Re: Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League (PS5/XSX|S/PC). Rocksteady. Out on Friday. Early Access on Tuesday.
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 9:34 am
by FatDaz
Can someone explain that spoiler
I though Batman died at the end of Arkham knight? It’s been a while since I played it but I’m sure his illness was terminal wasn’t it?
Re: Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League (PS5/XSX|S/PC). Rocksteady. Out on Friday. Early Access on Tuesday.
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 9:53 am
by jawa_
I've been watching/reading a few opinions and... yeah, I'd say that the overall verdict at present is mediocre.
- Gameplay is okay but likely to become dull pretty quickly - The humour... it's pretty much constant and, whilst some folk dig the quips, it becomes repetitive ? The HUD is too complicated. You can edit/remove almost anything on it; but it's perhaps too much ? Some folk are saying the gameplay is too simple whilst others are saying things aren't obvious enough ? The killing of traditional "heroes" doesn't feel good for all players
I would like to try it still... but, yeah, I will say that I'm glad I wasn't drawn in to dropping £100 on this for the Deluxe Edition.
Re: Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League (PS5/XSX|S/PC). Rocksteady. Out on Friday. Early Access on Tuesday.
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 10:03 am
by Tomous
FatDaz wrote:Can someone explain that spoiler
I though Batman died at the end of Arkham knight? It’s been a while since I played it but I’m sure his illness was terminal wasn’t it?
It's ambiguous. He initiates the Knightfall Protocol after his identity is outed and the batwing is crashed into Wayne Manor but it could be taken that he was killing Bruce Wayne to carry on fighting crime in the background as Batman. There is a final scene with some criminals who think Batman is dead that are being chased by a fiery bat shape that could have been Batman or could have been a Scarecrow hallucination.
I can't remember how the illness stuff plays out
Re: Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League (PS5/XSX|S/PC). Rocksteady. Out on Friday. Early Access on Tuesday.
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 10:19 am
by Hexx
Tomous wrote:
FatDaz wrote:Can someone explain that spoiler
I though Batman died at the end of Arkham knight? It’s been a while since I played it but I’m sure his illness was terminal wasn’t it?
It's ambiguous. He initiates the Knightfall Protocol after his identity is outed and the batwing is crashed into Wayne Manor but it could be taken that he was killing Bruce Wayne to carry on fighting crime in the background as Batman. There is a final scene with some criminals who think Batman is dead that are being chased by a fiery bat shape that could have been Batman or could have been a Scarecrow hallucination.
I can't remember how the illness stuff plays out
He just sort of "overcame" the Joker toxin via beating the mental Joker didn't he?
And as for how he's back after the Knightfall Protocol....
He just kinda changes his mind
Re: Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League (PS5/XSX|S/PC). Rocksteady. Out on Friday. Early Access on Tuesday.
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 10:21 am
by Tomous
Hexx wrote:
Tomous wrote:
FatDaz wrote:Can someone explain that spoiler
I though Batman died at the end of Arkham knight? It’s been a while since I played it but I’m sure his illness was terminal wasn’t it?
It's ambiguous. He initiates the Knightfall Protocol after his identity is outed and the batwing is crashed into Wayne Manor but it could be taken that he was killing Bruce Wayne to carry on fighting crime in the background as Batman. There is a final scene with some criminals who think Batman is dead that are being chased by a fiery bat shape that could have been Batman or could have been a Scarecrow hallucination.
I can't remember how the illness stuff plays out
He just sort of "overcame" the Joker toxin via beating the mental Joker didn't he?
And as for how he's back after the Knightfall Protocol....
He just kinda changes his mind
FFS
Skarjo is right. Why set this in the Arkhamverse? Just do a Suicide Squad story with a different batman
Re: Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League (PS5/XSX|S/PC). Rocksteady. Out on Friday. Early Access on Tuesday.
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 10:22 am
by Memento Mori
Yeah one of the most interesting story things is handwaved away right at the beginning. And technically it's even optional to hear that dialogue.
Re: Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League (PS5/XSX|S/PC). Rocksteady. Out on Friday. Early Access on Tuesday.
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 10:23 am
by Tomous
Memento Mori wrote:Yeah one of the most interesting story things is handwaved away right at the beginning. And technically it's even optional to hear that dialogue.
Could you share via a spoiler?
Re: Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League (PS5/XSX|S/PC). Rocksteady. Out on Friday. Early Access on Tuesday.
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 10:25 am
by Memento Mori
Tomous wrote:
Memento Mori wrote:Yeah one of the most interesting story things is handwaved away right at the beginning. And technically it's even optional to hear that dialogue.
Could you share via a spoiler?
