
The initial release of the Marathon series, back in 1994, was among the pioneers in the FPS genre to emphasize story development over mere shoot-and-run action. Unlike many modern games, it didn’t use cutscenes, but instead filled its levels with logs found within the game environment, offering rich background information about the game world. The narrative of Marathon was intricately woven and so complex that devoted fans created entire websites to decipher it. However, Bungie’s upcoming reboot of Marathon might not share many similarities with these original games in terms of story or gameplay mechanics. Regrettably, the new version will reportedly forgo a single-player campaign, which was a feature present in its predecessors.