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  • Marathon 2: Durandal
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  • Marathon 2: Durandal is the second part of a trilogy of first person shooter games. The game takes place in 2811, seventeen years after the events of the first game. An artificial intelligence called Durandal sends a super human cyborg security officer aboard a captured Pfhor spacecraft out on a mission to search the ruins of Lh'owon, the S'pht home-world.
  • Marathon 2: Durandal is a First-Person Shooter (FPS) that was originally released for the Apple Macintosh and Windows 95 in 1995 and was subsequently ported to several other platforms. In 2005, Bungie released Marathon 2: Durandal, along with Marathon and Marathon Infinity for free.
  • Seventeen years have passed since the events of the first game. Durandal, one of the three AIs from the Marathon, sends the player and an army of ex-colonists to search the ruins of Lh'owon, the S'pht home-world. He does not mention what exactly he is looking for, although he does let it slip that the Pfhor are planning to attack Earth, and that being on Lh'owon may stall their advance. Marathon 2 brings many elements to the game that can be considered staples of the series such as: a Lh'owon-native species known as F'lickta, the mention of an ancient and mysterious race of advanced aliens called the Jjaro, and a clan of S'pht that avoided enslavement by the Pfhor - the S'pht'Kr. At the climax of the game, the Security Officer activates Thoth, an ancient Jjaro AI. Thoth then contacts the S
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  • Mac OS, Apple Pippin, Windows, Xbox 360, Linux, iOS
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  • Marathon 2: Durandal
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  • Marathon 2: Durandal
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  • 1
Released
  • 1995
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  • AlephOne
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  • 1995-11-24
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  • Seventeen years have passed since the events of the first game. Durandal, one of the three AIs from the Marathon, sends the player and an army of ex-colonists to search the ruins of Lh'owon, the S'pht home-world. He does not mention what exactly he is looking for, although he does let it slip that the Pfhor are planning to attack Earth, and that being on Lh'owon may stall their advance. Marathon 2 brings many elements to the game that can be considered staples of the series such as: a Lh'owon-native species known as F'lickta, the mention of an ancient and mysterious race of advanced aliens called the Jjaro, and a clan of S'pht that avoided enslavement by the Pfhor - the S'pht'Kr. At the climax of the game, the Security Officer activates Thoth, an ancient Jjaro AI. Thoth then contacts the S'Pht'Kr, who in turn destroy the Pfhor armada.
  • Marathon 2: Durandal is the second part of a trilogy of first person shooter games. The game takes place in 2811, seventeen years after the events of the first game. An artificial intelligence called Durandal sends a super human cyborg security officer aboard a captured Pfhor spacecraft out on a mission to search the ruins of Lh'owon, the S'pht home-world.
  • Marathon 2: Durandal is a First-Person Shooter (FPS) that was originally released for the Apple Macintosh and Windows 95 in 1995 and was subsequently ported to several other platforms. In 2005, Bungie released Marathon 2: Durandal, along with Marathon and Marathon Infinity for free.