'Marathon' Game Director "If You Are Only Looking For PvE Experiences, Definitely Marathon Is Not The Game For You"
Joe Ziegler, the Game Director for Bungie’s upcoming extraction shooter Marathon, made it abundantly clear that the game is not for players looking for PvE exerpeinces.
Speaking with Games Radar, Ziegler discussed the game’s relationship with Destiny 2 and noted that it was not attempting to replace Destiny 2.
He explained, “"I think part of it is we don't expect Marathon to become Destiny 3. Our goal is not to basically make a new product that replaces Destiny 2. We believe that Destiny 2 has a future, and the team working on it has been working really hard to understand what players' needs are.”
“But if you like Destiny, and you happen to like a lot of PvP sandbox experiences, and those are other games that you play, then we think that that Marathon could be something very exciting for you,” he added.
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However, he made it clear that players looking for a PvE experience should find a different game, “If you are a Destiny player who's really not interested in any PvP at all, it's probably not the game for you, because there's gonna be PvP interactions that occur.”
“At some point, someone else who is a player is gonna come across you and shoot you,” he added.
Ziegler then reiterated, “I think if you are only looking for PvE experiences, definitely Marathon is not the game for you. [...] We are very comfortable saying, yeah, this isn't a game for everybody. This is a game for: if you like PvP experiences, especially in sandbox spaces, then this is probably something you're gonna enjoy."
Bungie revealed gameplay for the game over the weekend and it was not well received. The trailer currently has over 717,000 views, but only has 18,000 likes and over 14,000 dislikes.
What do you make of Ziegler’s comments?
Marthon is not for me, because it's made by the wokesters at Bungie.
I don't like PvP at all anymore. I work a lot of hours and when I want some downtime, the last thing I want is to go up against some kid who spends 30 to 60 hours a week doing nothing but playing the game, who trash talks men who would put him in the ground if they ever met face to face and they acted that way towards me, and who more often than not have illegal mods on their machine.
I play games to unwind and relax. Yeah, when I was a much younger man, PvP was fun and I mostly did it with friends at LAN parties (remember those?)
But I'm an 'old man' now and I've got better things to do with my time than that. I play games to unwind - not to get wound up. It's annoying that games that once promised to be PvE, then became 'well there will be PvP but you won't have to if you don't want to' are now '100 percent PvP'.
Look I get it, your developers are too f'in stupid to create a good story, so you throw PvP in because it's cheaper and easier to do. Just don't expect to get my money - I'll go hit the range or read a book instead.