Was not enjoying the closed playtest when I played it a few months ago. Really hope I enjoy it this time around with all the improvements they’ve made since then.

yeah its hard af

Dead on arrival

So much crying about this game online today man, Jesus Christ play it or don’t man

welcome to modern gaming discourse in 2026 lol

downloading. anybody try yet??

Hope performance gets better

Very confusing at first. Feels like a lot going on. Vibes are dope. Every other team is shoot on sight no comms though, only played 4-5 matches

Do I have to purchase this to partake in the server slam?

No it’s free

I haven’t been keeping up, know nothin about the game other than it’s bungie and an extraction shooter. I’m downloading rn, anything I should know before goin in?

It has a decent learning curve compared to Arc Raiders so don’t get deterred when stuff doesn’t go your way

I haven’t done arc raiders. I’ve never actually played an extraction shooter. There’s already a ton going on just getting through the tutorial. Do I need to pay attention to the lore?

Nah the lore doesn’t really matter but it might add to your experience. If you want a more focused gameplay experience do your contracts in your factions

Cringe

Damb I got to an extraction point and got blasted I had next to nothing on me though. Gonna dig my mic out because teabagging apparently doesn’t worm

Okay if you go in with people it’s better (duh) but nobody has mics. This is fun but there’s also a ton going on outside of gameplay.

People already made up their minds this game sucks before the 3rd trailer dropped lol

It’s how the gaming community is now.

How is it

downloading now, hopefully my 10yo rig can run it smoothly lol

I just did the tutorial and played a round with two randoms (who weren't on mics) but my initial thoughts:

The Good:

It's absolutely stunning to look at. The design of the guns, environments and items grabbed my attention immediately. This game pop visually in a way Arc's doesn't. The feel of the guns also seems on par with Destiny. Even the ammo counters look insane. I'm definitely going to try as many different ones as I can during the Stress test.

The Okay:

The controls feel good but still at least one step below Destiny. Movement just doesn't have Destiny's "flow" but that might come the more I play. I'm also a little unsure about how/what the class powers do but Im sure it won't take long to figure out.

The Bad:

Unlike Arc Raiders, there's just not nearly enough difference between the Runners and the USEC robots (the PvE enemies) in regards to visuals and attack style. I wasn't sure who/what was attacking my squad until two of us were dead. The enemies (and, to a lesser extent, the Runners) are the least interesting visual aspects of the game.

Also, the game just vomits information at you via the UI/menus/descriptions. It's almost headache inducing.

Overall, my biggest concern is there's just not going to be enough emergent gameplay moments (i.e. cool s***) compared to Arc to hold my interest.

I'll play more this weekend so these impressions could all change but it should be noted I'm probably going to be playing Arc more (expedition reasons)

Excellent post, thank you. I’ll be curious to know your updated thoughts by the end of the server slam.

Embark are funny for holding the expedition during the entire server slam. Am I wrong or was the last expedition window a few days longer? lol

Anyways, it looks like marathon is going to be pure pvp and less adventure in comparison with arc raiders

the FOV does NOT feel like 105

2026 and devs are still forcing a floaty cursor instead of just using the windows cursor