Bungie confirmed off its extraction shooter Marathon on the weekend and at last give it a launch date – September 23. Naturally, of us had ideas about what they noticed, and a good few instantly began evaluating it to final 12 months’s massive Sony live-service shooter, Harmony. Spurred by that, a former Firewalk dev has taken to Reddit urging folks to offer Bungie an opportunity.
When you want a fast refresher, Harmony fell flat in unprecedented time following its launch final August, being pulled from sale in lower than two weeks after bombing fairly exhausting out of the gate. There was some debate as as to if Sony would possibly decide to deliver it again with a contemporary coat of paint additional down the road, however that ship sailed when the console maker as an alternative determined to shutter developer Firewalk Studios.
Quick ahead to now, and a put up on the Marathon subreddit by Stephan Williams – a former Harmony developer who’s presently working as a senior VFX artist at Warframe studio Digital Extremes – beneath the username ‘-MrSpug-‘.
“I’ve been a very long time lurker for a few years, and barely put up to reddit/any social with regard to what’s going on with my life as a developer/artist,” reads his put up, “After studying the feedback about Marathon being Harmony 2.0 on Reddit, YouTube, and Twitch, I simply wished to share just a little perception into what a forty 12 months outdated man is feeling after dedicating a big portion of his life to creating videogames.”
Outlining that it was “intestine wrenching” to look at Harmony undergo the destiny it did, and being fairly open in regards to the elements of the sport that may have contributed to what occurred, Williams wrote that: “Nobody feels as unhealthy because the individuals who put their time on the road, hoping it’ll entertain the lots of avid gamers throughout the globe.”
“Seeing the faces of the builders on the Bungie stream gave me hope, and pleasure for what’s to come back for Marathon,” he continued, “I commend them for taking an opportunity, attempting one thing overseas to them, that is not confirmed, nor assured to succeed. It takes a number of braveness.”
“I actually didn’t wish to be ‘that’ dev, calling consideration to myself as if I’ve a horse on this battle,” Williams added in a reply, “However to name this recreation a failure earlier than it’s even out is wild to me.”
What did you consider what you noticed of Marathon throughout the reveal? Do you suppose Harmony comparisons are honest earlier than it is even arrived? Tell us beneath!
