: I don't mean to be an ass, or indignant, but the
: descriptions of the original that you post sound like
: Half-Life with extra 'consoles', rather than verbal
: communication.
What's Half-life?? 
: This makes it seem quite advanced over DOOM, but what I
: don't understand is that if this was so much better,
: why did Bungie quit making it, or the sequels;
You have to ask them but as they started working on other projects my guess is that they felt that they where done with the Marathon series. This question was acctually quit dumb don't you think?
: And, could it have been done the same way if DOOM didn't
: exist?
Who knows. Again... dumb question.
: I mean, would you guys had thought it so much as a cult
: classic if it never had DOOM to compete with, or never
: got the idea for FPSing from the mostly-iD crowd?
Stop comparing DOOM to Marathon. M1 was everything DOOM wasn't. It had a rich and engrossing story line and even the graphic was better 
I'm so glad we got that one sorted out...
: No flames please, I'm mearly trying to see if it's worth
: DLing, and trying to sift through some of the hype
: that goes along with the specs of the game.
It is worth it! Trust me on this one if nothing else. DL it and join us for some games. Safest way to find us is at #marathon (irc.chat.com).
: (To be fair, I'll tell you now that I've visited the
: Marathon story page, and felt that it was a great
: plot, one that's even a bit more involved than DOOM's
: meager one. Of course the DOOM game had four novels
: written about it in order to deepen the plot, and I'm
: wondering why the Marathon story has not done the
: same.)
The M1 was a novel all in itself and you never needed someone to write about it.
/SilentMan
Ps. I know, let's have a discussion about PC versus Macs now that we are done comparing DOOM and Marathon.
