released to mostly moderate to negative reviews, and according to Warner Bros. Discovery, the divisive game has not performed well.
09.02.2024 - 12:10 / wegotthiscovered.com / Kevin Conroy / Harley Quinn / Lex Luthor
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is getting a lot of bad rep because of a number of promos gone completely wrong, but the game may still prove to be a fun experience for fans of the DC universe and its most infamous band of misfits, the Suicide Squad.
Recommended VideosTaking place in a version of Metropolis sharing continuity with Rocksteady’s Arkham series, this third-person actioner will put you into the shoes of four playable Suicide Squad characters: Harley Quinn, Captain Boomerang, King Shark, and of course, Deadshot. This is your mission: To hunt down the rogue members of the Justice League brainwashed by Brainiac to do his bidding.
These include The Flash, Wonder Woman, Superman, and Batman, portrayed by the late Kevin Conroy, marking this his final performance as the Caped Crusader, posthumously. And let’s face it, folks; even if for nothing else, most of us are excited to get this last sliver of Conroy as Batman, so at the very least, Kill the Justice League will be a heartfelt tribute to the man who immortalized the voice of The Dark Knight.
There’ll also be a host of other DC characters, including Lex Luthor, The Riddler, Penguin, and Poison Ivy. But can you play as any of these other characters and will there be a multiplayer mode?
Honoring a tradition as old as the very first Arkham game, Rocksteady has incorporated a single-player mode into Kill the Justice League. But going by the trailers alone, which showcase an open-world environment and hordes of enemies to get through at each level, I think it’s safe to say that the studio always envisioned this outing as a cooperative experience.
You can always opt to play this game alone, where you’ll be able to seamlessly switch between the four characters and make use of their unique abilities, while the game’s AI controls the other three as companion/ally units. If you choose to play in cooperative mode, however, each person from your party will take control of a character to roam Metropolis through the game’s open-world design and help the team out as only a human-controlled protagonist could.
Rocksteady has also teased that post-launch content will include new locations and new playable characters, so your pool of heroes won’t necessarily be limited to the four Suicide Squad members.
Mark your calendars and send those invites to friends, because Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is coming out on February 2 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Windows.
released to mostly moderate to negative reviews, and according to Warner Bros. Discovery, the divisive game has not performed well.
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Upon first impressions, I argued that Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is a monotonous, uninspired ordeal. The introduction to Metropolis drags along, only to feel worse thanks to messy presentation and unintuitive mechanics, though I admit the latter may be a product of my own faults. Those early thoughts still stand, as Kill the Justice League doesn’t offer an enticing first few hours. Eventually, some of those pieces improve. Others, not so much.
The newly released Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is continuing to lose players on Steam, with player counts dipping every day since the game's launch. The newest shooter from Rocksteady Studios in the Batman: Arkham universe shifts players to an anti-hero role, taking control of villains like Harley Quinn and King Shark to battle a mind-controlled Justice League. Reception to the game has largely been mixed since its launch, with many criticizing its lackluster gameplay. Now, even more fans are stepping away from the new DC shooter.
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is out now, and while the game mostly focuses on action and big boss battles, the game does force you to use you brain now and then too. The Riddler has returned in Kill the Justice League, and there are a number of riddles scattered throughout Metropolis for you to solve. You don’t get any big rewards for this, but you’ll need to solve these riddles in order to get 100 percent completion and earn “The Right Question” and “The Real Deal” trophies/achievements. If you’re looking to clean them up quickly, scroll on down for answers to all 21 of the game’s riddles…
There was a moment in Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League where I set down my controller, wiped the tears from my eyes, looked at my TV and said aloud, “How. Dare. You.” I got up, took the dog outside, grabbed something to drink, and whatever else I could think to waste a little time. I just needed a moment. I couldn’t believe that a game about otherwise expendable prisoners being coerced into para-military service to save the world could make me both laugh and tear up during the same 15-hour campaign.
has a variety of game systems and tricks beginners can take advantage of during their mission to take down Brainiac's forces. While the challenges of this game are not too difficult to face, there are some obstacles you could still run into. Your experience in Metropolis could be much smoother if you discover different mechanics designed to help your squad.
features several shocking moments throughout its story. The game sees Task Force X, a rag-tag team of supervillains, sent by Amanda Waller to defeat an alien invasion led by Brainiac. Unfortunately, while Brainiac has assumed control of 99% of the city of Metropolis' population, he has also brainwashed most of its heroes, the Justice League, resulting in Waller issuing a kill order on some of the most powerful beings in the DC Universe.
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2024 is off to a flying start when it comes to games, with major titles like Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, and Tekken 8 releasing in January. February, too, promises a host of new launches across different genres from big-name developers like Rocksteady Studios, Square Enix, and Ubisoft. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League kicks off this month, bringing players back into the beloved Arkham universe, albeit with a live service twist. While previous Batman Arkham games were narrative-focussed single player titles, Suicide Squad is co-op looter shooter with colour-coded guns, content drops, and microtransactions.