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Game is fun, but not worth monthly fees
khameleon
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This game plays smoothly and is a very fun beat em up.
You can literally use no spells/skills and smash through most fights spamming the attack key nonstop. It is classic beatemup gameplay mostly.
The game runs smoothly and the voice acting is great IMO. The character customization is above average and also a big plus. Fans of other comic MMOs say it is not as good, but it is stillm ore than good enough.
Now, why is it not worth a monthly fee? Because you can level up in a week to max level and the beatem up gameplay has very little depth and gets old fast!
Would be great if it was buy to play as most players will not want to play this mroe than a coup;le hours a week due to the lack of depth. It would be nice to be able to pick up and play whenever you want, but $15 a month it is not worth that.
GAME TIL YOU DIE!!!!
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most people will feel the same, its liek they built it as a single player game and tossed in online stuff like quests and such. This should be at MOST 10$ a month if they want to charge, but 15 for what litte depth and such makes it not worth it really. The customization was not that good IMO. we have other hero games on the market with better CC.
Most people, especially PS3 players will play for the free month and maybe at max another 1 or 2, but expect the PS3 servers to be pretty low poped after that, PC might stay longer, but again we have other, better super hero MMOs out, the only thing this one has is the DC name and skin.
You may not think so but name and licence mean alot, I had no real interest in City of Heroes or Champions Online because they had no recognizable characters.
I'm actually buying this game BECAUSE I'm a DC fan... and I don't think I'm alone.
Well thats what i mean, many people will buy it and play for a few months almost exclusivly because of the IP, but that wont make them stick around.
having just come off the beta literally. (they just shut down server 3). I agree with a lot of the OP opinion. The CC is not the greatest, but you can change your look with equipment. but i think the best thing this offers for a hero game besides the name is the combat. some look at it as simplistic, but most bitch and moan about autoattack. i like the combos as they are easy to pull off and you can use whatever else your power is to cover the rest.
I agree with the sentiment that it is not worth the $15 plus box fee and can see this game going FTP within the first year. people will move on unless they keep the content coming.
I plan on being around a while unless the game is excessively bad.
Ditto bro. But i did play both CoX and CO and know for a fact this is a better game. Oh sure you can be prettier in CO and CoX but i don't play games for a ton of ways to "look" badass. I play games where i FEEL badass. Not broken, not uber, BADASS.
DCUO will make you feel badass once you master it. Its like Marvel Vs. Capcom 2. Everyone will do fine just button mashing, but it is REALLY cool when you get off that 36 hit combo with the big finisher. This game is worth the $15 a month. Word
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Cant decide if i should get this or little big planet 2 ..and im a huge fanboy of lbp.. games gotta be ok if a fanboy cant decide if they wanna buy a sequel to one of there favorite games or dcuo mmo
Sometimes games that don't fit into any particular genre do okay. Games like Ico and Shadow of the Colossus somewhat blow people's expectations away because they didn't build any and fit in a weird niche, or claim to be a "this type of game".
This game does none of that. It's superheroes period. You go around and collect costumes. You smash each other in the face after you do a few quests. That's pretty much it. There's no crafting, no houses, no huge world to explore (just a city) and no overarching theme other than "you're a superhero". Everything that makes a MMO is conspicuously absent in this game.
The problem with this game is what I've thought before: it's a bastard child.
It's not really a typical MMO and it's too costly to survive on it's own as a combat action game. No console player in his right mind is going to pay $15/mo when he can get the exact same experience of clicking his way through Halo or any number of other games available. Honestly, for the $15 you are basically a sidekick fighting with other sidekicks.
No PC MMO player is going to keep subbing to a game that makes them mouse click until eternity with thin content to boot. Hybrid games like these are just like humans in RL who don't fit in one group or another, but are part of both. They never find their true place and people always look at them as outsiders. That's what DCUO is... an outsider.
You "kinda' like this game but not really. You think about subbing but deep down you know you're not suited to this style of play as a "MMO". You want to love this game, but at the same time it repels you away by it's very nature.
It won't be accepted by the console community (until it goes F2P or VERY cheap) and not by the PC community until it beefs up content and makes the clicking less of an issue.
"TO MICHAEL!"
OR, spend $20 and buy a freakin gamepad. Whomp, problem solved with the clicking for PC gamers.
As for PS3, i think if you have the PS3 live service or whatever, it comes with the sub to DCUO. Or maybe its premium service. Dunno
Doesn't matter what the naysayers say, its a fun game. Play it if you like DC, Superheroes or want a change of pace.
