Expert’s Rating
Pros
- Finely honed game mechanics
- Great-looking cutscenes
- Stable online system
Cons
- Why are the four heroes so similar in terms of gameplay?
- Unimaginative missions
- Boring and lifeless game world
Our Verdict
At its core, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League features finely tuned controls, great shooting and a stable online system. Add to that great cutscenes and charming protagonists. Unfortunately, a boring game world, strangely unimaginative missions and messy combat make it difficult for the game to stand out in a crowded genre.
Best Prices Today: Suicide Squad – Kill The Justice League
After delivering the three seminal and acclaimed Batman adventures Arkham Asylum, Arkham City, and Arkham Knight, game studio Rocksteady switched focus. Away with an atmospheric single-player campaign and superhero focus, in with an online-focused shooting game starring anti-heroes. To say that Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has been criticized before release is an understatement, but it’s not all as bad as it seems.
WB Games
Forget Arkham
The most important thing to consider in order to appreciate Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is to drop everything about Rocksteady’s previous games. Forget rain over a dystopian Gotham. Forget slow, tactical combat. Forget a dark, suspenseful story that plays on the emotional strings.
Instead, think online multiplayer action with lots of shooting and weapon collecting. Think an arm cannon with +2 melee damage and skills that deal 18 percent more damage when the combo level is above 15. Imagine an online world that is continuously updated with new content. Imagine four crazy playable anti-heroes, who like to keep their mouths shut and make mean and funny comments.
This may not sound like much of a change, and I personally — like many others — would have much preferred something more Arkham-like. But once I got over that disappointment, there’s actually a lot to like here.
