Kill The Justice League Offline Without Internet

Summary

• Suicide Squad: KTJL currently requires an internet connection to play, but Rocksteady has announced that an offline mode will be added in the future.
• The game has experienced online stability issues, with several instances of the game being unplayable during its early access period.
• Players should wait for the offline feature to be implemented before playing the game if they prefer to play offline, as there is no clear timetable for the update.

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has a heavy presence of online elements, so one question that naturally arises is whether it’s possible to play the game offline. As a follow-up to the Batman: Arkham series from developer Rocksteady Studios, Suicide Squad: KTJL steps into a legacy that was always focused on the offline single-player experience. Despite the ensemble focus of the new game, it’s still possible to play through the game’s campaign solo, but that doesn’t always guarantee the ability to disconnect from the internet.

The release of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has been subject to plenty of criticism, much of it around concerns about the live-service aspects of the game. Building a Batman: Arkham successor with a bigger focus on monetization and drip-fed content doesn’t sit right with a lot of series fans, even accounting for Rocksteady’s insistence that it isn’t actually live-service. Promises of transactions being restricted to cosmetic content do make it sound like a less aggressive approach than many competitors, as does the commitment to post-launch playable content and characters being permanently available for all players.

You Can’t Play Suicide Squad: KTJL Offline – Yet

Unfortunately, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League can’t currently be accessed without an internet connection, even when picking a playable character for a single-player campaign. This situation is supposed to change in the future, as Rocksteady has announced that an offline mode will be coming to the game at some later point. This is reassuring in terms of the game’s longevity, since live-service titles going offline can make players lose access forever, but it’s still frustrating that Suicide Squad: KTJL doesn’t have this basic feature at release.

Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League Has Online Issues

What makes the situation worse is a lack of online stability for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League so far, which has made the game unplayable for pre-order players with early access more than once. The game was taken offline on its first day to address a bug that auto-completed save files and went down again a day later for general maintenance. As reported by VGC, Rocksteady apologized to players by offering $20 worth of in-game currency to those affected, a nice gesture that doesn’t erase the fact that Suicide Squad: KTJL‘s launch couldn’t have gone much more poorly.

Anyone hoping to play Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League offline would be best advised to wait until the feature is officially implemented, as there isn’t currently a clear timetable for when an update will remove the need for internet access. For now, it can be played either alone or with friends, but anyone hoping to hop into the playground of Metropolis is going to need a stable connection to do so. Whatever it’s status as a live-service title may or may not be, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League doesn’t yet clear the basic threshold of being playable offline.

Source: VGC