Summary
Maybe the hottest topic in gaming right now,Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice Leagueis out, and it’s pretty divisive. A game that tries to continue the legacy oftheBatman: Arkhamserieswhile also making some pretty radical departures from that series,Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice Leagueis being met with a horde of criticism, some completely valid, and some a bit more hyperbolic. ButSuicide Squadalso has its fair share of defenders, many of whom are actively praising the game’s characters, writing, and gameplay mechanics.
While there are some good moments and mechanics inSuicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, there are some undeniably disappointing aspects as well—aspects that fall twice as hard considering Rocksteady Studios' impressive lineage. And by far one of the biggest issues that pervades just about every aspect ofSuicide Squad: Kill the Justice Leagueis a severe lack of variety.
On paper,Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice Leagueis home to a healthy number of missions, all of which are given to the player by an iconic DC character. But underneath the surface,Suicide Squadis actually only home to a mere handful of mission types, and it’s those same few mission types that players will be completing over and over again during theirSuicide Squadadventure. Whether it’scollecting Data Shards for Toyman, rescuing civilians for Rick Flag, or escorting various vehicles across Metropolis, these same mission types keep occurring with very few differences between each instance.
Unfortunately, this problem doesn’t just belong toSuicide Squad: Kill the Justice League’s side missions. The vast majority ofSuicide Squad’s main story missions follow these same aforementioned mission structures, just with some slightly different narrative contexts behind the objectives.
For instance, rather than escorting Lex Luthor to a portal, players will be escorting Amanda Waller to the Hall of Justice, but both missions see the player escorting a slow-moving vehicle through the city streets. Boss fights are the only proper timeSuicide Squad: Kill the Justice Leagueshakes up its mission structure, and even then, boss fights blur into one due to their similar mechanics and objectives.
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League’s mission structure wouldn’t feel nearly as repetitive if the game’s enemies didn’t lack so much variety as well. For the vast majority ofSuicide Squad’s runtime, players will be mindlessly gunning away at Brainiac’s purple-hued soldiers, purple-hued shields, and purple-hued artillery. While a Flash-inspired Speedster enemy type is introduced, along with snipers and hulking brutes, the visual design of each enemy is pretty much the same, as is how players take them down, with most enemies having obvious, glowing weak spots.
WhileSuicide Squad: Kill the Justice League’s shooting and traversal mechanicsare by far two of the game’s major saving graces, they’re not free from a lack of variety either, unfortunately. Though these shooting and traversal mechanics start out quite complex,Suicide Squaddoes little to evolve them over time, with players having seen just about every ability and unique mechanic that they have to offer within just a few hours. ThoughSuicide Squadhas three dedicated skill trees per character, many upgrades simply increase the player’s stats as opposed to adding any truly new mechanics or features.
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
WHERE TO PLAY
Play as the Suicide Squad to take down the World’s Greatest DC Super Heroes, The Justice League. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, is a genre-defying, action-adventure third-person shooter from Rocksteady Studios, creators of the critically acclaimed Batman: Arkham series.
