It is a typical FPS, designed for about a months play. Asking for a subscription to this game is ludicrous!
Except it's third person (not first person), is more of a fighting game (aka: Street Fighter) than a shooter, and has at least as much content as Mass Effect 2, including DLC.
Not a bad gamble for $39.95 in my book, especially if you're sick of traditional MMOs wherein you spend more time staring at the UI rather than the game itself. It's at least worth the month of free play.
I liked the game. Some of the pvp was really fun, and if it wasn't for my hands kinda hurting after a few hours of play time I'd probably be investing more time into it. As it is my hands stopped hurting after a couple days of not playing and I am enjoying the pain free feeling.
Maybe I have the beginnings of arthritis or something. I don't know.
I have to say, this game fell off my radar for awhile, but after reading this review, I'd really like to try it. If the game puts up large enough sales initially, I don't think there will be a problem for continuous content along with bug and balance fixes. If they're promising monthly content, that means they've built a schedule and a support framework to manage that. It doesn't necessarily mean they'll always hit their content milestones on time, as there might be some kinks to work out in their asset pipelines, but they'll probably come pretty close. SOE resides in San Diego, home of the Comic-Con, so if they start to fail in any large area (including delayed fixes of key issues) the fans will definitely let them know about it.
I just got this a few days ago and having a blast on it, i started a toon on a pve server and got to 30 pretty fast(unemployed and had nothng else to do ><). Then i made a toon on a pvp server and this is were it really comes into its own pvp servers are the way to go for this game in my opinion.
Nice read, and agree with you its the most fun i have had in an mmo for a while. but i would rate it about a 6. the character customisation and selection is really non existent. i have seen many copies of myself just different colors. I would like to see this changed a little in the game that way they can rival CO and CoX.
Agree about the cons. the chat system is pretty flawed and i dont really use it as during in combat, which is most of the time, i have difficulty chatting. co-ordination issues maybe. If this game was CoX with a DC label it would be a 9-10 but sadly it lacks the content and the customisation needed for that. but i still enjoy crushing skulls in the game. hopefully when more content arrives including the light powers we can see some real changes that can make this game the score you have given it.
Great review. I've been playing DC Universe Online this whole week because of a major winter weather storm here in west texas that we rarely have so I played it a ton. I've been submitting bug reports when I see them in hopes they will be fixed.
I agree with everything in the review and the score. The cons really don't hurt the actual game. Things like the chat and stuff are still there and still work for the most part.
I think mmorpg.com is so biased towards DCUO. The game is a mediocre cross-interface with limited costumization and a average combate for a console. God of War has better combat. They get a console combat stuck inside a mmo, then add some role play aspects then you have DCUO. A weak game, take the IP from it and you end up with a mediocre game.
I think mmorpg.com is so biased towards DCUO. The game is a mediocre cross-interface with limited costumization and a average combate for a console. God of War has better combat. They get a console combat stuck inside a mmo, then add some role play aspects then you have DCUO. A weak game, take the IP from it and you end up with a mediocre game.
Wait, you compared the combat mechanics in a sp to an mmo there, right? Just to be clear here.
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It is a typical FPS, designed for about a months play. Asking for a subscription to this game is ludicrous!
Except it's third person (not first person), is more of a fighting game (aka: Street Fighter) than a shooter, and has at least as much content as Mass Effect 2, including DLC.
Not a bad gamble for $39.95 in my book, especially if you're sick of traditional MMOs wherein you spend more time staring at the UI rather than the game itself. It's at least worth the month of free play.
2/04/11 2:48:58 AM
You are wrong, the game its not worth of a monthly payment. DC famboys would buy anything with DC on the coverbox.
Cause their customers to lose faith due to a lack of communication. Bugs are tough - and we as players are willing to work through them. But if Sony is on a Vanguard Saga of Heroes - SWG time frame - then we are all going to suffer. And oh look - is that Rifts on the horizon?
