 | In Response To: Marathon Blog 1 (Dollar Store Kyle)
: This was on the M1A1 update to Marathon that a forum dweller here told me
: about. What I find very peculiar is the beginning of the first level. You
: start out in these strange catacombs rather than at the beginning of the
: ship, and you have to find your way down to the proper stone door that
: leads to the beginning of the Marathon. There is a strange, red
: spectre-looking figure standing stationary somewhere in the catacombs.
: Once you go through the stone door, it closes down as a Marathon airlock
: door, and you can never go back through it again. What is also very
: strange is that the stone walls, pillars, doors, walls and ceilings look
: EXACTLY like a video game I used to have a long time ago but eventually
: lost. I couldn't remember the title, but I remember that you were a
: soldier that I believe was trying to get a nuclear weapon. You started out
: with only a knife, and you explored these catacombs collecting things and
: eliminating every bizarre abomination that got in your way. It was almost
: like a simple FPS merged with a graphic adventure game with a couple of
: RPG details put in. The action was rather dull and mindless, but the game
: was still very interesting.
Ah yes, THAT game. The name you want is Pathways into Darkness. It too was one of Bungie's older games. I believe that M1A1 is paying homage to that game which started the Marathon universe by introducing us to the Jjaro.
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