Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Internal Playtesting Provides Positive New Details

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While Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has gained a growing backlash in recent months, a new report sheds some hopeful light on the upcoming superhero shooter. Acclaimed Batman: Arkham developer Rocksteady revealed its new spin-off project way back in 2020, and for the past few years fans have been slowly getting new details about Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League’s plot and gameplay. As the rag-tag members of Task Force X, players will be charged with eliminating heroes like The Flash and Batman after they are taken over by Brainiac on the worn-torn streets of Metropolis.

This premise excited fans of the excellent Batman: Arkham series at first, but once Rocksteady started to show off more of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League’s third-person shooter gameplay and microtransaction-based loot system this optimism started to wane. Gamers have already grown weary of live-service models and always online connectivity in the wake of titles like Marvel’s Avengers, and a recent showing of Suicide Squad during a PlayStation State of Play in February did little to quell fans’ concerns. It is even being reported that Rocksteady is planning to delay Suicide Squad past its previously-planned May 26 launch date to address some of these issues.

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All of this is certainly a troubling sign for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, but there may be good news for Rocksteady’s latest DC game yet. On the latest episode of the VCG Podcast, host Andy Robinson revealed that he received some positive feedback about the game based on a recent internal playtesting. He says that the playtesters were happy with Suicide Squad’s combat and game world, with