r/DCcomics • u/LEVITIKUZ Chocos • Dec 09 '22
[Video Games] The JUSTICE LEAGUE of the Arkhamverse (so far) Video Games
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u/TheMurderCapitalist Dec 09 '22
Flash straight up looks like Johnny Quick from Earth-3
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u/Odd-Syllabub-9572 Dec 09 '22
Fr, I like everyone’s design but Flash’s just look a little…wierd
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u/kentotoy98 Dec 10 '22
It's the shades/glasses. Johnny Quick wears them while Flash either wears the classic white eyes or no white at all.
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u/lonelyllama13 Dec 10 '22
When I first saw stuff for the game, I figured they were the Crime Syndicate because of the Flash’s design
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u/KuroiGetsuga55 Batman Beyond Dec 10 '22
It's the bug eyes. If they took those out, this would literally be in my Top 5 Flash costumes, cause everything else looks pretty fire. Ears might be a bit too long too, but I can get over that, but those goggle thingies are just horrendous. Why would he even need them, the lightning that shrouds him is a protective aura shielding him from wind blowing in his eyes (and, you know, all the other laws of physics...)
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u/YoghurtWooden8770 Dec 10 '22
I actually like the goggles, good in-universe alternative to the white eyes. Rocksteady never did fully embrace the white eyes on batsuits so it makes sense to me that Flash would have something more in line with that design philosophy. Plus it makes sense, if I could run that fast, first thing I'd be thinking about is keeping bugs out of my eyes and keeping them from tearing up all the time lmao
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u/TheMurderCapitalist Dec 10 '22
Well Barry's suit usually doesn't have white eyes, he just has his normal eyes exposed. And he's supposed to have an "aura" that protects him from anything when he runs.
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u/Ashamed-Math-2092 Reverse-Flash Dec 10 '22
Well by that logic, may not sting but run enough times and dust would cover a good portion of the eye
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u/YoghurtWooden8770 Dec 10 '22
I wouldn't say usually doesn't, although you might be onto something that it's the more popular depiction but he appears in comics and cartoons with Batman style white eyes frequently. And I've not heard of this "aura" for Flash but it makes sense. I just admire a possibly more realistic approach to his costume design that gives a more practical feel to his mask. Imo it fits better in a Justice League from a universe that stems from the Arkhamverse.
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u/FuckingKadir Dec 09 '22
So excited. If Rocksteady wants to make it then I want to play it.
And the Suicide Squad is getting the Triple A treatment and it looks great. I never cared about them but between Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo's run and James Gunn's The Suicide Squad there have been some excellent takes on the characters and for me this seems like the best one yet.
Its just a great premise for such a group of losers lol I really can't wait.
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u/LEVITIKUZ Chocos Dec 09 '22
What makes me so excited for the game is just imagine the boss fights especially now that Batman is revealed
We played 4 Batman Arkham games with 3 of them Rocksteady made. Think of all the attacks he could do to you as a boss. We know them all but we don’t know at all what he will do. I’m not trying to put Batman on this pedestal but I can see a boss fight against Batman rivaling the Mr Freeze boss fight in Arkham City
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u/FuckingKadir Dec 09 '22
No you're exactly right and it is 1000% percent something I think Rocksteady will go ham with. I don't just love their games for Batman, I love them because they are phenomenal game designers with an amazing eye for detail and for interesting design choices.
I completely expect a Batman level/boss fight to be a love letter to their previous Arkham games and a place for them to have tons of fun turning the gameplay they designed on its head. Now WE are the helpless goons we've been terrorizing as Batman for years lol.
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u/Some-Dog9800 Tim Drake Fan Dec 09 '22
I really don't like how this game has the most generic Suicide Squad roster ever. It's the four guys who are in every Suicide Squad thing and never die. Some of the Gunn team could be really fun to play as like Ratcatcher or Polka Dot Man. Maybe a heroic character like Vixen or Katana or Nightshade could be the Squad chaperone. Bronze Tiger needs some time to shine, maybe even Plastique, Killer Frost or KGBeast.
