The anticipation has been building for five years while everyone hopes to see what DC’s next rocksteady game will be after the well-known Arkham series. And the rumors and recent leaks were true, it’s a Suicide Squad game, as revealed in a tweet this morning.
The image shows Superman with a target on his head, the caption being “Target locked.”
This corresponds to previous reports that this game can be called Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, founded on a domain name registered in the past. Now, even if the game isn’t called that, it actually turns out that killing the Justice League is on the agenda, judging by this first breakthrough. I guess we’ll see other “target” posters like this with other heroes in it, Batman, Wonder Woman, etc.
It’s an interesting concept, and in theory, the idea would seem to be that the “bosses” of the game are the heroes of the Justice League, flipping the usual formula of an endless parade of supervillains on its head, which is what we experienced in the Arkham games.
But the game being focused on the Suicide Squad raises a lot of interesting questions.
First, who would play the lead role? Over the years, Suicide Squad has introduced many villains. The vital maxim in those days would be Deadshot and Harley Quinn, the stars of the film Suicide Squad DCEU. Harley has already appeared in The Arkham Games, and is spending a “moment” right now between the portrait of Margot Robbie and his animated series DC Universe. It’s a simple forward-looking choice.
But options? In the past, Suicide Squad has featured characters such as Joker, Doctor Light, Enchantress, Poison Ivy, Killer Croc, Bronze Tiger, Killer Frost, Captain Boomerang, Cheetah, King Shark and many more.
This raises an obvious question. Is this a multiplayer game? Are we getting into Crystal Dynamics Avengers territory here as you roll out with a Suicide Squad…squad? It would be kind of weird to have the “team dynamic” without this, and it’s hard to see an entire game just having you be say, Harley Quinn, while supported by NPCs. The idea of a Suicide Squad game really does scream multiplayer from the outset, which would obviously be a wild departure from Arkham.
The teaser is shown when we see the beginning of the game, on August 22, on the occasion DC FanDome (obviously, all virtual). That was the most likely plan, but yes, I’d expect to see other teasers like Superman as we get closer. I have no idea what Rocksteady is going to do with this concept, however, it sounds pretty exciting, and probably more than just uttering a Superman game or something.
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