Suicide Squad's Final Update: Rocksteady's Last Chance

Rocksteady has got one last shot with Suicide Squad, and honestly? They might as well go nuts with it. The game's shutting down in January anyway - no more seasonal updates, no more worrying about keeping the game running long-term. Just one final chance to do something wild.

The game's greatest shortcoming has been squandering its provocative premise. "Kill the Justice League" promised a dark, morally complex story about villains taking down DC's greatest heroes. Instead, players got safe, formulaic multiverse plots clearly designed to justify endless content drops rather than tell a compelling narrative. The deaths of major Justice League characters felt hollow and meaningless rather than impactful.

Rocksteady's strong narrative pedigree from the Batman Arkham series makes this especially disappointing. But this perceived failure could become an opportunity. With support officially ending, the developers are freed from having to set up future content or maintain the status quo. What if they actually went dark with it? Not just the usual 'oh no the heroes are mind-controlled' stuff, but really make players feel the weight of being these villains taking down the Justice League. Throw in some crazy twists about what's really going on with this multiverse mess. Hell, maybe even tie it back to the Arkham games in a way nobody sees coming. The story doesn't need to play it safe anymore since there's no future content to protect.

While this wouldn't erase the game's fundamental issues with gameplay and monetization, a strong narrative finish could at least demonstrate that Rocksteady still knows how to craft compelling stories when unburdened by live-service constraints. The studio has one last shot to remind players why they were excited about a Suicide Squad game in the first place.

Rocksteady confirmed that Season 4 will conclude with Episode 8 on January 14, 2025