The newest content patch forSuicide Squad: Kill The Justice Leaguehas revealed a major plot twist revealing that the ArkhamVerse Batman is not actually dead. The live service multiplayer shooter will no longer be updating after the latest, and final, Season 4: Episode 8 release, and the game is going out with a bang.
The content update, released one day ago, reveals that theArkhamversion of Batman who was killed by Harley Quinn earlier in theSuicide Squadtitle was actually a clone created by Brainiac.The real Batman, it appears, is still alive and was being held captive by the villain, along with the rest of the Justice League. The new info was spotted by DiscussingFilm onX, and many fans are taking to the comments to express their displeasure with this seemingly retconned solution to an unpopular decision.
ArkhamVerse Batman’s Revival Feels Retconned But Evidence Suggests It Was Planned
Fans Still Feel Slighted By The Seemingly Random Twist
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice Leaguewas meant to follow in the footsteps of other free-to-play live-service games, serving as a spinoff of theBatman: Arkhamseries and set within the same universe. However, the title could not keep the interest alive andits shutdown was announced after only four seasons. With the release of the final episode of the season, players are treated to an ending that they weren’t expecting: Thatevery Justice League character who met their death at the hands of the game’s villains, except Wonder Woman, was actually a clone and is not really dead.
Many fans have taken to the X post and other social media websites to voice their disappointment regarding this plot twist. Many fans, it seems, feel slighted by what seems to them to be asloppy attempt by developer Rocksteady to undo the extremely unpopular decisiontokill off one of the most beloved DC charactersin such an offhand manner. This was doubly troubling in light of the tragic passing of Kevin Conroy two years ago, who had been the voice of Batman since 1992.
Which superheroes deserve their own single-player game series (like Spider-Man or the Batman Arkham games)?
I would love to see more single-player triple-A superhero games like Marvel’s Spider-Man for the Playstation or the Batman: Arkham games. Wolverine is coming soon, which should be good, but I’d also love to see a game focused on Daredevil. An open-world Iron Man or Superman game would be pretty amazing too.
However, an article onForbesstates that the plot twist was the plan all along, andevidence of this can be found both in the game’s storylines and in previous datamining. Despite this, it seems that fans are unimpressed by Rocksteady’s final hurrah and viewKill The Justice Leagueas a smear on theArkhamfranchise.
The Plot Twist Has The Same Effect As Saying “It Was All A Dream”
If it was actually the planned resolution all along, the final update toKill The Justice Leaguewas probably supposed to be a shocking twist reveal. But since it’s the last thing fans will see of the doomed live service title, the attempted bang of an exit ends up fizzling out. Instead of being a cool moment showing that the fan-favorite hero is still alive,the reveal makes it feel like the game might as well not have happened.
If all the Justice League heroes killed in the game were just clones, then none of the game’s events had any real consequences. This is similar to the trope ending of “it was all a dream,” which is hated by many across all media, from books to movies and beyond. The reveal that Batman (and most of Justice League) is actually still alive is somehow a fitting end to a game plagued with issues and unpopular choices since its launch. The ending ofSuicide Squad: Kill the Justice Leaguecloses the book on a chapter that it seems many fans are ready to put behind them.
