"Bungie’s Creative Midlife Crisis" | Aztecross Reacts

Last time I was this early, people still remembered that Cross is a Titan main. Edit: Y'all don't seem to remember that Cross literally wrote the Titan Commandments way back in the day.

They should have made marathon a story driven game with pvp

Imma be honest, "Midlife" is a pretty generous term here.

Great points made in this react. Loved the part where you say that Marathon didn't "grab" you. That is an excellent way that I feel describes a lot of the feelings people had that tried it, good... but not good enough. Also, 35:20 unfortunately the name is not a reference to my diet. Hunter since D1.

I always thought Marathon was meant to be a small side project. I can’t believe they put $250 million into it and in the process sacrificed the golden goose and nearly the entire studio.

Griffball isnt a Red vs Blue reference, it was literally made by Rooster Teeth, the creators of RvB.

People liked to joke that Destiny was "a game for everyone", but Marathon faces the opposite issue: "It's a game for no one".

6:56 marathon not being a story driven experience, similar to halo, will forever be the biggest fumble for modern marathon

If marathon was a fleshed out game with a extraction shooter mode or area in it instead of the sole focus it could’ve been pretty great

1:24 drank an invis potion

I'll give them their flowers. They WERE one of the most influential and elite studios of all time

Creative midlife crisis is the EXACT perfect way to describe this. Marathon always felt like they were trying to be edgy and angsty. Midlife crisis is spot on.

Tarkov draw is the fear of the unknown and suspense. Where every corner turn could be your last. Marathons draw is the immaculate intro story and thematics that they don't do anything with.😂

26:38 this is actually a common misconception. The “artstyle” wasn’t what was stolen. It’s was specific assets in the artstyle that was stolen from antireal. These were removed thankfully.

Marathon does not deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence as Mirrors Edge

It's still an insane thought that the company that has a 10 year history of making good PvE based content and middling/terrible PvP content with little/zero support and poor infrastructure decided that the best thing they could do was make a pure PvP game as their next AAA entry... That's like having the tuba kid from band class decide that he should try out for quarter back on the football team.

The more we hear about Christopher Barrett's vision for Marathon before he got ousted, the more I wish that was the version we got. I can't help but feel Joe Ziegler (bless his heart) made Marathon way more trend-chasey than originally envisioned.

That bungie touch he says " under 5k players on steam when writing this " Shit game that wasn't needed when other games do it better.

Imagine a world where Bungie, Halo, Destiny and Marathon thrived together at the same time. Literally could have been the greatest studio ever … What a line up

Its not the fact that marathon exists. Its the fact that they spent like 300 million on a game worth 50 mil maxxx