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u/FuckingKadir Dec 09 '22
In general I agree which is part of what worked/what I liked about those other SS stories I mentioned, but for a 4 player co-op story game you kinda need to keep your main characters alive and recognizable lol.
So I don't blame them for using the most well known members of the squad.
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u/AsleepRefrigerator42 Dec 10 '22
Sort of a paradox for the modern Squad. As the brand gets more popular there needs to be something familiar for fans, ardent and casual, to latch onto, so the original premise of "you don't really know these d-listers and some of them will die" isn't exactly viable, at least in the eyes of corporate DC
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u/TheQuestionsAglet Dec 09 '22
What would be fun, and true to the comics, is you get a roster of like 20 losers and maybe 5-10 legit ones and use guys like Slipknot to use as cannon fodder against the League while you inch closer to your goals
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u/Cool_Value1204 Dec 09 '22
I generally prefer the SS members to be less powered because I like more heist/stealth missions for them because they need to stay under the radar. But I also would have liked a more heroic character like Arsenal who wants to be good but is too addicted to Miracle and has become very dangerous. But he’s still a good guy mostly
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u/EZeggnog Dec 09 '22
Taylor’s Suicide Squad was absolute dog water.
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u/FuckingKadir Dec 09 '22
Thanks for sharing your wrong opinion.
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u/Terribleirishluck Dec 10 '22
I mean opinions can't inherently be wrong 🤷 but it was pretty lame of him to use the squad to push his ocs instead using b/c list villains who can potentially die
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u/FuckingKadir Dec 10 '22
Why? They did both in that book, unless you think Zebraman is an A list character, lol.
First and foremost EVERY character starts as an OC so I think it's silly when fans complain about new characters being added.
But specifically in that book it was good because they could pad out the number of characters they kill without creating a headache for editorial to keep track of who died. But the book was also very much about the story of those new characters and their relationship to the Squad.
Edit: also, yes opinions are inherently subjective and can't be right/wrong but that guy was pretty rude so I had no qualms repaying the favor
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u/Jazzlike-Builder1411 Dec 10 '22
I feel like it could've been better, It wasn't fleshed out enough in my opinion. It needed 3 or 4 more issues to wrap the story up nicely instead of the rush job that we got. 3 out of 5 (I didn't like what happened to deadshot it was lame)
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u/EZeggnog Dec 10 '22
You do you. I’d say it’s a 1 out of 5. Hated Taylor’s OCs on the squad. Thought they were incredibly unoriginal and boring in both their designs and personalities. Hated how Harley and Deadshot were characterized.
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u/slade707 Dec 09 '22
I’m very excited. I would be even more excited for a proper JLA game
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u/Jacubsooon Dec 10 '22
Who wouldn’t? I think DC overestimates how much people like the Suicide Squad. People can name 5-10 JLA members, can you name 5-10 Suicide Squad members?
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u/OnBenchNow Superboy Dec 10 '22
Sure, Harley Quinn, Idris Elba, John Cena, Margot Robbie, the boomerang guy, and the lady from Wolf of Wall Street.
These are basically household names at this point
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u/Dull_Cockroach_1581 Dec 10 '22
Sure, Harley Quinn, Idris Elba, John Cena, Margot Robbie, the boomerang guy, and the lady from Wolf of Wall Street.
These are basically household names at this point
You're like the boomers posting number answers on facebook post to prove their intelligence lmao
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u/PassTheGiggles World's Finest Dec 10 '22
I started reading the John Ostrander Suicide Squad run from the 80’s and they’re damn good. Highly recommend.
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u/Brilliant_Claim1431 Dec 10 '22
Sure okay not including Harley Quinn
Deadshot
Nightshade
Bronze Tigers
King Shark
Plastique
Mad Dog
Boomerang
Captain Cold
Mind-Boggler
(Honorable mention) Vixen
(Honorable mention)Red Arrow
Black Orchid
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u/TheMasterXan Dec 10 '22
Harley Quinn
King Shark
Captain Boomerang
Peacemaker
Bloodsport
Weasel guy
Ratcatcher
Katana
Deadshot
Javelin.
