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Bungie appears to have extensively plagiarized an artist's work in their extraction shooter "Marathon" according to this Bluesky post (bsky.app)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml to c/games@lemmy.world

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Bungie has issued an official statement, they are throwing an artist under the bus and pledging to make it right with the original artist.

This is a developing story.

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[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

I was hoping it was gonna be a clever, fun story shooter like the original. But it just sounds like a reskinned Helldivers with no connection to the original besides the name.

Luckily classic Marathon is available on Steam for free.

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

OK, criticism is fine, but reskined Helldivers? It's nothing like Helldivers. It's an extraction shooter, with a focus on PvP.

I guess Helldivers is a shooter where you extract, but it isn't an extraction shooter. Extraction shooters are like Escape from Tarkov, Gray Zone, and the upcoming ARC Raiders. They're about entering a game with items, collecting loot, and leaving. If you die you lose everything you brought. Nothing like Helldivers.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

That makes even less sense to me. Nothing in the original game is about collecting resources or leaving the ship

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

Nope. I don't really know why they decided to do this, but it does use the existing lore. The Phor are going to be involved, and a bunch of other Marathon stuff is going to be used. It's almost the exact opposite game mode of what Marathon was though.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I think it’s because a game with challenging puzzles and compelling story takes work and talent and a game that says “collect 20 widgets and get back to the extraction point” can be churned out like cheap hot dogs by overworked devs.