- Marathon receives favorable critics’ reviews but a negative audience score on Metacritic.
- The reviews have divided the players, who don’t really know what to expect.
- Nonetheless, Bungie has shown a strong commitment to support it for a long time.
Bungie released its next flagship shooter game, Marathon, earlier in March. The expectations weren’t already too high, but people became even more skeptical when its reviews were pushed from early to late March.
Now, both the critics’ and audience review scores are out, and the reception is quite confusing. It has divided the players, as the critical reviews on Metacritic are generally favorable compared to the negative audience score.
Why it matters: The expectations from Bungie’s shooter weren’t too high considering the state of the company and Destiny 2 in recent years. However, the audience score points to a not-so-promising future for the title.
On Metacritic, Marathon has received a critics’ score of 81, which is considered positive. However, in contrast, the audience score is 5.7, which has somewhat increased, though considering it debuted with just 4.7.
This puts a huge division among the reviews, as this makes it difficult to decide how the game actually plays. One thing that all reviews unanimously agree on is that the idea behind the title is good, with a solid base.
The real issue is the execution; while some praise it, others absolutely hate it. They say the learning curve is too big, it seems unfairly hard at times, and the controls aren’t intuitive enough to play it for long.
Notably, most of these issues can be patched out with regular updates if the studio listens to the players, as Pearl Abyss did with Crimson Desert. Bungie has shown intent to support it for a long time, so they could indeed be fixed.
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