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We are in day three of the Marathon server slam, where the game certainly has its positives and negatives<\/a> ahead of its March 5 launch. But one thing we can already see that Bungie has done is hide a number of not just easter eggs, but actually, periodically terrifying gameplay elements.<\/p>\n I have heard some out-of-nowhere voicelines at times, lore characters deciding to chime in randomly with some sort of unnerving message. But it\u2019s now been recorded that the actual AI enemies you\u2019re going up against, UESC bots, are doing something even creepier.<\/p>\n Normal bots are easy; higher-tier ones have grenade launchers or big shields. But these minibosses? There\u2019s one called a Ghost Commander that is extremely difficult. Bungie has programmed it to run around like a player, go invisible like a Void shell, and make player-sounding footsteps. But not just that.<\/p>\n One player (Smojii<\/a>) caught a Ghost Commander actually mimicking a player shell, pretending it\u2019s speaking to the player. It\u2019s the \u201cI\u2019m friendly\u201d voice line that\u2019s supposed to identify you as non-hostile to other players (this rarely works in Marathon). \u201cLooking for a crew?\u201d it asks in a distorted voice.<\/p>\n It\u2019s real. If it were a player, the emote would appear on the screen to the left, where text chat\/emote use goes from other players. And the voice is just\u2026not a normal shell voice. If you want even more proof, the find was retweeted by at least one Bungie higher-up, Josh Deane, Head of Publishing. I doubt that would happen if it wasn\u2019t an intentional element.<\/p>\n Marathon\u2019s AI is generally considered one of its better aspects, featured in many of the clips popping up on social media. Not just this one, but the UESC are pulling off a few crazy moves, skating around a map, coordinated flanking. They\u2019re quite tough, and many would argue more engaging than say, other metallic enemy AI units.<\/p>\n So far, the voice mimic is the wildest thing I\u2019ve seen the AI do (it\u2019s entirely possible you\u2019ve heard this and just didn\u2019t clock it), but it does make you wonder what else Bungie might have in store for the full release. Particularly when other enemy units show up like the alien Pfhor, theorized to be on or unlocked by the UESC Marathon \u201craid\u201d map, which will be the hardest in the game near launch.<\/p>\n There are certainly player combat complaints now. There are too many AI and they burn too many resources (aim for the head, trust me) and PvP fights involve beaming players too fast for some (the small shields right now aren\u2019t helping). But I do think that the AI is a good addition to the game, which is supposed to be more focused on PvP than others. But PvE may be its stronger suit at the moment, somehow.<\/p>\n Follow me on Twitter<\/a>, YouTube<\/a>,<\/a> Bluesky <\/a>and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n