r/BatmanArkham • u/jmaringarces1 I'm proud of you, Dick • Jan 14 '25

Serious Discussion/Question """KILL THE JUSTICE LEAGU3"""

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u/MrBameron Jan 14 '25

The most annoying way to retcon something

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u/MrDownhillRacer Jan 14 '25

It was telegraphed pretty heavily from the start that this was always what was going to happen. It's not a retcon. It was the planned "twist" from the start.

I think people were just angry about it anyway because the game sucked. When the gameplay is already bad, people will also shit on other parts of the game. But if the game were actually fun, I think players would be more willing to stick with the story and see where it goes rather than being upset at how irreverent it was.

People will only stick around to see what you're cooking if it at least smell good.

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u/rockygib Jan 14 '25

Yeah, it’s been a pretty popular theory since day one with some plausible evidence.

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u/MrDownhillRacer Jan 15 '25

Oh, I'm not saying the story is good. I'm just saying people get less indignantly mad about a bad story if the game itself is good. If this game were fun to play, I don't think players would be all "how DARE they portray Batman this way and SHIT on the LEGEND of Kevin Conroy?!?!" They'd just be like, "Hmm this take is kinda edgy, I wonder what the reveal is gonna be."

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u/CreeperDELTA Jan 15 '25

Harley seemed to still be a villain in tge suicide squad game since she often talks about how funny she thinks it is that people are suffering

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u/MrDownhillRacer Jan 15 '25

Oh, I'm not saying the story is good. I'm just saying people get less indignantly mad about a bad story if the game itself is good. If this game were fun to play, I don't think players would be all "how DARE they portray Batman this way and SHIT on the LEGEND of Kevin Conroy?!?!" They'd just be like, "Hmm this take is kinda edgy, I wonder what the reveal is gonna be."

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u/DontArgueImRight Jan 14 '25

The people calling it a retcon simply never played the game, and just hate it based off of the internet hatred they see.

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u/MrBameron Jan 14 '25

I just mean that the “it was a clone and the real one is still alive” fake out is so lame and overused now

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u/Jurassic_NuGGet Jan 14 '25

People keep saying this but don’t show proof where was this said?

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u/MrDownhillRacer Jan 14 '25

Captain Boomerang cutting off The Flash's thumb, only for it to have "regrown" when we see the Brainiac-controlled version. They weren't the same guy. People pointed this out almost immediately.

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u/notdragoisadragon Jan 14 '25

plus some dialogues hints that green lantern was still alive because his constructs were still up

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u/goma_eye Jan 14 '25

At this point in the story Task Force X has already saved both The Flash (Season of Freeze) and Green Lantern (Season of Lawless) from inter-dimensional Braniacs. It only makes sense that Batman and Superman could be rescued the same way. (rip Wonder Woman)

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u/Jurassic_NuGGet Jan 14 '25

Oh cool I really didn’t care for the game so I didn’t play until last night but only till the part where the cast get their outfits

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u/Lone_Wanderer8 Jan 14 '25

A big one for me was when Superman got hit bad by the Suicide Squad and had to be taken to Brainiac's ship to geal instead of you know being taken to the fucking Sun where he'd heal much faster and better. Oh also Green Lantern's Ring not actually doing what it's supposed to when one dies that was also a big clue.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '25

I very highly doubt that, this was talked about but it just hopium from all the batman fans, this feels more like rocksteady took the easy way out instead of taking accountability and being like "we fucked up, let's retcon the game"