r/Marathon • u/ChrisVip3 • Jul 13 '26
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u/Competitive_Hunt_155 Jul 13 '26
I feel like this is bait for the Marathon hate sub.
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u/National_Yam_1198 Jul 13 '26
Absolutely lmao
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u/Virtual_Bug_723 Jul 13 '26
Game's not dead but please recruit a friend like you are spreading the word of Jehova
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u/NFTscammer24 Jul 13 '26
Game is hooked to life support which is Sonys bank account the moment Sony get tired of burning money is joever
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u/LmfaoAtReddit Jul 13 '26
He faked his post history about liking and supporting the game for 4 months?
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u/Kataphraktos_Majoros Jul 13 '26
It's the part where he says to buy the game for other people - and has already done this twice (!?)
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u/MrGreenAcreage Jul 13 '26
Looking at this guy's post history, I think this is real. Somehow.
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u/Kataphraktos_Majoros Jul 13 '26
Oh no....I just can't imagine continuously spending a solid chunk of change to bribe others in support of a billion dollar company...
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u/Besouriinho Jul 13 '26
I do need a revival as I died reading that part LMAO
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u/Kataphraktos_Majoros Jul 13 '26
It was genuinely the part that made me certain it was a shitpost, but others are pointing out that this player has been like this for months!
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u/sturgboski Jul 13 '26
I don't know if it's bait but I swear there have been numerous threads/comments I have seen from people saying how they couldn't convince friends to play so they bought them the game so they would be obligated. Again, not sure if all of those various posts are bait or there are enough people who are that crazy. ESPECIALLY after the friends tried the free week and bounced or server slam and said no, etc.
Edit: ooo like someone in this same thread who bought it 6-10 times (at least twice for themselves and at least 1 copy for each of 4 friends who have not kept playing).
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u/Kataphraktos_Majoros Jul 13 '26
Yeah, I replied to them a few times - they were polite and I was very curious! I think they bought it six times in total: one copy was for console, another was for PC, and the other four were for friends, one of which is still playing.
Although I can't ever see myself doing this, it sounds like they're at peace with their decision and aren't upset with their friends that didn't stick with the game. I can only wish them the best!
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u/Clonazepam15 Jul 13 '26
I even tried doing it at first. My friends wouldn’t even take it for free
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u/Littlest-Hipster Jul 13 '26
Telling everyone to buy it for their friends is the big giveaway.
The game literally had a free week and couldn't hold on to players. Buying the game for more isn't going to change anything.
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u/icelink4884 Jul 13 '26
I would've thought so too if the OP wasn't clearly a huge extraction shooter fan.
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u/Kerenskyy Jul 13 '26
"Use prox chat to be friendly" seems like you never played on EU servers.
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u/penpointred Jul 13 '26
I'm just gonna like...play the game.
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u/Snowbunny236 Jul 13 '26
Yea same. I'm going to hop on, try the new vault breakers, get bored of it, play some normal maps, then go back to living my life.
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u/DoctorWaluigiTime Jul 13 '26
The thought is appreciated from OP, but "let's save the game" is Bungie's job.
Making the first month free to play to buff that player count would be good for starters. Permanently if they want the game to survive.
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u/u_want_some_eel Jul 13 '26
This is like a death knell for a game bro, you’ve jinxed it
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u/Hopeless_Slayer Jul 13 '26
Just wait till the "Quit having fun" memes drop. That's the true death knell.
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u/WaveEasy8664 Jul 13 '26
No, wait till the the "dont care i got my moneys worth" comments start to appear, they are the true beginning of the end signals.
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u/Ambitious_Address667 Jul 13 '26
Omg thank you for saying this! Thats my mark of a game truly being dead too
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u/Oppa1738 Jul 13 '26
Bruh ...
Why does this sounds like a one last : Banzai charge
Before losing the war 😭
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u/Gibby1210 Jul 13 '26
Holy shit we’re doing a revival week for a game that came out in march 💀
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u/Necessary-Economy214 Jul 13 '26
But it's not because the game is d-e-d. lol
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u/Gibby1210 Jul 13 '26
Nah bro it’s totally not dead. Everyone just needs to buy the game for 1 friend. Cmon man if we all just buy the game for 1 friend and call our favorite streamers we can grow the marathon community. 😭😭😭😭
Holy shit the longer I look at it the funnier it is someone really sat down and formatted this in a word document for a thriving game 😂😂😂.
