Classic Marathon

After extensive play I can say I really like this. It’s fun. Except… that dumb option where releasing from the movement control or really just using the movement control activates terminals or interacts with the environment. EVEN WHEN YOU HAVE THAT OPTION DISABLED! On top of that I hate the auto-fire and wish for there to be an option to turn that off too. It’s weird when you start firing, but it’s not you and suddenly you have less ammo than when you started. Also, added customization for buttons would be nice because the trigger buttons are annoying to use with how small they are. When you’re just trying to fire bullets from the assault rifle sometimes it’s real easy to slip into the middle and grenade yourself. One more thing to mention, sometimes after start up when entering a mission everything is plastered in a green or turquoise tint. I know it’s a port, so despite all of that, it’s still a really good game I recommend playing.

Update: (I won't be as critical this time.) It's great that the buttons are larger than the previous update, but the controls still lack some needed customization. I still can't strafe while using the onscreen buttons, that needs to be fixed badly. There is some new bugs too, screen rotation doesn't work on my device anymore just like Durandal and Infinity. The use button is now in the bottom left corner of my screen on top of my health/oxygen bar as well, it doesn't break the game but it looks and plays kinda weird. The Move stick doesn't triggers things more often now which is really great, but it still triggers some terminals and doors every now and then. At this point I'm just nitpicking but can the game also have graphics change like in the settings? It would be kinda nice to have the ability to change the textures from hd to original sprites. This new update didn't really do much to help this game overall so I'll just keep it at three stars for now, but thanks for updating anyway. (Original Review) I'd never thought that I would want the old controls back. The controls on this new update is god awful! I don't even know how that was approved by the play testers in the first place? The walking stick keeps triggering the doors and terminals, the swap buttons are too small. I tried the rotate to swap mechanic and It's alright, but I can't shoot and strafe with it. This game needs to bring back the buttons for the firing as an option. The ability to arrange, move around, and change the size of the buttons would REALLY help out with the controls. Giving this three stars because this is a good game that is hindered by bad controls. I'll probably raise it when the controls are fixed.

Maybe it's only my iPad, but there's a... Game breaking glitch. I'm very new to the series, but I had heard multiple rave reviews, especially for the Mac. I opened the app, heard the little whoosh, but then, when it was supposed to show the quote, it only showed it for about half a second, so not even a reader of the highest calibre could read the text in that time. Not game breaking so far. I decided new game would be the best option, and I was pretty excited! Then, as I went to pick easy mode, the option highlighted, but nothing happened. I tapped back, but that was in vain. Doing so crashed it, and I was pretty upset. I, not being one to give up easily, bravely opened the app again, but alas, I found the same result. I proceeded to try each difficulty (results hardly varying), and each of the other options. Those other options had a slightly strange affect on the main menu. When I had attempted to select 'info', I did succeed, however, when I chose yet another option, the page that tapping info brought up was identical. Of course, I tested this some more, and I got the same results. I'd LOVE to play this game, and I'm sure this is a very enjoyable and immersive experience. I look forward to the day I can play this game!