Suicide Squad - I have thoughts... 

Rocksteady that made Arkham Trilogy is probably vastly different from the Rocksteady that made... this.

Well maybe this will be the game that puts the live service model to bed once and for all

Rocksteady kills the justice league

Saw the ending -- They really did Batman dirty. Really the whole JL but the fact this was my childhood Batman's last performance. I know it's just a role and a small thing for some but thinking about this and it's connection to the Arkham games is lowkey depressing RIP Kevin, you were the Dark Knight for an entire generation.

they did Kevin Conroy FOUL

It's almost like the staff changed over time becoming a Hollow shell

The red flags are literally flying themselves.

When I saw the video of Harley blowing Batman’s brains out, I immediately canceled my preorder. F*ck Rocsteady

What's truly scary is that it seems a lot of people need this explaining to them!

The "IGN got what they deserved" crowd has just forfeited their right to criticize the game if it sucks.

Can't believe how dirty they did Batman. Furious.

The mad max game was super underrated. They need to make a mad max game with the nemesis system with crazy post apocalyptic warlords and things like that

Can't believe how dirty they did Batman

Seems like IGN isn't alone in not getting a review code early. I can't find a single review for this game. Seems like they just dropped the early access deluxe edition and didn't give anyone review codes. Not a good sign.

Sad to see how this studio fell off…

This isn't even the original rocksteady people making this game. Those people left to do something else

“Oh cool Harley is swinging and shooting! Now deadshot is flying and shooting! And I guess now the shark is jumping and shooting? Oh now boomerang is also… jumping around and shooting. 😑”

They should have never stopped making single player Batman games! There's so much potential there. I love those games. They don't have to be in order. There's a ton of versatility with batman and all the different stories, timeliness, vibes, gameplay mechanics, environment design, detective work, etc. Why would they toss that out the video for 2 awful live service coop games! It almost feels like we are living in a altered time line where no one is happy because every video game developer is trying to make their own version of fortnite.

Rocksteady’s days as a prestige developer are finished. Tragic.

Since the old owners and directors from Rocksteady left, everything went down hill. Big difference between Arkham trilogy and SS

This game makes Arkham Origins look like a timeless masterpiece and Gotham Knights like a 7.5/10

Another "successful" live service game at it's finest.

I will not touch this like ever 👎

Many forget that the people that made Rocksteady great, left a long time ago. It’s a small number of people that actually create and lead the development of great games - not a company name. When those people leave… you get the point. BioWare, Arkane Austin, now Rocksteady.

The two founders of the studio left and took all the talent with them. On top of that they decided to consult with sweet baby inc for some reason on the story.

Review codes are the equivalent of bribes. Hence 'access' media.

This and Skull & Bones is a hard pass for me.

Rocksteady you were the chosen one you were supposed to destroy live service games not join them😭 All they really had to do was make a Batman Beyond game like there’s so much potential

From MK to This.. WB is really fumbling it..

I did think it ironic that when IGN decided to get critical on a game (having been torched for throwing out 7’s like a rigged slot machine) the internet seemingly having got what they wanted, proceeded to laugh at them

*Anthem 2.0*

Such a tragic downfall for one of the best AAA studios. Spending 9 years to produce a live service mess like this is sad. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if the studio gets shut down after this.

This is all on WB Games.

Legit want to know what the writer's were thinking with this. These deaths are god awful. How did this make it out the writer's room? Who's idea was this? How does a studio fall this hard?

It hit me when I realized that all the cool animations are either "take away control- finishers" or hero-intros in the selection screen.

I just can't man, Arkham is probably my all time favorite series and the game looks beautiful but I hate looter shooters. Imma grind Baulders Gate 3 and wait for a sale and a few seasons to release. I'll get it full price if the reviews are overwhelmingly positive

I can’t even blame them for not giving out review codes. Why would they want to limit the sales of potential buyers.

The reason they didn't give out review copies is because they don't wanna get review-bombed. They know they will get low scores and people won't buy the game based on bad reviews. They're waiting until release for people to make their purchases and that's when reviews will go out.

It’s crazy how the fact that RU-vidrs don’t get review codes and now the game is automatically “trash”

Ive never been excited to see a game get delisted, this will be the one

Cere's new career choice is interesting.

