I had 4000 hours in D1 and over 6,000 hours in D2 even though I haven’t played either game since July of 2025. Edge of Fate just looked boring as hell, the portal and all the other changes they made totally turned me off from the game. I waited eagerly while they released Renegades but saw no relief to the things that bothered me. Not to mention the fact that renegades just made it look even more like Bungie had no concept of what the identity of Destiny should be. It once again just started copying other games or concepts. If I wanted to play a Star wars game, I’d play a Star wars game.
Marathon however does not appeal to me in any way. I don’t give a rat’s ass about extraction shooter games. Why they decided to pour so much time and energy into such a niche game makes no sense to me. We all know they’re going to add PVE as an add-on game mode. But that’s just it, it’s going to be an add-on. Unless it’s extremely robust and thought out and deep, it’s not going to retain players. It may attract some new ones temporarily, but that won’t last. If Bungie can’t keep up with the pace of development needed to support Destiny. 2, what makes people think they’ll be able to do it for Marathon?
Marathon will never generate the revenue that Destiny 2 ever did simply because they chose such a niche game type. They can add whatever game modes they want but at the end of the day it’s still an extraction shooter and it’s primary focus will still be more on PVP in a world where there are plenty of other extraction shooter games out there that have far more players and are far more fleshed out and are far more inviting to new players of all skill ranges.
It’s a sad day indeed and a shitty way to end a 12-year franchise.
@TotallyWorthLife As a D1 player I saw how much of a step back D2 was at launch, realized it’d be the same “we’re listening” song and dance as D1, and vowed that I wouldn’t be apart of that again.
Every time I look at D2, I only feel more sure that I made the right decision.
Same here. I did end up getting it because a friend wanted other people to play with, but come to think of it, I don’t think we ever played together once.
I got through the story and started on the other modes that were supposed to keep us hooked, but I was pretty much over it.
I feel like everyone but Bungie realized the game was done after The Final Shape. They kept trying to keep the game going and kept putting out mid content when it was clear Marathon was their new baby.
I wouldn’t be upset about this except for the fact that Bungie kept trying to pretend it wasn’t already over and they didn’t drop Destiny like a sack of bricks as soon as Marathon came out.
People like to rag on Destiny, but it really has been successful. Games the size of Destiny just don’t last this long. That’s what makes the end so alarming. D1 had D2, which helped a lot. It didn’t FEEL like it was ending. I know they all but said “Something Destiny is coming”, but not having anything announced right now, just feels worse.
Let it die, let it die, let it shrivel up and die.
I’m sure they will come crawling back to Destiny when Marathon finally bites it after its slow, agonizingly painful yet deserved death. Destiny 1 was pretty decently, but after learning how Jason Jones treated Joe Statens story treatments on Destiny, I won’t ever support him.
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I had 4000 hours in D1 and over 6,000 hours in D2 even though I haven’t played either game since July of 2025. Edge of Fate just looked boring as hell, the portal and all the other changes they made totally turned me off from the game. I waited eagerly while they released Renegades but saw no relief to the things that bothered me. Not to mention the fact that renegades just made it look even more like Bungie had no concept of what the identity of Destiny should be. It once again just started copying other games or concepts. If I wanted to play a Star wars game, I’d play a Star wars game.
Marathon however does not appeal to me in any way. I don’t give a rat’s ass about extraction shooter games. Why they decided to pour so much time and energy into such a niche game makes no sense to me. We all know they’re going to add PVE as an add-on game mode. But that’s just it, it’s going to be an add-on. Unless it’s extremely robust and thought out and deep, it’s not going to retain players. It may attract some new ones temporarily, but that won’t last. If Bungie can’t keep up with the pace of development needed to support Destiny. 2, what makes people think they’ll be able to do it for Marathon?
Marathon will never generate the revenue that Destiny 2 ever did simply because they chose such a niche game type. They can add whatever game modes they want but at the end of the day it’s still an extraction shooter and it’s primary focus will still be more on PVP in a world where there are plenty of other extraction shooter games out there that have far more players and are far more fleshed out and are far more inviting to new players of all skill ranges.
It’s a sad day indeed and a shitty way to end a 12-year franchise.
@TotallyWorthLife As a D1 player I saw how much of a step back D2 was at launch, realized it’d be the same “we’re listening” song and dance as D1, and vowed that I wouldn’t be apart of that again.
Every time I look at D2, I only feel more sure that I made the right decision.
Same here. I did end up getting it because a friend wanted other people to play with, but come to think of it, I don’t think we ever played together once.
I got through the story and started on the other modes that were supposed to keep us hooked, but I was pretty much over it.
Maybe they’ll let us play all the story content they removed once they have a reason to stop removing content to sell more.
I feel like everyone but Bungie realized the game was done after The Final Shape. They kept trying to keep the game going and kept putting out mid content when it was clear Marathon was their new baby.
I wouldn’t be upset about this except for the fact that Bungie kept trying to pretend it wasn’t already over and they didn’t drop Destiny like a sack of bricks as soon as Marathon came out.
People like to rag on Destiny, but it really has been successful. Games the size of Destiny just don’t last this long. That’s what makes the end so alarming. D1 had D2, which helped a lot. It didn’t FEEL like it was ending. I know they all but said “Something Destiny is coming”, but not having anything announced right now, just feels worse.
Warframe is still going strong. Much of that is the result of competent developers and managers who don’t absolutely suck dog eggs.
Let it die, let it die, let it shrivel up and die.
I’m sure they will come crawling back to Destiny when Marathon finally bites it after its slow, agonizingly painful yet deserved death. Destiny 1 was pretty decently, but after learning how Jason Jones treated Joe Statens story treatments on Destiny, I won’t ever support him.
Man. It had its ups and downs, but it will always hold a special place in my heart!
Came back every now and then and decided to call it a good time to walk away with that amazing final mission in The Final Shape.