Arriving a bit earlier than expected, here's the final game of the
Classic Marathon trilogy: "Marathon Infinity"
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2398520/Classic_Marathon_Infinity/

All the usual caveats apply; it's a boomer-shooter made in the
boomer-shooter era, so expect nonsensical level design, a lack of
quality-of-life features we now take for granted, and annoying
key-card quests. It's gameplay is slower paced than its contemporaries
too, so don't go into it expecting "Doom". And, yes, you can play this
game for free without a Steam account if you download the Aleph One*
version. It's just more convenient on Steam.

That said, this -and all the Classic Marathon games- mostly exist for
diehard fans and people who have a historical interest in the series
(either to see what Bungie was doing before Halo, or to see what FPS
games were like in the mid to late 90s). Personally, even I don't find
it much fun to actually play.

That won't stop me from clicking the 'add to library' button, of
course. The Number must grow!

* Aleph One Marathon Open Source Project
https://alephone.lhowon.org/

Uh, that's not a strategy game. ;P

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

> Arriving a bit earlier than expected, here's the final game of the
> Classic Marathon trilogy: "Marathon Infinity"
> https://store.steampowered.com/app/2398520/Classic_Marathon_Infinity/

> All the usual caveats apply; it's a boomer-shooter made in the
> boomer-shooter era, so expect nonsensical level design, a lack of
> quality-of-life features we now take for granted, and annoying
> key-card quests. It's gameplay is slower paced than its contemporaries
> too, so don't go into it expecting "Doom". And, yes, you can play this
> game for free without a Steam account if you download the Aleph One*
> version. It's just more convenient on Steam.

> That said, this -and all the Classic Marathon games- mostly exist for
> diehard fans and people who have a historical interest in the series
> (either to see what Bungie was doing before Halo, or to see what FPS
> games were like in the mid to late 90s). Personally, even I don't find
> it much fun to actually play.

> That won't stop me from clicking the 'add to library' button, of
> course. The Number must grow!

> * Aleph One Marathon Open Source Project
> https://alephone.lhowon.org/

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On Sat, 24 Aug 2024 20:15:42 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:

>Uh, that's not a strategy game. ;P

Shhh! You're not supposed to notice this post. I'm not saying I posted
this in the wrong newsgroup, I'm just saying we're all just going to
ignore it exists and talk about the new "Heroes of Might & Magic" game
Ubisoft just announced instead. ;-)