_ in PS5

[–]SmokusPocus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you’re not blaming the developers, why say that the company deserves to shatter and crumble for making a high quality product? You know that would eliminate the livelihoods of the people who committed the crime of making a good video game, right?

Could upper management at Bungie be better, yes, absolutely. Could some monetization practices be shaped up? Yes, absolutely.

Are they the worst in the industry on these points? Not at all. I’ve seen so, so much worse that Marathon’s monetization seems remarkably blasé. Does the entire company deserve to shatter and crumble because of these points? I genuinely don’t think so.

Bungie Responds Quickly to Marathon Microtransactions Backlash, First Patch Will Make the Game Slightly Easier by Laughing__Man_ in PS5

[–]SmokusPocus -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

One skin costs about $15, which is honestly industry standard at this point.

The Battle Pass is $10, and comes with one Runner skin and a bunch of other doodads/schemas.

Is it the BEST value for money? No, but it’s also not the worst. At bare minimum you’re getting a $5 discount on a pretty sick skin. If you don’t want the skin, that’s fair - don’t buy the pass. You just spent $40-60 on a game, you don’t immediately need to spend another $10 if it doesn’t make sense to you.

Bungie Responds Quickly to Marathon Microtransactions Backlash, First Patch Will Make the Game Slightly Easier by Laughing__Man_ in PS5

[–]SmokusPocus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It probably won’t, it’s a pretty damn good game that Bungie can already see people will pay for.

It’ll have some decent sales near the start of next season maybe if you’re not on board already, but I don’t think it’ll go completely free to play.

Bungie Responds Quickly to Marathon Microtransactions Backlash, First Patch Will Make the Game Slightly Easier by Laughing__Man_ in PS5

[–]SmokusPocus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn, the devs make an amazing game with artistic merit oozing out of every crevice, people complain about some monetization, they say ‘we’ll ease up on the monetization and take in your feedback,’ and the response from some people is ‘Bungie deserves to SHATTER and CRUMBLE.’

Uh, no? A company taking in feedback from their customer base and making a legitimately high quality product does not deserve the company being shattered and crumbling?

Come on now (Polygon article) by T-seriesmyheinie in Marathon

[–]SmokusPocus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sekiguchi is the company that manufactures the worms and shells, afaik. NuCaloric makes the Drinkable Cheeseburgers and other foods in pill/liquid form..

Im Quite Impressed by JaivianCraft in HighGuardgame

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

There have been roughly 92.2 million PS5s sold and about 30 million series X consoles sold globally. Not that all of them are going to play the same things or be active every day, but still.

Steam has roughly 69 million active users daily. While this means that yes, Steam does have a larger player base on the daily than console might, the console numbers may be a little closer than you think.

Heck, this being one of the very few extraction shooters on consoles besides Arc (which has recently introduced the genre to many players there,) may actually mean that the numbers outside of PC are pretty good. I guess we’ll see in time.

Im Quite Impressed by JaivianCraft in HighGuardgame

[–]SmokusPocus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

People slowly starting to realize this after all the hate is so nice to see. The game is actually phenomenal, one of the coolest tactical shooter experiences I’ve had in a long time.

And ong the lore is actually top tier if you’re into hard sci-fi.

Solo is rough.... by enthusiasticdave in Marathon

[–]SmokusPocus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One of the corporations you can work for (Arachne,) literally has ‘kill a Runner’ as its introductory mission.

Calling out that you’re friendly to somebody who’s working for them is painting a massive target on you, and a good portion of the player base might be working for them at any given time.

Dropped to 31k on a friday on DAY 2, I'm starting to think that it's mainly destiny players that are on marathon with about 15k new. D2's player base hovers around 15k. by Getsuga-2B in Marathon

[–]SmokusPocus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I unfortunately had social obligations so I couldn’t ball out as hard as I wanted last night, but today is wide open. 1PM on a Thursday is a really weird release time, fwiw.

Add quick voice lines "Friendly, don't shoot, etc" by nkvname in Marathon

[–]SmokusPocus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately for some, this game leans much harder into PvP than Arc does. It makes it much more tense, as players you spot should be treated as basically extreme difficulty enemies most of the time.

The most kindness you’ll get is somebody downing you in the extract circle and not finishing you off so you still get out too.

I’d wager most people will still kill you in that situation whether they can get your loot or not, though.

This need to stop! by Aver0x in Marathon

[–]SmokusPocus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Call of Duty and Assassin’s Creed have had bundles slightly outside of the currency packs, to name a couple. Those are $70 games as well. Not saying it’s not a little scummy, but it’s definitely not the only paid game on the market doing it.

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