SoulPlane 2: The Blackjacking is a American Movie Classic!
Gamepads are really for the younger generation when it comes to gaming. Actually, with the new console features like Kinects, Wii controllers and others.. people don't want to still be going "Left button, Right button, Click X4, Up, Up, Down, Left button" to do a block, or even remember the combos to do all that crap in the first place, lol.
I know plenty of people who don't play MMOs simply because they don't know how to type or where to put their fingers. As slow as the typical PC MMO action is, they aren't able to keep up with games like WoW even because they don't have keyboard skills, and they don't want to buy a G15 just to play them.
In the same way, there are people who "just buying a gamepad" doesn't solve their problem with games like this. It's like DCUO did no market research before making this game and just counted on the IP to sell games.
There is a age cutoff that most adults will actually put down a gamepad and not use it anymore, as they aren't as quick as they used to be with it. Here you have a brand new "mmo" that requires fast action and fast clicking even with a gamepad. Those adults are the ones usually spending money on MMO sub fees without blinking. the console generation will just not do that.
It's pretty much as simple as this: if companies make games like this that are shallow in content and then expect people to use things that they don't prefer to use just to play that game properly, they are going to have failed products.
I believe this game will be popular for two months with the under 30 age group, but after that they will refuse to pay $15 bucks for one game on a console, when they can have more options and actually BETTER console games to spend their money on. In light of what's coming out for true console games in 2011, you'll see that people on PS3 won't be subbing this longterm. That only leaves PC people and with games like Rift, Tera, SWTOR and GW2.. they will drop this in a second.
Let's face it.. this is the game people will play until the game they want comes along. If this goes to F2P or even $5/mo, then it will be sucessful. But this baby is clearly in the water stuck between two harbors, sorry.
"TO MICHAEL!"
Thanks for the heads up !
Yet again my self inflicted : "do NOT pre-order or buy MMO on release" policy, continues to pay off
Im certain it will hold true for Rift, Starwars and Guildwars 2...
What the heck are you people talking about? Too old to use game pads? LOL WUT?!?! (see what I did there? Using a clearly younger persons reference to make fun of all your "older" gamer talks)
The entire gamepad scenario was EXACTLY the same for FFXI and that was what like 6 years ago? Just because you don't LIKE the game pad doesn't relegate it's use to minimal. Nor does it have ANYTHING A-N-Y-T-H-I-N-G to do with age. YOU choose your preferences. You just don't want to learn something new. If thats the case the entire lineup of MMO's you listed are going to leave you strangely disappointed.
And for that matter, people are complaining because the attacks/blocks/breaks/stuns aren't easy. You actually have to THINK of the combo rather than assigning a macro to your 1 button and spamming the OMGWTFJUSTHITME combo. Go back to WoW with that attitude (or it's soon to be decendant in Rift).
I hate when people do nothing but complain on these boards about the lack of inventiveness and then cry foul when a game goes and changes "well established" mechanics. Just like who was the person who first stated "this game isn't worth 15 it's worth like 10". Who established that value? It's ludicrious. You know why they're charging 15? BECAUSE every OTHER game on the market charges 15. They need to make money, earn development costs, etc. Undercutting the charges by too much and they no longer make money to add those necessary patches/servers. Having servers that can handle the load of THOUSANDs on at once is VERY different then some of these console onlines which only handle 32-64 and start getting glitchy/rubberbandy when those are full.
This game is NOT for everyone, and that's ok. Did you really think it necessary to try to come on here and try to flame it again? There are about a dozen of these and a dozen of the "why I'm buying this game" threads. The conversation could have easily been discussed (again) there. Your opinion, quite frankly, is equal to the opinion of everyone else one here but you start a new thread because you're "special".
Shoo fly, don't bother me.
P.S. I use a mouse and a keyboard for the game with little to no difficulty. PvP is a blast, and hunting down some of these baddies just randomly roaming the streets is fun. There is a bit of a problem when it comes to the chat but overall the game was developed to handle both with a controller and/or mouse and keyboard VERY well.
Don't let the haters stop you from trying what could be your next favorite MMO. Their entire job in life is to make everyone else feel like garbage about games because they themselves are unhappy.
I'd pay $14.99 for it during a Steam sale and play it for the free month. I'd consider that a good deal. It's not worth 50 bucks and a monthly fee by a long shot. It has the depth of a dinner plate.
I guess it depends how bored you are though.
There are a lot of games that took your approach of "$15 is the standard price for an mmo subscription so we are going to charge that as well" and it has not worked out to well for them. Maybe you did not notice the trend as you are a newly registered poster, but there are a lot of former $15 a month games that are scrambling to turn free to play, cut their fees or simply closed down.