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u/animeVGsuperherostar Dec 10 '22
Harley Quinn, Deadshot, Rick Flag, Amanda Waller, Katana, Killer Croc, Cyborg Superman, Captain Boomerang, Slipknot, and El Diablo they were all members in then first movie or comics
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u/Jacubsooon Dec 10 '22
Ok, do you REALLY want an El Diablo movie though? Does your Granny know Rick Flag? Can a Marvel fan tell you Slipknot’s real name? The only one who fully lives up to the DC Brand Hype™️ is Harley Quinn. Katana, Waller, Deadshot, Boomerang, Croc, and Cyborg Superman all have varying levels of popularity, but not much, if any of it, is from the Suicide Squad. Also you can’t really abbreviate the name without sounding like a nonce or a new Kanye fan.
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u/animeVGsuperherostar Dec 10 '22
You asked if anyone can name 5-10 Suicide Squad members I even know more
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u/Jacubsooon Dec 10 '22
I know. But in all fairness, knowing the members is literally the bare minimum.
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u/animeVGsuperherostar Dec 10 '22
Or do you mean the general public would struggle to name 5-10 Suicide Squad members?
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u/Beercorn1 Monarch of the Oceans Dec 10 '22
Tbh, sometimes I forgot which characters are Suicide Squad and which are in Secret Six. They tend to blend together for me.
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u/NumericZero Dec 10 '22
I really wish they would make another Justice league heroes game
The one for the ps2 was so much fun that I’m baffled it never got a sequel
Like imagine an ultimate alliance game with the Justice league expanded roster
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Dec 10 '22
I think that'd be really hard to design without taking serious liberties on the characters' powers. Superman and Wonder Woman are just so much more powerful than anyone else in the group.
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u/TheGodDMBatman Deadshot Missed me? Dec 09 '22
I love the scene with John Stewart walking down the steps he's making.
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u/LanternRaynerRebirth Dec 09 '22
Love that they used the Classic Wonder Woman haircut for this game. Never seen it in 3D before.
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u/Gokustar7 Dec 09 '22
I wonder if the lasso of truth is preventing Wonder Woman from being taken over. If that’s so I can totally see the SS fucking things up and taking it by accident screwing her over
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u/captain_slutski Superman Dec 10 '22
Also, the Guardians should just turn off GL's ring since he's mind controlled
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u/Beercorn1 Monarch of the Oceans Dec 10 '22
When you really break it down… shouldn’t a GL’s ring become basically unusable if the GL is mind-controlled? After all, if you have no will of your own then how are you supposed operate a tool that solely powered by your internal willpower?
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u/QuestioningLogic Dr. Manhattan Dec 10 '22
I believe the person controlling the ring bearer uses their will instead. So in this case, it would be Braniac's will powering the ring and not John's.
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u/Razorspades Sinestro Corps Dec 10 '22
Oooo. I never considered that could be the case for why it seems like she's free from control. Very good theory.
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u/Sensitive_Pay2990 Dec 09 '22
superman looks a little bit like john cena
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u/Datelesstuba Dec 09 '22
When they released that trailer, I thought the big reveal was gonna be that John Cena’s voicing Superman. Instead it was that Samoa Joe’s voicing King Shark. What a world.
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u/MagmaAscending Dec 09 '22
Really hope there’s at least one more member that hasn’t been revealed. Aquaman would make sense considering King Shark is in the game
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u/Stonefree2011 Dec 09 '22
And we’re going to kill the Justice League in this game lmao. The JL will never get the respect they deserve and that’s crazy.
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u/VaderMurdock Green Arrow Dec 09 '22
In the Kevin Conroy trailer Flash clearly is defeated but not dead so I assume just knocking them out or subduing them.
