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Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 33.3 hrs on record (33.1 hrs at review time)
Posted: 21 Dec, 2024 @ 8:44am
Updated: 21 Dec, 2024 @ 9:58am

Honestly, I enjoyed this game way more than I thought I would. The singleplayer campaign I actually thought was pretty good, and if I were to rate it solely based on the 15 hours or so I put into the campaign I would give it a 7/10. For reference I enjoyed it more than Gotham Knights which I'd probably give a 5/10.

The endgame however is grindy and gets boring pretty quick, as it's just repeating the same missions over and over again. I didn't try any of the other seasons though, which might be more enjoyable (though I doubt it). I also didn't try any of the new characters, as I didn't feel like going through the grind to unlock them - even though getting to play as Deathstroke was tempting.

I feel like most of the criticism this game got was for being too "woke", and you can definitely tell that the game is trying to be as politically correct as possible. For example, the characters all badmouth Harley Quinn's outfit from the Arkham games for being too sexualized, yet there is a whole scene where everyone is commenting on the size of Boomerang's private parts. I actually chuckled at the Boomerang scene, and thought that the writing overall was mostly decent, I just wish they could make jokes like that about every character.

There were other minor things as well, like hanging the pride flag above the entrance to the main headquarters, however I don't really care about stuff like that. What I DO care about is that they turned Poison Ivy, one of the best Batman villains (in my opinion), into an annoying child, and I can only think of one reason for doing this, which is that Poison Ivy is a very attractive and sexual character. Other than that, the "wokeness" didn't really bother me.

My expectations for this game were very low, mostly because of the culture war stuff, but I actually ended up enjoying it quite a bit, and would definitely recommend it at 95% off. This season they will also be adding an offline mode, which is great, as this season will be the last and the online services will probably shut down in the near future. Then again, you shouldn't buy this game for the online portion anyway - buy it for the singleplayer portion, and have some fun killing off the Justice League.
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