Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League: PS5 Review

Designed by Rocksteady
Published by Warner Bros Games
Platform: PS5

Famed for their Batman: Arkham games, Rocksteady's more ramshackle approach to the Suicide Squad has annoyed many gamers and reviewers who feel this multiplayer shooter looter game should be more than it is.

But in truth, Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League's looser approach serves it well enough for what it wants to achieve.

It may be generic in parts, but much of what transpires in Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League feels like a comic book writ large as the Task Force X combination of Harley Quinn, Boomerang, Deadshot and King Shark are all forced to work together to take out the Justice League after Brainiac possesses them all after an invasion in Metropolis.

It's a very simple game at heart, but with core mechanics that work well and with shooting and swinging through the air that feels fluid and chunky at times, Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League really should embrace its simplicity a lot more for maximum effect. With elements that touch Sunset Overdrive's cartoony edges and an almost Overwatch approach to team playing, the game's less interested in the intricacy of the Arkham games and more content to simply let you loose in a world that's there for the smash and grabbing.

With excellent voice work across the core crew, Suicide Squad does much to immerse players in the world - even if occasionally the game's graphics don't quite come up to par (static frizzes on Harley's face being the chief offender here). Solid cutscenes work help build where the gameplay doesn't.

It is fair to say that a lot of the gameplay becomes repetitive in terms of its simply being a shooter, the main antiheroes all share similar gameplay mechanics making them wildly interchangeable and also that the enemies are a fairly amorphous bunch that don't really stand out - but for a game that's all about fun and personality, Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League has it when it counts.

There's a brashness to Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League - and whether that's enough for those who want to pick up and play disposably is another matter. It's playable enough - just if you don't look too deep into what's going on around you on screen.