Press NDA lifted - Massively.com impressions

Nadia

www.massively.com/category/champions-online

 

Hands On: the 1st 5 level part 1

www.massively.com/2009/05/04/massively-hands-on-the-first-five-levels-of-champions-online/

Hands On: the 1st 5 levels part 2

www.massively.com/2009/05/04/massively-hands-on-the-first-five-levels-of-champions-online-pa/

 

 

 

Press Preview weekend commentary at mmo crunch

www.mmocrunch.com/2009/05/04/champions-online-preview-weekend/

 

Nadia

NDA clarification

forums.champions-online.com/showthread.php

Hey folks,

To clarify, the NDA has NOT been lifted.

The press is under a separate NDA from the our Preview participants, and so the general population is still restricted under the NDA.

We'll be sure to announce in big letters when we do lift the NDA, so that those of you who are helping us out will be able to talk all about the game to everyone else.

Daeke

Cryptic Community

 

Alienovrlord

Thank you for the link!  

It's good to see any viewpoint of the game from someone who has played, whether it's the press or the fans.

The travel powers sound fascinating.   People do even more traveling than they do fighting and a superhero game is the one genre where this can actually be fun.   It sounds like Champions is doing it's best to take advantage of that!  

One thing I noticed in the review that really made me happy - wings in beginning character creation!   I always hated the idea that you had to limit your character's look until you could 'earn' costume items like a cape or wings.

Hawkgirl and Batman just aren't the same without those essential costume items and it's nice to hear Cryptic is providing those options at early levels so players don't have to compromise their character concept.   Well done!

Elikal

Very cool. At this moment Champions looks really good again to me. I will try it out. ^^

Laserwolf

Every bit of news seems better and better. Usually with MMORPGs it is the opposite with the final gameplay mechanics/skills/options being far less than what was originally planned.

I was scratching my head at the mention of Jet Boots at first, but the fact that they would provide two variations on flight, plus the wing animation vs Superman type flight if your character has wings speaks highly of this game. I remember reading that this MMO would have unheard of levels of customization and being able to color your travel effects proves this.

I don't think any MMORPG has really ever met my expectations, but this one looks more promising as we come closer to release than any before it.... except maybe SWG. UO was the best, but it was also my first and had been around for a year.