Sony’s extraction shooter Marathon will take a twist of sorts based on feedback Bungie has gathered from players.
Extraction pucačina Marathon it has been available for three months and although it gathers ten thousand players every day, the decline in activity is very visible. Bungie’s development team realizes that they need to do something to regain player interest, and have now announced that they have identified four major issues with the game. According to their knowledge, the problems are as follows:
- Marathon is difficult to learn and the quick entry into a threatening environment demotivates new players
- players find it difficult to get out of the losing loop if they don’t have a well-coordinated team or don’t spend a lot of time with the game
- the balance in the endgame part is not the best
- there are no more relaxed moments or different ways of playing in the game
In order to tackle these issues, Bungie has announced several experiments that they will be conducting from Season 2 onwards. In the second season, they introduce more advanced matchmaking and two new modes focused on cooperative play against computer opponents (PvE). In the third season, they plan to work on the tutorial to make the game less stressful for new players, at least in the beginning.
Bungie points out that this focus on troubleshooting does not mean that Marathon will change drastically for existing players. There are still plans for new content in the form of additional zones, Runners, opponents, weapons, etc. For now, Bungie has five seasons planned for Marathon, and they believe that they will continue to work on the game in 2027.