I meant the post Arkham Knight stuff. You have to manually activate the display in the Batman museum.
Re: Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League (PS5/XSX|S/PC). Rocksteady. Out on Friday. Early Access on Tuesday.
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 10:25 am
by Hexx
Tomous wrote:
Memento Mori wrote:Yeah one of the most interesting story things is handwaved away right at the beginning. And technically it's even optional to hear that dialogue.
Could you share via a spoiler?
Isn't he talking about the video I linked - which is an interactive history that you could walk pass and not interact with?
Re: Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League (PS5/XSX|S/PC). Rocksteady. Out on Friday. Early Access on Tuesday.
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 10:26 am
by Tomous
Ah sorry I follow now
Re: Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League (PS5/XSX|S/PC). Rocksteady. Out on Friday. Early Access on Tuesday.
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 10:28 am
by Memento Mori
That whole area is probably my favourite part of the game I played.
Re: Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League (PS5/XSX|S/PC). Rocksteady. Out on Friday. Early Access on Tuesday.
Re: Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League (PS5/XSX|S/PC). Rocksteady. Out on Friday. Early Access on Tuesday.
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 3:09 pm
by jawa_
...yeah, opinions seem to be all over the place for this - perhaps very much a "marmite" game!
Re: Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League (PS5/XSX|S/PC). Rocksteady. Out on Friday. Early Access on Tuesday.
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 3:10 pm
by Winckle
That doesn't read like a 4/5.
Re: Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League (PS5/XSX|S/PC). Rocksteady. Out on Friday. Early Access on Tuesday.
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 3:28 pm
by Memento Mori
Winckle wrote:That doesn't read like a 4/5.
Fortunate it was a 4/5 given how much Suicide Squad advertising is on the site.
Re: Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League (PS5/XSX|S/PC). Rocksteady. Out on Friday. Early Access on Tuesday.
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 3:28 pm
by PuppetBoy
In truth I haven't actually had time to read the review I posted I know Chris Scullion writes for VGC so I often see their stuff on twitter
I listened to a recent episode of the Back Page pod the other day and Matthew Castle was talking about his time with the preview of the game. He seemed a little cautious about the pile-on on this. I'm not really interested in the game but I am keeping half an eye on how it reviews.
Re: Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League (PS5/XSX|S/PC). Rocksteady. Out on Friday. Early Access on Tuesday.
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 3:56 pm
by JChalmers
So I've been watching a few streams of this and watched some YouTube reviews. It's definitely a marmite game. Someone nailed it perfectly; If you like games like Borderlands and The Division 2 where you're shooting all the time, looting new weapons and finding new skills/things that weapons do you should as well as traversal like Sunset Overdrive and the likes, then you'll love this game as it's very much the more of this and from the sounds of it the end-game is pretty fun too. However if you're expecting a more Arkham stlye/adventure game then you're completely out of luck and you'll probably hate it very quickly.
I'm tempted as I'm a huge comic fan as well as sinking countless hours into both the Borderlands series and The Division 2, but I'm going to wait for the inevitable price drop in the next month or so and pick it up then. Hopefully by then the further end-game content planned will have been revealed and it'll have a better idea of how supported the game will be down the line.
Re: Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League (PS5/XSX|S/PC). Rocksteady. Out on Friday. Early Access on Tuesday.
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 4:12 pm
by Victor Mildew
JChalmers wrote:So I've been watching a few streams of this and watched some YouTube reviews. It's definitely a marmite game. Someone nailed it perfectly; If you like games like Borderlands and The Division 2 where you're shooting all the time, looting new weapons and finding new skills/things that weapons do you should as well as traversal like Sunset Overdrive and the likes, then you'll love this game as it's very much the more of this and from the sounds of it the end-game is pretty fun too. However if you're expecting a more Arkham stlye/adventure game then you're completely out of luck and you'll probably hate it very quickly.
I'm tempted as I'm a huge comic fan as well as sinking countless hours into both the Borderlands series and The Division 2, but I'm going to wait for the inevitable price drop in the next month or so and pick it up then. Hopefully by then the further end-game content planned will have been revealed and it'll have a better idea of how supported the game will be down the line.
The main turn off for me is I just don't like the suicide squad characters. I didn't really enjoy the films and they're not a draw for me to buy this.
BUT, I do love borderlands, and I thought I'd not enjoy guardians of the galaxy but I really liked that, so I'm not writing this off.
Just not going to buy it so will play if it ever shows up on gamepass.
Re: Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League (PS5/XSX|S/PC). Rocksteady. Out on Friday. Early Access on Tuesday.
I know Chris Scullion writes for VGC so I often see their stuff on twitter
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