Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League - Digital Deluxe Edition Upgrade (DLC)

My honest first thought when reviewing this DLC was: what exactly are you getting here? The Digital Deluxe Edition Upgrade is a standard-edition-to-deluxe bridge pack for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, which means it exists purely to give base-game owners the cosmetic and minor gear perks that buyers of the higher-priced version received at launch. The contents are: Justice League-themed outfits for all four squad members (Harley Quinn, Deadshot, Captain Boomerang, and King Shark), three Notorious Weapons, four Weapon Dolls, four Color Swatches, and a single Battle Pass Token redeemable for one Premium Battle Pass across Seasons 1-4, subject to availability. That last item is worth pausing on, because the live-service infrastructure these battle passes were tied to has had a rocky history, and availability isn't guaranteed as time marches on. To understand whether this upgrade makes any sense, you have to understand the base game it sits on top of. Kill the Justice League is a third-person looter shooter set in an open-world Metropolis, played solo or in up to four-player online co-op. Each of the four playable characters moves across the city in a completely different way: Harley swings on a Bat-drone grappling hook, Deadshot hovers on a jetpack, Captain Boomerang teleports using the speed force, and King Shark leaps between rooftops in bounds that make traversal feel genuinely kinetic. The combat mixes gunplay with melee, and hitting enemies in melee recharges your shield mid-fight, which creates a rhythm that takes a few missions to click but does eventually click. The problem the wider community has consistently pointed to is that mission variety runs dry fast. Across the entire campaign, you're rotating through a small pool of mission types: escort objectives, enemy-clearing waves, and rescue runs. The boss fights against individual Justice League members are the moments the game stretches its legs, though even these landed unevenly for most players. Where the base game genuinely shines is in its presentation and character writing. The banter between the four squad members carries a chaotic energy that works, with Kevin Conroy's final performance as a Brainiac-controlled Batman being a particular standout that longtime Arkham fans will find affecting. The facial animation throughout is a technical achievement that makes cutscenes feel closer to a prestige TV production than a video game. The Arkhamverse is explicitly canon here, so players who invested in those titles will get more out of the story, for better or worse depending on how you feel about where certain characters end up. Now, back to this specific DLC. The Justice League outfits are a clever cosmetic joke, dressing up your gang of convicts in the suits of the heroes they're hunting. Whether that punchline is worth a separate purchase depends entirely on how much time you're actually putting into the game. The Notorious Weapons are gear-tier items in a looter shooter, which means they'll be outclassed by random drops before long. The battle pass token has a real expiration risk given the game's live-service future is uncertain. Community reception to this upgrade specifically has been lukewarm, with the DLC itself sitting around 50 percent positive on user reviews, which tells you most buyers buying the base game on standard edition made their peace without it. If you're already logged in regularly, the outfits are fun and the cosmetic variety is genuinely good-looking in that bold comic-book color palette the game runs with. If you bought the base game and bounced off it, nothing in this pack changes the reasons you stopped.

Alex · Scout Team

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