Classic Marathon

i thought bungie was cracked after halo, but boy i was wrong. Marathon is awesome, it got great level design, great enemy design, great lore, and good gameplay. it deserved the same spot that doom, half life, duke nukem, quake have. 8,5/10

It's a Doom clone where you mostly run through tight corridors, shooting lots of enemies. There is an actual story, though. This game doesn't even have a shotgun, I don't know what the developers were thinking. While it gets bonus points for featuring save points instead of allowing the player to spam quicksaves, I have to take those points away as a malus for how the story really drags in the second half. The game abandons its structure of giving the player specific objectives, as the objectives become "kill everyone and explore the whole map". It just keeps going and going that way. Really feels like a Doom WAD by the end.

I'm unsure if sane people know how to grenade climb

durandal

Worth the play, suprisingly more depth than I had anticipated. Story was confusing but seemingly intentionally, enough to follow for it's duration but plenty to keep anticipation for the sequel. Played with remastered sound and upscaled visuals, both of which I found impressive. Listening through various remakes of the music after against the originals, I wish I would have either played with the original QuickTime 2.0 tracks or the Craig Hardgrove Remakes as they feel more appropriate for the set and setting than even the included tracks. This game has sent me down a bit of a rabbit hole after completion digging through Bungie's website for more. Will be excited to see what Marathon 2 and Infinity have to offer.

Pretty awesome game since I was 14