“0% chance I’m playing it over Borderlands 4” - Marathon, from the Destiny 2 creators, might face some serious problems
Is this gonna flop harder than Concord? The Marathon reboot is here, but it’s an extraction shooter and no one’s feeling it.
Bungie’s bringing back 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 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:
It’s such a bummer that Bungie are dropping MARATHON on the same day as Borderlands 4
Game looks good, but there is a 0% chance I’m playing it over BL4
Sorry Bungie
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:
Looks like Concord is back on the Menu Boys.
- @theInfra-Recon
Concord was so good they made them a sequel
- @arepasxo
Yes just what we wanted! An extraction shooter with no original game mechanics to make it any different than the plethora of other extraction shooters!
- @KriticalKevin
Team based extraction shooter. Striking while the iron is dead cold.
- @itsfine5818
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.
