Last week, during the quarterly fiscal review of Warner Bros. Discoveryher CEO David Zaslav shared his vision of transforming all his licenses into games live service, without hiding that the goal is to engage players enough so that they spend more money on it. This is precisely the direction taken by the Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League of Rocksteadywhich was presented at length during a PlayStation State of Play last February and was then due to be published on May 26, 2023. It has since been pushed back to February 2, 2024 and this is undoubtedly not unrelated to the reaction of the players. If you’ve been waiting for it or are just curious, he has just made his media comeback with a first video Suicide Squad Insidera format that will present the project to us in all its facets between now and the launch held early next year on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Steam And Epic Games Store).
The action of this 3rd person shooter playable both alone or in co-op will take place as a reminder Metropolis by making us embody the members of the Task Forcealways within theArkhamverse. The city will also be double the size of Gotham in Arkham Knight, designed for verticality, mobility and the mixture of movement with shootouts and melee confrontations. And the model live service will still be there, with free post-launch content.
This first issue returns to two central elements of the game, namely its history and its gameplay. An important element is first mentioned, concerning the change in tone compared to the trilogy Arkham (and its episode VR). Obviously, after more than a decade of only making games with a dark atmosphere and which constitute almost the entirety of the studio’s portfolio, players have associated Rocksteady to that, but it was just what corresponded to the universe of Batman And Gotham. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League will have many more cutscenes than its previous gamesusing the motion captureand intends to remain faithful to the basic material of comics while offering a different experience in terms of feeling.
The starting point of the scenario will be thatAmanda Wallerat the head ofARGUSwill send our four characters to Metropolis behind enemy lines, which was transformed into a battlefield following the invasion of Brainiac. The gang will therefore arrive in the Hall of Justicepartly serving as a museumvia a secret elevator present in a metro station. This is where they go to steal equipment which is exposed (what idea to leave this lying around without real protection…), namely the Swift Force Gauntlet For Captain Boomeranga grappling gun with a glider for Harley Quinn and one jetpack For Deadshot. Alone King Shark will not need a plot boost to move with ease in this vertical open world, but the hat suits him well.
And to justify that such a playground has no civilians, we learn that Brainiac either killed them all or turned them into soldiers on his behalfwhich is particularly the case for Justice League, hence the need to kill its members. Not everyone will immediately be enemies, since we see Flash oppose Green Lantern (John Stewart) before its corruption. By the way, it is once again Tara Strong who plays harleywhile wrestler Nuufolau Joel Seanoa aka Samoa Joe was chosen to give life to King Shark.
As we already knew, the Penguin will act as a seller since he runs an anti-weapons business meta-humans. For travel, the team wanted the simple act of moving around town to be funbut you will also have to master them well to overcome enemies, for example to bypass their shield. All characters will have an iconic melee attack capable of creating juggles to break enemy shields and then chain them with our guns, as well asa powerful attack targeting a single target called the Suicide shotwhich will have a longer recharge time. A counter system drawn from games Arkham was mixed with all this, baptized the Counter-fire.
As for the specificities of each member of the Task Force : the grappling hookharley will help him get closer to use his bat or swing while shooting from distance; Captain Boomerang will use a mix of submachine guns, sniper rifles and pump action rifles; King Shark will have a technique called Atlantean Fallen from the air and will wield cleavers, scythes and combat knives; And Deadshot will use sniper and assault rifles, pistols, as well as its wrist cannons. The next episode will show us again gameplay and combat mechanics.
To finish, both editions of the game have been revealed, along with pre-order bonuses in the form of classic outfits which will definitely please fans.
Pre-order bonus
- Four Suicide Squad Classic outfits, one for each team member as a pre-order bonus and available at launch.
- Four Rebel outfits, one for each team member as a PlayStation 5 pre-order bonus, digital editions only.
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League – Standard Edition – €69.99 on PC / €79.99 on consoles
- Access to free seasonal Battle Passes (as they become available).
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League – Deluxe Edition – €99.99 on PC / €109.99 on consoles
- Contents of the Standard Edition.
- Four Justice League outfits, one for each team member.
- Three notorious weapons of Black Mask (pistol, sniper rifle and heavy weapon).
- Four weapon squad dolls, one for each team member.
- A premium Battle Pass token.
- Four color palettes, one per team member (digital versions only).
- Early access to the game up to 72 hours before the big launch: February 2 (pre-order bonus).
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is already listed on Amazon if you want to pre-order it in box. Note that a mandatory Internet connection will be required to play, even solo.
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