Marathon

It is said, all's well that ends well. But what if you err right at the beginning? Disaster might not be fait accompli if you stumble right out of the gate, but you do tend to fall behind in the race if you hit an early hurdle. Marathon, the intense new extraction shooter from Destiny maker Bungie, knows that all too well. From the less-than-enthusiastic response to its closed alpha playtests to a damaging plagiarism controversy, Marathon was running on a rocky road before it even reached the starting point. The largely unwarranted hostile online discourse around the live service shooter in the lead-up to its launch wasn't helpful either.