Marathon
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Critic Reviews for Marathon
Marathon is a ruthless and unforgiving extraction shooter that’s worth every ounce of hell it puts you through.
With spellbinding combat and high-concept maps, Marathon is far more than a cool aesthetic draped over the bones of an extraction shooter.
Marathon is a brilliant distillation of what makes an excellent extraction shooter, and a glimpse at where they could go next.
Vandal's movement buffs are lethal in the hands of twitchier shooter fans.
Bungie's excellent audio design and gunplay, paired with increasingly complicated level design borrowing from over a decade of expertise designing Destiny raids coalesce into something special. Marathon is proof Bungie is still at the top of its game.
Even those frustrating losing streaks often just have me jumping back into another match, eager to replace the gear I've lost, and most battles are fun, tense, and tactical, pushing you to play smartly and work together with your teammates. How the developers support Marathon over the long term will determine whether it can sustain interest the way other successful live-service games have, but Bungie's fundamentals are incredibly strong, and Marathon is much richer and deeper than its 20-minute matches would suggest. Tau Ceti IV calls, and there are runs to complete.
Marathon is a shooter that gets better the more you play and the training wheels come off. Near the twenty-hour mark, there's a moment when the game opens up and everything starts clicking.
The biggest issue the game will face is appealing to the less hardcore players and getting them to stick around, but with Bungie continuing to iterate on the game, things will likely work out just fine for this unbelievably fun extraction shooter.
Industry Coverage
Bungie Will Consider Opening Up Marathon's Cryo Archive To Non-Weekend Players
Bungie is taking note of player feedback regarding Cryo Archive, including the controversial decision to make the 'raid' sporadically available.
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Marathon Developer Responds To Claim That Nobody Who Worked On Halo Is Still At Bungie By Listing Dozens Of Veteran Developers
There have been false claims online that none of the developers at Bungie worked on the Halo series.
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Marathon Falls Out Of Steam's Top 50 Games Just A Week From Launch
Marathon is currently yo-yo'ing in and out of Steam's 50 most-played games, a trend sure to worry Bungie.
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Unfortunately, Marathon Employs Every Microtransaction And Gacha Technique Ever Invented
Bungie has monetised Marathon very aggressively.
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