Champions Online Review (Levels 1-10)

4Renziks

Hey folks, i know everyone is excited to hear my opinion! ( insert sarcasm ) I just got done playing CO levels 1-10 and i would like to share my initial impressions of the game.

Graphics (8/10) - To me, the graphics are amazing...to others not so much.  The spells and abilities look great, the character graphics are breath taking, on character alone i would give it 10/10.  What docks a few points is environment, while good, it isn't great.  Also Iam running a fairly high end computer ( intel 8400, 4GB Memory, 8800ultra ) and my framerate is fairly poor, especially when using superjump...but its expected at max settings.  

Character creation (10/10) - I simply cannot justify giving this less then a perfect score.  When looking at all other MMO's this is the best character customazation, only rivaled by CoX.  

Powers/Skills/Abilities/Powersets (9/10) - I only tried Darkness/Bestial fury...i want to try them all , thre seems to be endless combinations one can think of.  The fact there is no define classes is the best thing since slice bread.  The powers look cool and seem to syncronize well with other powers from different sets, as time goes on there will be some interesting combos running around.

Animation (8/10) - I thought the animations where well done, i dont have much to say because i havent seen them all but from what i saw it was awesome.  Super jump is more fun then in CoX and is still one of the funnest ways to travel in an MMO. 

AI (6/10) - Its not that the AI is bad...it really isnt, iam giving this a low score because of simplicty.  Big bad monstor that look hard, are cake.  Iam hoping this is because it is the first 10 levels and it gets harder as you progress. Also when pulling around corners, i thought the mobs took thier sweet time.

Group Gontent/dynamics (2/10) - one of the few gripes in the game so far. and i hope again its because its only level 1-10.  Group content is non existent, pretty much nothing else to say.  It also seems like the group content will be a button mash fest.

Quests (7/10) - exactly like WoW...take it for what you will.  This game is a quest grinder, the quests flow smoothly but there is nothing new.

Overal (8/10) - Overall iam gonna give the game an 8/10...it takes CoX...improves everything about it, and then takes away any sort of group contentand throws it out the window ( atleast for the 1st couple levels ).  I just find it funny that a game so influenced by CoX, they take away a huge part that made it great. I will come back and rewrite a review when i reach 20.  I think the game has mad potential, I also think it will fall to the wayside like CoX...a game that will just not get much publicity and respect it deserves.

+pros                                                      

- No classes!

- Robust Character Creater

- Stylized graphics

- Cool Powers/ fun while traveling

- Tons of potential

 

- Negs

- Lacking group content/ primarly a quest grinder early on

- Needs a high end system

- Day 1 beta woes ( i didnt see this too big of a problem but some did )