Cosmic Schwung
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Fair point
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Is Warner Montreal (Arkham Origins) making a Suicide Squad (supervillain team) game?
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Fair point
Tal Shiar Agent
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I hope this means a good Green Arrow game is on its way too.
Dude, Deadshot and Deathstroke are by no means not relevant. And most of the others had names for themselves. The Suicide Squad don't take just anyone.
Deathstroke isn't part of Suicide Squad.
Edit - Oh, Arkham Origins. I guess. Might as well capitalize on that Arrow hype
He might as well. He fits very good.
A dangerous criminal with enough skill to fight multiple heroes at once, but with the discipline of an soldier. You give him a mission, he does it. No questions, no insanity.
Statue of Limitation
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If by Suicide Squad they mean Deathstroke: And friends
...well I'm there.
...well I'm there.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Don't get your hopes up too much, these were all B and C list Batman characters long before Arrow.
Well besides Deathstroke who was mainly a Teen Titans character.
But I want an Arrow game...Harley will be the other lead just you wait...
Oh I'm not saying he shouldn't be.
Shit, I bought Injustice because of the Deathstroke Arrow hype. I'd definitely buy this during a steam sale.
Deathstroke's not traditional Suicide Squad but it makes sense. Given that the target audience probably grew up on the Teen Titans cartoon and he's currently chewing he scenery on Arrow, he's pretty recognizable. Similar reasoning for Harley's inclusion too. They also get to up the violence considerably, I'm guessing third person shooting will be included.
Deadshot is a beast but both Arrow and the Arkham games have done a poor job with him. I'd rather they sideline him than do a shitty job.
PS. WB Montreal needs to hire better people, and WB needs to give them better resources and time for QA/testing.
Deadshot is a beast but both Arrow and the Arkham games have done a poor job with him. I'd rather they sideline him than do a shitty job.
PS. WB Montreal needs to hire better people, and WB needs to give them better resources and time for QA/testing.
I think Arrow is doing a great job with Slade
Edit : ah you said deadshot my bad. Yeah they fucked him up
Arrow failed to show his soft side, the reason he is a mercenary in the first placw. In the conics Floyd is killing people to get money for his wife and daughter who he left because of his dangerous work. He visits them only a few times.
For that matter: give me Secret Six back, DC!
Rizsparky
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The Arrow rendition of the Suicide Squad looks really interesting, especially with the Harley Quinn hints.
Some Nobody
Junior Member
But Arrow is pretty huge, though. DC would be insane not to capitalize on it with a real game.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Im still hoping the DCCU is connected to the Arrow universe eventually.
SargerusBR
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The Arkham origins post-credit scene pretty much confirmed a Suicide Squad game.
Playable Deathstroke pls
Playable Deathstroke pls
It looks like they're working on fixing that- if you pay attention during that three minute trailer they put out and next week's promo, Floyd' got a bunch of pictures of his daughter making up a wall in his cell, and it seems like Diggle-Deadshot interactions will be a big part of the episode, hopefully letting them delve into his character a bit more than they have.
Deadshot really would deserve to be the lead in a Suicide Squad game, but he's been pretty shit in the Arkhamverse so far, so I doubt he'll be more than an NPC guest. Maybe they'll at least give him a costume that doesn't suck.
ThoseDeafMutes
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Deathstroke in Origins was a total bawse so I'm happy to play as the guy. I'm assuming it'll play similar to the Arkham games. I just hope it feels distinct enough.
DS will almost certainly be the main dude. I mean unless fucking Captain Boomerang wants to take the spotlight or something.
DS will almost certainly be the main dude. I mean unless fucking Captain Boomerang wants to take the spotlight or something.
I like Deadshot best when they delve into his psychology. His idolization of male role models (his brother, Rick Flag), an obsessive nature which makes something like sharpshooting a natural fit and apathy toward death. Arrow and Arkham both pretty much just treat him as a generic villain with good aim.
They'll do Deathstroke well though. Manu Bennett voice plz.
ThoseDeafMutes
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Deadshot would not easily translate into a playable char for Arkham. We'll see.
They can deviate from Arkham gameplay (a little). It's the Suicide Squad, some shooting and killing is kind of implied. Still don't expect him to be a main character or treated properly though.
Just realized that Deathstroke could have some some really brutal takedowns. Why is all his shit in AO non-lethal (except the bullet takedown)? He's got a god damn sword.
EDIT: Doing some challenge maps in Origins now Deathstroke... he seems like such a little bitch. Silly Robin-semi-clone.
Well if it plays like Arkham I would kind of assume he doesn't actually aim a gun in the regular sense.
That said maybe it doesn't play like Arkham.
EatChildren
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Snapped a shot of what I was talking about.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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I wonder if they'd allow it to be M-rated.
ThoseDeafMutes
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Snapped a shot of what I was talking about.
From Origins?
EatChildren
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Yep yep.
Noz really. Solomon Grundy, Lazarus Pit and Azrael are supernatural even if you exclude Clayface.
Well, he is a Flash Villain. I guess he will appear in the Flash Show.
Oh looks like someone liked my suggestion.
Jokes aside, I'd still like to see the original squad in game, but I can deal with the Arrow version.
Jokes aside, I'd still like to see the original squad in game, but I can deal with the Arrow version.
BlackBuzzard
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Well it seems like DC and Warner are finaly branching out, its about time.
So the new direct-to-dvd Batman movie: Assault on Arkham which is canon to the games is pretty much a Suicide Squad movie. Spoilers below, which could have hints towards the cast of the Suicide Squad game if one happens. Though considering how different some of the designs are, I'm not entirely sure if it's canon. In the movie it's apparently not the first time the Suicide Squad is called into action, with Deadshot, Harley Quinn and Captain Boomerang having already been a part of it and Black Spider, King Shark, Killer Frost and KGBeast being new to the team. Spoilers for the movie are below, I don't recommend reading them if you haven't watched the movie yet as it's actually pretty good:
By the end of the movie Black Spider, King Shark and KGBeast all have their heads blown off. Amanda Waller is also seemingly killed by Deadshot at the end of the movie, though it happens off-screen. I'd say that if a game is made, it's likely that it'd take place before this movie with Deadshot, Harley Quinn and Captain Boomerang potentially being a part of it.
ThoseDeafMutes
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Confused as to where AoA would take place in continuity.
Harley seemed to be unfamilair with the suicide squad but if she had a dossier about it in Akrham Orignis, that's a bit odd. Joker is alive, and he died in Arkham City. There was no Deathstroke or Bronze Tiger on the team either.
nckillthegrimace
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It's definitely post-Origins, pre-Asylum.
Contrary to what you said, I'm pretty sure Harley says something like "This again?" when she wakes up after being drugged, so it seemed like she was familiar with the SS. As for Deathstroke and Bronze Tiger, just because they're in the SS doesn't mean that they're on this particular mission. In the film, Waller actually sent the SS to retrieve a list of the entire SS roster/potential roster from the Riddler.
Also, AoA kind of sucks, but I'd be really interested in a SS game, especially if the movie isn't canon. If it is canon, however, I'm looking forward to the explanation for Waller's incredible weight gain.