When speaking concerning the greatest video games of 2023, Starfield, Redfall, Ultimate Fantasy XVI, Hogwarts Legacy, Spider-Man 2, Tears of the Kingdom, there’s one recreation that doesn’t appear to return up all that always. That will be Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, which is the subsequent recreation from the principle Rocksteady staff accountable for the core trilogy of Arkham video games.
However there does really feel like there’s one thing of a scarcity of buzz for Suicide Squad, maybe as a result of we’re on SS overload after two films, one good one dangerous, each of which failed on the field workplace. Maybe as a result of we haven’t been proven all that a lot from the sport, and what now we have been proven…properly, it’s not Arkham.
Now there seems to be a brand new level of concern. A leaked screenshot from a check construct of Suicide Squad on 4chan, verified by VGC, exhibits that the only participant/co-op recreation can have a battle go hooked up to it, which has elicited a collective groan from the gaming neighborhood.
Whereas it’s mentioned that the battle go comprises cosmetics, that’s not likely the purpose. When you begin placing issues like beauty outfits for a recreation like this in a battle go, you get rid of one of many extra welcome components of video games like Arkham and Spider-Man, the power to earn all outfits in-game by varied achievements. Some type of paid XP observe to grind out unlocks over time feels…not nice for a recreation like this.
Some are saying this implies Suicide Squad is a games-as-service providing, nevertheless it’s not fairly clear but. The existence of 1 battle go implies the potential existence of future battle passes, which might certainly be a GaaS system. However I additionally don’t suppose Suicide Squad is supposed to be going full Marvel’s Avengers right here both, a recreation that has reside content material updates, battle passes for every new character, and a paid retailer store stuffed with beauty skins. However a battle go alone is sufficient to shoot up a couple of warning flags for followers right here.
It will most likely be sensible for Rocksteady to begin speaking about issues like this to get forward of the narrative, quite than leaving issues to followers’ imaginations. We have now heard weirdly little concerning the recreation for some time now since its delay out of fall 2022, and final we heard, it’s imagined to be out in spring 2023, although now we have no precise launch date but. A considerably associated challenge, Gotham Knights, was additionally delayed however did come out final 12 months. That recreation does have its followers, however typically didn’t evaluation nice. It additionally didn’t have any GaaS components, though it did have a loot grind and a famously ugly UI, one thing that Suicide Squad additionally looks like it could have, judging by this new shot.
I feel there have been many fears from the beginning that Suicide Squad merely was not the challenge many individuals wished to see as Rocksteady’s subsequent outing after Arkham. Many followers had been hoping for one thing like a Batman Past recreation or a Superman recreation from the studio who had confirmed they’ll make nice superhero choices. As an alternative, now we have a multiplayer, co-op Suicide Squad recreation with a battle go. To not say it may well’t be good, however I perceive the skepticism. And it will be good to get some solutions from Rocksteady sooner quite than later.
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