Destiny’s Top 7 Halo and Marathon References
"One moment left. One point of space and time. I know who you are. You are destiny." -from Marathon Infinity
To some longtime fans, Bungie’s big three franchises are something more than isolated explorations of the space-shooter genre.
Destiny, the studio’s current venture, is host to a myriad of themes, phrases, and (allegedly) even characters from Bungie’s previous titles. While this only rarely includes Oni, Bungie’s forgotten 3rd person, Ghost in the Shell-inspired adventure Rockstar collab, echos of the
Halo and
Marathon series resound across the post-collapse Solar System. Today, we’re here to look at 7 (Bungie’s favorite number) of the most interesting of these references in Destiny.