Why we want our own Characters

*shrugs* i wanna play an established heroes

To be fair from what I understand most terms of service include us actually surrendering any personal rights to our creations on the slim chance we become so famous in game they can steal our character to turn into an NPC. Or adopt it as a more noble case in reguards to our fallen forum poster from years back who was the source for our in game NPC Coyote.

This has actually been something of a boon for me in how it made many bits of CoH lore open to me to draw upon for characters to adopt and develop into my own rather then let them be forgotten names in old arcs.

Since all content in CoH is their creation I never had to fear the infringement issues that would plague you in a game theoretically like one based on marvel, if I wanted to say make a relative to a known and TMd character id be violating the law.

CoH has let me use names like Bentley Berkeley, Demetrios Vasilikos, and Count Alphonse Crey along with many others all because they where part of the game world and not connected with any DEV characters.

So although I didnt create the first page of Bentley's story I did add many to it, and developed him for the RPers of virtue from a name barely recalled from some old arcs or listed on the Midnighters Charter, to an active mystical mentor to the magically gifted of Paragon. From the mythical immortal man to the blaster who had tanks asking him how he could out tank them. Such moments of my time in the game will always shine brightly.

Something I could never do in CO, because cryptic doesnt own Champions, is just leasing the digital rights to it. Something I couldnt do in DCUO, and something I doubt marvel will let happen either.

CoH let me become part of its lore and its just another reason it is the best at what it does!

Actually, it would be cool if all the GMs appeared as Watchers.

I'll be checking this game out, the idea of playing only as Marvel characters is both appealing and unappealing at the same time. I like making my own characters, however the chance to be characters like the HULK, IRON MAN, GHOST RIDER have a nice appeal too.

Here's hoping they include the John Blaze and Dan Ketch Ghost Riders, also the 60's GR now known as the Phantom Rider, Adam Warlock and Captain Mar-Vell as playable characters.

Take the Magic: The Gathering 'What Color Are You?' Quiz.

I wonder how they intend to handle people playing the same character teaming?

I wouldn't mind playing as Nick Fury, or even Coulson.

I remember reading somewhere that multiple people could play the same character on a single team with no issues. (Other than maybe the players getting confused who is who if neither one is using an alternate costume)

Edited to add:

Ah, there's the article: http://www.gamezone.com/products/mar...nds-on-preview

That is LAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

...so I should should just pick a random obscure character, then delete him the moment I see a clone?

...I wonder how long before I see another Blob?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shubbie Im very good at taking a problem and making it worse.

And Marvel actually thinks this is going to be a success! This is their superhero version of a WoW killer? ...seriously!

The point is this is the game that Marvel dropped Cryptic for and I ask myself why?

Because this is the game that they wanted? Because it's an upscaled version of Ultimate Alliance, the game they already made? Twice?

It's not at all a substitute for CoH. It's not trying to be. That would be like complaining that comic books don't come with enough blank pages so we can write in our own characters. Writing your own characters is awesome and wonderful, but it's not what they're going for.

I have no idea if it will be any good. Maybe it'll crash or flop, but there's little evidence that an MMO where you create your own superheroes rather than using well-known and popular ones is more likely to avoid that.

Perhaps I am just venting. I simply thing A CoH-esque Marvel game would have been great.