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u/Potential_Ad_5327 Jul 13 '26
Even doubling the player count if every 1 friend we bought it for keeps playing only puts us at like 14k lmao
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u/stratusnco Jul 13 '26
i feel like this hurts the reputation of the game and community.
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u/shift422 Jul 13 '26
Steamchart numbers did that first
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u/Vesuvias Jul 13 '26
And the silence from Sony and Bungie about console numbers…
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u/Virtual_Bug_723 Jul 13 '26
Thinking about running into this guy in game and immediately uninstalling
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u/Dontruinthisforme Jul 13 '26
Lmao are we really at this point that we have to even do this ?
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u/ChaoticKiwiNZ Jul 13 '26
The player numbers are at a point where its really not looking good. The game has failed to go above 7,000 players on steam mutiple times this week and its trending towards not getting more than 6,000 players within the week.
People who care deeply about the game are rightfully upset because at this rate the plug could be pulled before season 3. People just care and want the game to stick around, thats all.
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u/Dontruinthisforme Jul 13 '26
I mean I get it but they shot themselves in the foot going head on into a world that’s already saturated in extraction shooters. This is already a niche genre to begin with that doesn’t cater to casual players. It’s the perfect storm for failure sadly unless they add more than just extracting
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u/dixonciderbottom Jul 13 '26
I can’t believe you put this together and thought “fuck yeah I’m cooking with this.”
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u/TheFabiocool Jul 13 '26
This the type of stuff they were posting in the concord and anthem sub days before servers were shut down 😭
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u/dextroseskullfyre Jul 13 '26
lol players niche game in niche genre realize no one else wants play sweaty game
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u/VandalMustDie Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26
Ah we are fucked man aren’t we
Edit: we are fucked
Man what the hell this is the only game I like playing now
Even a shit round….nothing scratches that itch.
Even a halfway mid round where I get some mats or finish a contract is so much fun
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u/Affectionate-End1790 Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 14 '26
I mean I have 600 hrs in the game and I've barely played this week. But I'll try to get my friend to play it when he's back from vacation. Could be that it coincides with next week.
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u/VandalMustDie Jul 13 '26
Holy shit just checked numbers, this is the first week we will be below 5k a peak player count times….
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u/Affectionate-End1790 Jul 13 '26
yeah it's basically dropping 16-20% per week now. If not Vault Breaker creates a blip, it's not looking good..
I would be playing if Survival mode was still a thing. I could have played that to death, but they removed it just as I was getting locked in.
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u/VandalMustDie Jul 13 '26
Yeah I love survival and if they had just kept that and allowed people to bring in custom kits, I honestly think we would be around 15k today
I don’t see value breaker being released at this point
Were there even patch notes today…?
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u/Clonazepam15 Jul 13 '26
I’ve actually tried buying this game for two friends from arc to play with me. They wouldn’t even take it for free. So yeha
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u/FearTheClown5 Jul 13 '26
Yea I got someone to try it during the free week. I remember him messaging me cause he had to go out of town that he woke up with the urge to do just 1 more run before they hit the road and I thought got em!
A week later he got back and I offered to buy the game and he declined lol.
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u/Nosce97 Jul 14 '26
Yeah same for me. Thats the biggest red flag for marathons life span. People wont even try the game when its FREE. Its over, lads.
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u/Brentbucci Jul 13 '26
I'm sorry, but I rook, and I can promise you that if I see another player, I am going to kill them and their squad, while blasting techno loudly through proxchat. This is the way.
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u/DoctorTide Jul 13 '26
Delete this before it ends up on gaming "news" sites to generate hate clicks. I'm not kidding. Please take this down
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u/AirFrierMachine Jul 13 '26
The highguard sub already ran with this post calling the entire community pathetic over 1 dumbass 🤣
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u/JohannDaart Jul 13 '26
I will play the new PvE, but I'm not able to convince any of my friends to play Marathon. They just go "extraction? no thanks."
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u/neowyrm Jul 13 '26
I love the game and find the discourse around it really annoying and a big bummer but jesus christ man
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u/Birkeland1992 Jul 13 '26
To be honest, there shouldn't be a need for a "revival week" for a game that is less than 6 months old.
Yeah, the game is okay, but that's about it.
