Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League [PS5, XBSX|S, PC]

[pjbliverpool]

Even the ads are cringe

I actually kinda liked that!

 

[techuse]

No review copies are being sent out. This is always a bad sign.

 

[Seanspeed]

No review copies are being sent out. This is always a bad sign.

I dont know I'd say it's 'always' a bad sign when this is basically unprecedented for a major AAA release. Late review codes or something dont raise any alarms for me as I've never really seen this correlation between that and bad games(people just like to cherry pick without considering all the times it doesn't fit). But just absolutely no review codes whatsoever is not something I can remember happening anytime in recent memory.

 

[techuse]

I dont know I'd say it's 'always' a bad sign when this is basically unprecedented for a major AAA release. Late review codes or something dont raise any alarms for me as I've never really seen this correlation between that and bad games(people just like to cherry pick without considering all the times it doesn't fit). But just absolutely no review codes whatsoever is not something I can remember happening anytime in recent memory.

What are some examples where the game wasn’t poorly received?

 

[arandomguy]

Wasn't there that brief period where Bethesda implemented a blanket policy of no early review codes? Which effected games such as Doom (2016), Dishonored 2 and Prey (2017)?

Edit: Looking back it seems like Rocksteady's last release, Arkham Knight, had some review code controversy as well?

(Some?) 'Batman: Arkham Knight' Review Copies Won't Go Out Until Launch [Updated]

Withholding review copies until launch is bad news for 'Batman: Arkham Knight.'

www.forbes.com

 

[Man from Atlantis]

 

[troyan]

Game doesnt have an advanced GI system. There is barely any AO. Youtube videos are rough. Raytracing GI is nearly five years old and there are a few UE4 games with nVidia's RTX GI solution on the market (Dying Light 2).

 

[pjbliverpool]

Oh man that looks bad!

 

[Frenetic Pony]

Art versus tech. The newer game has less boxy geometry, more of it, a more grounded appearance rather than the floaty disconnect Arkham Knight's oldschool shading had. Of course UE4 also doesn't support open world GI, and it looks like they didn't have time to put one in like Hogwarts or FFVII Rebirth did.

But also Arkham Knight was a damned work of art. They had time to go through and make the small city look great and varied from every angle, got to go through all the story missions and make sure the lighting was cool and dramatic. Suicide Squad is just some damned Live Service Looter Shooter, those whales are (ideally) paying for an endless content mill damnit not any of this "art" crap!

Sigh, what a waste of what had been a great studio.

 

[Johnny Awesome]

Well you can't say that 9 years wasn't enough time....

 

[fehu]

Apparently, it's not as bad as it appears

 

[techuse]

Metacritic and Opencritic both sitting at about 60. I’m curious to see how the steam numbers look.

 

[trinibwoy]

After reading user reviews a few things are apparent:

1. The game is actually decent and fun.
2. Lots of people are jumping on the hater bandwagon because they’re sheep or because “it’s not another Batman game”.

 

[Malo]

Worth watching/listening. Praise where it's due but ultimately, the business decisions ruined the game design early on, by his opinion. Get's a lot of things wrong, not nearly enough right.