Et tu, MMORPG.com?

Ouch.

I was reading the newest article from Castle on Powerset Proliferation, and I looked at the links to the right of the article out of curiousity. One in particular stood out, "The Top Ten Games of 2012." After reading through a bit, I realized I should have known it would be one of those silly articles that tries to predict things (made even more silly by selecting MMOs that were still in production and not even released yet). Linky for your perusal. http://www.mmorpg.com/showFeature.cf...s-of-2012.html (ugh, and let me know how to get links to embed with text... not sure how it goes with the new forums)

Anyway, #9 stood out to me. "#9: A Superhero Based Game (DC, Marvel, or Champions)" Ouch, not even a mention of City of Heroes? Is the game that "doomed" to a game journalist's eyes? I know 2012 is a ways off, but considering the longevity of CoX, it seems a tad harsh. A Marvel MMO seems very iffy to me, considering the problems they've had before and how it would come in after DCU (just another comic IP... seems rather limited to me). Champions and its devs have consistently tried to sell itself as "look what we can do better than CoX," but then the dev team here have consistently showed over the past year (well, and more) that they're willing to add new and big things to the game, and steal the thunder from Champions (I love I16 coming out right when Champions does). I don't know much about DCU, though the videos I've seen look a lot like Champions, just with DC characters.

Anyway, how do things stack up from what you all have seen? I'll admit that CoX does have older content, and that the devs here have to really get going on that (and map types) to give CoX wings to the future, but it seems like it should have a lot more going for it than this article gives credit to (almost seems a slap in the face, after all the articles the devs put on the site). I may give Champions a trial just to see what it's like (if they have trials), but it really looks a lot like Cryptic trying to make a CoX 2 from the videos I've seen. So really, just the same thing, but with different graphics and missions. I know the setup is a little different, but looking at power lists and even the character selection/creation screen bugs me, as it is SO like CoX.

I honestly have no interest in DCU. I don't really want to play hero in a world with Superman, etc. It's far too established and doesn't feel like I can "make my own mark" (as silly as that sounds for an MMO). What I like about CoX is how it is more open for us, and for the developers to make their own stories, etc.

Meh, it's late and I'm rambling. But what do you all think?

Ah, found the editing stuff. I can always remember the tags for bolding and such, but the link one never wants to stick in my head.

I hadn't heard about the quest/mission stuff for CO. I've really only seen videos of it at work in character creation and some in game action. What I saw looked pretty similar in setup, just with a different look. I suppose non-instanced missions can be nice for seeing people around more, but I rather like the instanced missions more. Feels a bit more immersive and fun than having to camp out to kill things.

CO is pretty much WoW in Tights, but it does look good.

The instancing is about 1% of what we have here, and the character building (not talking about the costumes) is extremely different. You have stats to manage like most other MMOs, which obviously we don't have to worry about. The power sets are more free-form but oddly less diverse than CoX.

CoX will definitely be around in 2012, but with two major games coming out (not sure Marvel will launch by then) I'm not sure it will be top-of-mind.

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Saw people playing DC at comiccon and it looks sweet. Don't know anything else about that game since I didn't take the time to play.

I think City will definitely still be around in 2012 but not so confident that CO will be.

So, did you write a letter to MMORPG, or what? :P

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Stupid new forums... I didn't even see all these replies... I have to stop looking for the little arrow by threads, as it's meaningless. It'll sometimes be threads where I am the newest poster, and it never showed for any of these.

Anyway, what are the thoughts on the more "cartoony" looks of DC and CO? I can see some liking them for superhero MMOs, but I dunno. I kind of like the more realistic look CoX has. I liked the cartoony bit with other superhero games, so I'm not sure why I like it more here. Seems more legitimate, or something? Heh.

The old screen shots were saved as tga's, I had to convert to png to upload to Imageshack.


My first beta character, in metal armor.


Taking in the view before entering an instanced mission.


Millennium City is huge.


And a little futuristic.


I didn't take many shots, I was too busy playing.

From what I have seen of CO I don't think I'll be defecting anytime soon.

Hell, I still whip out UO once a year.