Kill the Justice League Announcement Ends Little Hype for Season 2

THE Suicide Squad has seen better days in various formats, but the iconic group of antiheroes hasn’t had the same luck in the gaming industry. Rocksteady Studios went on to develop an ambitious live service game set in the Batman Arkham the universe, but a little more than he could chew.

The developers had planned to add more content beyond the launch date and allow the gaming community to spend hours playing their favorite DC super-villains. However, the initial reception to the base game was not very favorable and players abandoned the game altogether.

The gaming community bids farewell to the Suicide Squad game

Suicide Squad in-game screenshot — The gaming community is not looking forward to the second season of this game. Image credit: Rocksteady Studios

Rocksteady Studios failed spectacularly with this project and is far from what the developers achieved years ago with the Batman Arkham trilogy. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League suffered from a lack of leadership and the lack of proper supervision by none other than the studio’s co-founder.

Regardless, the game has operated in a small gray area where only a handful of projects have managed to escape. The live service structure is difficult to perfect, and it’s clear that the developers are spread too thin and have no choice but to make the necessary adjustments regarding the second season.

Update: Task Force X, we will adjust the release schedule for the next season, #SuicideSquadGame Season 2 will now launch on July 25th. Thank you for your patience.

— Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League (@suicidesquadRS) July 9, 2024

The number of players is decreasing at an unprecedented rate and it would take a miracle to encourage these players to come back and see what awaits them. Years of hard work would be undone if the gaming community refused to give this game a second chance.

Just stop support and cut your losses. It’s obvious your skeleton crew can’t keep up, so you might as well just pull the plug as soon as possible. It’s embarrassing.

— ZJ Majewski (@ne0mega) July 9, 2024

It’s understandable that fans would look the other way and say goodbye after an embarrassing experience. DC fans deserve better.

Players couldn’t understand some of the creative choices and story passages that were filled with plot holes, such as Superman dying after being riddled with Kryptonite bullets, but not Wonder Woman being directly hit in the chest by a Kryptonite shard.

Developers Expected to Cut Losses with Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Characters — The target audience and DC fans have abandoned the game and the developers should do the same. Image credit: Rocksteady Studios

The failure of this project was a major blow to Warner Bros. and proves once again that the company has no idea how to use its strongest assetPerhaps future projects will avoid a live service structure and stick to the working formula.

The studio intended to add more playable characters beyond Season 6 but those plans may well be abandoned. There is little time left to save this game and the odds are not in the developers’ favor.

The team has had better luck in other formats, but not in video games. Maybe other studios will try to do better in the future. The franchise has suffered too many losses and DC and Warner Bros should back off for now.

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