, contrary to its name, is in a pretty shaky place right now. The developer has long been known for the critically acclaimed Arkham series – all three gameꦜs (Asylum, City, and Knight♋) were well reviewed by critics, beloved by fans, and considered by many at the time to be the best superhero games ever made.
168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Insomniac probably shares that honour with Rocksteady now, after its string of highly popular and very compelling 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Spider-Man games.
We're Not Mad At Suicide Squad, Just Disappointed
How Did Rocksteady Fall From Grace?
But Rocksteady’s reputation has been marred by its most recent project, the live-service title , which just received its 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:final update. Suicide Squad was fraught from the beginning – it was a spin-off of the Arkham trilogy and teased at the end of Arkham Knight, which should have bode well for the game, except that it was 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:a live-service shooter launcജhing into an already crowded genre, in a time when people were tiring of this type of thing altogethe👍r years before it came out.
To make things worse, Rocksteady’s 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:co-founders left during development. Reports detailed a troubled development process, with 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:sexual harassment scandals and a 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:pretty terrible response to boot. 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Previews were overwhelmingly negative across the board. Many, including our Features Lead Jade King, were shocked that such an acclaimed studio had disappeared for eight years after the release of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Batman: Arkham VR just to return with an 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:undeniably corporate (albeit narratively subversive)𝓡 spin on an already overdone genre.
The team was 168༺澳洲幸运5开奖网:hit with layoffs after the game failed, and then 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:aga🍒in after the game’s disappointing final update, which gave players a rushed ending to the story that didn’t make all that much sense while going back on all the coolest things about its concept. It’s unclear w♐hat Rocksteady will go on t𓃲o do next, but last June that the studio was helping to develop a “director’s cut” version of , and that studio leaders were looking to pitch a new single-player game after the failure of Suicide Squad.
What Could Rocksteady’s Next Game Be?
I’m sure many people are hoping for Rocksteady to return to what it’s historically done best: single-player, story-driven Batman games. After Suicide Squad’s failure, it’s unlikely that the studio’s corporate o𝓡verlords will be willing to take another gamble on live-service.
Indeed, we’re reportedly beginning to see big companies like Sony, which was trying to push forward🌳 a huge slate of live-service games, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:cancel its PlayStation projects. It might be too soon to say this, but finally, mercifully, it seems like the live-service bubble might be popping. It’s just Sony now, but I think we’ll 🐓see other companies following suit within the next year🏅 or so.
But I’m here to propose that Rocksteady shouldn’t go back to Batman at all, or any superhero, 🌃for that matter. With its reputation in the dumps, any follow-up to the series will be under high scrutiny, with a new game acting as a pivotal point in its redemption arc. That’s a lot of baggage to carry, which arguably, it doesn’t deserve – Suicide Squad wasn’t Rocksteady’s idea, but Warner’s.
This is the best time to wipe the slate clean and do something wholly new, free of the baggage of IP, history, and associations with failure. It’s clear that Rocksteady can make great games because it has in the past. It deserves a chance to break free of the box it’s been forced into for the last fifteen years and try something 𓆉wholly new. According to Bloomberg’s report, the studio had been working on something totally new before it pivoted to Suicide Squad. It could do that again.
That said, I’m not sure if that’s in the cards for the developer. If you look at Rocksteady’s history, you’ll see that apart from its first game, Urban Chaos: Riot Response in 2006, all six of the studio’s games have been Batman-focused. It’s a de facto Batman game developer at this point, possibly because it’s owned by Warner Bros. Games, and DC is also owned by Warner Bros. It might be up to Warner and 1꧃68澳洲幸运5开奖网:possibly even DC Studios head James Gunn.
Nonetheless, I’m holding out hope. Rockst🧸eady doesn’t deserve to be locked intoꦆ the Arkham-verse forever, and players deserve to see something new, too.
168澳洲幸运5开奖网: Suiciဣde Squad: Kill The Justice League
- Top Critic Avg: 59/100 Critics Rec: 21%
- Released
- February 2, 2024
- ESRB
- M For Mature 17+ // Blood and Gore, Strong Language, Vi♉olence
- Developer(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Rocksteady Studios
- Publisher(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Warner Bros. Interactive
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 4
An open-world action-adventure from Arkham creators Rocksteady, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League puts you in the roles of the antihero squad. You must take on the aforemention🦄ed Justice League, either in solo play or onl💟ine co-op.
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