Destiny gamers have taken to the Marathon Steam web page to voice their frustrations with unfavorable critiques, however Bungie followers have already began preventing again with their very own countercampaign.
What seems to be the makings of a small review-bombing marketing campaign follows yesterday’s information that developer Bungie would launch the ultimate Destiny 2 content material replace this June. With no Destiny 3 in sight, many suspected the Destiny universe would come to an abrupt finish after 12 years so the studio might shift its assets to its not too long ago launched extraction-shooter revival, Marathon.
Disappointment crept into the Marathon Steam web page right this moment, resulting in an inflow of unfavorable critiques from customers explicitly mentioning Destiny in some trend. Most of those similar critiques come from gamers with Marathon playtimes that vary from lower than one hour to round 50 hours, with some going so far as responsible Bungie’s new shooter for the “loss of life” of Destiny 2.
“You killed my favourite recreation for this…” one in style assessment from an unhappy fan said. “My solely remorse was supporting this trash within the hope that Destiny would proceed. RIP D2.”
Steam is not any stranger to review-bombing campaigns. Disgruntled PC customers typically take to Valve’s digital storefront to air their considerations in a method they really feel could also be acknowledged by the builders of the video games they’re concentrating on, so it was no shock to see a gaggle of die-hard Destiny followers take to the Marathon web page to do the identical.
It was so predictable that Marathon gamers rapidly organized with their very own countercampaign of constructive critiques. A graph shared by Steam (beneath) reveals that constructive critiques from right this moment alone far outweigh any injury achieved by the unfavorable critiques. Of the 531 Marathon critiques printed right this moment, Could 22, 2026, 374 (70%) are constructive, and 157 (30%) are unfavorable. For comparability, Could 20, the day earlier than the Destiny announcement was made, Marathon introduced in 49 constructive critiques and solely six unfavorable critiques.
A popular Reddit post published on the Marathon subreddit confirmed up yesterday within the aftermath of the top of Destiny help. “Unhappy however true,” the submit’s writer stated, calling on followers to depart constructive critiques after they predicted that Destiny 2 gamers would proceed leaving unfavorable Steam critiques. Many replied with their help, with others sharing their perception that Destiny 3 can solely be dropped at life if Marathon manages to outlive.
“It is ironic as a result of the one street to seeing a D3 is that if [Marathon] manages to outlive,” one Reddit person replied. “If Marathon dies an early loss of life, so does Bungie.”
“As somebody who loves each video games,” one other added, “it’s simply unhappy to see how spiteful folks could be. I’ll by no means perceive.”
Destiny initially launched in 2014 earlier than Destiny 2 arrived in 2017. Till Bungie has extra to share, it appears the sequence’ closing main replace will arrive this June.
Marathon launched as a unique tackle sci-fi capturing on March 5, 2026. Regardless of sturdy critiques from critics (IGN gave it a 9/10) and followers, it reportedly failed to satisfy expectations. For now, Bungie says it nonetheless has plans for Marathon’s future to be vibrant, with latest updates together with the promise of extra PvE content material and a long-term thought for its story.
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