Is Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League actually that bad? 

Suicide Squad could never beat Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy.

If this game came out 2-5 years ago, it would probably be a moderate success. However, coming out with a live service looter shooter in 2024 is like starting a disco band a few years after the "Disco Demolition" in 1979. They followed a trend that had already died by the time they got to it.

Datto never played any of the Arkham games?? Holy shit. They were SO good. They actually revolutionized modern brawler combat. Not to mention the stories were excellent for all of them, even Origins.

Live Service is just the AAA way of saying "Early Access" and I just want a complete game when I purchase it.

The Hud is distracting. It looks worse than getting a headshot in Call of Duty and all the medals flashing across the screen.

This is an interesting situation. Unlike Anthem, Redfall or Cyberpunk 2077 at launch, it is not a broken game. But they have made such nonsensical decisions when it comes to story and game design that it has managed to tarnish the reputation of the developer and tainted the Arkham franchise (by claiming it to have taken place in the same universe).

I am a minute in, and this UI has given me an aneurysm. Datto better take responsibility and kiss my forehead

I wish they had made this the 5th Arkham game with the suicide squad characters being playable and having Batman return, using non lethal justice league counters.

Cere really out here doing side quests huh

imo the 'hate' will do less damage to this game than the apathy. I have no more anger for the game than any other scummy corporate cash in. However, I can't bring myself to give a fuck.

my head cannon is Brainiac cloned the Justice League and has the real team trapped somewhere. 😊

I wish I was so nonchalant and laidback about everything as datto

You always start these non-D2 videos with “I’m not as good as other people when it comes to critique” when I know I’ll always appreciate what you have to say. You have a great knack for expressing your feelings on games and have some of the best speaking cadences out there for video essays. It’s annoying how much you discount yourself bud - I love these videos from you.

I'm super in it for Datto Does Reviews, I actually thought this vid was uploaded to his second channel.

my thoughts: 1) Even before the video, I knew it was live service which was a negative, but also it looks like the gameplay is fun which is a good sign for me. 2) It costing £60 means currently there is *no goddamn way* im buying it if its not on sale, especially for a game that I won't be able to play if my internet drops. 3) Love the "this is here on purpose" block, idk what its blocking but I just think its funny

"I turned the dialogue off completely" Jez is so proud of you right now, man.

Damn, great review Datto! I know you’re not usually into doing reviews but I’d love to see you do more. You did a great job of balancing your own experience with giving an honest take on the game itself.

Up top; I would indeed enjoy more review content from you. This was informative and non-sensational and answered some questions I still had about what’s going on with this game’s live service and looter shooter elements. This sounds like a game that’s worth getting on sale, and possibly a jumping off point for Rocksteady to really polish it up and make something cool (not that it isn’t already cool, but cooler).

Whats funny is that each JL member has an execution animation for when you die to them. We needed that for each of the SS members when they kill their respected hero or whoever. Theres alot of lore components the game coudve tapped into but they just didnt. And they had the nerve to charge 70 usd for it

Enjoyed listening to your views on it, would certainly listen to more content of similar ilk if you chose to do this more often. I appreciate nuanced discussion, it helps to understand what might or might not work for me.

A buddy of mine was playing the game. In the middle of a boss encounter and as he is halfway through, he gets kicked offline for server related issues and had to redo his mission. That, is one of the main reasons I won't pay $70+ for the game or why I'm not interested and I LOVED the Batman games. It being a live service game hurts it. I'll wait for the game to be free on Game pass or something to try it but I've had no intrigued in this game unfortunately.

I enjoy hearing your thoughts on this game. You addressed a lot of the concerns I had with it. It always amazes me the lack of creativity when it comes to weapons. Why can't we have crazy guns? Like a gun that spits out tiny green sharks/fish sounds awesome! Anyway, I'm curious and eager to see more reviews should you choose to do that 👍🏼

"I'm not a poet" I got some Bourdain cadence vibes at some portions in this review. Beautiful, haha. Don't sell yourself short amigo!

My problem is the fact that its a generic looter shooter with a mid 10 hour story, which also has surprisingly terrible repetitive gameplay. There is a reason why 100 people left the company. This game model is exhaustingly overused and needs to stop.

I'm so salty Captain Boomerang key feature isn't using boomerangs . Commit to the bit if you are gonna use the silly side villains

It was great listening to this review! I’m down to hear you do more reviews in the future, Datto.

I think if they made it a story game, great. The concept of the story was enough to get me to buy it and play it through. And I had a good enough time with the story. But man, add some god damn ceremony. I also thought I accidentally skipped a cutscene when I killed Flash. Wonder Woman got the most ceremony out of anyone and she wasn’t even an enemy. I literally do not care about the “endgame” I just wanted story. And the story is incomplete because they want to drip feed it over time, but it wasn’t good enough for me to come back every 3 months for a new piece of story. Hearing that DLC will be free, I might come back once I hear the story is actually complete and play through it, but if I also hear future story got the same dry treatment as killing the justice league did, it’ll be a hard sell

I’d love reviews! I just love hearing you talk about anything to be honest, be it games or twabs

not sure if its something that interests you or that your schedule allows for but personally id love to see "datto's thoughts on newly released game" more often

I just wanted to say reviews and thoughts on games like this are exactly the Non-Destiny content I'd love to continue seeing from you. While the other "fun with friends" style channel can be cool, I personally want to see the mix of your personality along with your thoughts and analysis on other AAA games. More videos like this please!

