Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League Is Always Online, Because It’s A Live Service Game

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Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League is looking to stir up controversy of a new kind, as it has now come to light that it is an always online game.

As reported by Video Games Chronicle, here is what the FAQ says about its online connection requirement:

“IS AN INTERNET CONNECTION REQUIRED TO PLAY SUICIDE SQUAD: KILL THE JUSTICE LEAGUE?

Yes, an internet connection is required to play Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League solo or via online co-op.”

The always online requirement is a very unpopular feature in video games among gamers. However, that does not mean their dislike means that it is an unnecessary feature, or for that matter, that they won’t play games that are always online.

Of course, the big elephant in the room here is that live service games, invariably referred to as games-as-a-service, are by their very nature, always online. Fortnite was always free-to-play, and because the battle royale genre required multiplayer, Epic designed that multiplayer to only be available online. Destiny 2 is free-to-play now, but spent a considerable amount of time being priced as a retail game. Destiny 2 has also always been an online only game.

While some fans want to argue that they could make content that is offline, and let the player play with bots, that is a misunderstanding of these types of games. Some games are deliberately designed around the idea that they would be played by many human players together. Fortnite and Destiny 2 are a long ways away from Unreal Tournament. The sophisticated nuances of their game designs encourage players to keep on playing, and hopefully, buying additional items.

So it seems that Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League might actually be a live service game, even if it initially didn’t