Rocksteady teases Suicide Squad game

[SteelPlatedHeart]

Since we mentioned Mauler earlier, his final thoughts on the game.

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

I had a YouTube recommendation of a cutscene from the game and I initially thought "why would another DC animated film look like a game" only with the dawning realization that it is a game about the forced meme that is SS. Then I come here to see what's it about and my only reaction is

One would think it would be a spinoff and not burning down everything the Arkham games made but in modern clownworld even that is too much to ask.

Modern gaming really deserves a purge. The big studios got way too comfortable with shit games that normies automatically buy, so they might as well appeal to twitterites.

 

[Rome's rightful successor]

Steam reviews seem to be positive

 

[SteelPlatedHeart]

Steam reviews seem to be positive
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223 seems rather low for a big budget AAA game, gotta say.

 

[Calandrino]

Nerd time on superhero meta: Outside of everything else... what do people think of the Justice League being only the five members of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, and Green Lantern (I know it's John but still).

Ordinarily I would say it's lame. Even the JL pastiche from The Boys is called "the Seven" -- seven is the correct number. And I would speculate Rocksteady cut down the rosters as a cost-saving measure. But Aquaman has suffered enough, he doesn't need this, so it's a blessing in this case.

I get that its suppose to add to the tragedy of killing them but watching this just makes you wish we got a Superman game or a J.L game instead.

The audio logs explain that the league ended up brainwashed because Superman was stupid enough to try negotiating with a giant skull-shaped deathship, rather than heed Batman's warning that it might possibly be a trap maybe. They turned Batman into Injustice Superman (i.e., a psychopathic failed ex-hero) so the other cishetero male heroes were demoted another notch below him accordingly. If WB had demanded a JL game, CY-Rocksteady just would have fucked it up some other way. So it's probably just as well they fucked it up in every way possible, makes it funnier.

 

[Douglas Mortimer]

Figures this fruitcake would place it around a 7
Shameful

 

[The handsome tard]

Ordinarily I would say it's lame. Even the JL pastiche from The Boys is called "the Seven" -- seven is the correct number. And I would speculate Rocksteady cut down the rosters as a cost-saving measure. But Aquaman has suffered enough, he doesn't need this, so it's a blessing in this case.

We all know Aquaman would be a joke boss in this because people still think that the Aquaman jokes are still funny and original after being repeated so many times for what are decades by this point.

If he was mentally controlled by Brainiac, the S.S would be probably more fucked than with Superman. How? Oh look, there is a massive tidal wave that dwarfs buildings on our way...and inside the wave there are aquatic massive beasts. I want to see their bullets stopping that.

The audio logs explain that the league ended up brainwashed because Superman was stupid enough to try negotiating with a giant skull-shaped deathship, rather than heed Batman's warning that it might possibly be a trap maybe. They turned Batman into Injustice Superman (i.e., a psychopathic failed ex-hero) so the other cishetero male heroes were demoted another notch below him accordingly. If WB had demanded a JL game, CY-Rocksteady just would have fucked it up some other way. So it's probably just as well they fucked it up in every way possible, makes it funnier.

I get Superman would try to make sure that this isnt a case of different alien cultures clashing (his "S" is technically not meant to be an Earth "S" but the symbol of his kryptonian heritage that just happened to fit with the name people gave him). For all he knows, the skull shape probably could be a sign of showing you have nothing to hide or something, again, alien cultures. But you'd think the league would at least try to make any meetings with Brainiac be in an environment that they control (and maybe asking him for proof he truly means no harm before engaging in person). The actual league would play this smart, aka, hope for the best but be prepared for the worst and its implied in this game they have been on several missions together by this point so you think that the league would see Batman's hunches rarely tend to be wrong.

 

[SteelPlatedHeart]

 

[BlueCandles]

We all know Aquaman would be a joke boss in this because people still think that the Aquaman jokes are still funny and original after being repeated so many times for what are decades by this point.

If he was mentally controlled by Brainiac, the S.S would be probably more fucked than with Superman. How? Oh look, there is a massive tidal wave that dwarfs buildings on our way...and inside the wave there are aquatic massive beasts. I want to see their bullets stopping that.

It’s ok, in a cutscene before the fight they would have found anti-water bullets so they could shoot aquaman until he dies and then make some kind of marvel quip on his corpse.

 

[Cheeseknife]

Since we mentioned Mauler earlier, his final thoughts on the game.
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This lazy fatass used to make scripted videos. Now he just parrots what everybody else has already said days later on Xitter.

And doesn't even mention Sweet Baby Inc. Just "the writing" like a good little fence-sitter.

Sadge.

Steam reviews seem to be positive
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Steam is a bit weird about this and I think it's because not everyone who uses it is necessarily up to snuff on the political drama surrounding products like this. Hopefully a few days playing and discovering its broken aspects will lead to more negative reviews.