Thx for the vid Datto! Please continue reviewing games, I appreciate your insight. So I was initially going to buy the game (I like comics, I like looter shooters, my bar was not that high). Then I watched skill up’s review and crossed it off my list entirely. After this vid, I think I’m more willing to give it a shot in the future, if it’s not dead.

Not super related to the video, but I am glad to see Datto flexing creative muscles here. Your journey has been a long one and seeing how you adapt, change and better yourself is always a pleasure. Keep it up Datto! Here's to more review content from you since you rocked it here.

might not be a bad idea to disclose at the start that they sponsored your stream to play this at some point. May not change perception, but may save a lot of trouble in the future if these videos become more common

Good video, it'd be cool to see more reviews!

This was great! I would love to see more reviews from you. I think you have a perspective others, including myself, would value.

Anyone got ant idea what he was covering with the boxes?

I saw someone explain the entire game as just the equivalent of D2 public events.

Datto, your a live service specialist. You have seen it all, and know the ins and outs. You could do a review these types of fronts, explaining the good and the bads, on why it was a success or why it failed. May I suggest, review ghost of tsushima online mode. Its not a live service, but it has amazing foundations

More reviews! , i remeber you mentioning in some older videos that you usually get the questions "Datto, what do you think of X", necause people respected your opinion and point of view. With this one for other games, it looks fun and useful to also get it.

I kind of enjoyed the gameplay - is there a better looter shooter example? It’s the first time I played one and it was pretty fun but I got bored of the exact same mission types repeatedly.

a Datto Arkham Stream would be revolutionary

I'm having fun with it. Mission structure is ass though. Actual gunplay and movement is fun

Lightfall's story walked so that SS: Kill rocksteady's story could fucking piledrive itself into the ground

I'm all in for Datto's reviewer arc

Me being a mainly pvp video game player for the past 15 years with the exception of destiny 2 pve I’m actually having a ton of fun on this game, I don’t understand all the hate for this game, when I have tried to played the most hype game of the year games and found them boring, but that’s me personally I don’t really care for story’s in games, when I’m playing a GAME I’m more interested in GAMEPLAY if I cared about cinematics and story that much I would just watch a movie lol

Enjoyed the review, looking forward to more in the future!

This doesn't look like a "Redfall" situation where aspects of the game were released missing or broken. On the other hand, "Suicide Squad" is limited, and boring and the "live service" side feels wholly unnecessary giving the system a big flaw. It says something when "Avengers" is full of the same "live service" crap but SE did it better by simply having more variety.

Would love to see more game reviews, Datto!

What on Earth are you blocking with those boxes? Is it your gamertag? Was the horizontal box on the bottom the subtitles to make sure you don't spoil the story? Like what's going on there?

Some Datto variety? Let's go!

I’m good. Live service/looter games is a thing of the pass for me. 2500 hours on D2 on PC and probably another 1000-1500 on console. I can’t go the daily task of grinding loot

Would definitely really enjoy some Datto Reviews

Reviews of other games is great, Datto!

The “I’m blocking this on purpose” sticker was cute😂

Ay. Great review break down. Looking forward to more.

I think ill perosnally wait until more characters and story are released. Variety of gameplay and a decent narrative are usually what grab my attention

To be fair to the end game experience, there is a new type of mission introduced that wasn't already treaded in the campaign: Killing Time. It's an endless survival type thing that gets progressively harder as you keep killing enemies. It's not a new concept they introduced to the genre but it is another activity to break from the monotony of the 3 cycle experience. I'm personally having a lot of fun with the game, the buildcrafting is surprisingly deep for what the game is and the characters feel very different to play which is nice. I'm maining Harley right now because she feels really well-rounded (no pun intended) and it's just generally a good time. They did a good job with the itemization as well, if you get a bad roll of a notorious/legendary item you can craft another one or reroll it so you don't need to farm endlessly just for an item, you can farm the resources instead to help get your build online quicker than other games I think. I wish more people would give this game a shot, I think it does what it was trying to do decently well and is fun on it's own merits

Similar to how I felt killing Adam Smasher in CP2077, just flopped down and shot him in the head, no cut scene, no big moment to bring on the gravitas of the situation. didn't feel like it mattered at all.

Man I just got whiplash remembering Datto 'did' actually play the Division. O.o

Skillup being one of my favorite content creators/reviewers is perfect person to ask for writing advice. I would love to see more reviews outside your wheel house

I’d like to hear your thoughts on palsworld (s/p??) the Pokémon cousin game.

i was pretty hyped about this game. not even the live service, just a really cool story premise. But im grad i didnt buy it, i dont know how they can make killing the justice leauge feel this boring.

Would absolutely love to see more reviews from you!

