Bungie has launched an official replace on the standing of Marathon. The replace got here within the type of a virtually 10-minute lengthy video on the sport’s official YouTube channel.
Within the video, Recreation Director Joe Ziegler provides an replace on what’s been labored on because the final replace on Marathon. He covers the path of the sport in addition to plans for future updates in regards to the recreation.
The replace additionally doesn’t embody any take a look at official gameplay, however does include some idea artwork for a number of of the sport’s heroes. If you wish to watch the video for your self, you may beneath.
So far as what was lined, Ziegler discusses the sport being an extraction shooter, together with diving into to what an extraction shooter is for many who could also be unfamiliar with the subgenre. Ziegler additionally talks about taking components from the unique Marathon and increasing them for a brand new recreation with a contemporary viewers.
“We’re taking a whole lot of acquainted components, particularly a whole lot of the mysterious and type of eeriness and the — how do I put it — the psychological type of your entire IP because it exists earlier than,” he mentioned.
“However we’re layering on some components that we predict actually assist modernize it, and likewise deliver it to a brand new story and new world that we will kind of proceed to replace and delight all of you with over the course of time.”
Concerning how the sport’s been altering throughout improvement and the place issues at present stand, Ziegler says that adjustments to the sport have been “aggressive” for the previous couple years together with holding a number of playtests.
“We’ve been testing with a whole lot of gamers,” he mentioned. “A whole lot of gamers like your self, additionally with creators. It’s kind of insanely superior and I’m crammed with gratitude after I give it some thought as a result of there’s so many individuals who contributed by telling us, ‘Hey, this factor sucks’ or ‘This factor’s nice’.”
He then added that there are a variety of issues inside the recreation which might be at totally different states of improvement. Issues like the sport’s environments are in a extra full state whereas the character fashions proceed to be iterated by means of. Marathon’s enemy fashions, he mentioned, are “nonetheless type of a little bit bit in an early state.”
Again to the characters, Ziegler gave a sneak peak at a few the characters in improvement: a runner codenamed Thief and one codenamed Stealth..
Ziegler then wrapped up the video stating that extra content material reveals are coming in 2025 for Marathon. Additionally coming in 2025 shall be an enlargement of Bungie’s playtests for Marathon to incorporate extra gamers. There was no trace as to when that may occur, nonetheless.
So far as an official launch date replace, that data wasn’t offered.
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