Marathon's battle pass offers poor value and few worthwhile rewards

Bungie’s new extraction shooter Marathon is out now on consoles and PC and is a good time, but its battle pass is one of the worst I’ve seen: a lot of boring recolored camos, one new skin, and stickers you can only apply in limited quantities. If you pay for the premium pass, you don’t get any premium currency back.

Checking the store after the tutorial reveals $15 cosmetic bundles and $12 skins sitting alongside a $40 game price, so buying several cosmetics can cost more than the game itself. The first reward pass follows a familiar free-and-premium model and costs $10 to unlock the full tier, yet most of the included items feel meh or straight-up bad.

The lone standout is a new Vandal skin inspired by Bungie’s short film, plus a shotgun camo that mimics that look; otherwise it’s largely color swaps. Sticky, limited-use stickers are particularly frustrating: you get only a fixed supply and can’t apply them to all your weapons, which makes little sense and feels hostile to players.

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