Marathon Season 2 starts June 2, with the Night Marsh map designed to intensify cat-and-mouse solo play. Night Marsh is a night-set version of Dire Marsh with changes including locked exils and a new area accessible beneath Complex and Complex Control. The night setting is intended to create a survival-horror experience with fewer players and more environmental threats. Players gain tools to navigate and fight through darkness, including a flashlight, Vector ammo and grenades that illuminate the environment, signal flares, and Darksight scopes for nighttime traversal. Exiting requires gathering Certs from fallen UESC enemies to access resource caches and exfil, and those Certs also unlock Complex Control for new enemies, mysteries, and powerful loot.
"Marathon Season 2 begins June 2, and developer Bungie has now detailed all the ways its new Night Marsh map will have players jumping at shadows. For those who have been Marathon-curious but afraid to make the leap, the game will also be free to try June 2-9. Playing Marathon, particularly solo, can be an intense game of cat and mouse-one that often feels like a survival-horror game as you scavenge for supplies and attempt to avoid hostile runners looking to end your run prematurely."
"While Night Marsh is essentially a reskinned version of the game's existing Dire Marsh map, there are a significant number of changes between them. The map is, of course, now set at night, but other changes include the fact that exils are locked, and a new area that can be accessed beneath Complex, Complex Control. The fact that the map will be set at night is the main change and will completely alter how encounters play out."
"Bungie said it's designed to be more of a "survival-horror experience," with fewer players and more environmental threats to deal with. Adding to the spook factor are some new tools players can use to cut through the darkness in the form of a flashlight, Vector ammo and grenades that highlight and illuminate the environment, signal flares, and Darksight scopes (meant to aid in traversing the map at night, not pinpointing enemies, Bungie clarified)."
"Escaping Night Marsh will be a challenge in and of itself, as players will need to gather Certs from fallen UESC enemies in order to access resource caches and to exfil. Those Certs will also be used to access Complex Control, where Bungie promises new "enemies, mysteries, and powerful loot awaits.""
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