This is the only game thus far played exclusively by streamers and reviewers. The rest noped out, looking at Steam charts.

Great to see you branching out with reviewing other games, really like your more matter of fact style compared to other ‘established’ over excited reviewers.

I appreciate you being transparent about not playing the old arkham games or being a huge comic book lore fan. However, as someone who grew up with DC and arkham, it is blatantly apparent that the people who made this game did not make it to appeal to dc fans. Green lantern rings should have flew off to select its next user. Yet king shark just picks it up and uses it no problem. This game is trash

Wait what? Was not expecting Datto to drop a review on this. Imo, I feel like this game could’ve benefited from a much different experience than just being another Destiny clone/looter shooter. I was so hyped beyond belief when I saw that batman was going to be KILLING people. Then, more and more gameplay leaks came out and my hype deflated. I am going to play this when its on sale, but the potential of this has just been completely lost and it makes me so sad.

Good point why doesnt Harley have a hammer that shoots baseball bats covered in cartoon bats?

It’s too late for a game like this. People are so tired of these, regardless of this game’s specific issues.

i was interested for the game for the story. sadly the buds didnt want to play as well due to all the other issues you called out. Good review on how i felt from what i saw from people playing the game

Thank you Datto for making a video that the 12 fans of this game can share around to convince people that it’s supposedly not bad. Reminds me of when people did the same for anthem and avengers. Deja vu!

I'd love to hear your reviews about other games. I almost always agree with your destiny takes and you are very articulate when explaining your thoughts

Its absolutely awful. But that would be fine. My problem is that it is an insult for an Arkham Universe. Can' t really get over that.

I hope Datto does more reviews like this. great no-nonsense honest stuff.

I will watch all your game reviews, I think you have the voice and talent to review games for sure. Cant wait to see more

Well now I want to know what the grey rectangles are blocking

This game is a mess it's a 4/10 at best

I heard someone say that the justice league we kill are just copy’s hence why Superman gets stuck with kryptonite and is still able to fly away which made sence to me

Would love more game reviews from you Datto

Me personally i think it was a missed opertunity to have each character have their own playstyle/skilltree sorta like Borderlands/warhammer darktide

I think the deaths are unceremonious because they aren’t really dead and they are coming back - but the issue was we don’t know that until/if it comes out so unless you assume it’s not permanent (which makes you not care about any of it) and it also made it so some (it would seem many) people didn’t buy and I feel like you shouldn’t write your game in a way that meks people not want to buy your game when it comes out (at full price).

I'd like to see Datto play 1 Arkham game then review this one again, for context on why the Arkham fans are beyond angry.

Are those stupid yellow crystals permanently on my character?

Every time deadshot speaks all I hear is Falcon from the Avengers animated series 😵‍💫

The boss encounters are fun aside from I kinda wish there was a second part to the Batman fight, the characters dying don’t need to be ceremonious, like it’s not like you’d be talking to “them” anyways, you’d literally just be talking to a brainwashed supe, Superman’s death was pretty cool where it kinda seemed like he was panicking while he died but aside from that his fight atleast utilized a lot of his powers like the cold breath and heat vision and Literally coming down like a tiny asteroid

When the heads of the studio at rocksteady left, I knew this is going to be a bust

I appreciate you being so open about your lack of DC knowledge. It seems like ppl who don't know/don't care like the story, I am happy for them.

charm? what's that, another form of shop currency?

I’m into these reviews of other games. I feel like there really isn’t much that can be done differently in the Looter Shooter space in terms of gameplay / mission types. At this point the differences are all just gonna be aesthetic and wacky weapon variety I think?

There's suspension of disbelief, then there's just flat out bending the story. The squad only wins because the league is stupid and lets them. Flash goes slow enough for the squad to react just in time when he should be going faster. Batman not killing the squad when he had the chance. GL not capturing them like he did when he first met them. Superman doing everything except flying through them or lasering them. This story is pretty bad. The gameplay itself is good but the mission structure doesn't compliment it. The missions are pretty repetitive. Many other reasons, but this game is bad. Ppl are being very generous I feel.

I'm just bothered by the video blocking out stuff lmao I want to know whats behind all those grey squares lmaooo

I like that there's been because it's boring otherwise. The Brainiac boss ending isn't his death, he's still alive and we put him on one of those shrink balls. His death was when Waller stabs him with the thing.

When I realised that every single mission in this game is just a repeat of about 5-6 different 'public event' style missions it broke my brain. I still can't believe it, I don't understand what the hell Rocksteady was doing for 9 years. Insanity.

Good review Mr Datto I would like to see more :)

Ok, I'd like to say this from the jump before I get any farther into this video. Are the other characters bad? Every reviewer I've watch so far has been using the shark. Is it just shark + minigun = cool pick that or are the other characters just so bland that no one picks them?

I mostly think the UI is kinda gross but there are probably settings to change it

Did Datto slip into a small Boston accent at the end there?

did you mean to post this on your other channel or...?

Batmans fight would have been so much better if he had normal human HP and relied on stealth attacks to do damage.

Nice to see a review from this channel for something besides Destiny. Your style translates well to general reviews, keep it up!