The super-hero genre is one that I enjoy a lot. It allows a lot of individual variation in very dramatic fashion for the various toons. The thought did occur to me that, in moving from City of Heroes, I might think about shifting over to Champions Online or DC Universe Online again.
Then I checked my old posts on the blog:
I just came the the realization that I have next to zero interest in ever playing Champions Online again. Which ticks me off to no end since (as I’ve said a dozen times) there are so many things about the game I like. I just find the overall experience an awful, not-terribly-fun grind.
Because occasionally I feel like I should post something other than tweets (Feb 2011)
Never signed up for DCUO after doing the beta stuff — bright and shiny but annoying non-instanced missions and overly combat-oriented.
Mr. Kiss-Kiss Bang-Bang (Dec 2011)
- Champions Online: She was bright and shiny and promised so much but gave back so little. We had some fun times, but ultimately she was never someone I could settle down with.
DC Universe Online: Another try at rekindling an old relationship, but it was just too much of the same old grind. I keep thinking I might give her a call some day, have some coffee, no strings attached, but I can never quite work up the interest.
Margie had an extensive post on CO experience here. And I had one here.
So … for anyone who’s been playing those, has any of that criticism actually changed? Are these actual games we should consider picking up again?
I’ve played both CoH and Champions Online for very small periods and I never got into either one. Which is funny when you consider that Champions was one of the pen and paper RPGs I and my friends played the hell out of as teenagers. Of the two, I thought CoH was more “Champions-ish” than Champions Online was. I haven’t played either of them recently to address your questions so I’m not sure why I’m responding.
But here it is.
I like DCUO a lot better than CO. The things I dont like about DCUO I often associate with the fact that it is designed to play on a PlayStation as well. I feel the UI in many cases is cumbersome and limited. I also feel DCUO just has a horrible community. I’ve yet to play the game where I didn’t have to deal with at least one or two jerks. And that’s turned me off. I just don’t think there is a game on the market that puts it all together as well as COH.
I might try some F2P DCUO, @BrimstoneAshe. I just sort of recall it feeling totally like a punch-em-up keymashing game. We never stuck with it after the beta.