Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League isn’t the sport a variety of Arkham followers wished. It’s additionally one more live-service online game, one thing that people are much less and fewer enthusiastic about with every passing yr. And it’s not had nice previews or trailers. But, I’ve loved Rocksteady’s previous video games rather a lot and the thought of enjoying as villains sounded intriguing. So I hoped that the saga of Suicide Squad would conclude with a cheerful ending the place the sport turned out to be superb. Unfortunately, 12+ hours into Suicide Squad, I’m undecided that’s going to occur.
This isn’t a full overview. Instead, I’m simply going to debate how I’m feeling after placing in over 12 hours into Rocksteady’s new co-op shooter starring Harley Quinn, Boomerang, King Shark, and Deadshot. These criminals at the moment are pressured to attempt to save Metropolis, the house metropolis of Superman, from an alien invasion led by Brainiac. And actually, I’ve one query for you expensive reader:
Do you want hanging out on rooftops and capturing purple enemies and machines? Well, excellent news (?) you’ll be doing that rather a lot in Suicide Squad. While there are missions that shake issues up and have large setpieces and boss fights, the majority of Suicide Squad is made up of missions that boil right down to: Go right here, defend or avoid wasting stuff, kill enemies, go away. Sometimes the missions have variables like “You can only kill enemies with grenades” or “Only critical hits do damage.” But these tweaks simply spotlight how all of those missions really feel so related, even when Rocksteady challenges you to kill stuff in a sure approach.
The narrative of Suicide Squad is strong to date. I benefit from the writing and characterization of the supporting forged. There’s a way, as the sport goes on, that the individuals across the squad are studying to belief them—or at the very least not see them solely as evil criminals. And the squad learns to belief one another and even grows to love each other in a approach that may really feel very acquainted to anybody who’s watched a James Gunn-scripted superhero flick. All of this is superb. The cutscenes are genuinely humorous and the in-game banter—although it occurs too ceaselessly—is well-written and made me chuckle usually.
But none of that may distract from the truth that more often than not in Suicide Squad you’ll be flying, leaping, or working round Metropolis rooftops and skyscrapers defending glowing icons or killing purple issues till the sport goes “Okay, that’s enough. Mission complete!”
The fight is admittedly good. This is among the best-feeling gunplay in a third-person motion recreation since The Division 2. Weapons really feel chunky and lethal. And whenever you lob a grenade or particular assault into a big group of purple-covered freaks and so they all vaporize into harm numbers, goo, and pick-ups, it appears, feels, and sounds satisfying as hell. For some, this will likely be sufficient to assist them grind by means of all of the facet content material and degree up every member of the squad to their most degree. I’ll even admit that some nights I’ve discovered myself lingering in Suicide Squad, endlessly killing enemies and attacking small outposts on roofs for additional XP and goodies. Killing stuff is enjoyable on this recreation. No doubt about it.
The drawback is that 12+ hours in, I’ve already completed the identical missions time and again once more. With buddies, that is extra pleasant, as you all can chat about completely different subjects or make jokes through the hectic firefights. Yet, when enjoying alone with AI squadmates, I couldn’t shake the sensation that Suicide Squad has about 5 hours of content material and is padding out its runtime with a variety of same-y feeling missions.
For now, I’ll maintain enjoying, partially as a result of it’s my job but additionally as a result of the fight loop remains to be pleasant and the narrative nonetheless has me hooked. I wish to see what occurs subsequent. I wish to see how this ragtag group of losers truly saves the day. However, I’m undecided how lengthy I’ll stick round as soon as the credit roll on the primary journey, which isn’t a very good signal for a recreation that has a year-long roadmap and seasonal updates deliberate.
