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Champions Online - Cue Dead Parrot Sketch!
 
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Quote:Logan Darklighter wrote:

I have NEVER seen a company FUBAR an IP like this so badly before. NEVER. And I worry that the fallout will hurt Hero Games in the process.
This is a game that has SO MUCH potential. The lore is incredibly deep (more so if you know the background from the books, like I do).  
On the subject: after looking up the Champions game sourcebooks, I have to say that Logan is right. The Champions lore is incredible. Unfortunately almost none of that is actually reflected in the game. I mean, really - we all know that they bought the Champions IP to replace the loss of their Marvel license, rather than setting out to develop a Champions game from the beginning. And that shows.
Let me be clear - I think Champions Online is an excellent game. And I mean that it's an excellent game. The combat system and controls are quite possibly the most amazing thing I have EVER played in an MMO. The combat, once you learn the system, is insanely, amazingly, heartbreakingly wonderful. This is an MMO gameplay system that is a true and awesome thing of beauty. This, I think, is what makes Champions shine.
When you get down to it, the reason I was positive about Champions for a while was the combat system. And if I'm honest, that's what I really like about STO too. Combat mechanics.
But CO is not a good Champions game. The problem with Champions Online has always been content. It does not have much - no, let me correct that. It has a lot, but you chew through it very quickly, and the writing's shallow and banal. 
The tragedy is that there's plenty in the actual Champions universe; it's just not used well. 
-- Acyl
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[No subject] - by dark seraph - 02-07-2010, 12:30 AM
[No subject] - by Matrix Dragon - 02-07-2010, 12:49 AM
Chump-ions Online - by Render - 02-08-2010, 03:59 AM
[No subject] - by Acyl - 02-08-2010, 09:13 PM
[No subject] - by Acyl - 02-08-2010, 09:41 PM
[No subject] - by Logan Darklighter - 02-08-2010, 11:02 PM
[No subject] - by Logan Darklighter - 02-08-2010, 11:05 PM
[No subject] - by Logan Darklighter - 02-08-2010, 11:07 PM
Insufficiently cynical? - by Render - 02-09-2010, 06:15 AM
[No subject] - by Acyl - 02-09-2010, 03:45 PM
[No subject] - by Logan Darklighter - 02-09-2010, 08:22 PM
[No subject] - by Acyl - 02-10-2010, 03:40 AM

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