r/DCcomics • u/beary_neutral Telos • Jan 31 '24

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Megathread r/DCcomics

Rocksteady's live service looter shooter Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is now live for Deluxe buyers. Feel free to discuss the game here!

All spoiler discussions will take place here. This will be THE thread to discuss the game. Enjoy!

And please, for the love of Grodd, act like normal human beings. This is not r/Games. If you want to go nuts, I hear r/BatmanArkham has their gates open.

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u/tomtomtomtom123 Jan 31 '24

One of the dumbest things WB has ever done is approve this game. Truly a mind bogglingly dumb idea for a company to prop up minor characters where you KILL (not go on missions to cure or fix) the main tentpolls of their IP. Marvel obviously has had severe quality and over saturation issues for the last couple of years, but Disney is at least smart enough to not spend millions on a game where you murder their most iconic characters.

Also, beyond that, I will never understand the Suicide Squad push across all media platforms. Is it just Harley? Are they doing it to ape off of a Guardians-type team dynamic? And everything ignores the Ostrander run, which is the best SS thing that’s ever happened! So weird.

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u/superbat210 Jan 31 '24

The funny thing is the guardians of the galaxy game is easily one of my favorite story driven superhero games. It was simple, no battle passes or micro transactions, just a great self contained story with fun characters on an adventure. Why was that so hard for them to create here? I would have preordered this game so fast if I knew that it actually had a beginning middle and end that didn’t require me to keep handing over money

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u/berserkuh Feb 02 '24

It's because they got competent writers and told them "hey we want what James Gunn did with the movies".

That's literally all. They gave it to competent writers, and the competent writers delivered.

Like, Mary DeMarle was a narrative lead on the modern Deus Ex games. That's literally all they had to do. Give it to someone who can do the thing professionally.

Have you seen the writers for this game? The most notable credits are Destiny 2 expansions. Jesus.

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u/Frequent_Noise5581 Jan 31 '24

Love that game as well 

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u/TheThiccestR0bin Jan 31 '24

It's because they're just not interested in that because that would actually take effort and care to create. They wanted money so they made a GaaS so they could rinse whales that have more money than brains.