Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Season 2's big twist is trying to save the game
Rocksteady Studios is trying to save Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League with a wild twist that goes against its name. But fans aren't sure this is enough to lure players back.
29th Jul 2024 10:26
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Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Season 2's big twist is trying to save the game
Rocksteady Studios is trying to save Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League with a wild twist that goes against its name. But fans aren't sure this is enough to lure players back.
29th Jul 2024 10:26
Images via Rocksteady Studios
You can't help but feel bad for Rocksteady Studios, coming off the back of the acclaimed Arkham trilogy and delivering Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League as its first game in nine years. Unfortunately, the 2024 game will go down in history as a Destiny-inspired looter shooter rather than a continuation of the Arkhamverse.
There were already complaints that Kill the Justice League was going down the live service route rather than the traditional DLC model we've seen from Rocksteady's previous games. The Joker-themed Season 1 tanked upon release, and while things didn't look much better for the gender-flipped Mr. Freeze season, the devs are trying to turn things around.
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Spoilers ahead for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Season 2
Kill the Justice League baffles with wild Season 2 twist
As shared by Forbes' Paul Tassi, Kill the Justice League is trying its hardest to lure players back with a plot twist that wouldn't be out of place on the pages of DC comics. Living up to its namesake, Kill the Justice League's main storyline involved you killing the titular heroes...or so it would seem.
The game's expansion has leaned heavily into the Elseworlds multiverse of DC comics, which explains why we've got a different version of Mark Hamill's Joker and the gender-flipped Freeze. Now, Season 2 reveals that the Braniac-corrupted Flash we killed in the main campaign was actually a clone, leaving the 'real' Barry Allen in captivity.
Shock twists don't end there, with the game suggesting that Green Lantern, Superman, and Batman are all locked up alongside Flash. This baffling move leaves one character's fate up in the air, and with Wonder Woman seemingly being killed by clone Superman, is the real Diana Prince really dead and buried?
The other implication is that our beloved Batman from the Arkham trilogy is still alive somewhere. It's fair to say the twist to kill off Kevin Conroy's iconic Caped Crusader was one of Kill the Justice League's biggest risks, with all the usual complaints it had gone 'woke' for letting Harley Quinn (quite literally) pull the trigger.
Opinions were mixed online, with many saying it's too little, too late, and others suggesting this could be the redemption Kill the Justice League needs. One critic said, "I feel so bad for the people who had to make this game," while another added, "Still not buying the game."
Claiming that the twist actually works, someone else chimed in, "I dunno man, this twist kind of makes me wanna jump into this game," and some hoped that the end of Season 4 could lead to a full-blown Justice League game. Given that Kill the Justice League reportedly lost Warner Bros. $200 million, we're not sure there will be a sequel.
Whatever the team have planned, it looks like Kill the Justice League is powering ahead with its seasonal roadmap. For better or worse, the game is locked into this arc, but whether it's enough to bring players back remains to be seen.
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