Destiny players have taken to the Marathon Steam page to voice their frustrations with negative reviews, but Bungie fans have already started fighting back with their own countercampaign.
What appears to be the makings of a small review-bombing campaign follows yesterday’s news that developer Bungie would launch the final Destiny 2 content update this June. With no Destiny 3 in sight, many suspected the Destiny universe would come to an abrupt end after 12 years so the studio could shift its resources to its recently launched extraction-shooter revival, Marathon.
Disappointment crept into the Marathon Steam page today, leading to an influx of negative reviews from users explicitly mentioning Destiny in some fashion. Most of these same reviews come from players with Marathon playtimes that range from less than one hour to around 50 hours, with some going as far as to blame Bungie’s new shooter for the “death” of Destiny 2.
“You killed my favorite game for this…” one popular review from an unhappy fan said. “My only regret was supporting this trash in the hope that Destiny would continue. RIP D2.”
Steam is no stranger to review-bombing campaigns. Disgruntled PC users often take to Valve’s digital storefront to air their concerns in a way they feel may be recognized by the developers of the games they’re targeting, so it was no surprise to see a group of die-hard Destiny fans take to the Marathon page to do the same.