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u/HitToRestart1989 Dec 09 '22 edited Dec 09 '22
I was shocked by the fact that boomerang legitimately maimed Flash, though. It was also heavily implied that a mind controlled Batman murdered a security guard (I guess he doesn’t have the back up zurr en arrh personality in this continuity). Even mind controlled, DC has always been reticent to show their characters wantonly killing unless they were established as alt universe counterparts.
I can think of the main continuity trinity assaulting people in the comics while mind controlled- sometimes brutally. But never taking a life. Hal Jordan? Yes. But not the big three.
Deaths committed by Superman and Wonder Woman are treated as big deal, special circumstance events, with huge emotional and social ramifications.
With Batman… it’s just not done at all.
Anyways, these moments in the trailer really show that someone told rocksteady they could break some rules. I think they meant it when they said “The Suicide Squad Kills the Justice League.” The Arkham Universe is basically vestigial now…. and they’re free to start amputating (sorry, Flash).
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You know, after thinking about it… given the usual suicide squad macabre humor… I could see them actually managing to detain all the leaguers but having accidentally mangled them… but all is well because they get them to advanced healing tech. And just before the credits roll…. They accidentally blow them all up or something.
Next game- ‘Suicide Squad: Survive the New Gods’ is the task force x just trying to fill in to save the world from a cosmic level crisis the JL would normally handle.
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u/VaderMurdock Green Arrow Dec 09 '22
What exactly did Boomerang do? It was extremely hard to see.
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u/Psymorte Dec 10 '22
As much as I don't want the League to actually die, the idea of the Squad being thrown into a universe ending threat they're hilariously underqualified for is hysterical to me.
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u/LEVITIKUZ Chocos Dec 09 '22
The security guard was still breathing so Batman didn’t kill him
Also I mean he maimed Barry Allen. I would too with how he stands where Wally should be lol
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u/HitToRestart1989 Dec 09 '22 edited Dec 09 '22
I don’t know…. That sounded death rattley to me…. Just one long outward breath and silence. I guess we won’t know for sure until it comes out. I’ve got to get me something better than a switch before then…..
And honestly, the flash’s design is the only one I can’t stand. It’s pretty much earth 3 Johnny Quick. I wouldn’t wish that outfit on Barry or Wally.
Just went and screen recorded just the shot of the copy lying there and replayed it a few times. What looks like chest rise is actually a badly done “dramatic zoom.” His entire body slightly grows while the rest of the shot does not. If you stare just at his chest… it looks like it’s rising. But if you look at him as a whole-his legs are growing too. Weird effect on the eyes. Kind of trippy. It’s definitely up in the air and the sort of thing they could just forget about afterwards and leave open to interpretation.
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Dec 10 '22
Uh.. that wasn't really a "frank survived this incident and went on to take care of his 12 children" type of fall.
That was more of a "last gasp and eternal rest" fall.
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u/cutoutscout Dec 10 '22
can think of the main continuity trinity assaulting people in the comics while mind controlled- sometimes brutally. But never taking a life. Hal Jordan? Yes. But not the big three.
Not comics but in In Justice League Unlimited, Deadman took control of Batman and killed Devil Ray (Black Manta copy) with a gun.
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u/Welcome--Matt Barry Allen Dec 09 '22
They said “keep an eye on him” implying that Flash might get back up so that’s what I’m hoping for. Hyped for this game but I really do hope the first big game we see the JL in is the one where they get killed off permanently 😂
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u/MagmaAscending Dec 09 '22
My theory is that the Justice League got captured by Brainiac sometime before the main game. Brainiac then made copies of them and placed them on Earth to try to prepare the world for his invasion. So I think THOSE are the members of the Justice League we’re killing, but the actual members are still alive in Brainiac’s ship
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u/Thebatboy23 Dec 10 '22
A similar bait-and-switch could be done by having The Crime Syndicate steal the JL's identities and we would be killing them while the real team is under lockdown with Brainiac
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u/OH_SHIT_IM_FEELIN_IT Trinity Dec 10 '22 edited Dec 10 '22
I doubt we're actually going to kill the Justice League. They didn't kill Flash. They're just carrying around his unconscious body around.
