It was the presentation that was bad (Gaming)

by Avateur , Sunday, April 13, 2025, 09:21 (15 days ago) @ Cody Miller

Strictly referring to the reveal, I had exactly three thoughts:

1. What does this have to do with Marathon beyond them needing a brand to slap on their extraction shooter?
2. I like the way it looks, but I have no feel for how it plays.
3. Did they really just slap the Marathon brand on it to try to get it to sell instead of starting with a fresh IP name?

It is a failure of a presentation (for me) when two of my three thoughts were more about branding decisions than what I actually saw. I’ve also had the opportunity to talk to multiple people who never played Marathon and know nothing about it, and while that’s a small sample size and might not mean much, not a single person would try the game after what they saw unless it was free to play. That’s unfortunate, because that means that people I play plenty of other games with (and others who I haven’t played things with in quite a while) are showing no interest based on this reveal.

As with all things, I suppose time will tell what’s in store for this game, how fun it is, and its staying power.