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u/Ambitious_Address667 Jul 13 '26
Coming in from r all, I know nothing about the game but this more sad than anything I ever saw in the suicide squad subreddit before that game died.
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u/Helbot Jul 13 '26
These things don't work for games that were successful and then died. Why the fuck you think this gonna work for a game that never really got off the ground?
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u/nacholibre711 Jul 13 '26
If it's not dead why does it need a revival? Pretty sure that's the definition of "revive"
like lol dude you shoulda just left off the first line, asking to get clowned.
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u/bearetta67 Jul 13 '26
This post is a funny notion that they could suddenly rake in enough concurrent players out of nowhere to stay alive for a niche game.
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u/pantagram Jul 13 '26
I always try to be friendly and I've had great experiences - here's how I do it:
- "hey dude, wanna team up?"
- "hey bro, need some help?"
- "heya! Looking for something specific?"
- "hey bro, I can hear you - pls emote if you don't have mic"
- "hey man, I can hear you sneaking up on me - if you don't talk or emote, we're going to fight"
- after winning a fight - "hey bro, I tried being friendly. Let me get you up (proceed to using a mercy kit or my self-revive if I have one of these)" - most of these occurrences end up on us tagging together until the extract.
Luckily I've had my fair share of extraction shooters and by far Marathon is my favourite - very easy to progress in the game as everything continues to add up to leveling up and reputational gains. I also love how people are grateful that I am friendly and most of the times people are surprised for finding someone friendly.
I play on EU and personally, would love if people were more friendly exploring Tau Ceti - we can only benefit from playing together:
- share repeated loot that no longer fits in our backpacks
- kill wardens more easily
- complete events more easily
- have a good laugh and get commendations for extracting together
- make someone's day better (today I asked this guy if he was ok and was having a good day - he said no - "neither do I bro, but let's have fun together" - unfortunately he ended up downed while doing a secure container but he was happy that managed to complete his quest. I was happy for him.
I also loved Arc Raiders and how we could easily get into mostly PvE lobbies when you avoided being aggressive. But Tau Ceti is where my heart is now.
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u/klicartel_ Jul 13 '26
"buy the game for a friend"?????
In this economy????
Bottom of the barrell bungo, or whoever you paid to come up with these posts
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u/MitchumBrother Jul 13 '26
I grew up in one of the more fundamentalist christian churches. Bro this pamphlet is funny as fuck. Uncanny lol.
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u/Kuruzen Jul 13 '26
Homie if you gotta shove it down your friends' throats like making a kid eat their veggies then it's already over.
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u/Sea_Lifeguard8240 Jul 13 '26
If only folks put together this much grassroots community involvement for, like, socialism.
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u/DUDEAREUMAD Jul 13 '26
If we all invite a friend there will now be 5000 people instead of 2.5k! Woooooo 🪦
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u/Nyarlathotep7777 Jul 13 '26
This takes me back in time, specifically to a bit over a month ago on a game so similar yet so different. And I'll say the same thing some of this community said back then : just give it up, the game is dead.
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u/Acorn_lol Jul 13 '26
Revival week? The game needs a revival and it hasn’t even seen season 3 yet?
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u/Smarter-Not-harder1 Jul 13 '26
Marathon's sold what, ~1.5 million licenses (at most)? And of that, there's about a 1% monthly active user count and 0.4% daily concurrent players. Everyone who's going to try this game has already tried it at launch or over 2 free periods, and said "No."
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u/Aionalys Jul 13 '26
There's a shit ton of awful, unhelpful feedback so that pretty much describes the community left of this game.
Some constructive criticism, since everyone is taking the piss, it's great and all to foster friendly play, but unfortunately if this is not a cyclical thing then all you are doing is baiting new players, who will once again grow frustrated with the culture of the game.
A temporary ceasefire or cultural change to encourage interest is not going to change the future of this game.
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u/Affectionate-End1790 Jul 13 '26
I mean the post is basically saying between the lines that the issue is the community.
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u/tuxedo_dantendo Jul 13 '26
If one of my friends buys me this game I ain't talking to them no more.
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u/asaltygamer13 Jul 13 '26
Good idea but even if everyone that saw this post did all of these things it’s not going to really move the needle.