I think your concerns regarding SOE are legitimate, but I don't think DCUO and Rift are vying for the same audience. That would be akin to suggesting Miley Cyrus and Kanye West are competing in the same markets. Sure, I imagine there's *some* crossover... but not enough to really worry about.
SOE is the worse company ever. I hate them and everything they manage. Greedy company who treats bad its playerbase.
So what, they are sellig the IP people will buy it because of the IP, but the game itself is not worth of $15 monthly. 1 more month and people will abandon the game. If is SOE its BAD.
its not that bad the monthly sub usually its £8.99 for us brits for mmo's but this is £9.99 which is only £1 more so i dont see were teh hate for this is coming from tbh.
I really enjoy an mmo called Global Agenda. Like some people who play DCU I could not get enough of the combat in the game. The instanced pvp matches were very fun and the instanced pve matches were interesting in an awkward sort of way that made them fun.
My friends would ask me about the game and what made me enjoy it so much. I would tell them there wasn't a world to explore at all and that the "world" added later could be fully explored in about an hour. There was only a few hours worth of quests in the game which were decent. There wasn't any real open world pve, pvp or exploration. There was no real character development, customization or community. It had some instanced combat that I really enjoyed, but beyond that it failed to deliver almost any real mmo experience. At best I said the game would earn a 6, but most likely lower, because the only thing it really did well was combat and even that heavily relied on replaying the same limited content over and over.
Maybe I would have given it an 8 if it was being judged on its merit as a lobby shooter with random group co-op play. In that respect the game did pretty well and kept me entertained for a while until the joy of repeating the same maps and combat wore off. Even though I enjoyed that I couldn't in good faith tell my friends it was an 8/10 mmo.
DCU gives me that same feeling. As an mmo is falls really far away from rating an 8. If it was being compared to other console co-op action games maybe an 8 would be fitting, but not as an mmo and certainly not one with a subscription fee. There is just to much that is broken, incomplete or missing to rate as excellent just because I enjoyed the combat.
To me a rating of 8 means something that is excellent across the board and not something with tons of problems. I couldn't tell my friends something was an 8/10, but only if they are willing to overlook this, this, this and this, because there was one fun thing to do.
Strangely enough Bill Murphy also reviewed Global Agenda and he also found that mmo to be worthy of an 8. I guess that is the difference between myself and Bill. I expect more than 1 nice feature from a game to rate it exceptional, especially when the game can not even get basic features like chat, banking and ui to a decent level. I expect polish for a rating that high, not something that at the end of the first month leaves me hoping that future patches solve the large number of issues in the game.
Hi. Just a quickie note, most areas have been covered in the other posts. Got a beta invite and played a while. This is a console game with some MMO elements added on. It will appeal to xbox players and some of those who play both, probably. Not particularly to MMO players. PvPers will probably like it. Longevity? Ummm not so much. SOE is a powerful well financed company and can support any game for a long time. As a routine MMO player I did not subscribe nor, after that review, will I even try it in the future unless the MMO aspect is strengthened. It seemed, from the review, that positives only came after PvP.
One more beta play note. The best stuff in the game comes from PvP. For the rest, shrug! I have been a comic fan since the fifties, this game is a console, use a joystick and enjoy.
Purdy is cool but it comes down to being able to play which effects social aspects as well as fun factors. " But it’s very unresponsive at times, lags behind the commands you instruct it, and offers little in the way of customization". For me, this says it all, purdy is as purdy does.
I would give the game an 7 -7.5 right now myself also. I am playing the PS3 version and I don't mind the UI at all. If I was playing the PC version I might want more but for PS3 I think it is fine.
I have never had any problems with Voice Chat so I can't really complain there either. I feel for you guys/gals who are having problems.
My only gripe with the game at this point is the targeting system. Some may have perfected it but for me it is a pain in the arse. Why oh why do you make me target that barrel when I am being pounded on by the enemy right in front of me?
So other than that I am with the game. It is a fun combat style and keeps me entertained which is why I play games ...... to have fun and be entertained.
