“0% chance I’m playing it over Borderlands 4” - Marathon, from the Destiny 2 creators, might face some serious problems

Bungie’s bringing back Marathon, the classic shooter from the mid-90s that helped shape what we later saw in Halo and Destiny. But instead of a story-driven single-player experience, it’s now a team-based extraction shooter, and yeah, not everyone’s happy about it. Reactions are pretty mixed. Some players aren’t into the art style or character design, while others are turned off by the genre shift entirely.

Marathon’s big reveal lands with a thud

After all the hype, Bungie finally revealed gameplay for Marathon, which was first teased back in 2023. But the feedback from players has been pretty rough, especially since it’s launching on the same day as Borderlands 4 – September 23, 2025 – which has many raising eyebrows. It’s either a bold move or a serious oversight, because timing a launch like that really shouldn’t be a shot in the dark.

EpicNNG says on X:

Although, considering he's a huge Borderlands fan, that was pretty obvious in this case.

Source: Marathon; Developer: Bungie

So, the launch date is one thing, but the fact that this won’t be a free-to-play game is another. Plus, with Bungie now being part of Sony’s studio lineup, it’s hard not to assume this will share the same fate as Concord. The comment section under the trailer pretty much says it all:

Bungie’s known for their epic campaigns, so it’s kind of confusing why they’re making yet another extraction shooter that looks like every other one out there. I guess we’ll have to wait and see how it turns out on launch day, but it’s hard to be hopeful when so many players are already feeling unimpressed.

The new Marathon game will drop on PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S, but it won’t be coming to macOS, even though the original was exclusive to that platform.

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