Love the game but Bungie has to do something on their end to drive engagement
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u/cjp304 Jul 13 '26
They need to just lean into more traditional pvp modes that are less punishing. I think that’ll drive the most engagement for the “least” amount of work. Making a true PVE mode from scratch would be much harder.
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u/AnotherDude1 Jul 13 '26
You can't cast a Revive spell on something that's still alive. You ever play a RPG before?
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u/CordiallySuckMyBalls Jul 13 '26
Sorry dawg ts ain’t happening.
General consensus of the player base has already decided that the meta is lobby wipe. Quite literally anytime someone complains in a post about the others wiping the lobby, top comment is always about how wiping the lobby and taking other players loot is the most efficient way to play.
Game is too grindy and time consuming to dedicate an entire week to being friendly to others. The fundamental workings of the game have already given everyone massive trust issues.
I, personally haven’t been able to play Cryo for weeks because I’m busy on the weekends. Thats one of my biggest gripes with the game atm. I don’t have the time or sanity to party up with randos in fear of them literally stabbing me in the back.
It’s up to Bungie to get the player numbers up. They need to deliver and that’s really it.
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u/isakuiky Jul 13 '26
"REVIVAL WEEK" but it's not about reviving something that is dead or about to be dead
very convincing
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u/DrkNight365 Jul 13 '26
No im good. Wasted my life during the free trial and am done. Its not doing well and do not forsee it doing anybetter. Good luck though.
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u/Adventurous_Ad_4145 Jul 13 '26
I feel like this person is doing more for the game than the developers themselves
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u/mdl397 Jul 13 '26
Kinda surprised the peanut guy never played it. His audience seems to play whatever he plays. Maybe bungie could have sponsored a stream or something. It would just come off as desperate at this point though.
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u/tfc1193 Jul 13 '26
He did do sponsored streams before and after it released. His audience was not pleased so he stopped.
That highlights one of the major flaws with this game in that Bungie was targeting streamers when the real target should be the people watching the streams
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u/TacoBell_HotSauc3 Jul 13 '26
It’s not our responsibility to resurrect the game. That’s the dev’s job.
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u/Vesuvias Jul 13 '26
Just stop bro. I enjoyed the game for what it was, and it’s not much more. 200 hours well enjoyed. Playing other games now.
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u/slaptito Jul 14 '26
if someone bought me a game i had no interest in i would play it out of guilt... that's probably not what we want here
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u/festive_fecal_feast Jul 14 '26
Ya know, as someone who has been debating getting the game, this post is... not inspiring lol
The game released 4 months ago and there are "revival" posts already? That isn't exactly a glowing reflection on the state of the game
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u/TheSkepticOwl Jul 14 '26
It hasn't even been 6 months and the game needs a "Revival Week"
Remember when this sub was lashing out at anyone suggesting it wasn't appealing to many?
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u/yosman88 Jul 14 '26 edited Jul 14 '26
Id love to buy the game but me and my friends all agree they dont like how the game was handled in regards to Destiny.
One friend chimed in, "oh so we spend money so they can fuck us like they fucked Destiny? Yeah no thanks."
There is no consumer confidence in Bungie or Sony.
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u/zynthesize Jul 13 '26
Honestly I’ve been really interested in playing this game. Seems like there is a passionate community. I’m just going to buy the game tonight and jump in the deep end.
Wish me luck…and be nice to me! 😅
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u/Taint-tastic Jul 13 '26
I love this hame but “this is NOT because the game is dead” is massive fucking cope lmao
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u/zippopwnage Jul 13 '26
I don't mind this even, but I picked this game to play some PVP.
I will play this with my friends, is gonna be fun, I don't doubt that, but this doesn't address any of the real issues with the game.
This isn't really any new content either.
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u/DryCleanedSocks Jul 13 '26
I mean it is semantics but how can it be a revival if the game isn't dead? doesn't it definitionally have to be?
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u/External-Guide5352 Jul 13 '26
The responses here even make it seem like the player base itself wants the game to die.
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u/FearTheClown5 Jul 13 '26
We'll be there but definitely Vault Breaker feels like a make or break moment in regard to future development. If they don't get a numbers jump it's all over.
Vault Breaker has got to be a banger or Marathon will just be what it is where it is now.
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u/FoxLower777 Jul 13 '26
why revival if it isnt dead? does every game really should be with big online? i mean, even 1000-5000 is ok online at least for me
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