Payton Falusi

A real review…. About the story, gameplay, side missions The game itself is 2.5/5 it’s not great but it’s not horrible either. Yes I like the Batman Arkham games but forget Batman for a second and look at the game. Suicide Squad Kills The Justice League… Story: The story is alright with you going throughout the game taking on the justice league. The superhero’s who have sworn to protect earth now become the villains. For the player you don’t really get attached to the hero’s like Flash, Green lantern, Wonder Woman and Superman. When things happen to these characters or where you’re fighting them, you see them as the bad guys who need to be stopped and not once good guys who protected earth. There are audio clips throughout the game that you unlock which show who they used to be and you kinda feel bad for them… but only in the moment then you go back to playing the story just to unlock more audio clips down the line where it happens again. That’s the only time you really care for these characters. The cutscenes are great though. Clearly a lot of work was put into them. They were funny, looked good, and made you care about the characters you were playing as and not just only in the cutscenes. One issue about the scenes though is that if it’s supposed to be an emotional moment a character will say something stupid or when it’s trying to be serious they won’t take it seriously. I understand that they are supposed to be villains who are goof balls but I think there’s a time and place and at some points it’s horrible. Gameplay: The combat is good using different weapons, traversal moves and special abilities within each character. It’s challenging when you take on missions where you have to fight a bunch of enemies but that’s where it’s best. It’s supposed to look and feel chaotic when you fight because you’re the suicide squad, villains fighting aliens and that’s what it is chaotic. I’m playing on the second difficulty(there’s three) and sometimes it can be tough, but mostly easy. There are a lot of enemy types which add different things needed to be done to kill them. You have to be able to shoot, counter enemies, keep moving constantly, and use your melee to break enemy shields and also get shield back for your character. The boss fights were kind of a let down. Nothing special but not boring either. Some skill is needed to win but what happens during them is not super exciting and not really hard. The ending to some of them are just straight dumb. With no last words or anything just moving on to something else, not acknowledging what has just happened. Side missions: Most of the side missions you are doing are to help upgrade characters that work inside the hall of justice(your base) For example doing penguins missions will help you be able to craft better guns and with Ivy you unlocks status inflicted stuff like freeze, fire, & etc to use when fighting enemies. The problem with the missions are there repetitive which aren’t that exciting if you’re doing the same thing over and over. You’re also fighting a lot of enemies which is fun if you enjoy the combat, especially when it’s chaotic so personally I didn’t mind them. There are also riddler trophies, riddler riddles and riddler time trials around the map which are fun to do. Those unlock different things such as outfits, audio clips and so on.