Marathon Hands-On Preview — A Day In The Life Of A Corpo Reclaimer

As a long-time Bungie fan, the prospect of a brand-new Marathon game intrigued me, and despite some reservations about the upcoming extraction shooter, I can safely say that this latest Marathon reboot has the potential to be among the best of the genre.

Outside of sharing the Marathon name and some key locations and themes from the ’90s originals, Bungie’s latest reboot is an entirely new beast that ditches its Doom-inspired chops for a multiplayer-focused extraction shooter experience in the vein of games like Helldivers 2 or Hunt: Showdown 1896.

If you’re a fan of games like Destiny, at its heart, Marathon features the same stellar gunplay and feel of Bungie’s popular looter shooter. But, instead of long sections of exposition and the commitment of something like Destiny, Marathon distils the best moment-to-moment gameplay of the former into intense 25-minute excursions. In its current form, Marathon features four distinct character classes:... Read more