Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League for PC is an action-adventure game starring the ‘villains’ – but perhaps ‘anti-heroes’ is a better term for these reluctant protagonists seeing as they do good albeit with little choice in the matter! – of the DC universe and is the fifth instalment in the franchise, following on from Batman: Arkham Knight. This is the first in the franchise to not feature Batman as the main protagonist, but he does appear as a character.

The game is set some five years after the events of the previous game. Amanda Waller, head of A.R.G.U.S. selects a motley crew of inmates from Arkham Asylum, implants explosive devices in their head and necks to ensure their absolute obedience, and forms them into the Suicide Squad. The four, more about whom below, set off to Metropolis to see what is going on.

When they get to the city, they find things are worse than had been conjectured: supervillain Brainiac is well-entrenched in the city and already has many of the superheroes of the Justice League under his nefarious control. Superman, Flash, Green Lantern and even Batman are all essentially corrupted, and it is up to the Squad to save the day, with the reluctant assistance of the seeming unaffected Wonder Woman – who is displeased to have to work with criminals!