The point of this thread and the many others like it is that a lot of people feel the game isn't worth a subscription fee. Regardless of how innovative it may or may not be.
Just your standard, to each his / her own type of game.
That about sums it up for me. Though I might just be bored enough to play it for a month unti Earthrise is out. I'm hoping that there is something that will keep me going unti something 'a long time ago in a galaxy far far away' happens.
Nope, you will have to pay the $15 bucks just like everyone else. Your PS3 live service doesn't cover it.
OK, not attacking you, but c'mon dude your arguement is flawed from the start? Older gamers don't use gamepads??? I'm 26, been playing since the super mario days (YES the first one on NES). Gamepads/Controllers are like riding a bike, you NEVER forget how to do it like a pro.
Ok lemme make it simple, if you like the game but don't like the keyboard and mouse setup, a gamepad is faaaaarrrr more optimal and makes it more immersive (IMO). Don't like "I'll ruin my mouse" be the excuse for not playing the game cuz lets face it, if a game is really fun, you'll FIND a way to play it.
I am a comic fan. I am a Batman fanboy admittedly. I freakin love this game and already owned a controller. Yes when SW:Tor comes out i will jump ship because 75% of my friends, some of which have never played an MMO, will be playing as well. But will i come back to it or try to play it when i can? Hell yeah.
SoulPlane 2: The Blackjacking is a American Movie Classic!
I fail to see how my "recent' registering for the site fails to allow me to see how these companies have failed. I've been lurking here for YEARS, I just felt no need to contribute. I have so I did (I believe the only reason I registered in fact was a giveaway or something that perked my interest finally)
Let's look at the $15 model.
EvE - $15 - Check
WoW - $15 - Check
AoC - $15 - Check
Champions - $15 - Check
LOTRO - $15 - Check (I believe at one point this was changed to/from $9.99)
EQ2 - $15 - Check
Lineage - $15 - Check
Lineage II - $15 - Check
STO - $15 - Check
-deleted because this one apparently didn't charge fees-
CoH - $15 - Check
WAR - $15 - Check
DAOC - $15 - Check
9 times out of 10, games that charge below that $15 are NOT from any AAA companies. They tend to be indie developers trying to make a name for themselves.
I'm sorry, you're playing a game that takes up resources, server, BW, and the like. You expect some form of customer service. If you expect to get it for free your either a freeloader or just plain nuts. The ones that are cutting their losses either think they can nickel and dime people for MORE than $15 a month (LOTRO, EQII, DDO, etc) or they were craptastic to begin with and realize that no one would WILLINGLY plop down extra money on their garbage (ANYTHING Cryptic). Claiming they are failing because of the $15 dollar model is like saying that there is a thunderstorm outside because I did the hokey-pokey drunk in my living room. They may both exist in the same place but one cannot in ANY form be proven to have influence on the other.
Global Agenda has no monthly fee.
Publishers start at what they want to charge for their product, regardless of the product's quality. Then, if the market says, "No", they go with what they can charge for their product.
Personally, if I'm spending $15 a month, I expect a game that works, and can be played for a signifigant amount of every month. DC Universe isn't one of those games. I would put it ahead of Global Agenda on content, but not so much that I'd pay $15 a month to play it.
I can not remember winning or losing a single debate on the internet.
I think you're confusing a gamepad with a console type controller. I'm 34 so I'm not a "young" gamer, as much as that pains me to say. I use a Nostromo N52te for all my gaming, but I can also use a controller. I'll decide which to use when I get the game in a week. If you like the KB/Mouse, look into a real gamepad like a Nostromo, makes your gaming life MUCH easier.
I agree this game should have the guild wars model of buy to play and pay for expansions. I wont be playing it on release as I will wait for the inevidable change in pricing once 6 months roles around. Plus i am always cautious about spending my time in an SOE game so I will wait to see what they do with this game.
Playing: PO, EVE
Waiting for: WoD
Favourite MMOs: VG, EVE, FE and DDO
Any person who expresses rage and loathing for an MMO is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae.
what about the game does not work? Global Agenda is a horrible game it should be free. DC universe has both of that and is being worked on. I don't see your issue here but like usual you played it for 15 minutes and decided you already figured it out.
Yea, I would LOVE to use that controller but I game on my laptop. I can't see how I can chill on my couch with my mouse in one hand and that big boy in the other. Good idea though.
Totally agree with sentiment...this is not a game worth a sub fee. I figure 6-9 months to go FTP.