Rocksteady pulls Suicide Squad an hour into early access after players’ games ‘auto completed’

Developer Rocksteady was forced to pull Suicide Squad servers offline less than an hour into its early access release, after players experienced a bug which automatically completed the game after they logged in for the first time.

[dumahim]

Absolute trainwreck.

[Eonjay]

Thats a pretty gnarly bug lol. Hopefully they have more than AI QA'ing the game

[1Victor]

@dum:”Absolute trainwreck”
Nope it working as intended the game committed suicide. JK

[-Foxtrot]

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Rocksteady: “We don’t really think of our game as fitting with any particular label,”

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[InUrFoxHole]

I'm dying... what a sh!t show

[raWfodog]

I knew AI was going to be the downfall of gaming lol. It's even playing our games for us :)

[Plague-Doctor27]

At what point does this go from funny to sad

[0hMyGandhi]

seriously! But then again, I can't believe people pre-ordered this game (to get early access) only to be shocked that there are problems. Early previews everywhere made this out to be incredibly rough around the edges.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

This is why online only isn't the future yet chiefs. Physical > Digital.

[JEECE]

Sigh. The issue here is always online. It's fine to oppose both digital games and always online, but you need to make your criticisms of each issue be relevant and make sense. Plenty of always online games also have a physical version, and buying that version doesn't keep the end user from experiencing the issues that almost invariably plague those games.

[Tacoboto]

Suicide Squad has a physical deluxe edition for those idiots dumb enough to buy a disc for an always-online game.

So to add on top of JEECE - you really should know what it actually is you're criticising.

[Eonjay]

I don't think we can blame this on always online... this seems like a basic thing they should have caught.

[jambola]

i mean if people can't play the game because of servers being down
you can definitely blame that aspect

[Eonjay]

@jambola
Online isn't that novel. At some point we have to admit that this is largely just incompetence. You have to have some sort of vigorous QA to test for obvious bugs.

[Hofstaderman]

Agreed. But to be fair, people would also likely not buy this digital as well. Wonder how long it will hold its launch price on the digital stores...

[Relientk77]

Those players should consider themselves lucky. Now they don't have to play this awful game.

[EvertonFC]

Have you played it ?

Gamers having another fanny attack because it's live service doesn't automatically make it a bad game.
It may turn out crap but like I said gamers having fanny attacks again.
It's a if gamers shit on things before they even come out.
If you don't like live service games then don't play them, simples.
Why do gamers think everything has to be made for them?

[Leeroyw]

Everton I think the point is that the game is being released and is unfinished. This is constantly happening and it shouldn't be forgiven. Anthem. Redfall. Most VR titles. Cyberpunk. It's not good enough. They shouldn't be allowed to think this is acceptable behaviour

[CantThinkOfAUsername]

The entire concept of the game just doesn't work for live-service. But people have already made their minds up and want to see it fail regardless of its quality. It's like the people who kept trashing Cyberpunk after launch without playing it, but now are praising the things that have always been there (the story, characters, dialogue, world, etc.). Though, I doubt Suicide Squad would have a similar moment.

[Chocoburger]

This game is going to be a disaster just like so many that have come before it. What a waste of developer's time, and publisher's money.

[Kiryu1992]

Would we be surprised if this games end up selling really well though? Because I fully expect this game to set and break some records for rocksteady because numbers can be twisted to paint certain picture

[JEECE]

I mean, I wouldn't be surprised if it had some decent retail success in the first week or so, just based on the IP. But for a game like this, selling a decent number early on isn't enough. Remember that Avengers sold respectably the first few weeks, but still caused massive losses for Square Enix because the game cost tons to develop and keep up. A game like this needs high sales and continued engagement (ie microtransactions). So don't assume the game is a success if it is #1 on the weekly charts when it comes out. Remember that even Anthem had decent retail success early on.

[Stanjara]

Absolute garbage for $100... can't wait to buy it.

[SyntheticForm]

I want the Ultimate Gold Microtransaction Edition.

[Hofstaderman]

They cancelled the Damien Wayne Batman game for this....

[Kaozz1979]

Easiest Platinum Trophy ever and a Speedrunners dream

[gold_drake]

lol damn. what a shitshow

[GooGobbler]

HAHAHAAA

[Realms]

Meanwhile every publisher is crying about how expensive it is to develop games. I would gladly pay more if there was a guarantee that they released games that weren't broken. SMH

[anast]

D.O.A.

[Relientk77]

It's more like D.B.A.

Dead Before Arrival, the game hasn't even officially launched yet lol

[isarai]

Did people pay for the early access? If so I hope they get refunded

[Murdability]

An undercooked game?!? Crazy times we live in

[Ninver]

What a shitshow. This game was always doa.