Marathon Learns Lessons From Destiny 2 After Revealing New Rewards Passes and Cosmetics Details

Marathon Learns Lessons From Destiny 2 After Revealing New Rewards Passes and Cosmetics Details

From GameRant (Written by Derek Nichols) on | OpenCritic

Bungie clarified how Reward Passes and various microtransactions are handled within Marathon, seemingly taking many lessons learned from Destiny 2's Eververse store and applying player-friendly features. It's a big day for Bungie as Marathon is finally available for players to dive into. While Marathon will continue to grow and expand over time, the game's launch represents a big milestone for the studio after a lengthy development cycle that had its fair share of ups and downs.

Of course, Marathon's launch is just the start, as Bungie will be keeping the game updated with new content over time, similar to the studio's other game, Destiny 2. As the studio previously revealed, Marathon will have seasonal wipes about every 3 months. Character wipes are nothing new to the extraction shooter genre, and with Marathon, each wipe will be met by a new season of content to explore, making sure every player is back on the same page when it kicks off. New seasons also bring with it content like maps, runner shells, and new gameplay features, including The Cradle in Season 2, designed to give players over each runner shell's stgrengths and weaknesses. The studio also took a moment to...