Marathon Infinity Review

I have delved into the abyss of marathon lore, and I have learned only one thing.




They killed Bob.

theres no fucking way the main character from pathways is master chief

That ending gives me chills every time.

Nothing has ever given me the same goosebumps as the delivery and satisfaction in his voice… “You’ll make sure of it. Aye Mak Sicur. *I’ll make sure.*”

Even just trying to process the plot of this game after the fact gave me a blue screen of death. xD

The way Durandal talks reminds me of Francis E. Dec ranting about computer god communists gangsters.

These videos are about to get a few more views 😂

Funny how the phors supreme AI seems insane to those that work with it. You could say the same for the marathon series itself. The ramblings of a computer that seem insane to any outside observer. Great video and pretty insane end to the marathon series...for now.

What

So. Is the implication at the end that Cortana is Jjaro tech, the Projenitors were the Cyborg, and the Flood is the remains of the W'rkncacnter?

Wait, I lost track, what's the difference between Durandal and Du-randall?

Marathon 1 and Infinity were designed as hardcore games, 2 was designed as a crowd pleaser. if you want more straightforward level design Halo provided that, and was much less interesting to me personally as a result.

Passes into myth…passes into myth…passes into myth…

between Gianna going insane and the of a review of good story, The forespoken dig was high art

I know who you are.
You are ... GNOP.

Bungie's Marathon is game equivalent of Evangelion

This game series has Dune level lore

now I see where Bungo got their ideas for Halo and Destiny

“You are DESTINY 2 TM” had me cackling

I’m realizing how much Elsie Bray’s story in Destiny pulls so much from Marathon Infinity. She’s time traveling over and over again not only to save the world, but to make sure her sister doesn’t become evil. It’s a lot more straightforward, sure, because you’re hearing about the timelines changing rather than playing it out, but the BITTERness she must feel resetting so often is shown for sure

I would love for you to go over Destiny 1 at some point. Maybe D2 after Final Shape. Definitely all after you review the Bungie Halo games, of course. I feel like there’s a lot to go over

Ok so here me other about my rambling. Halo Infinite is there 3rd instalment made my 343. That would make it its 3rd game. Coincidence it’s called infinite?? Marathon moment? 2nd. Kinda crazy how like halo infinite is also….. the 7th instalment…..

Always cum inside animegirls

Back when Bungie was a godsend

"Passes into myth"... You! Well played.

man, okay, rewatching your videos is such a joy, because it's entirely impossible to catch all the clever shit you put in your serialised videos on the first viewing. delightful!

This is such a wild fucking ride no matter how many times I watch this.

Am i just baked or is "A Converted Church in Venice, Italy" an Indiana Jones reference?

And you are correct, don't know if it was Kirkpatrick or someone else but I distinctly remember them saying that the design style and dark ambiance was intentional to fit the mood Marathon 1 gave.

As a spanish person
I didnt understand a shit

This is like the 7th time i rewatch marathon trilogy and i still dont understand anything that is going on.

Everytime this video feels like a fever dream

Weird how Marathon and Bloodborne end up being about pretty similar things in the end.

The Rome Total War soundtrack seems to have a second life of its own these days.

I presume the Hindmost Creche is a reference to Niven (you know, the guy who wrote Ringworld )

In Larry Niven's Known Space universe the Puppeteers' word for leader more accurately translates to Hindmost, the opposite of a literal leader but still the one who makes all the decisions. They use that term because as a prey species that never evolved to fight their predators they see no shame in cowardice and-- reminiscent of but contrary to the Pfhor's Hindmost Creche-- regard even relatively minor bravery as a symptom of complete and total insanity.

Random thought I had after watching this. Regarding the state of being at the end. Regarding the two sides of the same coin, remembering the mentioning of quantum physics as well if the link between two minds is to enable one mind to generate thought to imagine things. While the other utilises their ability to interpret that into reality using whatever quantum manipulation comes to mind.

I feel like something from me is gone now and something that is foreign has taken its place, it may meld and I forget about it but I know it will never leave me

I just binged this series. Amazing work from Mandalore, as always.

I didn't see this posted so I thought to chime in. Near the end of the first games manual it says "You've always been a daydreamer, your mind has always filled the time between activities with imagination. Now you fall into your old habit" and ends with "Oddly this is Familiar to you, as if from and old dream, but you don't exactly remember." Awesome.

Now that I’ve had my brain scrambled by watching this series in a day, I’m really excited/ dreading the Marathon reboot because of how Bungie has been handling the release of it and mentioning how the story is going to unfold dynamically as the community continues to play through the game. Has me hyped but now I’m just trying to figure out how they’re going to fit it in with Infinity ending with apotheosis

I heard that reference to Oliver Swanick

I want to understand, but I don't 😭

why do I keep coming back to this review

i really want to know if the bone toss was edited in or if the skeleton john wilkes booth really returned

The river Lethe also has to do with the way that Heroes are reincarnated. Also a really obscure facet of Greek mythology.