I think that is a fair review, that DCUO manages to be so much fun, in spite of its UI and chat failing is surprising. The real point for me is that the game succeeds in areas of ip integrity, player involvement, responsivness (in terms of combat, the UI is a different matter) and immersion and those are such rarified and exotic things to get right in mmo circles they actively work to make the experience a lot more fun than the individual elements would have you expect.
There are the usual niggles and concerns for a newly released game but if the promised support materialises it will go far imo.
One more beta play note. The best stuff in the game comes from PvP. For the rest, shrug! I have been a comic fan since the fifties, this game is a console, use a joystick and enjoy.
I did not play the beta so I can't comment on this statement. I will tell you though currently in game this statement is 100% false..... just go to the forums and you will see enough post to see why. It really is not worth getting the T2 PVP equipment b/c all of the PVE drops are better.
I am very much enjoying the game. There are issues - but I don't find myself bored at all. I say its worth purchasing and playing even if you just play the free month and only the free month. You'll get more out of your 50 dollars than most single player games.
The score seems way too high. The UI is terrible, the chat is abysmal, there are a ton of problems like mob respawn rates, the whole mechanic where you are pulled back by just about every mob when flying away is ridiculous it feels like rubber banding. Graphically the game looks fine but there is so much terrain and texture pop in I prefer staying close to the ground instead of flying over the city. The biggest problem is that there really is not that much content in the game. I think reaching the level cap took me around 45 hours, I think it may have been less becouse I did some low level quests along the way. The customisation in comparison with other super hero mmos is also a bit lacking...and what is up with all the evil looking demonic gear. I, as a hero, keep getting demonic wings, demonic pants. As I played it was becoming harder and harder too look like a hero...I know I can choose what style I wear but when its all evil looking what am I supposed to choose from.
I am very much enjoying the game. There are issues - but I don't find myself bored at all. I say its worth purchasing and playing even if you just play the free month and only the free month. You'll get more out of your 50 dollars than most single player games.
Ditto. And here I wsa saying I would not pick up the game.
Is the score a bit high?
Probably.
The reason why it is high?
Look at the CRAP currently in the market. As compared to what is out there this game does stand out as Lots of fun but flawed. Seriously cosmetic flaws like the chat UI and some PvP flaws.
So yeah, will not win the game of the decade award however, it is definately a front ronner when compared to the available titles.
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Except it's third person (not first person), is more of a fighting game (aka: Street Fighter) than a shooter, and has at least as much content as Mass Effect 2, including DLC.
Not a bad gamble for $39.95 in my book, especially if you're sick of traditional MMOs wherein you spend more time staring at the UI rather than the game itself. It's at least worth the month of free play.
I liked the game. Some of the pvp was really fun, and if it wasn't for my hands kinda hurting after a few hours of play time I'd probably be investing more time into it. As it is my hands stopped hurting after a couple days of not playing and I am enjoying the pain free feeling.
Maybe I have the beginnings of arthritis or something. I don't know.
DCUO rocks. One reason is this guy is creative lead director - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Lee
the game is fun, thats all i can say after playing mmo form 1999 the game is fun!
I have to say, this game fell off my radar for awhile, but after reading this review, I'd really like to try it. If the game puts up large enough sales initially, I don't think there will be a problem for continuous content along with bug and balance fixes. If they're promising monthly content, that means they've built a schedule and a support framework to manage that. It doesn't necessarily mean they'll always hit their content milestones on time, as there might be some kinks to work out in their asset pipelines, but they'll probably come pretty close. SOE resides in San Diego, home of the Comic-Con, so if they start to fail in any large area (including delayed fixes of key issues) the fans will definitely let them know about it.
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I just got this a few days ago and having a blast on it, i started a toon on a pve server and got to 30 pretty fast(unemployed and had nothng else to do ><). Then i made a toon on a pvp server and this is were it really comes into its own pvp servers are the way to go for this game in my opinion.
