Marathon is finally out. The game, which saw huge activity during its free-to-play server slam, replicated its previous success by opening to over 86,000 players, this time at a $40 price tag. Of course, this is being described as a "flop" by some, because we simply cannot have nice things in 2026.
Negative narratives around basically anything nowadays tend to form rather quickly, often propagated by people (and of course bots) who never actually experienced the thing they're hating. It seems that nowadays, following the "Fall of Concord" back in 2024, games have to blow it out of the park every single time lest they be considered complete failures.
