Marauders

Was a great game when it came out however the developers have left it dead in the water. Zero updates, no news. There is one chap called Sig or something who is not a developer still saying it's alive when the truth of the matter is you need to have a pulse to be alive and this doesn't. Save your money and go for something else such as Grey Zone, Hunt Showdown or any of the other amazing extraction shooters out there. Real shame as it looked like this had great potential.

Here's the short of it for anyone thinking "man, is this game really dead?": Yes Have the Dev's done anything since 1.0 retribution update? No. In fact, just today the 2 dev's i found who answered questions on a forum a few months ago were playing INDIANA JONES GAMES. Not working on their game, not in the office, not doing anything to better themselves, their work, or their dissolved company. Just... playing games that are better than their own in genres that have nothing to do with their game. When I first got this game when it was freshly in EA, it was honestly fun and had a solid population of players. I got to the point where I had 3 of the largest ships available and guess what... I only ever used them for storage, because that was their optimal use. I was hoping the devs would give a real reason to use them, get groups together, maybe even actually involve myself in the guilds they were adverting so fiercely. Unfortunately, this is the Concord equilvalent of Extraction Shooters minus the Sweet Baby Inc ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

Game was never really alive, been dead for the better part of the last 2 years. Try hard brain deaders will claim its been alive and active though (dont go on the forums they cope insanely hard, different reality entirely) with a playerbase in the whopping 3 digit range if you're lucky.

Truely a sad game cheaters everywhere spawn in get instantly blownup shot thru walls. and totally abandoned by the devs.

Please do not spend your money on this game. As of writing this review, it has a 24-hour peak of 12 people on SteamDB. This being a PvPvE extraction shooter with no PvE only mode means that no players is tantamount to the game being completely dead and not playable. It's a massive shame, because I think Marauders was an excellent entry in the extraction shooter space during a time when there was less competition. The sci-fi WWII aesthetic was unique and the gameplay loop was surprisingly fun. Sure, it wasn't as hardcore as Escape from Tarkov, but it struck a nice balance between realism and fun. RIP Marauders, I wish I could have played more. Note: My understanding is that the "developers" responding to reviews with [SIG] in their name are not actually developers of this game, and thus, their replies should be ignored.

Game doesnt have pop in the current state. Will change the review after the engine update.

This is used to be a really fun game but the devs have abandoned it :c