Parents' Guide to Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League

Thanks to bad controls, a dull story, and repetitive missions, this third-person open-world superhero action game is anything but heroic. In Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, you—playing as one of four supervillains—have to infiltrate the occupied city of Metropolis and stop the alien Brainiac from taking over the world, even if that means fighting such superheroes as Superman, Batman, and Green Lantern, all of whom are under Brainiac's control. Which is why—playing as Harley Quinn, King Shark, Deadshot, or Captain Boomerang—you have to use an arsenal of guns, explosives, and melee weapons to kill tons of mind-controlled and mutated humans, as well as some superheroes who aren't feeling like themselves.

While this sounds like it could be a cool concept, this game is undone by some needlessly complicated controls. To get around Metropolis, which is full of big buildings, Harley and crew use some of the Justice League's tech, including Batman's grapple gun. Unfortunately, these devices aren't user friendly, which is why their controls are awkward or require needlessly complicated, counterintuitive button combos. Couple this with an uninspired story full of logic problems, redundant missions, and an overall feeling of malaise, and you'll understand why Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League only makes you want to kill the power on your game console.