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4/23/2025 9:50:49 PM
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"Marathon is not for you..."
This is a popular sentiment surrounding Marathon, that is;
'Marathon is not for the Destiny Community',
This is further pushed by the developers of Marathon themselves and after thinking about it for awhile I realized... it's dumb. Not only is it dumb it's also just massively incorrect.
So the idea of this statement is that if you're a fan/ enjoyer of the Destiny franchise you will not like Marathon because it's a different game from Destiny.
To that I say "Why would I not like Marathon if I enjoy Destiny?" How on Earth did you jump to that braindead conclusion!?!
Do you not realize that people play games other than Destiny? Destiny is not an 'all or nothing' kinda game. Even the most die hard Destiny connoisseurs will play different games in completely different genres.
People are not criticizing Marathon because it's not the same as Destiny, they're criticizing it because it's a flawed game, in concept and execution.
This whole "-blank- is not for you" is just a lazy and boring way to invalidate feedback from people you disagree with.
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2 RepliesThere are people saying that to shut down criticism, but there are also people saying it to set expectations clearly. Bungie explained that Marathon isn’t supposed to be a successor to Destiny - they want to run both games alongside each other. The 2 games are intended for 2 different audiences (with some overlap). Someone from Bungie said Marathon is not for people who only want PvE experiences. To my knowledge, nobody from Bungie has said “Marathon is not for the Destiny community”. Correct me if I’m wrong. In addition, preferences for this and that will differ from person to person. Some design choices are made to appeal to specific types of players, with little concession to everyone else. “Good” or “bad” design choice can depend on who you ask, but sometimes the reason we don’t like something is because we are not the intended audience. In short, it depends on the context when people say “Marathon is not for you”. Sometimes it’s lazy, sometimes it’s valid, sometimes it’s up for debate.
