Bungie will definitely have to deal with players buying Marathon.
Marathon had a rough start to its second season.
As reported by Eurogamer, error codes labeled Weasel, Monkey, and Anteater cause players to be kicked out of the game mid-game, which also means they lose any loot they picked up.
It would ultimately take ten hours after the season started for Bungie to announce that they had resolved all the issues. However, there is more going on.
Bungie is planning an Open Play Week for this launch where you can play for free for a limited duration. If those players enter at launch, they will definitely have a bad experience too.
Marathon The Deluxe Edition is also on sale for $14 during this Open Play period. Wario64 found that some players who decided to purchase this edition did not get the Deluxe Edition after the trial period was over.
This may be a technical issue related to the game treating the trial period as a license, but they should have gotten the base game as part of the Deluxe Edition. So Bungie needs to clarify this situation as well.
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