Marathon's Destiny 2 Shutdown Triggers Review Bombing Wave — Steam Veterans Fight Back Hard

Marathon's Steam page is experiencing a coordinated negative review campaign following Bungie's official announcement that Destiny 2 support ends June 9th. The pattern is unmistakable: players with 2-4 hours logged leaving negative reviews explicitly stating they're "review bombing because Bungie deserve it."

One reviewer was brutally honest: "Bought the game to leave a negative review then refund it cause Bungie deserve it. Peace out." Another with just 2 hours played wrote: "I can't decide when I started to hate this game... during the weird insect licking something loading screen or 3 min. into playing it."

But the Steam community isn't taking this lying down. Veterans are mobilizing in the reviews section itself.

The counter-narrative from actual Marathon players is fierce and specific. A 144-hour player called out the bombing directly: "If you are here to reveiw bomb this game because destiny 2 Shutdown, I am disappointed... This is a good game, a great game tbh, it needs polish and love but it deserves it."

The most telling defense came from a 205-hour Tarkov veteran: "This game is really something - if you came from the background of Tarkov and understood the most complex extraction shooter of all time, then Marathon was a breath of fresh air. Quests that told you what to do and didn't require another tab open."

Even players acknowledging problems are defending the core experience. A 32-hour reviewer noted: "It's pretty good but also pretty dead. Also horrible community. Every round is a sweatfest, filled with aggressive idiots that don't use comms. Still, fun game, simple but effective concept, awesome artstyle, lore and worldbuilding."

The most interesting tension isn't about Destiny 2 at all — it's about what Marathon actually is. Multiple negative reviewers are attacking the extraction shooter genre itself. One 45-hour player wrote: "NO ONE cares for extraction shooters as much as you bean heads think we do. Extraction shooters literally cannot keep any form [of sustained population]."

Another 4-hour reviewer wished Marathon "should have been a PvE story focused experience, be it coop or singleplayer."

This creates a fascinating dynamic: Destiny 2 refugees are angry Marathon isn't Destiny 3, while extraction shooter veterans are praising exactly what makes it different from Destiny. A 368-hour player gushed about "the gun play to the world building to the absolute boatloads of style in its strong art direction."

The Steam page now tells two completely different stories depending on playtime. Sub-20-hour reviews skew heavily negative and focus on genre complaints. 100+ hour reviews are overwhelmingly positive and defensive of the extraction shooter identity.

The review bombing campaign reveals more about community expectations than Marathon's actual quality — but it's creating real perception problems for a game already fighting for population in a crowded extraction shooter market.