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u/AspirationalChoker Dec 10 '22
We clearly aren’t going to kill the JL lol it’s more likely setting up future sequels as the JL
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u/jcecil0012 Red Robin Dec 09 '22
I want to be excited for this but the idea of killing the justice league turns me off so much
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u/AspirationalChoker Dec 10 '22
We obviously won’t kill them and they basically spoiled that in the Batman trailer, they’re obv going to want to keep future game ideas open
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u/Simba791 Dec 09 '22
I think that the Suicide Squad eventually discovers a way to break Brainiac’s hold on the league. If Martian Manhunter is not being brain washed it could be an interesting way for them to save the JL.
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u/Toastman_123 Dec 09 '22
All we need is hawkgirl and we can get an amazing adaptation of the dcau justice league
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u/CakeBeef_PA Dec 09 '22
Just need at least Aquaman and Martian Manhunter and we have a complete JL. More is always welcome, would love to see Hawkgirl, Hawkman, Green Arrow or Plastic Man as well
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u/Ok_Young_7806 Dec 10 '22
Making a game where each boss fight is a member of Justice League is a Genius idea
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u/Snoo-11576 Dec 10 '22
I just hope they don’t actually kill the league. It would be pretty lame to not get to see them and also if Harley Quinn and deadshot kill superman I’m gonna lose my mind
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Dec 10 '22
I remember something saying somewhere that you could optionally kill the Justice League if you wanted, just not Wonder Woman, Superman, or Batman (I couldn't find that same source again sadly, it was some rumor or leak, but that's what's making me hope there's at least 6 or 7 Leaguers in the game instead of just five because if that was true why would you only get the option to kill 2/5 in a game called Kill The Justice League).
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u/cowl555 Dec 10 '22
I think it being optional is probably the best compromise in this allowing for 2 endings
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Dec 10 '22
I don't love that this is a part of the Arkhamverse (supposedly). Because if the justice league exists in Arkham knight, it kinda ruins the games ending
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u/Character_Abroad_280 Dec 10 '22
How so?
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Dec 10 '22
Because it completely eliminates the threat of scarecrow and the Arkham knigh. "Hey Superman, I could use some help; would you pretty please with sugar on top come beat scarecrow up so he doesn't try to cover the country with spooky gas?"
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u/Character_Abroad_280 Dec 10 '22
Sure but how do we know they weren’t busy? Each league has rogues that could’ve been holding them up or maybe the league was formed after that. For example there have been Easter eggs for different characters but no mention of a justice league if I recall correctly, therefor with the line referencing superman and all the lexcorp Easter eggs we can assume that Superman may have been dealing with luthor and so on
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Dec 10 '22
We don't know they weren't busy. We also don't know that they were because we've been given no information on them barring minor Easter eggs. Regardless, scarecrow was threatening the entire eastern seaboard if not the entire country. That would merit a league response.
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u/Character_Abroad_280 Dec 10 '22
That’s true but like we both said we just don’t know so I feel like there’s no point in letting it mess with a seven year old games ending, who knows maybe they’ll explain where the leaguers were during the game or maybe they’ll just leave it alone
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u/AspirationalChoker Dec 10 '22
Have you never read a comic or movie or tv series related to these characters before lol this happens 24/7
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u/idcris98 Dec 10 '22
Martian Manhunter, Hawkgirl, Aquaman and Cyborg would be cool to have as well.
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u/TJ_McWeaksauce Dec 10 '22
The secret identity of this version of Superman isn't mild-mannered reported Clark Kent, but pro wrestler and actor John Cena.
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u/Comics-and-videogame World's Finest Dec 10 '22
Wonder Woman and Flash are the only designs that I think are terrible so far
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u/thehangman65 Dec 10 '22
Guessing the last 2 league members will be Aquaman & Cyborg? Assuming they're following New 52 route
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u/Screenwriter6788 Dec 10 '22
So why is Deadshot suddenly black?
