{"id":1173348,"date":"2026-02-13T11:31:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T11:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wrpz9T69M4wDXtCbwB3zLH"},"modified":"2026-02-13T11:31:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T11:31:29","slug":"bungie-says-marathon-is-about-losing-all-your-gear-but-still-having-a-great-time-because-you-come-out-with-a-good-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/bungie-says-marathon-is-about-losing-all-your-gear-but-still-having-a-great-time-because-you-come-out-with-a-good-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Bungie says Marathon is about losing all your gear but still having a great time because you &#8216;come out with a good story&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Bungie is finally opening up about Marathon, its shiny new extraction shooter that&#8217;s been under wraps since 2023. This is the legendary FPS studio&#8217;s first new game in eight years, its first non-Destiny project since the Halo days, <em>and<\/em> a reimagining of a series that&#8217;s laid dormant since the &#8217;90s, so the collective hobby is keen to know what sort of spin the Destiny folks can put on a relatively new flavour of PvP known for its loot lust and high stakes.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s big reveal stream made one thing clear: Marathon will have all the hallmarks of Escape From Tarkov: A blocky inventory, faction quests, three-person squads, customizable guns, and a huge emphasis on money. Everything in your inventory has a sell price, and what you choose to extract from a map will be informed by big ol&#8217; dollar signs. Or in the game&#8217;s case: credits.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-video\" data-nosnippet >\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\"><iframe data-lazy-priority=\"low\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LVofS2KloRo\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>But Bungie says Marathon is about more than just getting rich (and dying trying). It&#8217;s the journey, not the payday, is the idea. The studio&#8217;s stated goal is for Marathon to be a &#8220;story engine&#8221; that produces memorable fights, adventures, and anecdotes for your group chat. Even if you leave the map empty-handed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A lot of people who are looking to try an extraction shooter, when they look at it, they don&#8217;t see that adventure of going hiking in a dangerous area or going through a horror experience, right?&#8221; Marathon game director Joe Ziegler told PC Gamer in an interview last week. &#8220;They just look at the complexity of all this stuff like, &#8216;Is it just me trying to do things and dying over and over again?'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Partially, yes. Bungie&#8217;s gameplay overview video and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/after-thousands-of-hours-in-destiny-i-had-serious-concerns-about-bungies-marathon-reboot-but-now-ive-played-it-my-worry-isnt-whether-or-not-it-will-be-good\" target=\"_blank\">Tim&#8217;s hands-on with an early build of Marathon<\/a> suggest its loop is more-or-less dying over and over again, but the hope is that you&#8217;re always bringing a new memory back to the menu. Although in some cases trauma might be a better descriptor.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"KBkX4Wi6rtyW6NxyVbDLwG\" name=\"2025_Marathon_Reveal_Press_Kit_COMPRESSED_001\" alt=\"marathon\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bungie-says-marathon-is-about-losing-all-your-gear-but-still-having-a-great-time-because-you-come-out-with-a-good-story.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Bungie)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;What we&#8217;re trying to do is say, &#8216;how do you go on adventures and then feel that survival challenge, that survival story that you&#8217;re making?&#8217; Some of the best survival stories and moments I&#8217;ve had in gaming are actually failures or weird things that have happened, right?&#8221; Ziegler said. &#8220;And so it&#8217;s learning to learn, it&#8217;s learning to enjoy both of those things. Not seeing success purely as every single time I expect to survive, but every time you should expect to come out with a good story.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Honestly, that sounds like a tall order. I&#8217;m not a Tarkov enjoyer, but I have played hundreds of hours of the other biggest extraction shooter, Hunt: Showdown. That game is a &#8220;story engine&#8221; in the sense that its fights are intense, explosive matchups that can last seconds or drag out into 20-minute standoffs, but the truly memorable ones are way more rare than something you can expect to experience in most play sessions.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"C9qsf46FeiHi5FWyMiCGwG\" name=\"2025_Marathon_Reveal_Press_Kit_COMPRESSED_007\" alt=\"marathon\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bungie-says-marathon-is-about-losing-all-your-gear-but-still-having-a-great-time-because-you-come-out-with-a-good-story-1.