"We came to card, please don't punish others for our mistakes" Former Concord Dev defends Marathon in the middle of online negativity

Summary

Marathon, a reboot of Bungies 1994 series, offers games of platform in a PVP environment with loot extraction.
A former Concord artist praises Bungie for taking a risk with a marathon and urges players not to judge the game prematurely.
Players have called Marathon “Concord 2.0.”

An artist who formally worked with the failed Harmony The game speaks against Naysayers that have already been pronounced BungieS new extraction shooter Marathon death. Serves as a reboot of Bungie's original 1994 Marathon Series, the new multiplayer is a step outside the developer's comfort zone, already has Halo and Fate franchises under their belt.

Marathon Will focus on the Player versus plays game together with loot extra mechanics, and fortunately FPS fans will be able to take advantage of the game's full platform game. Interested players can now register for MarathonClosed Alpha Payetest, which allows players to have a practical experience before the game's launch, and PlayTest will take place from April 23 – 4 May 2025.

Marathon director clarifies that the game is not intended to replace Destiny 2

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Marathon Dev clarifies that it is not trying to replace Destiny 2

The marathon developer makes it clear that the new item in the classic sci-fi first person's shooting franchise is not supposed to replace Destiny 2.

Bungie revealed MarathonGame and release date to September 23 2025 during an expected trailer, but players were quick to compare the game to HarmonyS failure. Defending Marathona previous one Harmony The artist, called MrSpug on Reddit, shared a post on Marathon Subditit and praised Bungie to “take a chance.” The artist noted how “intestinal change” it was to see Harmony Fail, but they applauded Bungie's “courage” and encouraged players not to “punish others for our mistake.” Moreover, Mr.spug noted that they did not want to be “the dev”, but thought people called Marathon A failure before the game's release was “wild for me.”

Former Concord artist defends Marathon's disclosure and bungie's “courage”

Because the FPS genre is at a maximum time in 2025 Bungie revealed how Marathon Plans to compete against other extraction shooters, such as offering greater accessibility and providing a unique gaming experience to separate it from other shooters as Escape from Tarkov. Thankfully, most Redditors had a positive reaction to Spug's posts and noted that people just love to be angry and spread hatred today. Another user was puzzled by “Gamer Discourse”, who could not get their heads around players who think developers are part of “any grand conspiracy to make a deliberately unsuitable experience.”

Several players were also quick to compare marathons with the failed Harmony From Playstation and Firewalk Studios, the new shooter calls “Concord 2.0.” After a successful marketing campaign on the heels in the game's announcement at 2023's Playstation Showcase, HarmonyServers were closed just two weeks after the official launch. Despite its comparisons with Marvel's popular Guardians of the GalaxyConcord's sales were very poor, and Devs noted that some aspects of the game were not rolled out as intended.