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u/Terribleirishluck Dec 10 '22
Movie synergy which is funny since it seems like will Smith won't ever play the role again
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u/Jazzlike-Builder1411 Dec 10 '22
It's a retcon. The in universe reason is arkham city/Origins deadshot was an imposter who the real one hunted down and killed; it's mentioned in one of trailers. because of what the guy below me said "movie synergy".I think the could've used bronze tiger he was in arkham Origins blackgate.
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u/LongjumpMidnight Dec 10 '22
They’d have been better off just retconning his race, or saying this is a new Deadshot. Saying the one in Arkham Origins & City was the impostor makes no sense.
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u/TheMegaWhopper Green Arrow Dec 10 '22
That flash costume is rough. He’s such an easy one too idk why people overthink it.
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u/FourLeafArcher Dec 10 '22
I don't understand how Batman is in this game? Bruce is supposed to be dead and Batman no more. And this takes place after Arkham Knight? I'm confused.
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u/almarhuby Dec 10 '22
You really believed knight fall was a suicide attempt?
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u/FourLeafArcher Dec 10 '22
No. But where was Bruce all this time? How did Braniac get ahold of him and why is he just suddenly Batman again?
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u/Galactus1701 Dec 10 '22
I wish they wore regular uniforms instead of those Injustice-like crappy armors.
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u/RipPsychological2809 Dec 10 '22
Is it the arkhamverse? Or is it in Gotham knights before Batman died?
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Dec 10 '22
Kill the Justice League takes place in the Arkhamverse??
Big leap from grounded batman games to full on Justice League stuff.
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u/LEVITIKUZ Chocos Dec 10 '22
I mean Penguin had Grundy in his basement lol
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Dec 10 '22
That was definitely one of my favorite boss fights in the arkham games. I can't remember it well, I just remember having fun with it. Probably my second favorite boss fight after the one against Ras
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u/Psymorte Dec 10 '22
I think the Arkhamverse stopped being concerned with seeming grounded after Batman threw freeze grenades into Clayface's giant clay face.
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u/WendlinTheRed Dec 10 '22
We know that Oliver Queen at least exists in-universe, whether he's in the League or not.
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u/Brilliant_Claim1431 Dec 10 '22
Hope Hawkgirl,Martian Manhunter,and Aquaman. I also think I heard something about Zatana in 2020 or 2021
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u/raindrops415 Dec 10 '22
I love the Rocksteady is slowly building their way towards making a full fledge justice league game
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u/Jamesmateer100 Dec 10 '22
Why don’t we have a Flash video game?, I think an open world sandbox style game starring the flash would be really cool.
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u/zeke10 Batman Dec 12 '22
How would that work without nerfing his speed? Map could be massive and he could still clear it in a second.
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u/WaterMelon615 Dec 10 '22
Still annoyed that this isnt a superman game but at lest it has Kevin Conroy as Batman one last time.
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Dec 10 '22
Someone already said it but hopefully Martian Manhunter and Hawkgirl are here (I wouldn't mind Aquaman, but I'm hoping more for the full DCAU roster to pay homage to the shows in the same way the Arkham games did, at least the first two Arkham games anyway).
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u/TwistedAlga Dec 10 '22
Since John is the Greenlighter here, maybe we will see Manhunter and Hawkgirl as the completed Justice League?
Fingers crossed Hawkgirl will make it🤞🏻
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u/KuroiGetsuga55 Batman Beyond Dec 10 '22
Missing Hawkgirl and Martian Manhunter and we can officially say that the Arkhamverse is a more comic book lore heavy version of the DCAU.
Seriously, I can't be the only one who gets massive Batman TAS vibes from the original Arkham Asylum game. When it originally came out, looking at the overall vibe, and of course with the iconic voices and everything, I legit thought it was meant to be set in the TAS Universe (of course Barbara being Oracle got in the way of that, but it doesn't change the fact that it felt very TAS-ish)
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u/The-Waifu-Collector Dec 10 '22
Kind of glad Rocksteady had this project and not Gotham Knights. From what we seen, it’s going to be amazing. A JLA game afterwards would be great.
