{"id":151865,"date":"2020-12-24T01:32:52","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T01:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/will-suicide-squad-kill-justice-league-have-batman\/"},"modified":"2020-12-24T01:32:52","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T01:32:52","slug":"the-pros-and-cons-of-suicide-squad-kill-the-justice-league-featuring-a-batman-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/12\/24\/the-pros-and-cons-of-suicide-squad-kill-the-justice-league-featuring-a-batman-appearance\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pros and Cons of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Featuring A Batman Appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After five long years, Rocksteady has revealed\u00a0Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League<\/em><\/strong> as\u00a0its super-heroic follow-up project to Arkham Knight<\/em>. The new game is not a continuation of the\u00a0Arkham\u00a0<\/em>series, either in continuity or tone, and that is one of the title’s greatest strengths\u2014especially with\u00a0Gotham\u00a0Knights<\/em>\u00a0to fill the Batman-shaped hole in the upcoming line-up of superhero titles.<\/p>\n

Batman is arguably DC’s most popular (and lucrative) superhero. But there is a good case to be made for benching the Caped Crusader in Suicide Squad<\/em><\/a>. Because Batman is so reliably\u00a0beloved and singularly powerful in the DC universe, writers often use him as an easy crutch to solve problems. Batman cameos have become instant hype buttons or band-aids for hopeless situations where other heroes\u2014or, in Suicide Squad<\/em>‘s case, anti-heroes\u2014could shine. And this trend of having Batman swoop in to save the day hurts his character as much as it solves plot problems. When Batman always wins, especially as a God-like force of nature, the dramatic stakes immediately evaporate and everybody else ends up looking like a schmuck.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Proves Arkhamverse Trend<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

That’s not to say there is no way for Batman to work in Suicide Squad,\u00a0<\/em>especially if Warner Bros. is looking to create a shared universe between its video games<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The darkest timeline for\u00a0Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League<\/em>\u00a0is the one where Harley and the others must rescue or otherwise de-brainwash Batman to act as an “I Win” button against Superman. Narratively, this\u00a0approach holds water according to established comic lore\u2014Batman has worked with the Suicide Squad before and bested Superman before\u2014but that is a predictable story to play through.\u00a0And Batman’s mythos is at its strongest when creators take big risks<\/a> with the source material.<\/p>\n

The biggest con, however, is that a Bat-intervention would deprive the Squad of agency as the game’s primary heroes.\u00a0There is an old internet adage that aptly summarizes Rocksteady’s predicament: “Be yourself, unless you can be Batman.” The\u00a0trouble with having a truly\u00a0awesome take on Batman, including his arsenal of iconic gadgets<\/a>, seemingly-superhuman skills, and over-the-top vehicles is that it is inherently\u00a0disappointing on both a narrative and mechanical level if Batman is unplayable. By contrast, if Batman is<\/em> playable, he becomes the default hero in a story that should be\u00a0about other characters.<\/p>\n