Posted: 2/12/2005 8:28 PM
Post subject: Anyone here play Marathon?
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VirtualAlex
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It's a game made by Bungie a pretty long time ago. I was wondering if anyone here played it, because there is a lot of room for some stylish run through it, if PC games are acceptable speed/style run candidates.
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Posted: 2/12/2005 8:36 PM
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julianch
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I own Marathon II. Hmm, this is a good game, but there are a lot of shooter games from the same year that are better.
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Posted: 2/12/2005 9:54 PM
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A friend of mine who owned a Mac would talk loads of shit about Marathon. He insisted it was "better than Doom." I disagree.
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Posted: 2/13/2005 12:07 AM
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air__devil
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It was a great game back in the day. And feitclub's friend is right. it is way better than doom.
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Posted: 2/13/2005 1:23 AM
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Agreed, especially since Marathon had, y'know, a plot (a good one). And a very creepy environment, at times. And enemies which could really make you jump if you weren't prepared (back when I was young and had this game, I used a map editor to erase the Wasps from any level that had them--those things creeped me out). But the trilogy is apparently open source. Which means that you can download Marathon 2 or Infinity for the Mac or PC. As well as the original Marathon . And install it.
Posted: 2/15/2005 7:11 AM
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VirtualAlex
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Marathon was the best shooter in it's time. It is better than doom by far. It's plot is still the best I ever experienced. Marathon was a fantastic game all the way through, with TONS of room to be stylish. And yes the reason I bring it up is because it is indeed open source, and you can download play, and save replays for free. I am not good enough to pull off any of the fancy stuff that some people used to back in the day, like Total Carnage (Highest difficulty) fists only and stuff like that. But you could make some killer vids of this game I tell you. If you have only "heard" of it. I urge you to download it and play it, Marathon 1 if you can get it. I promise once you get to level 2 the story will hook you right in. I have a Mac myself, and I actually owned the CDs so I had no trouble getting them, I just had to download an OS X updater, but I hear that with the Marathon II demo, and some other program all three marathon games are fully playable. I would be glad to research where to get the PC version if anyone is actually interested.
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Posted: 2/15/2005 7:29 AM
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Already taken care of, 12Motion...but thanks for the offer, anyway.
Posted: 2/15/2005 6:46 PM
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VirtualAlex
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Alright awesome, enjoy it.
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Posted: 2/15/2005 8:52 PM
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air__devil
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Viewer wrote:
Agreed, especially since Marathon had, y'know, a plot (a good one). And a very creepy environment, at times. And enemies which could really make you jump if you weren't prepared (back when I was young and had this game, I used a map editor to erase the Wasps from any level that had them--those things creeped me out). But the trilogy is apparently open source. Which means that you can download Marathon 2 or Infinity for the Mac or PC. As well as the original Marathon . And install it.
Awesome. Awesome to the max.
Love, Ev