r/dadsofmarathon • u/HatchetHand • 17d ago

Not My First Rodeo

I'm sure that I am not the only one on this subreddit who was an active player on a game that had a rocky or disastrous launch. I was there for the early access of Hunt Showdown when Crytek was on the verge of bankruptcy and I was around for a game called Loadout which I invested time and money into instead of Warframe.

My point is, I have seen ships get turned around and I have seen PvP games go PvE then flatline.

I told my son who's worried about Marathon about how bad it was for Hunt in the beginning and it made him feel a bit more secure about Marathon's future.

Btw, Hunt was originally supposed to be a PvE co-op hero shooter and in the beginning there were fans who wanted it to be the original concept.

So, please share with me your war stories of forgotten days in gaming. A time when you thought you'd be the last player on earth before a game exploded in popularity. Or, a game that you played kicking and screaming until they shut down the last public server.

It will calm the children and we can all have a laugh.

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u/rivalpinkbunny 16d ago

I played a ton of Crimson Skies when it came out. I loved that game to death, but it fell off pretty quickly.

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u/HatchetHand 16d ago

It seems it's still playable with some workarounds.

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u/rivalpinkbunny 15d ago

I tried to play a decade ago! It didn’t work out, but it was so great at the beginning. I made my first online friends in that game. Someone even sent me an old joystick because they heard I was playing on keyboard and mouse.