185 Hours to Fun: Marathon Season 2 Puts Bungie on Trial

Marathon has real endgame magic, but Season 2 must prove Bungie can stop burying it behind punishing grinds.

Key takeaways

• Marathon Season 2 Must Prove Bungie Can Respect Players’ Time
• Marathon’s best moment arrived after nearly 185 hours, and that is exactly Bungie’s Season 2 problem.
• The high of clearing the raid-style Compiler boss should be the pitch. Instead, as Nick Statt writes for The Verge, it came after collecting **six of the game’s ra...
• My view is simple: Season 2 is Bungie’s best chance to reset Marathon’s reputation because the game does not lack promise. It lacks restraint. Its gunplay, art dir...

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