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Bungie)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I need stronger motivations than the chance of an all-timer showdown, which is why Hunt has clear-cut win conditions in the form of scarce bounty tokens won by defeating a boss. Based on what I&#8217;ve seen, Marathon doesn&#8217;t have anything like that. Like Tarkov, the loot is the goal, and the loot is inherently not going to be something you hold onto long-term, given Bungie&#8217;s expectation that most maps will have a less than 50% survival rate. So I wonder what a memorable story in Marathon looks like beyond &#8220;I extracted with this expensive gun which I will probably lose soon&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve got a lot more on Marathon today, including our hands-on, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/marathon-wont-have-proximity-chat-because-itd-be-way-too-toxic-i-dont-think-anyone-has-a-good-solution-to-that-just-yet\" target=\"_blank\">Bungie&#8217;s reasoning for not having proximity chat<\/a>, and the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/bungie-hired-an-oscar-winner-to-make-marathons-stunning-8-minute-short-but-only-real-sci-fi-nerds-will-spot-the-cult-movie-that-inspired-it\" target=\"_blank\">unexpected inspiration<\/a> behind the animated short that premiered today.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"a36618b1-f2b2-4d3b-acbe-40e684f661ae\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Hands-on with Marathon\" data-dimension48=\"Hands-on with Marathon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1025px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.10%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"9ZXdMNGoBvEQpRPCuwRyuQ\" name=\"marathon square\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bungie-says-marathon-is-about-losing-all-your-gear-but-still-having-a-great-time-because-you-come-out-with-a-good-story-2.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1025\" height=\"1026\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/after-thousands-of-hours-in-destiny-i-had-serious-concerns-about-bungies-marathon-reboot-but-now-ive-played-it-my-worry-isnt-whether-or-not-it-will-be-good\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"a36618b1-f2b2-4d3b-acbe-40e684f661ae\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Hands-on with Marathon\" data-dimension48=\"Hands-on with Marathon\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>Hands-on with Marathon<\/strong><\/a>: We played eight hours<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/marathon-guide\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Marathon<\/strong><\/a><strong>: <\/strong>Everything you need to know<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/marathon-wont-have-proximity-chat-because-itd-be-way-too-toxic-i-dont-think-anyone-has-a-good-solution-to-that-just-yet\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><br \/>Marathon proximity chat<\/strong><\/a>: Why it isn&#8217;t happening<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/bungie-says-marathon-is-about-losing-all-your-gear-but-still-having-a-great-time-because-you-come-out-with-a-good-story\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Marathon is a story engine<\/strong><\/a>: Bungie hopes dying won&#8217;t feel punishing<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/bungie-hired-an-oscar-winner-to-make-marathons-stunning-8-minute-short-but-only-real-sci-fi-nerds-will-spot-the-cult-movie-that-inspired-it\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Marathon animated short<\/strong><\/a>: Bungie hired an Oscar winner to make a pretty ad<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/bungie-says-marathon-is-about-losing-all-your-gear-but-still-having-a-great-time-because-you-come-out-with-a-good-story\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bungie is finally opening up about Marathon, its shiny new extraction shooter that&#8217;s been under wraps since 2023. This is the legendary FPS studio&#8217;s first new game in eight years, its first non-Destiny project since the Halo days, and a reimagining of a series that&#8217;s laid dormant since the &#8217;90s, so the collective hobby is keen to know what sort of spin the Destiny folks can put on a relatively new flavour of PvP known for its loot lust and high stakes. Today&#8217;s big reveal stream made one thing clear: Marathon will have all the hallmarks of Escape From Tarkov: A blocky inventory, faction quests, three-person squads, customizable guns, and a huge emphasis on money. Everything in your inventory has a sell price, and what&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/bungie-says-marathon-is-about-losing-all-your-gear-but-still-having-a-great-time-because-you-come-out-with-a-good-story\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1173349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[91,748],"class_list":["post-1173348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-fps","tag-games"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bungie says Marathon is about losing all your gear but still having a great time because you &#039;come out with a good story&#039; | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bungie is finally opening up about Marathon, its shiny new extraction shooter that&#039;s been under wraps since 2023. 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