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Suicide Squad Season 1 Barely Adds Any New Content Besides Joker, Here's How To Unlock Him

Season 1 of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has begun, though it barely comes with any new content besides the addition of Joker.

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just_looken44d ago

This will be 2024's Babylon’s Fall that team was yelling more content soon even as the power cord was being pulled. It crazy how square sold dlc but it was never tossed out 0 issues there.

ZeekQuattro45d ago

It still boggles my mind that so many studios are insistent on these live service games but struggle to support them for more than a few months.

-Foxtrot44d ago

People see these titans fall, especially Rocksteady with a great track record with the iconic Arkham Batman games and STILL go

“Yeah. Let’s go Live Service, we won’t end up like them”

CobraKai43d ago

I honestly feel WBs new trajectory for their gaming division Is a huge reason why Rocksteady made this failure.

blackblades44d ago

Right, Helldiver 2 been getting content left and right. These studios need a wake up call. I blame WB i bet they had something to do with it.

just_looken44d ago

They did rocksteady had plans for a batman beyond game superman game even wanted to to there own justice league.

Back in 2008 when the arkham verse began they had the talent behind the 90's/early 2k animated shows over time wb fired that team today very very few remain. That is why kevin/mark lent there voices because it was a relationship with rocksteady kind of a btas 2.0 revision deal

All the ideas were scrapped with hints of a unannounced big project then of course 2-3 years ago we got that trailer at e3.

DarXyde43d ago

I mean I get why the idea is appealing: You build a game universe and your responsibility from here is not to keep making new games, but to produce new content for a game you've already made. Far less demanding and is much better for cost efficiency.

You are right to say that they struggle to support them for more than a few months, but I think this game and those like it getting (rightfully) panned out of the gate is also affecting even the developers' interest (or perhaps budget) to make more content for it.The fact that they're pulling out Joker for Season 1 is not a good sign at all. Adding him with little other content really seems like a Hail Mary. It would be like if Smash Ultimate was doing poorly and the first new guest character was Sephiroth.

The other challenge of these types of games is timely season releases. If you want to keep people's attention, new compelling content needs to be on time. That's likely to result in crunch and misery (and ultimately a worse product).

The best chance a Live Service game has, in my opinion, is easing up on the budget and team size (AA, at most) and making a great gameplay loop on day 1. Helldivers II did exactly that and the game was the breakout hit of February. Don't break the bank, test the waters, and if you've got a great product, keep supporting it. As long as you reel in the budget, there is far less need for aggressive monetization throughout the life of the product, too.

Cacabunga44d ago

The worst looking joker i have ever seen

Dandalandan11744d ago

I didn't think I would see a worst looking joker than Jared Leto's

Knightofelemia44d ago

Honestly the Joker looks like something out of Fortnite and also looks like he pitches left field.

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Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League Sales Have Been “Disappointing”, According To Warner Bros

Warner Bros Discovery has revealed that sales of its action adventure game, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, have been "disappointing".

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-Foxtrot4d ago

No one to blame but themselves

Are they now getting it or they still going to push GaaS

senorfartcushion3d ago

They're still pushing live services.

XiNatsuDragnel4d ago

That's on Wb and unfortunately you guys too

isarai4d ago

The main thing I hate about this garbage, is that they gamble the livelihood of these studios by forcing them to do this when they don't want to. Then when it underperforms they shut them down for something they didn't even want to do in the first place.

zaanan3d ago

Agree; however, to be fair you left out the part where the developers whore themselves out to the publishing company in the first place. When you sell yourself to the highest bidder, you can’t complain when you no longer can do what you want to do.

Relientk774d ago

Good. I don't want live service crap.

Chocoburger3d ago

They're going to try and shove more down our throats. Spit, don't swallow!

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Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League - Developer Update - May 3rd

Rocksteady writes: "Hello people of Metropolis!

It was great to see the positive feedback to the upcoming changes we laid out in last week’s Developer Update, and so we wanted to take the opportunity this week to touch on some of the other content you can expect to see in Episode 2."

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INMATEofARKHAM8d ago

Always nice to get a pulse check from a developer you know it's day's are numbered.

Toecutter008d ago

One word on when they plan to fix the game on consoles.

Psychonaut858d ago

Bro there’s like 130 people playing your game, just Avengers it already.

BlackOni8d ago

I wouldn't be surprised if there were more people playing Avengers before they pulled the plug.

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Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League - Developer Update - April 26th

Rocksteady writes: "In this week’s Developer Update we are going to show some of the gameplay changes we have planned for Episode 2. From looking at both our own internal data, and from listening to community sentiment we’ve worked on a series of improvements that we believe will make for a better experience in terms of hunting for new gear, fighting Brainiac’s forces, and overall quality-of-life."

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Ninver13d ago

I don't know a single person playing this.

P_Bomb13d ago

Apparently you even have to grind to get the Joker. Lotsa questionable decisions in this one.

ChasterMies13d ago

Meaningless stat unless you tell us how many people you know.

Ninver13d ago

More than 50 on friends list. About 12 in person. Not a single one of them is playing this.

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