I love DC, I love the previous Rocksteady games and I really like the SS so I obviously was excited for this, that is until the reviews came out and I started to get nervous. I decided to wait for a sale and as soon as I found a good one I picked it up and gave it a fair chance, and I don't regret it. I won't deny, there's a lot to unpack both good and bad, but I wanna start with the good because I did enjoyed my time with this game for the most part. The gameplay is certainly a totally different thing then the Arkham games and it's much more alike to a Sunset Overdrive, and I honestly think it's pretty fun. It's fast paced, you constantly have to be moving around and using your abilities to keep wrecking everyone and I thought it was cool. The traversal is also quite a lot of fun to get the hang around since every character moves differently. The graphics and visual presentation is top notch, smooth 60fps and native 4K HDR, I didn't had any glitches and it was overall very well polished on my PS5. Also the cutscenes look amazing, particularly the facial expressions. I thought the writing was surprisingly funny, I enjoyed the concept, the performances are great and for the most part I was invested... until they started to rush everything and not end it at all. Time for the flaws now.
I agree the deaths of the JL members could've been handled a little better, but the biggest issue is that the more the story progressed the more rushed it started to become, and then it decided to just not end at all for future seasonal content. Not a bad idea conceptionally, but they didn't executed well and it felt very unsatisfying. The content in the game is unfortunately very thin, because as much as I really enjoyed the gameplay after I finished the story and did a few hours on the endgame content, it got very old very fast. It lacks variety, in the enemies, the missions you're given and the maps you play on. Also the grind and loot system is just not engaging, I enjoyed the weapons but there wasn't a ton of variety on them and the upgrade systems on them are confusing and weirdly structured. It just doesn't have the strength to be what it wants to be, as fun as it can be sometimes there's only so much you can play of the same exact thing over and over. Honestly they should've just made this a single player game first and then added the co-op missions and online content as a bonus. Then everything that's lacking in the game could've been improved and expanded upon, while still having the online content they're going for in a much more concise way. But, this is what we got.
So, did I liked "Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League"? Yeah, for the most part yes I did and I ain't ashamed of it. Would I recommend it? Well... that's a very complicated question. On the one hand I had a lot of fun with it over my 60 hours playing it and I think there's a lot of cool stuff like the fast paced gameplay and great visuals, and I'll give credit that the servers worked well when I played with friends and we had a really good time. But, there's no denying that this is a deeply flawed game, and I don't know if people are gonna be able to enjoy the good in it because they're big ones. For full price I definitely say no, half price if you wanna give it a chance and think it might be fun, but if you're skeptical or think it doesn't look good then wait for it to be available for no additional cost. There's fun to be had here and I seriously think its a fun shooter, but you are the one who has to decide whether you wanna give it the chance or not. Unlike something like "Marvel's Avengers", I do think this is a solid game, one that's sadly brought down by it's obvious issues.
(As for Season 1, unfortunately I can't give it a pass because it was considerably disappointing. The Joker is a very fun character to play sure and I liked his mechanics, the Joker themed areas are nice... but that's it? No new bosses? No new story points besides one three minute cutscene? No new enemies or variety to mission objectives? That's just bad man. I like the game but if they really want this game to have a life or a comeback, they won't get there by putting out content like this. I don't even know if it'll survive after this, that's how lacking it was. A shame, but oh well, at least I had fun shooting and flying around with friends and it'll remain an option for us.)
I agree the deaths of the JL members could've been handled a little better, but the biggest issue is that the more the story progressed the more rushed it started to become, and then it decided to just not end at all for future seasonal content. Not a bad idea conceptionally, but they didn't executed well and it felt very unsatisfying. The content in the game is unfortunately very thin, because as much as I really enjoyed the gameplay after I finished the story and did a few hours on the endgame content, it got very old very fast. It lacks variety, in the enemies, the missions you're given and the maps you play on. Also the grind and loot system is just not engaging, I enjoyed the weapons but there wasn't a ton of variety on them and the upgrade systems on them are confusing and weirdly structured. It just doesn't have the strength to be what it wants to be, as fun as it can be sometimes there's only so much you can play of the same exact thing over and over. Honestly they should've just made this a single player game first and then added the co-op missions and online content as a bonus. Then everything that's lacking in the game could've been improved and expanded upon, while still having the online content they're going for in a much more concise way. But, this is what we got.
So, did I liked "Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League"? Yeah, for the most part yes I did and I ain't ashamed of it. Would I recommend it? Well... that's a very complicated question. On the one hand I had a lot of fun with it over my 60 hours playing it and I think there's a lot of cool stuff like the fast paced gameplay and great visuals, and I'll give credit that the servers worked well when I played with friends and we had a really good time. But, there's no denying that this is a deeply flawed game, and I don't know if people are gonna be able to enjoy the good in it because they're big ones. For full price I definitely say no, half price if you wanna give it a chance and think it might be fun, but if you're skeptical or think it doesn't look good then wait for it to be available for no additional cost. There's fun to be had here and I seriously think its a fun shooter, but you are the one who has to decide whether you wanna give it the chance or not. Unlike something like "Marvel's Avengers", I do think this is a solid game, one that's sadly brought down by it's obvious issues.
(As for Season 1, unfortunately I can't give it a pass because it was considerably disappointing. The Joker is a very fun character to play sure and I liked his mechanics, the Joker themed areas are nice... but that's it? No new bosses? No new story points besides one three minute cutscene? No new enemies or variety to mission objectives? That's just bad man. I like the game but if they really want this game to have a life or a comeback, they won't get there by putting out content like this. I don't even know if it'll survive after this, that's how lacking it was. A shame, but oh well, at least I had fun shooting and flying around with friends and it'll remain an option for us.)