 

[Los Pollos Hermanos]

If he was mentally controlled by Brainiac, the S.S would be probably more fucked than with Superman. How? Oh look, there is a massive tidal wave that dwarfs buildings on our way...and inside the wave there are aquatic massive beasts. I want to see their bullets stopping that.

Well the Flash literally rips Lex Luthor’s heart out but somehow doesn’t do that to any of the Suicide Squad but instead runs around and throws slow moving tornados so I imagine Aquaman will fly menacingly through the air and charge up a big wave until you hit him with counter, at which point he will float there awkwardly while your shoot him with bullets.

And then Deadshot will say that it was a good thing they found that ‘dehydrated water’ tech and Boomerang will try to cut off his finger and Waller will yell at them to ‘cut the shit’. Because we can’t say “fuck” in an M rated game.

 

[M3xus]

Worth noting Starfield sat at "mostly positive" until it's cornucopia of flaws became apparent.

 

[Cheeseknife]

Well the Flash literally rips Lex Luthor’s heart out but somehow doesn’t do that to any of the Suicide Squad but instead runs around and throws slow moving tornados so I imagine Aquaman will fly menacingly through the air and charge up a big wave until you hit him with counter, at which point he will float there awkwardly while your shoot him with bullets.

And then Deadshot will say that it was a good thing they found that ‘dehydrated water’ tech and Boomerang will try to cut off his finger and Waller will yell at them to ‘cut the shit’. Because we can’t say “fuck” in an M rated game.

Plot armor is thick.

 

[Michael Wade]

It really is amazing how this game failed on every conceivable level .


You have a playable cast mostly comprised of losers and the scum of the earth presented as plucky and admirable. borderline demonic in how it portrays them as somehow better and more relatable then the heros of earth.

Deadshot: They had to just raceswap him and make him an edgy asshole. He had perfect characterization in the animated movie as a spic and they ruined it. Frankly it was hilarious how they were trying to present that deadshot as a fake. Will smith brought charm to his portrayal and this guy doesn't have the class.

Captain boomerang: This guy isnt main character material. He's a unrepentant asshole who only looks out for himself. I can understand wanting to have a dude who's scummy but has a rugged charm but he's just too much.

Harley quinn: Do I even need to try? She's a total bitch. If they had gone with how she's portrayed in injustice it could have worked, but as it stands she is everything that is wrong with this game.

King shark: The best one, the only one bringing anything approaching to genuine charm. Also the only one that seems to try to respect the heros. Also looks like the most fun to actually play. Honestly if this was just the king shark game they could have sold it to the normies.


Frankly if you could replay the game and replace three of these characters with DLC it might just BARELY make things a little tiny bit more interesting. But lets be honest. This is a shit lineup.



Then there's the Justice League, which... is pretty cheap ass in how tiny it is. Like seriously? No martian or aquaman? We dodged a bullet, but I remember being very underwhelmed when I first saw the full line up.


Batman: Honestly this could have worked, they actually did a decent job with him in the beginning and showed attention to detail. Sure the fear gas fight was total bullshit, but at least it had a logical (ish) progression. Where it really fucked up more then anything else is how casually they just execute him. When Harley floats the idea to kill batman to bring out superman it's presented as a hilarious Eureka moment utterly devoid of anything approaching empathy or regret. It is undeniably demonic and upsetting. The fact that they went to the trouble of promoting this being his last role in the trailer and made NO EFFORT to soften the blow is telling.

Superman: They just had to make him a retard in the lore and just casually walk up to brainiac to get mind controlled. It's ridiculous how badly they treated him, and out of all the heroes he is the most unbelievable takedown. This guy can pulverize a man with his pinkie and you expect people to believe gold kyptonite bullets are enough? Even with them, he can still fly, shoot heat vision, and everything! Then they have the balls to pose him like death of superman, that was cute.

Wonder woman: The in game shilling is ridiculous no question, but just look at that color scheme and armor! it looks like shit. Especally the design on her shield. I could live with her look if they even bothered to get the color scheme right.


Green lantern: Im shocked how badly they treated him. I shouldn't but he really shows how ignorant and hateful the writers really are. He literally should not be able to be corrupted with the ring. Not even in the the D.C rip off of marvel zombies (which was decent actually, it handled fallen heros better then this) did the ring stay on when Hal got turned. But yeah sure lets just pretend it can, lets just get some sinestro power on our bullets instead of oh I dont know. USING THE YELLOW LANTERN BATTERY TO POWER SOMETHING. They put him in boxers when he dies and cut off his finger because sure. Fuck the educated black man am I right?

Flash: I take it back, this is the most unbelievable takedown. they pattern him off ezra miller which is already annoying, but then they decide to shit all over his character, cut off a finger, and have him yuck it up as a villain when he could easily kill them AT ANY TIME. Seriously he doesn't even have to touch them if he runs around them so fast to suck out all the oxygen. (which technically happpens in game by the way, but the writers are idiots)

Believability is a massive gaping problem with this game. There's literally no reason why these guys shouldn't be be immediately destroyed by the justice league, let alone one of them.


