Bungie Studio finally showed the gameplay Marathon-HIS New Aaa-Shuther. Moreover, a lot of additional information about the project on the internet appeared. We have collected important details in this material.
What is the essence
Marathon-online game in the genre of extraction shooter. If you played Escape from Tarkov or Hunt: Showdown, you already have an estimated idea of ​​what kind of project Bungie makes.
In Marathon, players get the role of the so -driven early runners. Three gamers are planted on a huge map, where they have to collect a valuable loot. Then it is necessary to successfully evacuate, maintaining the price. At the same time, other players are dangerous, as well as NPC optists.
Unlike competitors, Marathon offers a less “extensive” gameplay because he is not trying to concentrate on realism. Just like Bungie’s earlier releases, the new game sticks to Dynamic, you can even say Arcade gameplay: with responsive control, high mobility, pleasant shooting with low dedication (brand function of the studio projects) and a simplified system of inventory. All this should reduce the access threshold for beginners.
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Setting
Marathon-de return of the franchise of the nineties, on which Bungie previously worked Halo: Fight developed. Admittedly, this is a complete reconsideration of the old universe, and not the soft refutation or sequel.
Events take place in 2893 on a planet in the Constellation Kit. According to Laura, a prosperous colony was used to place here, but for mysterious reasons the inhabitants disappeared without a track. Now, under the ruins, robots are fighting each other, as well as the runners – synthetic people. They are used for their own purposes through powerful fractures that want to gain control over the means of the World Tau Kita 4.
Every season Marathon will reveal new narrative details about the events that take place on the planet, but until the end it is not clear in what form the developers are planning to realize the presentation of the plot.
The structure of the competition
Smillings on the Tau Whale 4 last 25 minutes. As already mentioned, groups of players must collect as many resources as possible during this time and then have time to come to the evacuation point. When the time comes to leave the game, all runners receive a warning where it is necessary to move. Accordingly, an important confrontation between the survivors cannot be avoided in the final.
At the same time it is curious, during a direct study of the card, the chance of encountering other early raders is not that high. There are plenty of shootings, but the structure of the cards, as well as the number of players and NPC doctors are in balance, so that gamers participate in PVE more often in PVP. This is at least the case in the current version of Marathon. This ratio can change with the release.
Marathon is released with four cards, where 15 players (5 teams) can fight at the same time. You can’t play solo – you have to go to sorties, either with friends or strangers. Bungie was planning for the first time to add the possibility of a single game, but internal tests showed that gamers in this case start to behave too carefully and constantly. A similar style of gameplay is in contradiction with the vision of the authors: they want the marathon to differ from other representatives from the Extraction Shooter genre with high dynamics.
Classes, fractions and progression
In Marathon, six characters with unique active and passive skills are available to choose from. For example, Glitch can climb hard places thanks to miniature beam engines. And Runner, nicknamed void (void), can use a smokescreen or even temporary invisibility to get a tactical advantage in battle.
According to the canons of the genre, death during the breed means the actual zero of the character. The player not only loses the loot, selected directly in the game, but also all the equipment with which he started the mission. They actually play in such projects for such high bets.
Although the entire equipment is temporary, there is a general progression of the account in marathon, which is not reset to death. It is attached to the fracture system. Gamer chooses a group and then starts receiving contracts. For example, destroy a certain number of enemies or perform a kind of event during the competition. The completed contracts follow the award: reputation points and loans.
The reputation points are needed to pump the characteristics of the character, and to open new skins and receive discounts from sellers. But loans will come in handy when it is necessary to buy a new equipment on the black market after a failure match.
It is important to remember that the progress of the account is also not permanent. Once every three months, when the season ends, almost everything is fallen: benefits, a weapon storage and the entire fractional reputation. But the skins that open within season will remain forever.
Operating model
Marathon is not a conference -free project: Bungie officially calls it a premium game, for access to which you have to pay. In contrast to the misconceptions that appear in the network, this is not released for $ 70. The developers have already stated that the final price will be noticeably lower. Although Bungie has not yet announced the exact amount, the gamer community and analysts agree that it is worth expecting a price tag in the $ 40 region.
Of course it is not without additional methods for generating income according to the type of military fits.
Critics and players responded to news about marathon with careful optimism. The project is praised for clear visual style and shooting of high quality, but the amount of content on the release raises questions. People are ashamed of four cards and only six characters. Yes, and it is not known whether Bungie is correct and clinged to the price tag to marathon.
Whatever the case, and soon more information about the game will appear: the closed Alfa tests will start on 23 April. A full release is planned for September 23 this year – The game is released on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/s. By the way, the system requirements can already be viewed to the link.
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Source: VG Times
Christina Moncayo is a contributing writer for “Social Bites”. Her focus is on the gaming industry and she provides in-depth coverage of the latest news and trends in the world of gaming.