45
Marathon released on Steam [Very Positive review] [kernel anticheat] [SteamDeck unsupported]
(store.steampowered.com)
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 06 Mar 2026
45 points (90.9% liked)
PC Gaming
14596 readers
843 users here now
For PC gaming news and discussion. PCGamingWiki
Rules:
- Be Respectful.
- No Spam or Porn.
- No Advertising.
- No Memes.
- No Tech Support.
- No questions about buying/building computers.
- No game suggestions, friend requests, surveys, or begging.
- No Let's Plays, streams, highlight reels/montages, random videos or shorts.
- No off-topic posts/comments, within reason.
- Use the original source, no clickbait titles, no duplicates. (Submissions should be from the original source if possible, unless from paywalled or non-english sources. If the title is clickbait or lacks context you may lightly edit the title.)
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
It's such a fucking waste, honestly. I'd have loved a new Marathon game in the same vein as the original trilogy, but this is not that. Shit, I'd even take a remake of the original trilogy in this engine. But no, it's more live service bullshit that nobody asked for.
It’s not even a fun take on the live service concept, it’s just tedious inventory management and menus, long walks where nothing happens then getting killed in like 4 seconds of finding an enemy.
I don’t see how it has anything to do with the original games. It’s like they found some IP in the basement and thought someone might like some generic slop Shooter
I just bought the game a few days ago, there's a ton of nuance and mechanics that mean you can often hear the enemy before you see them and make contact. Gotta have the volume up. I don't usually like inventory management, but this game's inventory management feeds into the tension of the pvp encounters. I think they did a great job with the game.