GameSpy writes: "I feel like the jittery protagonist in an M. Night Shyamalan movie exposing the unearthly horrors of the internet. Every time I chance a glance to my rear, I spy furries approaching inch-by-inch, gaining ground on me with every pensive peek. Sooner or later, I fear I'll be face-to-muzzle with some deviant fox-man wagging his blunt instrument in my face -- a threat less mortal than a knife, maybe, but one entirely more turgid. Okay, I'm exaggerating: Champions Online isn't even close to Second Life in its fetishistic permissiveness. But damn, a lot of furries sure are pawing their way through Millennium City's cornball-criminal-rife streets."
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Champions Online is based on the popular pen-and-paper Champions RPG, giving players the power of total customization of their hero experience while they explore a vast universe of richly detailed 3D environments.
The brand-new Witch Archetype brings ranged Support through the use of Curses to harm and spells to heal in Champions Online.