Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is previewing much poorer than any other major release in recent memory.
It looks like all of our fears about Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League might end up being true, at least going off the vibes of people who actually played it. Developer Rocksteady recently invited games media and content creators to go hands-on with the upcoming shooter for the first time.
Naturally, all of them had a lot of things to say about their time with it, and the overall verdict is surprisingly negative.
While it’s true Suicide Squad always invited a lot of criticisms, which potentially caused a big release delay, we all assumed things would make more sense when you go hands-on with it, or perhaps the delay itself would take out some of the things we didn’t like or change them dramatically.
Looking at previews published this week, the prevailing feeling is that the RPG mechanics, Destiny-style gear, numbers flying out of enemies as you shoot them etc. are not a good fit for the type of game Suicide Squad is.
IGN’s preview called out the repetitive nature of the game’s combat, which relies heavily on three-to-four core moves. Unlike Destiny, however, those core mechanics are not satisfying enough to carry the experience, so it ends up dragging it down.
