Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Dev Really Doesn’t Want to Call It a Live Service

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Is Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League a live service game? It very much looks like it is, with elements such as a battle pass and gear scores. But developer Rocksteady seems at pains to avoid the now cursed phrase when talking about its game.

As reported by GamesRadar, PLAY Magazine interviewed Rocksteady studio product director Darius Sadeghian who failed to refer to Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League as a live service game even once, instead suggesting it does not fit within any existing video game genre.

"We don't really think of our game as fitting with any particular label," Sadeghian is quoted as saying. "We knew we wanted to make a four-player co-op game, so we spent a lot of time iterating on our characters. For us, it wasn't so much about making a game in any particular genre. Rather, the focus is on creating a sense of flow and trinity between all our gameplay systems. That's reflected in the way the traversal, melee, and shooter elements all blend together when you're playing.”

In Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League you play as one of four supervillains (Captain Boomerang, Deadshot, Harley Quinn, and King Shark) who take on members of the Justice League. You can play solo or co-op with friends in the open-world city of Metropolis. Suicide Squad follows Rocksteady’s critically acclaimed Batman Arkham series, which includes a number of single-player, story-focused, and very much non-live service games.

Rocksteady has faced an uphill challenge bringing its fans on-side following the announcement of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League and the revelations about its live service elements, with many hoping for a return to the developer’s roots with a Batman Arkham-style game in the future.

Sadeghian insisted