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Re: "what the fuck is going on"?
Posted By: Durandal_1707Date: 10/29/21 4:26 p.m.

In Response To: Re: "what the fuck is going on"? (VikingBoyBilly)

: When I booted up infinity, I was expecting the climactic final battle on the
: pfhor homeworld on a new engine. What I got was Marathon 2.5. Now that I'm
: better versed on the story I realize Marathon 2's ending spoiled the
: ending that could be in a tell-don't-show textwall. Even though we got
: Rubicon, we knew the s'pht'kr and earth would be bombing the planet.

At the time, they weren't planning to make a third game though, IIUC. Marathon 2 was going to be The End of the story, so they could move on to other projects like Myth and Halo, and thus they wrapped up all the loose plot threads with a nice little bow (well, other than what happened to the player character—he was still stuck as a slave at the end of M2). Having Double Aught do a third game was something the decided later on.

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"what the fuck is going on"?Godot 10/27/21 1:30 a.m.
     Re: "what the fuck is going on"?Lion O Cyborg 10/28/21 12:49 p.m.
           Re: "what the fuck is going on"?VikingBoyBilly 10/29/21 2:30 p.m.
                 Re: "what the fuck is going on"?Durandal_1707 10/29/21 4:26 p.m.
                       Re: "what the fuck is going on"?Godot 10/31/21 12:04 a.m.

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