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r/Marathon • … • u/ZoeyBeschamel

I didn't buy a survival horror game

I bought Marathon pretty much the moment it came out at a friend's urging, and am very grateful to have followed her advice. I love this game and I'm having a grand old time with it.

**However,** I am a little annoyed that in season 2 I've had a style of game kinda foisted upon me that I really struggle to deal with. I don't play survival horror games. I can't stand the jump-scares or the build-up to the jump-scares, the tension and the horrifying sound design. I can't do it, I've tried. The most I could handle was the Outer Wilds DLC with copious amounts of mental preparation and strictly playing during the daytime.

Now I wouldn't mind at all to just sit out the 90 minutes at most it takes for the night map to fall out of rotation, but there's a bunch of story-telling happening out there that I just can't get to, and that's the part that's really flicking me. I also know that if I had seen that part of this game was going to involve horror elements, I straight-up would not have bought it.

So whatever, just a mild rant I guess. I hope next season's gonna be a little lighter on the scares, or that it'll at least be possible to experience the full story without having to force myself through misery.

edit: man people really hate it when other people don't enjoy parts of the game they like huh? Maybe if you're just gonna flame me for not enjoying parts of your fave, keep scrolling instead of being rude?

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