Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is a cooperative looter shooter from Rocksteady Studios, known for the previous Batman: Arkham trilogy, casting the player as Harley Quinn, Deadshot, Captain Boomerang, and King Shark, who must stop a brainwashed Justice League threatening to destroy Metropolis. The game combines cover-based shooting with fast, acrobatic movement across the open city — each character has their own, distinctly different way of getting around, from flying to a grappling hook to sliding across buildings — and offers an elaborate loot system with ongoing upgrades to weapons, armor, and special abilities.
On PlayStation 5, the game supports online co-op for up to four players and renders the expansive, vertical city of Metropolis with visible callbacks to the world of the previous Arkham games, including familiar locations and supporting characters. The graphical treatment of both superheroes and villains is detailed, and the music and sound effects match the grandiose, self-aware action tone, though the game places heavy emphasis on live-service elements such as seasonal content, ongoing updates, and repeated loot farming to progress through further story phases.
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League drew mixed reactions at launch, because many players and critics had expected Rocksteady Studios to deliver a polished single-player game in the style of the Arkham series rather than a live-service shooter built around repeat play. The plot also disrupts several established Justice League heroes in a way that sparked heated discussions among fans of both the comic source material and the film adaptations, since it touches on the fate of Batman himself. Nevertheless, the characters' humor, voice acting, and individual action mechanics earned praise, and the game remains a striking example of the risk that the live-service format poses even for long-established and respected studios.
Why play it: For players who enjoy open-world live-service action with humor and quality voice acting, rather than those expecting Rocksteady Studios to deliver a polished single-player game in the style of the Arkham series.
Game 144 of 176 for Sony PlayStation 5