Don't be sorry for Rocksteady. It's not the same company, it's not the same people who made them top tier dev team. Same with BioWare. Many of their greatest talents left the company a long time ago. Now they hire some activists and mediocre devs. Don't be sorry, vote with your wallet and wait for a better times. They can't lose money forever, even with a backbone of ESG propaganda money.

Its pretty clear AAA studios dont hire anyone to playtest anymore.

I feel like there are zero game devs that we can trust anymore. All of the legends have betrayed us recently.

im not a hard core or serious gamer, i just try to play and have fun. alot of ppl didnt like Gotham Knights but i had alot of fun with it after it was patched and been out a while. ill go about this game the same way. wait for a steep sale in like 6 months.

The studio that made Arkham Trilogy left. This Rocksteady has nothing to do with Arkham. It’s not the same studio

The only thing that would make me play this game is if there's a cutscene of Kingshark dancing the tango with John Constantine

IGN hasn't been relevant in a decade. Why do people still talk about them?

It reminds me the release of Starfield with selected reviewers not getting a code.

Maybe this makes more sense why the OG creators left this studio

This game took a massive shit on dc characters, the Arkham trilogy, the old rocksteady, Batman, and the audience in general. To see them ruin the clear ending that Batman had in Arkham knight just to bring him back for a game nobody asked for so that Harley Quinn could shoot him in the head, like holy shit. I can’t imagine how disrespected the original rocksteady developers feel. Imagine putting your blood sweat and tears into developing amazing Batman games just so the entire story arc you created could be shat on and the character you love and adore killed in the most anti-climactic way by obnoxious, unfunny, bumbling idiots. And that’s only if we’re talking about Batman. I’m really tired of DC products that have a hate boner for their own characters. Shit is so wack. I hope this game and the new rocksteady fail. Nobody buy this shit ffs.

A $70 game with a battle pass is a joke

Well said Mr M. Your stock just went up in my book. Release date for me is release date+1 week to let the dust settle and my exact words were that Rocksteady deserve an even chance so it is a shame to see them doing this but; Some folks love live service, Many play live service, Many love looters, Many love high mobility games, Rocksteady are allowed to take a huge risk.

The servers going down in early aces was only for a few hours and it only effected New Zealand gamers. No one else. Server stability since the us launch last night has been 👌🏻

Just watched WhatCulter Gaming's video about WB's future plans... The harder this game flops, the better our future will be. They want to push everything into live-service, inter-connected James Gunn-verse stuff which will make them creatively bankrupt because they'll stretch too thin or be forced inside too small a box... It's just all bad. This game needs to fail as hard as possible to hopefully prevent all their future games, especially that Wonder Woman game from going this route. They apparently didn't learn from Shadow Of War, so teach this old man the lesson again. ("How many times do we have to teach you this lesson, old man?!" Apparently several.)

This game is done and so is rocksteady the two main guys left the studio and it shows

Waiting on the inevitable “Rocksteady Studios closes its doors” besides, this rocksteady isn’t the same that made the fantastic Arkham trilogy anyway so I say sayonara

I hope this game fails to deliver positive sales numbers.

Well duh. Always online means YOU need to always be online. Not the servers. Ridiculous. The Arkham games made you feel like Batman, this game makes you feel like Batman's parents.

1st off, I am tired of people ignoring Origins. That was overall a great part of Arkham. I tried to keep an open mind with this, but it is nothing more than a reskinned Gotham Knights. I feel like I got ripped off with this one as well.

People are letting their hate for IGN cloud their judgement around WB withholding review codes if previews were critical. It is a really bad look and a terrible precedent to set.

Games are getting more garbage business practices because consumers endorse it. The idiots who celebrate access media with journalists reviews turning into pure shill advertisements are the same kind of people who believe there's nothing wrong with new game plus being a special edition purchase, paid battle passes becoming the norm, and publishers laying off hundreds of staff for quarterly reviews. The shortsighted might say I'm unreasonable with my scattershot examples, but everything that's happened has happened as a result of voting with your wallet. This is the industry people paid for, and it's the industry people deserve.

Spoiler, writer said all league members will be back in June, these are genetically modified versions of the League

To think they could've put this resource into a Superman game instead.

It’s like the Diablo 4 server issues when it’s early access started. Can’t even get a refund for that.

