DC Universe Online MMORPG Trailer Raises Important Questions
Posted at 11:01 AM Jul 18, 2008
• What's to stop everyone from just being Superman? Wouldn't having 300 Supermen in Metropolis be a little problematic?
• Likewise, if you want to play the Joker, how the heck do you fight against Superman? Do weak villains get issued kryptonite to keep from having their asses kicked immediately upon entering the game?
• What's to stop all the player-characters from heading over to Wayne Manor and throwing a huge fuck-all party in the Batcave? I mean, we all know he's Batman. It's not like we could make our players forget it.
• Last but not least, if we play as Green Lantern, do we get to make giant magical green penises and beat villains to death with them? I, uh...a friend wants to know.
Comments
Seems to me like a City of Heroes deal, but with the DC characters running around as allies/villians.
Posted 07/18/2008 at 08:22:03 AMUh, yeah -- I don't think you get to be any of those people. I thnk you're the generic masked guy with the gun, or that big guy fighting Black Adam. You can fight WITH Superman or AGAINST Superman, but not AS Superman. You build your own legacy, as the voiceover says; no co-opting somebody else's. Makes sense, I suppose, but it's basically City of Heroes with legal versions of the DC characters flying around and fighting you.
Posted 07/18/2008 at 08:23:00 AMThis is a SOE game: SOE isnt big on letting people do cool things in games (much like in SWG). I saw this and out of that other superhero mmo...but the griefing factor runs high...what about everyone playing Harley Quinn then having a fuck all party in the batcave?
Posted 07/18/2008 at 08:27:18 AMThe big hook of the ad is featuring the characters everyone knows, but I don't think you get to play as them. You probably choose who you want to follow sort of like Horde/Alliance deal in Warcraft...
Posted 07/18/2008 at 08:57:55 AMSOE man, Sony online, the people that screwed up SWG (Star Wars Galaxies) This game will suck. If it doesn't suck at launch they will tinker with it until it does suck.
Posted 07/18/2008 at 10:30:39 AMThe trailer itself says: "fight against or alongside" the heroes and villains. So, sorry peoples, no Supes for you!!
Also, I'm looking forward to beating the fucking tar out of Plastic Man and his ridiculous quips. And humping WW....
Posted 07/18/2008 at 02:09:01 PMFrom what i heard any major events that happen in the DC Universe will also take place in the MMO.
Posted 07/18/2008 at 02:32:19 PMSo, if I play as a villain (albeit a lesser known, or entirely original player-created one)...can I actually WIN? I mean, can I kill Superman, set off a doomsday device in downtown Metropolis, or gather a legion of buddies and launch a superpowered Tet Offensive? Could I have someone distract the big guns of the Justice League while I sneak over to the other side of the city, massacre a bunch of civilians, and then just leave?
Probably not, I'm sure. Using intelligent tactics in a comic book world with a game engine you could "break" would sure be fun, though...y'know, for awhile, anyway. Until it all went to hell and became unworkable. :)
Posted 07/18/2008 at 04:25:37 PMcKHAVIKk, how do you think you could beat the tar out of Plas? Seriously, he's practically indestructible.
Though humping WW does sound promising.
Posted 07/20/2008 at 06:59:26 PM