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I’m undecided many individuals understand that is taking place, however the 12 months’s second-biggest failure (thanks Concord), Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, is nonetheless going. I’m not going to say “going strong,” but it surely’s going.

Season 3 of Suicide Squad launches today after the Mrs. Freeze-centric season 2, and now we have one among our “why did they do this” moments once more as this season’s featured character is…Lawless.

Who? Well, that’s the principle problem, although in the context of Suicide Squad’s story, it makes a bit sense on condition that she’s Deadshot’s daughter. But as individuals have famous, there have been so, so many potential Suicide Squad members to select from, selecting ones like a not-Mark-Hamill Joker, a gender-flipped Freeze and now a personality most individuals haven't heard of was not precisely one of the best plan for the 12 months. Deathstroke will lead season 4 who is an excellent decide, however once more, the playercount at this level is nearly non-existent.

This previous week, Suicide Squad drew one thing like 150-250 peak players on Steam nightly. The launch of season 2 drew simply over 500 players, a sixth of what the sport noticed for its Joker season. I don't count on Lawless to do significantly better. It’s true we do not need console numbers, however they aren't going to be wildly greater, and I’d be amazed in the event that they had been greater than a pair thousand at this level, if that.

So…why is Rocksteady doing this? Essentially as a result of they seemingly need to. The reside service recreation will end out the 12 months and won't be pulling a Concord the place it’s simply take offline the second it was clear it was failing. Though even Suicide Squad debuted with 13,000 concurrent Steam players in comparison with Concord’s 600.

Rocksteady has been hit by some measure of layoffs this previous month, specifically over half its QA group. There have been rumors circulating that Rocksteady could also be heading again to its bread and butter, a brand new Batman Arkham recreation, however that has not been confirmed.

To the Suicide Squad’s credit score, it doesn't look like phoning in the seasonal content material. I imply, the seasons weren’t nice to start with, however in phrases of a brand new character (whether or not her or not), plenty of new weapons, new actions, new skins and two extra Braniac boss fights (sigh), it’s not less than the identical degree of content material as the opposite seasons have been. Lawless, from early footage, does appear enjoyable to play.

No, I gained’t be going again. I uninstalled the very massive recreation from my exhausting pushed when season 2 hit, as I simply needed to be completed at a sure level, and I solely have a lot gaming time in my day, so it simply wasn’t value taking over a slot.

I'm trying ahead to seeing Deathstroke and the way they wrap up this story early subsequent season, however sure, due to Concord this isn't the worst bomb of the 12 months anymore, not less than.

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