There's a balance to be struck. Access should be given to reviewers with integrity who will give it a fair critical review. However I don't blame publisher for refusing to grant access to outlets who's integrity is questionable at best. IGN have a nasty habit of using their reviews as a platform for activism from people who are actively looking to push their values rather than genuine gamers who will give the game a fair and critical review. I'd ask serious questions about giving them review access

I think the guy Dustin said the flash was too fast. Like huh

I don’t get why people still think it’s the same Rocksteady that made the Arkham games. All the creative leads have left the studio.

People complaining about UI are idiots saying the game has poor UI so let’s all laugh and cancel the game because of its UI absolutely crazy how fickle gamers are

I think everyone had their mind made up no matter how good the game is. It isn't the Batman game people wanted, and the game will get panned because of it.

I wouldn't give rocksteady the benefit of the doubt cuz their founders quit during the development of this game due to creative differences with WB. Usually a bad sign.

Amazing how in this game they don't acknowledge Batman Arkham Origins in the 'lore' and its rather ironic. Unwilling to acknowledge a solid game when the game you churn out is a dumpster fire. Comedy gold.

The media and influencers are not entitled to review codes you want to pretend to be journalists sometimes that comes with corporations playing hard ball

This is really sad... I can't believe Rocksteady fell off like this..

This game is great. I’ve been playing since yesterday. Just because the game doesn’t follow the Arkham formula doesn’t mean it is not good. The game is very smooth and is fun to play. Just enjoy it for what it is. The micro transactions are for cosmetics only. There will be a years worth of free content.

I couldn’t have imagined five years ago that Rocksteady would be releasing a game that I would have zero interest in purchasing. Asylum and City reignited my love of Batman and sparked my love of video games as a twenty something in college. I upgraded to PS4 solely so I could play Knight and happened to find dozens of games that have brought great joy to my life. It really makes me sad, I want to like it but very little about what I’ve seen appeals to what I love about video games.

This game had red flags all over it for years, not surprised mfers

Excited for this game tbh, hopefully it’s fun

I don't think I can take another 'camera rotates around character doing something we think is cool' shot. It didn't make me feel anything months ago; it certainly doesn't now.

The original arkham devs and co-founders left Rocksteady and created their own small game company called: hundred star games

Gaming as a whole is dying right in front of us

I always wait to see gameplay before purchasing so it doesn’t matter to me if a reviewer gets a early code or not. I don’t make my decision to purchase, or not, based on someone else’s opinion.

Lmfao even the bug was like yeah let me save you the trouble of playing this game by skipping everything

Rocksteady in name only, the talent is long gone.

I got a feeling that someone behind the scenes messed with the storyline

honestly biggest red flag is not giving review codes and even though some games like skull and bones have me just as skeptical at least they give review codes to everyone including the ones who heavily voice their criticism

This game is mad fun with friends and I can’t wait to play when the servers are back up😮‍💨

Free flow combat started with Spider-Man 2 on ps2

I don’t know. I’m just learning of all the negative press of Rocksteady. I still have hope because of all of their good games. I hope the reviews still come out good.

WB has always been slimy.

If IGN is just gonna do what IGN does…they have nothing to contribute to game reviews…

Re: IGN - I don't think it was as simple as them giving negative preview. I remember they had it on their video headline "WE DID NOT LIKE IT". I've watched many of their negative previews but I had never seen them put it like that on the headline. It almost seemed like they had some agenda like drawing clicks. Publishers can take honest criticism but not that kind.

*Justice League Kills Rocksteady!!*

"They not gonna give the code for honest reviewer" ah isee they gonna give the code to kotaku

Absolutely trash. They say you shouldn't judge a game until you play it. But aside from the fact that I will never pay $70+ for any game the second I knew that Sweet Baby Inc had their grubby paws in the game I was out. That was all it took. Same thing with Spider Mid 2 and God Of War 7. They are simply a cancer on the gaming industry.

I'll give the game a chance, but I really wanted a rocksteady superman game. Especially to go with Batman Arkham and Monolith's Wonder Woman

Batgoat got robbed of a good ending I hope this studio goes down or gets better why did they have to use Arkham Batman

I’m happy to see that you speaking freely and being honest about previews typically being an extensions of marketing

No early review codes are never a good sign. Look at Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric.

I wonder how many people are going to cancel there orders for the 2nd of Feb? If there on any part of social media, they’re gonna see all this in general