Marathon Thread

Anyone else here play Marathon?

I just finished the first game today and have moved onto Durandal. I feel dumb having not played these games sooner. They're really fun. The lore is pretty damn sweet too.

Though I'm wondering if Bungie shot themselves in the foot again with the franchise, what with humanity's tech still using bullets when you've got an AI 64 billion exobytes in size relegated to controlling the doors on a starship.

Nevertheless, the S'pht are based and Marathon 2 is shaping up to be pretty sweet. The expanded lore on the Pfhor is pretty damn sweet so far.

I played Durandal a month ago.

I play a few games online with FCAW here and there. In typical Bungie fashion, the netcode is awful, but at least NPC's don't seem to rubberband much.

The running speed is painfully fast on the eyes and the Clown Gun is some obscene level of OP. It's great. Some maps you can't go 3 steps without tripping on a Rocket Launcher,

DeChief always calls the S'pht compilers pedo flashers because of that weird animation they do. 

Though I'm wondering if Bungie shot themselves in the foot again with the franchise, what with humanity's tech still using bullets when you've got an AI 64 billion exobytes in size relegated to controlling the doors on a starship.

There's a reason he had such a mundane task. It's pretty interesting.

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Though I'm wondering if Bungie shot themselves in the foot again with the franchise, what with humanity's tech still using bullets when you've got an AI 64 billion exobytes in size relegated to controlling the doors on a starship.

There's a reason he had such a mundane task. It's pretty interesting.

Yeah, I'm guessing the Marathon's task wasn't as simple (relatively simple because the ship had a pretty damn important purpose) as it appears to be, what with the colony of Tau Ceti having Mjolnir Battleroids hiding in the population, as well as that one guy that Durandal was so concerned about checking up on.

Durandal's "Covenant" is so cool too. It's what I'm hoping eventually happens in Halo. Although, I'd be curious to see if Durandal would stay allied with the S'pht after the Pfhor are defeated. Not to mention his treatment of BOBs aren't really... Well, it's not exactly a healthy relationship. Though, they don't seem to mind too much based on how they act in-game.

Latest I got was Durandal telling me he was gonna establish a colony for the BOBs on the S'pht homeworld. Wonder if they even care now that they're sleepless cyborgs.

Final thought, I felt like such an idiot when I realized the guy you play as is Recon Number 54. Now I finally understand why Recon's forum avatar is, well, Recon Number 54. Always thought he was referencing Recon from Halo 3.

Not to mention his treatment of BOBs aren't really... Well, it's not exactly a healthy relationship. Though, they don't seem to mind too much based on how they act in-game.

Latest I got was Durandal telling me he was gonna establish a colony for the BOBs on the S'pht homeworld. Wonder if they even care now that they're sleepless cyborgs.

Don't feel bad about the BoBs. They don't count as people. In fact, Bungie used to actively encourage you to kill every one you see.

Not to mention his treatment of BOBs aren't really... Well, it's not exactly a healthy relationship. Though, they don't seem to mind too much based on how they act in-game.

Latest I got was Durandal telling me he was gonna establish a colony for the BOBs on the S'pht homeworld. Wonder if they even care now that they're sleepless cyborgs.

Don't feel bad about the BoBs. They don't count as people. In fact, Bungie used to actively encourage you to kill every one you see.

Ha. That's a farcry from their stance in Halo.

I have been getting a WH40K vibe from the story in how your life is insignificant and doesn't matter.

Durandal used to give me motion sickness while playing.

LMAO GET FUCKED

A particularly based guy calling himself Silent introduced me to the series. I'd had glimpses of it while excavating some older stuff about Halo, but only really went into the story recently.

M1 and Infinity are the best pieces of Bungie writing barring the H3 Legendary terminals and some fragments of Destiny's Grimoire, IMO. And some of the stuff on the Marathon Story Page is fascinatingly relevant to newer Bungie lore. That Omega Point hypothesis [as I remember we discussed a while back], for example, now resonates much deeper with Bungie lore than I thought before.

A particularly based guy calling himself Silent introduced me to the series. I'd had glimpses of it while excavating some older stuff about Halo, but only really went into the story recently.

M1 and Infinity are the best pieces of Bungie writing barring the H3 Legendary terminals and some fragments of Destiny's Grimoire, IMO. And some of the stuff on the Marathon Story Page is fascinatingly relevant to newer Bungie lore. That Omega Point hypothesis [as I remember we discussed a while back], for example, now resonates much deeper with Bungie lore than I thought before.

Interesting.

Right now, I'd put:

M1 Story < M2 Story
M1 Gameplay < M2 Gameplay
M1 Atmosphere >>> M2 Atmosphere

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Lol, I haven't played Durandal in Years, I only played it for the Nameplate in Halo Reach, Fuck Halo 2, If I had just played that online, I would of gotten so many more nameplates. Anyway, I convinced my Uncle to buy it lol, just so for the Nameplate.

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So, this thread reminded me how awesome Marathon was.

I went ahead and downloaded Durandal.

Marathon 1 doesn't seem to work : (

Shame.

Marathon 1 doesn't seem to work : (

Shame.

Are you using Aleph One?

Marathon 1 doesn't seem to work : (

Shame.

Are you using Aleph One?

yeah

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Damn, I haven't heard that in years.

So I destroyed Durandal and was captured by Tycho.

I really want to know what happened to the Marathon dev guys, because the depth of Marathon's story really blows most of the Halo games' stories out of the water.

I heard they were trying to get another game green lit, but that was months ago and I haven't heard anything since.

Has a good story but the gameplay makes me feel dizzy.

Has a good story but the gameplay makes me feel dizzy.

You're not the only one.

Has a good story but the gameplay makes me feel dizzy.

Turn auto sprint off fam