Nice read, and agree with you its the most fun i have had in an mmo for a while. but i would rate it about a 6. the character customisation and selection is really non existent. i have seen many copies of myself just different colors. I would like to see this changed a little in the game that way they can rival CO and CoX.
Agree about the cons. the chat system is pretty flawed and i dont really use it as during in combat, which is most of the time, i have difficulty chatting. co-ordination issues maybe. If this game was CoX with a DC label it would be a 9-10 but sadly it lacks the content and the customisation needed for that. but i still enjoy crushing skulls in the game. hopefully when more content arrives including the light powers we can see some real changes that can make this game the score you have given it.
theres a tonne of content upto lvl 30 and more after hard mode ftw or lose depends on your group :P
Great review. I've been playing DC Universe Online this whole week because of a major winter weather storm here in west texas that we rarely have so I played it a ton. I've been submitting bug reports when I see them in hopes they will be fixed.
I agree with everything in the review and the score. The cons really don't hurt the actual game. Things like the chat and stuff are still there and still work for the most part.
Stonkingly good review alot of work went into that and you hit the nail on the head you touched where the player base feels happy and wrong'd.
You must have really spent sometime in DCUO.
I think mmorpg.com is so biased towards DCUO. The game is a mediocre cross-interface with limited costumization and a average combate for a console. God of War has better combat. They get a console combat stuck inside a mmo, then add some role play aspects then you have DCUO. A weak game, take the IP from it and you end up with a mediocre game.
Wait, you compared the combat mechanics in a sp to an mmo there, right? Just to be clear here.
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Except it's third person (not first person), is more of a fighting game (aka: Street Fighter) than a shooter, and has at least as much content as Mass Effect 2, including DLC.
Not a bad gamble for $39.95 in my book, especially if you're sick of traditional MMOs wherein you spend more time staring at the UI rather than the game itself. It's at least worth the month of free play.
2/04/11 2:48:58 AM
You are wrong, the game its not worth of a monthly payment. DC famboys would buy anything with DC on the coverbox.
SOE is the worse company ever. I hate them and everything they manage. Greedy company who treats bad its playerbase.
So what, they are sellig the IP people will buy it because of the IP, but the game itself is not worth of $15 monthly. 1 more month and people will abandon the game. If is SOE its BAD.
its not that bad the monthly sub usually its £8.99 for us brits for mmo's but this is £9.99 which is only £1 more so i dont see were teh hate for this is coming from tbh.
So going by mmorog.com review DCUO is a great mmo and one of the best in years. hmmm
I really enjoy an mmo called Global Agenda. Like some people who play DCU I could not get enough of the combat in the game. The instanced pvp matches were very fun and the instanced pve matches were interesting in an awkward sort of way that made them fun.
My friends would ask me about the game and what made me enjoy it so much. I would tell them there wasn't a world to explore at all and that the "world" added later could be fully explored in about an hour. There was only a few hours worth of quests in the game which were decent. There wasn't any real open world pve, pvp or exploration. There was no real character development, customization or community. It had some instanced combat that I really enjoyed, but beyond that it failed to deliver almost any real mmo experience. At best I said the game would earn a 6, but most likely lower, because the only thing it really did well was combat and even that heavily relied on replaying the same limited content over and over.
Maybe I would have given it an 8 if it was being judged on its merit as a lobby shooter with random group co-op play. In that respect the game did pretty well and kept me entertained for a while until the joy of repeating the same maps and combat wore off. Even though I enjoyed that I couldn't in good faith tell my friends it was an 8/10 mmo.
DCU gives me that same feeling. As an mmo is falls really far away from rating an 8. If it was being compared to other console co-op action games maybe an 8 would be fitting, but not as an mmo and certainly not one with a subscription fee. There is just to much that is broken, incomplete or missing to rate as excellent just because I enjoyed the combat.
