With the end of Destiny 2's development, Marathon, already struggling to hold onto players outside a small but loyal base, has suddenly been promoted to Bungie's main and only live game. Unenviable expectations, and a Steam review bomb from disgruntled Destiny 2 fans, loom over the newly released developer deep dive for its new season, which tragically shares a name with one of Destiny 2's most iconic activities – Nightfall, known to Guardians as a difficult type of dungeon-lite Strike.
To put it mildly, Bungie faces a tough crowd. To put it less mildly, Bungie would have an easier time convincing the French to retire at 70. But evaluated purely as Season 2 of a game that reviewed well, and which I really enjoyed for over 100 hours, Marathon's Nightfall does look pretty cool. (You can read our Marathon review for more.)
