Crit Verdict
Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.
It's free to play.
91%
Very Positive
400 player reviews
Buy it if you like
- Story and characters: 59 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Performance: 31 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 30 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
- Difficulty: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 400 player reviews · updated 5 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 275 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
Why players love itThings to know
60% of themes are praise30% are divided10% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Many people, myself included, feel that Marathon 2 has the best campaign out of the Marathon trilogy; there's an excellent story, varied level objectives, fun combat, and an interesting setting (you're exploring the ruins of an alien civilization).
59 of 275 sampled reviews raised it
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
Classic Marathon 2 overall, however, is a fun game to play, yet sometimes repetitive and it does get boring and tedious if being played for a long time, but is a good FPS game to play in short bursts!
31 of 275 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The game offers some good graphics, although some ugly glitches here and there, it is pleasant all the same
30 of 275 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
I highly recommend via steam workshop you get the Talashar soundtrack (Do this for Marathon Infinity as well) because the default game doesn't have a score outside of the catchy menu theme.
27 of 275 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The devs made sure that even though this release is using an upgraded game engine that can run on modern systems, the gameplay is still true to the original.
22 of 275 sampled reviews raised it
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
Definitely a lot of fun especially with a friend in coop.
7 of 275 sampled reviews raised it
Theme by theme
Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.
LovedMixedComplained about
Players love6 themes
Story and characters59 reviews
Performance31 reviews
Graphics30 reviews
Audio27 reviews
Gameplay22 reviews
Co-op7 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat26 reviews
85%
Interface15 reviews
93%
Multiplayer10 reviews
80%
Players complain% still recommend
Difficulty8 reviews
88%
Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.
The data behind the verdict
For the players who want the receipts.
Player review score
91%
Very Positive
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