{"id":136544,"date":"2026-03-21T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-198898"},"modified":"2026-03-21T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T10:00:00","slug":"talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-21st-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/03\/21\/talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-21st-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (21st March)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I can\u2019t pull myself away from Marathon<\/strong>\u2014it\u2019s just that addicting. My sleep schedule has been altered drastically, and I\u2019m running on fumes at my day job because I\u2019m staying up all night playing. I\u2019ve logged roughly 40 hours into the game, and I feel as if I\u2019m just now beginning to scratch the surface on how to play.<\/p>\n

The biggest obstacle I had to understand was that winning a gunfight isn\u2019t about raw aim and force like Halo\u2014it\u2019s about positioning. You can have top-tier weapons, but if you\u2019re in a poor position you can be eliminated by someone using a basic kit. And while weapons matter, it\u2019s the mods you attach to them that make them lethal. It can quickly turn average weapons into something superior.<\/p>\n

Team play is just as critical. It\u2019s not always beneficial to kill someone you have incapacitated. It\u2019s often best to wait until the remaining squad attempts to perform a revive before you strike. On the flip side, being “eliminated” doesn’t always mean you’re out. I’ve had plenty of matches where I was taken down, but a teammate managed to disengage, wait for things to cool off, and come back to revive me. During those moments, spectating becomes a tool\u2014you can call out sounds, movements, and threats from their perspective. In this game, survival comes first; looting comes second.<\/p>\n

Speaking of survival, it\u2019s entirely possible to not engage in any fights whatsoever. It\u2019s okay to complete an objective and exfil. And if you want to stay alive longer then communication is essential. The majority of my victories were due to speaking to one another, using your shells\u2019 abilities to complement each other, sticking together and using a good team composition, particularly in Hauler and Station.<\/p>\n

I won\u2019t lie, the game can be infuriating. It wasn\u2019t until I got over the \u201cgear fear\u201d that I learned to accept the frustration and turn it into a positive. You\u2019re never going to be completely empty in your backpack. You may have it be minimal, but never entirely useless. All it takes is one good match to change your entire future matches around. Sometimes, you have to go in with no expectations. I look at it similar to borrowing items instead of actually owning them. Or, like lottery tickets – you\u2019re spending money hoping to win more, but you don\u2019t necessarily expect a positive outcome. If you win, great; if you lose, oh well, you spent money knowing the risk.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, the key is getting comfortable with discomfort. Once you do, you’ll find an experience packed with depth, rich lore, engaging team combat, beautifully designed maps, and a rewarding gameplay loop that keeps you hooked from start to finish. Whether Marathon thrives or fades in the next six months, I know I’ll be there for as long as it lasts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I can\u2019t pull myself away from Marathon\u2014it\u2019s just that addicting. My sleep schedule has been altered drastically, and I\u2019m running on fumes at my day job because I\u2019m staying up all night playing. I\u2019ve logged roughly 40 hours into the game, and I feel as if I\u2019m just now beginning to scratch the surface on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136544\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}