Give Link zero actual lines, just make him grunt and yell for the 120 minute run time.

a psychopath, emotional terrorist, general all-around shithead

I don't care what Freud says, this would fix me.

Felt the same way, the reworked 'tutorial' from the open test to this one was a huge improvement. Environments look great and really seem designed to encourage the player to explore every nook and cranny.

Unfortunately you have to engage with the rest of the gameplay loop for that.

I'm interested to see what they do with the worldbuilding and lore - but I can get all of that from a Youtube video.

Honestly don't see myself touching Marathon unless the core gameplay is seriously polished.

I was playing the tech test yesterday, walked into a room and died to some absolute rat behavior. Man was crouched in the space between a cabinet and the ceiling.

It ain't worth it. 😣

this is giving me incredibly normal thoughts and feelings

"Being true to the source material." (derogatory)

Considering most of their properties are left to rot if they can't easily churn out another $20 DLC every six weeks, Paradox will probably forget it owns the game rights like they did with Battletech.

Cool Ranch or Nacho?