Marathon:  Durandal

By Sandor Hugert

 

This is the new arcade game that came out on the XBOX 360 this week, and I was pretty disappointed.  I’ve never actually played this game before, but I’ve heard all types of good things about it plus the makers are Bungie, which is the company that makes Halo.  I heard that the game is exactly like Doom but possibly even better, and the only difference was that the Marathon games were only created for Macintosh computers.  Doom is one of my favorite games so I had my expectations pretty high for Marathon.  After I bought it for ten dollars, I start playing co-op with my friend, and we were both pretty amazed how weird the game is.  The game doesn’t even come close to how good Doom is, the weapons are dumb, the aliens you’re fighting are weird looking, and considering that everything looks the same in the game it’s almost impossible to find where to go.  The main problem I had with the game is that it gave me a huge headache, which I’ve heard, happens to many people from this game because of the weird colors and graphics in the game, and how you move and aim is also a little weird.  I definitely recommend for anyone to try out the free trial for this game before buying, just like I should have done.  The game probably would have been a lot better if I didn’t get those headaches, so if you’re one of those lucky people that don’t mind the weird colors and graphics than you might enjoy the game a lot, but I didn’t.

 

Score:  4 out of 10