Bungie confirmed off its extraction shooter Marathon on the weekend and finally give it a release date – September 23. Naturally, of us had ideas about what they noticed, and a good few instantly began evaluating it to final yr’s large Sony live-service shooter, Concord. Spurred by that, a former Firewalk dev has taken to Reddit urging individuals to provide Bungie an opportunity.
When you want a fast refresher, Harmony fell flat in unprecedented time following its launch final August, being pulled from sale in lower than two weeks after bombing pretty hard out of the gate. There was some debate as as to whether Sony would possibly decide to convey it again with a recent coat of paint additional down the road, however that ship sailed when the console maker as an alternative determined to shutter developer Firewalk Studios.
Quick ahead to now, and a put up on the Marathon subreddit by Stephan Williams – a former Harmony developer who’s presently working as a senior VFX artist at Warframe studio Digital Extremes – below the username ‘-MrSpug-‘.
“I’ve been a very long time lurker for a few years, and infrequently put up to reddit/any social with reference to what’s going on with my life as a developer/artist,” reads his put up, “After studying the feedback about Marathon being Harmony 2.0 on Reddit, YouTube, and Twitch, I simply needed to share a bit of perception into what a forty yr previous man is feeling after dedicating a big portion of his life to creating videogames.”
Outlining that it was “intestine wrenching” to observe Harmony undergo the destiny it did, and being fairly open concerning the facets of the sport that may have contributed to what occurred, Williams wrote that: “Nobody feels as dangerous because the individuals who put their time on the road, hoping it’s going to entertain the plenty of avid gamers throughout the globe.”
“Seeing the faces of the builders on the Bungie stream gave me hope, and pleasure for what’s to return for Marathon,” he continued, “I commend them for taking an opportunity, attempting one thing overseas to them, that is not confirmed, nor assured to succeed. It takes a variety of braveness.”
“I actually didn’t need to be ‘that’ dev, calling consideration to myself as if I’ve a horse on this battle,” Williams added in a reply, “However to name this recreation a failure earlier than it’s even out is wild to me.”
What did you consider what you noticed of Marathon in the course of the reveal? Do you assume Harmony comparisons are honest earlier than it is even arrived? Tell us under!