You have gameplay that could be semi decent but is absolutely drowning in slot machine bullshit damage numbers and effects. like LITERAL 777 slot machine shit. Always online fortnite slot machine shit in a STORY based multiplayer shooter where you have to acquire currency to fight the final boss. And the worst part is people are saying this is the BEST part of the game for them.

You really have to wonder what the fuck took so long to make this game. It's 12 hours by gman's estimation and it doesn't really look like they have much to show for it. My theory is the DLC was supposed to be the other half of the game proper before they decided to brilliantly chop it up into little pieces. Perhaps explaining how nonchallant the deaths are.

Bout the only kind thing I can say is I like the design of the city, the traversal is neat and the facial capture is well done.

Steam reviews seem to be positive
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Lot of those are bot shilling or people acknowledging its shit but making excuses. Lot of casuals.

What's the deal with termites coming out to defend Suicide Squad all the time? It was the same way with the original movie despite how awful it obviously was. Then all these people mysteriously disappear when the new Suicide Squad movie comes out because they memory hole the last one.

Really strikes me as the current year mindset. The NPCs defend X but quickly forget about it and rush to defend something else. They have zero investment in these franchises.

It's money. People and bots are being paid to promote it. Really is that simple. There are diehards but they are far and few between. The bot army on twitter has been transparently obvious.

 

[xXx: State of the Union]

I'm fascinated with the idea of why this game came to be.

There had to be a point where they realized they were in deep shit but they spent too much time and money to just give up, right?

Just in the past three years we saw Avengers shit the bed, then the DC films completely fall apart, and then general Super Hero fatigue with Marvel shit starting to lose steam and fall apart.

Did they honestly think that this game was going to be *the* next big thing? Did they actually think it would take off or even be profitable?

How many games need to just completely fail before these companies start to realize they need to scale shit back? I'm sorry, most games should not take 8 years to develop, especially if you reach a point around year 3 where you realize you have a complete stinker on your hands but you've thrown too much into it to just cancel it or start over, right?

 

[ronnal]

Figures this fruitcake would place it around a 7
Shameful
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i don't understand by what metric it can be a 7. What are your standards? What is your rating scale? What does a 7 mean to you? If you asked most people, a 6/7 would mean above average/good.

What's the point of even giving a game a rating if everything below an 8 is just bad and not worth playing.

 

[Pierre D'Olnique]

Steam reviews seem to be positive
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Sunk cost fallacy. One of the biggest humiliations is admitting that something you spent money on is complete garbage, and there are precisely 22 positive reviews (out of 813 positives at the time of writing) that sit below 2 hours of playtime, aka "can't refund" zone. The rest are like this:

 

[Cheeseknife]

I'm fascinated with the idea of why this game came to be.

There had to be a point where they realized they were in deep shit but they spent too much time and money to just give up, right?

Just in the past three years we saw Avengers shit the bed, then the DC films completely fall apart, and then general Super Hero fatigue with Marvel shit starting to lose steam and fall apart.

Did they honestly think that this game was going to be *the* next big thing? Did they actually think it would take off or even be profitable?

How many games need to just completely fail before these companies start to realize they need to scale shit back? I'm sorry, most games should not take 8 years to develop, especially if you reach a point around year 3 where you realize you have a complete stinker on your hands but you've thrown too much into it to just cancel it or start over, right?

With the popularity of The Boys, Invincible, Injustice, and other attempts to turn Superman into a bad guy, the trend just continues.

This is just straight up failed execution. The Suicide Squad (the second movie) shows how, if executed properly, the idea can work.

Sweet Baby just doesn't understand how to write a story. All they understand is postmodern propaganda.

 

[Festivus]

Time to go to the start of the thread and look at some takes that aged like milk.

Yeah I thought they'd kill off some low level members and 1 of the original 7 so that way they could sequel bait. For me it was partly optimism in terms of the studio respecting the source material and partly thinking Rocksteady were going to milk the franchise instead of doing anything "daring". I'm still confused as to why this needed to be in the same universe as Arkham if they weren't planning spin-offs but I should've known better than to expect them to respect any of the original 7, except of course Wonder Woman because muh feminism. In my defense the idea of this particular group of villains killing Superman and Green Lantern seemed farfetched to anyone who has opened a comic or even has cursory knowledge of how OP those characters are.

 

[Mr.Miyagi]

don't understand by what metric it can be a 7. What are your standards? What is your rating scale? What does a 7 mean to you? If you asked most people, a 6/7 would mean above average/good.

What's the point of even giving a game a rating if everything below an 8 is just bad and not worth playing.

I've always just seen it as people treating the scale as starting at 5, at least when it comes to shit AAAs make. It's absurd, but that's what it is. A 7.5/10 might as well be a "5/10, it's okay I guess." If anything actually gets a 5 or 6, it means it's truly fucked up somewhere (or the publisher's check bounced.)