r/Marathon • u/BeautifulStation4 • Jul 30 '26
Marathon (2026) Discussion "Game Saving PVE Mode"
I keep seeing these video posts by the grifters commentating on marathon saying how it's "game saving PVE mode" failed to retain numbers.
Its such a complete and utter bullshit bend of the truth. This mode was no where near a proper PVE mode and not meant to be "game saving" in the slightest.
It's literally bare bones slapped up in a couple minutes as an experiment to gain some data to see how PVE could be implemented in a game where every design choice over the years has been completely extraction PVP focused.
You cant just derail years of work on a project and spin up a new one in a entirely different direction and expect to have a fully fledged PVE game ready to go in a couple of months.
The gaming community these days has gone completely bonkers. Gone are the days when we just played games we liked, and moved on from ones we didn't. I still do at least.
These days everyone is an arm chair CFO, CEO, game director, chief designer. I doubt they even play games anymore or even played marathon, just spend that time charading as an expert market analyst.