As an on again-off again player of NCsoft's City of Heroes for
the past three or so years, and as someone who recently managed to
get his PS3 back up and running in order to take Sony's DC
Universe Online for a spin, I have to say I'm pretty happy with
the direction Super Hero MMO's are heading in.
Along with Cryptic Studios' Champions Online and Gazillion
Entertainment's upcoming Marvel Heroes, fans of the Super Hero
MMO have a lot of options when it comes to finding the right
crime-fighting experience for them. Each game has its share of
different character classes, locations, quests, character progression
systems, and social tools. All four games have also adopted a F2P
model so players are encouraged to give them all a whirl at no
initial cost (Marvel Heroes will be F2P from the get-go).
While some may be skeptical when regarding the hidden costs behind
F2P games, I can safely say due to my time with both City of
Heroes and DC Universe that there is actually a staggering
amount of content available in both games without having to pay a
cent and I'm sure Champions Online has a similar approach as
will Marvel Heroes.
All three of the currently released MMO's allow free players
to create two separate characters, letting them try out two
different character builds or, in DC Universe's and City of
Heroes' case, create both a hero and a villain (Champions
Online has a similar feature in which the player can create and
design their own "nemesis" NPC villain for their character
to fight once they reach a certain level). So if being the
goody-goody heroic poster boy (or girl) isn't your thing, you can
create your own evil mastermind and go on a personal crime-spree!
So if you're itching to try out a new flavor of MMO's and you always
wondered what it would be like to have super-powers, now's the best
time to get in on the action.
Links:
Marvel Heroes(release date TBA)
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Follow me on Twitter at @NateHohl and check out my other work at vgutopia.com, hookedgamers.com, and explosion.com
I have all three of them and I'm probably gonna be trying Marvel Heroes when it's released. These games are really fun and I hope they continue to make more like them.
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