To me a rating of 8 means something that is excellent across the board and not something with tons of problems. I couldn't tell my friends something was an 8/10, but only if they are willing to overlook this, this, this and this, because there was one fun thing to do.
Strangely enough Bill Murphy also reviewed Global Agenda and he also found that mmo to be worthy of an 8. I guess that is the difference between myself and Bill. I expect more than 1 nice feature from a game to rate it exceptional, especially when the game can not even get basic features like chat, banking and ui to a decent level. I expect polish for a rating that high, not something that at the end of the first month leaves me hoping that future patches solve the large number of issues in the game.
Hi. Just a quickie note, most areas have been covered in the other posts. Got a beta invite and played a while. This is a console game with some MMO elements added on. It will appeal to xbox players and some of those who play both, probably. Not particularly to MMO players. PvPers will probably like it. Longevity? Ummm not so much. SOE is a powerful well financed company and can support any game for a long time. As a routine MMO player I did not subscribe nor, after that review, will I even try it in the future unless the MMO aspect is strengthened. It seemed, from the review, that positives only came after PvP.
One more beta play note. The best stuff in the game comes from PvP. For the rest, shrug! I have been a comic fan since the fifties, this game is a console, use a joystick and enjoy.
Purdy is cool but it comes down to being able to play which effects social aspects as well as fun factors. " But it’s very unresponsive at times, lags behind the commands you instruct it, and offers little in the way of customization". For me, this says it all, purdy is as purdy does.
I would give the game an 7 -7.5 right now myself also. I am playing the PS3 version and I don't mind the UI at all. If I was playing the PC version I might want more but for PS3 I think it is fine.
I have never had any problems with Voice Chat so I can't really complain there either. I feel for you guys/gals who are having problems.
My only gripe with the game at this point is the targeting system. Some may have perfected it but for me it is a pain in the arse. Why oh why do you make me target that barrel when I am being pounded on by the enemy right in front of me?
So other than that I am with the game. It is a fun combat style and keeps me entertained which is why I play games ...... to have fun and be entertained.
I think that is a fair review, that DCUO manages to be so much fun, in spite of its UI and chat failing is surprising. The real point for me is that the game succeeds in areas of ip integrity, player involvement, responsivness (in terms of combat, the UI is a different matter) and immersion and those are such rarified and exotic things to get right in mmo circles they actively work to make the experience a lot more fun than the individual elements would have you expect.
There are the usual niggles and concerns for a newly released game but if the promised support materialises it will go far imo.
I did not play the beta so I can't comment on this statement. I will tell you though currently in game this statement is 100% false..... just go to the forums and you will see enough post to see why. It really is not worth getting the T2 PVP equipment b/c all of the PVE drops are better.
I am very much enjoying the game. There are issues - but I don't find myself bored at all. I say its worth purchasing and playing even if you just play the free month and only the free month. You'll get more out of your 50 dollars than most single player games.
The score seems way too high. The UI is terrible, the chat is abysmal, there are a ton of problems like mob respawn rates, the whole mechanic where you are pulled back by just about every mob when flying away is ridiculous it feels like rubber banding. Graphically the game looks fine but there is so much terrain and texture pop in I prefer staying close to the ground instead of flying over the city. The biggest problem is that there really is not that much content in the game. I think reaching the level cap took me around 45 hours, I think it may have been less becouse I did some low level quests along the way. The customisation in comparison with other super hero mmos is also a bit lacking...and what is up with all the evil looking demonic gear. I, as a hero, keep getting demonic wings, demonic pants. As I played it was becoming harder and harder too look like a hero...I know I can choose what style I wear but when its all evil looking what am I supposed to choose from.
Ditto. And here I wsa saying I would not pick up the game.
Is the score a bit high?
Probably.
The reason why it is high?
Look at the CRAP currently in the market. As compared to what is out there this game does stand out as Lots of fun but flawed. Seriously cosmetic flaws like the chat UI and some PvP flaws.
So yeah, will not win the game of the decade award however, it is definately a front ronner when compared to the available titles.
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