Bungie’s Marathon is likely to be delayed as a new report claims the studio has canceled all paid marketing plans.
  • magic_lobster_party@fedia.io
    42·
    4 days ago

    Is anyone excited about this game? Feels like the only thing going for it is the Bungie name recognition, but it seems like not even that is enough.

    At this pace Sony will have one Concord situation per year.

    • jordanlund@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      4 days ago

      I would have been if Bungie hadn’t completely fucked up Destiny 2, as it stands they’ll never get another dime from me.

      • nfreak@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        That’s where I stand on it. Unless Pete Parsons and the rest of c-suite bite the curb and put the actual devs in charge, I’m not touching anything by that studio.

        It took 12k hours but I finally stopped clinging on to some sliver of hope that they’d fix the major issues with D2. Quit last November, logged in one time since to check out the new season after hearing good things, logged out as soon as it was glaringly obvious the core issues haven’t changed.

        Every single time I check in on friends still playing I just see more slot machines, more power creep, more dogshit ruining pvp, and more bugs. The core changes coming up in their next year look atrocious. Why would I trust them to handle a new game when they’ve been consistently fucking up their only title for years?

        What sucks with the entire situation is that the devs themselves are great people who can make some cool shit when given the reigns to do so. But they’re almost never given that chance. Hoping that team branched off to Sony to continue that “gummy bears” thing is given more freedom to cook.

        EDIT: I’ll also add on here for anyone feeling the sunk cost fallacy like I did and has put a ton of time into D2 but isn’t happy with the state of things and disappointment after disappointment. Like I said I had 12k hours at the time I quit. Solo GMs, solo Nez, bunch of lowman raids, every weapon that mattered in my vault, 200+ trials cards, etc. I was a small content creator in this space too. I legitimately feel like that game becomes an addiction so fast, I continued to play through both waves of layoffs despite my issues with the studio execs. I wasn’t happy with the state of the game either but kept telling myself “next season will be better” “next dlc will be better” etc. It’s never true. If you’re not happy with the game, take ONE season off, and if you’re the kind of player I was, missing the seasonal offerings and various events will be enough to make you feel like you’ve fallen too far behind to catch back up, and from there the rest of the facade falls apart. Just gotta let it go cold turkey.

    • mriswith@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      4 days ago

      I have a sneaking suspicion that a lot of people will dismiss it simply because it looks cheap. It’s like a a tech demo without textures. Although based on their multiple instances of stolen art, calling it an asset-flip is probably more accurate.

      • magic_lobster_party@fedia.io
        4·
        4 days ago

        Personally I think the visual style looks messy. It’s an incoherent vomit of colors to my eyes. Almost like they made all assets in isolation and pray it will work out somehow. I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s how they did.

        • nfreak@lemmy.mlEnglish
          1·
          3 days ago

          The entire visual style is also blatantly stolen from an artist who’s been doing it for a decade or more, right down to their artwork and their logo being used in-game.

    • simple@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      7·
      4 days ago

      I loved the animated shorts, but that’s about it. The game needs a serious overhaul so it doesn’t look like a very generic shooter.

  • Chozo@fedia.io
    171·
    4 days ago

    As someone who spent several years and hundreds of dollars on Destiny 2, I sure am glad to see that this is why we couldn’t get a new Crucible map for like five years.

  • snekerpimpAEnglish
    142·
    4 days ago

    Good. Let it simmer. Please don’t fuck it up any more than you already have