Rocksteady Announces Final Suicide Squad Update Next Month, and Offline Mode is Coming | MMORPG.com

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Rocksteady Announces Final Suicide Squad Update Next Month, and Offline Mode is Coming | MMORPG.com

Rocksteady will release Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League's final update in January, along with offline mode.

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Nanfoodle

I will care when they turn this game into the Batman game it should have been.

Aeander

Honestly, Deathstroke and offline mode was the best note the game could have realistically gone out on.

It's better than it sticking around another season and them revealing that their next character is the highly anticipated Condiment King......'s former roomate, Jeff. Does he use condiments? No. He uses guns, silly. But he has a ketchup packet in his back pocket.

Scot

When gamers start to realise offline is better than live service, what does that say for the future of multiplayer online? Something has to give, I said in a recent post studios will cling to live service and here we see what happens when they don't, they park the game. I can't tell from this if the game will still get patched, if they are not doing that the game has been abandoned not parked.

Aeander

Scot said:

When gamers start to realise offline is better than live service, what does that say for the future of multiplayer online? Something has to give, I said in a recent post studios will cling to live service and here we see what happens when they don't, they park the game. I can't tell from this if the game will still get patched, if they are not doing that the game has been abandoned not parked.

This should be obvious, but the future of multiplayer online is mostly the past. It's not easy to move people off of what they're already playing.

Anyway, what people are celebrating is that live service flops like Suicide Squad and Wayfinder are getting preserved in some playable form offline. This should be standard practice.

KnightFalz

Scot said:

When gamers start to realise offline is better than live service, what does that say for the future of multiplayer online? Something has to give, I said in a recent post studios will cling to live service and here we see what happens when they don't, they park the game. I can't tell from this if the game will still get patched, if they are not doing that the game has been abandoned not parked.

It means that those that want to create a live service game must make it appealing enough to overcome the resistance some have to an offline mode not being provided.

Scot

KnightFalz said:

Scot said:

When gamers start to realise offline is better than live service, what does that say for the future of multiplayer online? Something has to give, I said in a recent post studios will cling to live service and here we see what happens when they don't, they park the game. I can't tell from this if the game will still get patched, if they are not doing that the game has been abandoned not parked.

It means that those that want to create a live service game must make it appealing enough to overcome the resistance some have to an offline mode not being provided.

The answer may lie in the live service set up, but I think gamers have had their fingers burnt now, how much notice are they going to take if a studio called the game lite-live service for example? You can say there is only going to be one currency, no lot boxes etc, but will that be taken seriously? I really am not sure.

Aeander

Actually the most surprising thing is that they didn't first recoup some of their losses with the Gamepass/PS Plus launch that every failed AAA game does.

KnightFalz

Scot said:

KnightFalz said:

Scot said:

When gamers start to realise offline is better than live service, what does that say for the future of multiplayer online? Something has to give, I said in a recent post studios will cling to live service and here we see what happens when they don't, they park the game. I can't tell from this if the game will still get patched, if they are not doing that the game has been abandoned not parked.

It means that those that want to create a live service game must make it appealing enough to overcome the resistance some have to an offline mode not being provided.

The answer may lie in the live service set up, but I think gamers have had their fingers burnt now, how much notice are they going to take if a studio called the game lite-live service for example? You can say there is only going to be one currency, no lot boxes etc, but will that be taken seriously? I really am not sure.

Gamers have been burnt so saying things alone won't do it. All that can really be done is consistently backing up your words with like action and hope that establishes a reputation of fairness in how the game is operated and monetized over time. One currency and direct purchases of that desired rather than loot boxes would be a good start. Seasons that don't expire so that one isn't rushed to complete them would also be nice so the game can feel more like a leisure activity than a second job.

Ginaz

I got this free through Amazon Prime. I played for about an hour until I got to the point in the story where you first get your base of operations at the Justice League and then quit and uninstalled. I won't ever be playing it again as it is 100% hot garbage.

MrMelGibson

I give them credit for at least completing the DLC/Season pass. Other games like Redfall and Mass Effect Andromeda didn't even bother. Hopefully, lessons have been learned.