Bungie is more than Destiny and the first (and best) Halo. The future of the shooter colossus lies in Marathon, its new great project based on one of its first successes. But if you can't wait too long to immerse yourself in its world, we have four good news that will brighten your day: the original is now available on both Steam and PC (Windows and Mac, and Linux) as well as mobile phones, the sequels are on the way Steam has been given a powerful update and, in addition, all games are completely free. Let's go by parts.
Released in December 1994 for Apple computers, like all of Bungie's works prior to the original Halo, Marathon followed the path of classic DOOM with the advantage of having many of its lessons learned and its own game engine that gave more creative margins to its developers. The version that comes to Steam, promoted by Bungie, has been developed and published by Aleph One Developers through its own engine, which involves changes, improvements and a concept that rounds off the whole: original files have been used for restoration.
Among the improvements we have an always grateful extra adjustment on PC to take advantage of widescreen screens, as well as a 3D perspective and filter system and something that not even the most cutting-edge games today can guarantee: 60 fps or more through interpolation. And already, they have added a positional audio system so that we know where the bullets are coming from. Which is very good, but What is Marathon about and where do the sequels fit in?
Bungie's inspiration when assembling the story of Marathon She's terribly brazen, but that doesn't detract from her accomplishments: the UESC Marathon station, humanity's first space colony, has been attacked by alien forces. Someone will have to sweep this critical situation of threats and defend what remains of the station. Guess who?
The initiative is to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the saga Marathon and it doesn't end here: Bungie's plans involve relaunching the classic trilogy in a staggered manner. You can now download it from its creators' website and the game pages for Classic Marathon 2 and Classic Marathon Infinity are already created on Steam, they will also be free and the only thing left is to set a release date for them. Something that, in all likelihood, Bungie will take advantage of in order to break down its plans and news for the announced return of the franchise.
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Bungie's model for betting on shooters proposed through expansions and long-term game models has had setbacks and has given us more than one displeasure, but it has also set a standard. There's a reason why those from Washington have been mixing shootings and futuristic action for more than three decades, obsessing players.
Meanwhile, Destiny 2 It continues to grow and if you also have PlayStation Plus you will be happy to know that most of the expansions are included this month with the Plus games for a limited time. If the plan was to get us to play their video games more… Great job!
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