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Extraction Shooters Are The New Battle Royale Bubble

Extraction shooters like Escape From Tarkov seem to be the hot new trend in gaming, but we might already be approaching critical mass.

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The Final ‘Marathon’ Closed Alpha Review: How Did It Go?

In the end, how did the Marathon Closed Alpha go? There are two components to this, how the game felt and how it was received more generally.

Notellin3d ago

It went poorly. We've got another Concord on our hands.

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Yes, ‘ARC Raiders’ Makes ‘Marathon’ Look Bad

It’s an unproven trend at this point, but the new race toward live multiplayer games appear to be the genre of extraction shooters, and this week brought an unusual situation with two upcoming 2025 extraction games both running Closed Alphas and so far, eliciting different reactions.

The reaction to the Marathon Alpha has mostly been mixed to underwhelming. The initial reaction to the ARC Raiders Alpha has visibly skewed more positive.

1Victor9d ago (Edited 9d ago )

I see those Microsoft owned sites posting bad articles about marathon like they feel it’s going to beat CoD and all other FPS 🤣
Edit: I don’t play FPS so I don’t care enough to click on the link 🤷🏿just a observation from this article and the windows central article

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Babadook79d ago

Microsoft also seems to fund these dedicated fan boys to make fake accounts.

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Babadook79d ago (Edited 9d ago )

“fund good games unlike Sony”

Too little too late. 💀 Now they’re multiplat only. 💀 Buying studios was a desperate measure. 💀 Turned out great for PS5 owners though. 🥳

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RaidenBlack9d ago

Most ARC Raiders preview articles/player reception's seems to be same? Even in Bungie fan threads?
Do you guys even venture sites outside of N4G?

Christopher8d ago

Really? Seems to me like both are snoozers and people just aren't interested in these games.

X-235d ago

Arc Raiders I had heavy interest in when they spoke of it being a Looter Shooter, with the aesthetic of the game it seemed like it was worth it, but personally I've now lost all interest in it since it's become a Extraction Shooter. I don't mind the genre, but here we go again with the oversaturation of one particular genre because they've decided to chase the new extraction trend and just make the game Streamer Bait. I wish they would just go back to designing these games for people who actually play them again rather than for an audience who just watches.
As for Marathon I don't even know what to say about it really other than, it doesn't look exciting or fun to engage with at all. Perhaps picking up and playing is different, but I doubt it.

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Marathon is doomed — ARC Raiders is already a much better extraction shooter

Windows Central: “Embark Studios' ARC Raiders is the extraction shooter I've been waiting for. Here's why it's better than Bungie's upcoming Marathon.”

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_SilverHawk_11d ago (Edited 11d ago )

This is silly. I think both games are amazing. Both games can be very successful at the same time and I hope they are.

z2g11d ago

I hate articles like this. “My opinion is all that matters. Click my stuff”. Both games will have their audiences. Some ppl like rock. Some ppl like rap. Not everyone is the same.

LordoftheCritics11d ago

Both are just another streamer game.

Killer2020UK11d ago

What's wrong with games suitable for streaming?

PapaBop10d ago

From what I've heard off friends who have access to both tests, Arc Raiders is leaps and bounds ahead of Marathon. Still as OW2 and Rivals prove, competition is healthy, hopefully Arc Raiders pushes Marathon to be a better game.

PanicMechanic9d ago

I don’t think I’ve seen anyone say “marathon is amazing”. At least, not people who’ve had first hand experience playing it

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z2g11d ago

So we can we can see into the future now? I’m sure ARC is fine, me personally? Far more interested in Marathon. Between known Bungie’s solid gameplay and world building to the aesthetics and concept, I’m all in on Marathon.

InUrFoxHole11d ago

Yeah but unfortunately marathon are both in the hands of gamers and one has been recommend for delay.

RaidenBlack10d ago

Its from the previews bub ... respective communities responded ... no studio adherence bull crap here.

jjb198111d ago

I played the Technical Test 2 earlier today and had a blast. I got thrown in an instance, saw a guy walking up some stairs, started shooting at him and watched him run for his life. It was funny until I got killed by some random drones. They're both different games and will have their space. Only the gameplay loop will tell.

pwnmaster300011d ago

Why do gamers/gamejournalist do this? We need to stop with all this doom article game shit.

lodossrage11d ago

windowscentral wouldn't have wrote this "piece" if Bungie was still owned by Microsoft.

And yes, I'm implying exactly what anyone reading this comment thinks.

RaidenBlack10d ago

Arc is genuinely good (from the Finals devs {ex-Battlefield} ), 'if' you like extraction shooters and got to play it.
Get that typical console-warring posting outta here.

lodossrage10d ago

It has nothing to do with "console warring". It has everything to do with windowscentral credibility.

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