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A screen shot of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League's final cut scene featuring Harley Queen, Captain Boomerang, King Shark, Deadshot, Superman, Green Lantern, Batman and The Flash

Rocksteady Wraps Up Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League By Retconning the Gameā€™s Most Controversial Plot Points

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League just brought its fourth and final season to a close, with an ending cutscene that undoes all the Arkhamverse looter shooterā€™s most polarizing plot points.

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Thatā€™s right: with Kill the Justice League Season 4, Episode 8ā€™s last, motion comic-style cutscene, Rocksteady Studios and Warner Bros. Games handwave most of the gameā€™s DC superhero deaths. It turns out the Justice League members that Harley Quinn and her pals wiped out were clones all along. This leaves these still-living Leaguers free to take part in Suicide Squad arch-baddie Brainiacā€™s defeat, with Batman delivering the knockout blow.

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As you might expect, the reaction to Kill the Justice Leagueā€˜s ending hasnā€™t been great. ā€œThis was leaked months ago but so funny how the gameā€™s story ends up being completely pointless,ā€ wrote one X (formerly Twitter) user. ā€œSuicide Squad is an all-time fail. It truly killed Rocksteady!ā€ ā€œThis is a goofy as those ā€˜it was all a dreamā€™ scenarios,ā€ chimed in another.

At the same time, several people stood up for Kill the Justice Leagueā€˜s clone-centric climax, noting that Rocksteady seemingly teased this pay-off was coming from the start. ā€œIt was [always Rocksteadyā€™s plan to reveal the Justice League were clones],ā€ pointed out one such defender. ā€œIt was heavily hinted throughout the entire story mode then basically confirmed with Superman [being resistant to Kryptonite].ā€

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Meanwhile, other DC devotees are just happy that Kill the Justice Leagueā€™s ending spares the Arkhamverseā€˜s Batman from the ignominious demise visited on his clone counterpart. As one X user put it: ā€œAs much as this is a fumble of a game, Iā€™m glad that this essentially makes the entire gameā€™s plot pointless and [has] zero impact on the story, especially revolving around Arkham Batman.ā€

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is available on PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S.


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Leon is a freelance contributor at The Escapist, covering movies, TV, video games, and comics. Active in the industry since 2016, Leon's previous by-lines include articles for Polygon, Popverse, Screen Rant, CBR, Dexerto, Cultured Vultures, PanelxPanel, Taste of Cinema, and more.