- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
I don't think it would be a waste of time; I think it'd be a great endeavor to undertake. Especially considering the unrivaled success that Halo and Halo 2 have seen (it shipped a supposed 2.38 million copies on opening day; a figure that not even 50 games in history have seen in their entire release). Imagine if Bungie remade Marathon after Halo was done. No one could get enough of Halo, so then they release a game set in the same universe, offering players that same feel; different game, different story. Only things that would detract from that that I can imagine are actually the gameplay elements that made Halo so popular; carrying two weapons at once, pick-up & drop weapons on the fly, throwing grenades whenever, melee hits, and especially vehicles. I could easily imagine those element incorporated into Marathon, but not vehicles; Marathon's game dealt with smaller, more-closed in spaces than open outdoor spaces like Halo.
Nevertheless, I'm confident that a proper remake of Marathon reimagined by the OG's themselves (word) would be a success. Especially considering the badass level layout that all three games shared (although, yet again, it might be unpopular to some Halo fans; Halo was a real run 'n gun shooter, Marathon gave you objectives and contained a lot more puzzle-solving). And can you even begin to comprehend Marathon remade graphically? The whole atmostphere was so great in the first one that I think my mind would be blown if they used today's technology to reinvision it.