Summary

  • Marathon aims to cut out complexity to appeal to those intimidated by extraction shooters.
  • It is designed to be approachable and easy to pick up.
  • It's going up against some big hitters, like Escape from Tarkov.

Bungie finally gave us a better look at a few days ago. We already knew that it would be a 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:PvP extraction-based shooter, but the showcase revealed its gam🔯eplay, stunning art style, and music. However, the biggest surprise was t🍌hat Marathon will be releasing on September 23, 2025, with a closed alpha test coming on April 23.

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The developer will be hoping to capture a large player base, especꦯially with . However, with Escape from Tarkov having a strong following, and several other popular shoo🎉ters introducing their own versions of the extraction genre, how will Bungie manage to carve its own place? By making things simpler.

Marathon Is An Extraction Shooter For Beginners

Speaking to , Joe Ziegler revealed that the game targets both veterans and newbies of the extraction genre. For the latter, Marathon "provides a new and interesting experience t൩hat really helps you get to the heart of why you enjoy the other extraction shooters that you're playing."

As for those who've experimented with extraction shooters, but are too intimidated by all thꦯe systems that come with the genre, Marathon has cut a lot of the "cruft", said Ziegler. "I think a big opportunity for us is eve🐓rybody who's dabbled in extraction shooter games before, have seen what it could offer, but they just couldn't get through a lot of the cruft."

"We are hoping to make it more approachable to that group, where they c𒁃an get past that cruft anౠd into the survival storytelling a little bit faster and a little bit better," he explained. "Basically, everything they're hoping an extraction shooter gives them from a tension standpoint, from a survival standpoint, is there without trying to relearn how to play a game."

Gameplay director Andrew Witts a🧸dded that the game has been designed in such a way that anyone simply handed a controller will be able to pick it up in no time, without requiring an explanation or lore dump, unlike Destiny. The game was purposefully designed in this way, in order for new players to pick it up 🍬easily.

"We're really trying to make sure that it's really approachable," added Witts. "The action fantasy of the gameplay is really easy to understand. You know when you press a button, you're like, oh, that💯 felt really good and I really like this."

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168澳洲幸运5开奖网: Marathon
Extraction Shooter
FPS
Multiplayer
Systems
Released
September 23, 2025
Developer(s)
Bungie
Publisher(s)
Bungie
Multiplayer
👍 Online Multiplayer
Franchise
Marathon

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