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Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Review | IGN

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is a repetitive and bland looter-shooter that, despite an engaging story, never stays fun for long enough.

crazyCoconuts489d ago

Kinda. Old IGN would only give 5s for flat out broke.

CantThinkOfAUsername489d ago

They get surprisingly honest when their review copy isn't free.

just_looken489d ago

No but i wish the big review sites would mention that all the dc writers/arkham writers were kicked out for a bunch if tictok hacks.

https://sweetbabyinc.com/pr...

3rd party writes a dc story while all the dc writers especially the animated section get the boot but 0 care.

Good sskjl vid

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

0hMyGandhi489d ago

I know studios can outsource visuals and what-not and writer's rooms have been a thing in movies/tv for ages, but I never knew there were game-centric 3rd party studios that provide narrative/writing services for other clients. Interesting.

just_looken488d ago

@oh

Yes there is like ESL for cdpr now

This though is a 3rd party that wrote the story directed the game even though its a dc property which is screwed up.

frostypants489d ago

Surprised it scored this high.

-Foxtrot489d ago (Edited 489d ago )

Amazing how honest a big site like IGN can be about a game when they are brutal in their previews, get rejected for a game code because of that bad preview and have nothing left to lose when it comes to the review.

LucasRuinedChildhood489d ago (Edited 489d ago )

Nah, IGN got a review code for Gotham Knights ahead of release and still gave that a 5/10 too.

You're implying that they otherwise wouldn't be honest but ... we've already seen so many of these types of games like Fallout 76 (5/10), Redfall (4/10), Gotham Knights (5/10), Marvel's Avengers (6/10), Anthem (6.5/10), Babylon's Fall (4/10), etc score very unfavourably with IGN and critics in general, review codes or not.

Suicide Squad is ultimately just another game from that trend being added to The Live Service Pile Of Shame.

Christopher489d ago (Edited 489d ago )

Accurate. It's not a great game but people will still enjoy it. But there's so many jarring elements that don't make sense combined with the attempt at GaaS that make it look more of a cash grab rather than an honest attempt at respecting the IP and its proper usage.

P_Bomb489d ago (Edited 489d ago )

They backed themselves into a corner with this story. Where does the Arkhamverse go from here? Flashpoint with Wally West and reset the timeline?

Barlos489d ago (Edited 489d ago )

Poor Rocksteady. That's really quite the fall from grace.

I've not played it but I've seen plenty of videos, and I just can't believe it's supposed to be part of the Arkhamverse. The tone, the look, the "humour". None of it fits that universe.

robtion489d ago

True but the GaaS was this games real downfall. Once you implement that all of the systems are built around season passes and micro-transactions.

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Suicide Squad Flop Still Hurting WB Games Revenue

Warner Bros. has announced that its WB Games division saw a massive 48% revenue decline following Suicide Squad flop.

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RaidenBlack25d ago

Monolith studio had to die for this
F U WBG

neutralgamer199223d ago

WB games had a good thing going but after HBO max and discovery took over they just wanted live service games. They want steady steam of revenue. Just like Sony has a good thing going but they keep trying to make live service games and failing

CrimsonWing6923d ago

Let this be a f*cking lesson to you.

The_Hooligan22d ago

Nah, they still won't learn. They'll just blame the next live service flop on some bs excuse and layoff more people.

Redgrave22d ago

It hasn't been a lesson to any other studio this happened to, WB least of all.

Goodguy0123d ago

Man...imagine if we got a new batman arkham (or new ip/hero title) game this generation with all the og talent from rocksteady. Instead insane greed got in WBs heads to force this very once taleneted studio to make a filthy generic live service. This is how you kill an amazing well renown studio which unfortunately happens much too often in the game industry.

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Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League True Ending Offers Sliver of Hope for Future Arkhamverse Games

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League's true ending offers a slight hope for Rocksteady's future Arkhamverse games.

anast141d ago

No, it doesn't. It's not good. It really isn't a good game. Game writers should find a good indy game or something instead of giving bad games positive advertisements.

Redgrave141d ago

Well said.

When you basically have to "jk" everyone in a poorly executed and thinly veiled attempt to save face, your story wasn't good. To me, this little fakeout so long after the fact almost makes the entire thing worse.

P_Bomb140d ago

WB finally realized their characters are worth more alive?

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Concord, Suicide Squad, Fairgame$ And ‘Vibes-Based’ Failures

Paul Tassi: "Sony recently reiterated its commitment to live service games with one big hit last year (Helldivers 2), one big cancellation (The Last of Us Factions) and one big failure (Concord). It’s no great surprise it is continuing down this road, given the way the industry is trending and the limited shelf life of its famed single player games. But it immediately made me think of a game that Sony is allegedly releasing that I have to believe is pre-destined to fail, Fairgame$."

Alos88154d ago

Fairgame$ feels like it's destined to flop out the gate- that initial trailer felt full of that same instantly-dated 'fight The Man with a ragtag team of weirdos' energy that was prevalent in Sega's Hyenas (which they wisely cancelled.) Unlike Marathon I just don't see this standing a chance.

Nacho_Z154d ago

It will definitely flop, missed the boat by a couple of years. Agreed that Marathon has a decent chance of succeeding it looks genuinely good and interesting.

It can't be sustainable having all these expensive GaaS being DOA being balanced by the odd modest success like Helldivers. The aim is to find the new Fortnite or whatever but it's highly unlikely and seems to be a massive waste of money.