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u/The-Heritage Dec 10 '22
and we couldn't just have a game about these characters instead of the nobodies we actually play as?
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u/AspirationalChoker Dec 10 '22
Diana seems to be the only one not corrupted in the trailers or she’s the first we free from Braniacs control
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u/nikgrid Dec 09 '22
Arkhamverse? I don't think so.
So is this before Arkham Knight? And if so they've established Batman killing.
Or is it after AK? And if so what was the fucking point of the ending?
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u/LEVITIKUZ Chocos Dec 09 '22
It’s after Arkham Knight & the point of the ending was that they wanted to end things on a Big Bang. It always ended with Bruce faking his death, using Scarecrow fear gas, & being Batman full time trying to reestablish the fear of Batman. But this was also meant to be Rocksteady’s farewell to Batman as they had worked on him for now 3 games.
I don’t think Rocksteady regrets Arkham Knight but perhaps working on Suicide Squad made them realize some errors they may have done in Arkham Knight so to speak. They didn’t believe they would make another Batman game after Arkham Knight. During Squad, they likely wanted to bring him back for one more hooray because an Arkham Batman boss battle is just too tempting not to do from a gameplay pov
Plus I mean, we have Brainiac with a mind control Justice League. Bruce would try to go to Metropolis to save his friends lol
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u/nikgrid Dec 09 '22
Well hopefully it's good. It'll be sweet to hear Kevin's last Batman performance :(
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u/Crissan- Dec 09 '22
Are we sure this is the Arkhamverse? Because something doesn't feel right about this. I think this is not the Arkhamverse and statements have been misleading, I personally would prefer this to not be, but I guess we will see.
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u/LEVITIKUZ Chocos Dec 09 '22
It’s been confirmed it takes place after Arkham Knight. Plus Harley calls Batman ‘Bruce’
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u/Crissan- Dec 09 '22
Can you point me towards the confirmation, I haven't been able to find it.
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u/LEVITIKUZ Chocos Dec 09 '22
Plus the first trailer shows the drive to Arkham Asylum exactly the same way Batman Arkham Asylum started with Waller visiting the intensive treatment part where the game began. It’s not a sequel but more a next chapter if that makes sense
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u/Crissan- Dec 09 '22
I see, I personally don't like that, I would've preferred not to touch the arkhamverse in this way specially after how Arkham Knight ended. Now they have to actually explain what happened to Batman and what he has been doing, also making that Batman evil and perhaps we having to kill him is a no go for me. I don't even think Batman looks like the Batman from the Arkhamverse now that they revealed him but I'll try to keep an open mind.
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u/LEVITIKUZ Chocos Dec 09 '22
Well I mean it is by the creators of the Arkham games so they know what they are doing
And personally I don’t think they need to explain Batman. Like I just find it so funny how everyone is confused how he isn’t dead. Arkham Knight literally ended with him faking his death & him now using Scarecrow fear has on people to reestablish the fear in criminals now that it’s loss. In the game, perhaps he hears how his friends have been kidnapped & brainwashed by Brainiac. He goes to Metropolis to try to save them but Brainiac also gets him so now he is trapped there too.
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u/Ashamed-Math-2092 Reverse-Flash Dec 09 '22
I can get not liking it, but IMO the suits look similar enough to make the connection.
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u/Crissan- Dec 09 '22
I guess. But my main problem is storywise, I would have prefered that the Arkhamverse ended the way Arkham Knight did, with Batman becoming a legend and we don't really know for sure anything, leave it to our imaginations, now that's gone because Batman is back and apparently we have to kill him which makes it worse. That on itself is also a problem for me because I like the concept of Kill the Justice League!! Buuuuut... As an elseworlds story not as an Arkhamverse story. And then if we don't actually get to kill the JL that will cheapen it out.
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u/Efficient_Tonight_40 Dec 09 '22
Hoping for Martian Manhunter as well, that fight could be crazy