Summary
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice Leagueis well into its second official week of launch after an initial 3-day period of early access for deluxe edition owners, and while the title didn’t make the splash Rocksteady likely hoped for, it didn’t bomb as some expected. DespiteSuicide Squad: Kill The Justice League’s launch and early controversies and conversations, the game does have potential thanks to an interesting gameplay loop that can be expanded upon with new seasons and content, but it is still off to a rough start. Specifically,Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League’s concurrent players on Steam totaled a rather low number on launch, and right now an older RocksteadyBatmangame has it beat.
Batman: Arkham Knighthas more players thanSuicide Squad: Kill The Justice League, as fans are seemingly flocking back to this 9-year-old game for a number of reasons.Batman: Arkham Knightwas a monumental entry for Rocksteady’s series, seemingly closing a big chapter in Batman’s story with the way he is presumed dead by Gotham’s people after a rough battle against Scarecrow. Be it for nostalgia’s sake, be it becauseSuicide Squad: Kill The Justice Leaguedidn’t have a great start, the fact that fans are circling back to an older game speaks volumes.
There are various reasons whySuicide Squad: Kill The Justice League’s Steam player numbersmay be so low, with the first being how the game was advertised as more controller-friendly, and thus better suited for console gameplay. Another reason could be thatSuicide Squad: Kill The Justice Leaguegot a lot of bad press before it was even out, something that started happening more frequently and more vocally as it was revealed to have live-service elements and dedicated post-launch content coming with four separate seasons - all including new characters, settings, and weapons.
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice Leagueis an ambitious game, and it did have its fair share of controversies both before it was released and on launch. In fact, one of the biggest points of contention among players is thatSuicide Squad: Kill The Justice Leagueembraces its premise by having fans actually pull the trigger against the Justice League, effectively killing all four brainwashed members in its campaign. Killing the Justice League, and especially Kevin Conroy’s Batman, didn’t sit well with some players, and the fact that Rocksteady’s ownArkhamverse Batman got a polarizing endwas also criticized quite heavily.
Why Batman: Arkham Knight May Be Experiencing a Resurgence Over Suicide Squad
Even though it seems likely now thatSuicide Squad: Kill The Justice League’s seasons will revert its premiseby bringing back to “life” the Justice League - something that may mean the heroes killed during the campaign were clones - damage has been done to the title’s reputation. Those who are unhappy with Rocksteady’s new looter-shooter or the direction its Arkhamverse hero’s story went in may be jumping ship in favor of happier times, back when the company launchedBatman: Arkham Knightand gave the Caped Crusader closure - and one that was considered great, while at it.
Essentially, the fact thatBatman: Arkham Knight’s player numbers are higher thanSuicide Squad’s is not as strange as it may seem on the surface, and there are many factors to consider in this scenario. It doesn’t help thatBatman: Arkham Knightrecently added a new Batman skin, so those who didn’t hop into the game in December to check it out may have been reminded to do so bySuicide Squad: Kill The Justice Leagueitself. Overall, going by Steam numbers alone,Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice Leaguedoesn’t seem to be in the best of situations at the moment, but a lot could change in the coming months.
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
WHERE TO PLAY
Play as the Suicide Squad to take down the World’s Greatest DC Super Heroes, The Justice League. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, is a genre-defying, action-adventure third-person shooter from Rocksteady Studios, creators of the critically acclaimed Batman: Arkham series.
