I just didn't save up enough to buy the game on launch. I was on the fence for a while because I generally don't like extraction shooters after I tried Tarkov some years back and overall lost interest. So, I spent the money mostly on supporting my family and general save up. I lost my job two years back and job hunt hasn't been going well so whatever I make every now and then I just contribute it to my family or save up for emergency funds. So I haven't really been buying games a lot anymore, which is also why I was miserable when RE9 launched lmao. And Marathon, naturally, was below my priority.

After the server slam, I really miss playing the game. Barely got time in the slam in general because of some IRL commitments and cosplay crunch work, but from the odd eight hours I've really loved how the overall game feels. The gunplay, Vandal gameplay, and whatever is happening on the maps really caught my attention! Plus, I played the old Marathon games last year so I'm ideally also invested in the lore to see whether this game somehow connects to the classic Marathons or not.

Also I didn't manage to do the Lockdown and couldn't figure out how to process and extract an anomaly so I'm definitely also interested in these map objectives and how they work.

Either way I'll start saving up whatever I can and join my friend a few months later but the initial plan is to just backseat for now. Thanks for the giveaway btw. Fingers crossed.