Neocrisis: DC Universe Online Review

Neocrisis: I am not a MMO person but DC Universe Online (DCUO) makes me reconsider my decision. It is pretty cool being able to play next to and/or against some of the heroes/villains that i grew up with.

[kevco33]

Great review! Looking forward to this...

[Chris399]

This game is looking to be AAA. Hasn't been a good, new IP MMORPG in years. Can't wait.

P.S. I love how someone disagreed with your factual statement ("great review", which a 9/10 is) and personal opinion ("looking forward to this"). This site is always good for lols.

[jazzking2001]

lol agreed

[ScentlessApprentice7]

But I always want more; I can officially die happy if a DC vs. Marvel Universe game is released.

[Daver]

ahhh i thought i could pass this one for other games but it looks great... hmmm what should i do lol LBP the week after and dead space 2 soon too hmm

[FunAndGun]

This is NOT a great review. It is a preview of the beta with a score.

I don't care if it was 5000 words; It is incomplete.

[syanara]

@update,

i'm sorry but 1,800 words isn't that much you could have added another 1000 into the things you didn't talk about. yes it is important for reviews to leave out parts of the game and not talk about everything but I did a 3,000 word review for a downloadable title (lead and gold) anyways thats my two cents don't get upset at me that is just my opinion

[dkblackhawk50]

Game looks fun.

[Xusuyzus]

Game is fun.

down @jazzking2001

well you get a free month,.. and if you think about it,..you can experience a lot of game, if you really play it like mmo guys in a month,..
sometimes I've bought 8-10 hour games, and had less fun then with this,..

first you don't need to play/pay every month, if you don't like it return it,.. If you get hooked and think it is worth it for next month,.. you pay,.. or skip a month,..

[jazzking2001]

game is awesome

[clintos59]

game is amazing.

[jazzking2001]

game is great but i think $15 a month is a bit steep

[VenomProject]

Yup, yup.

[spunnups]

im sorry i may be in the minority, and a cheap ass, but the monthly fee is the ONLY thing holding me back at this point

[VenomProject]

Being cheap has nothing to do with it.

$15 x 12 months = $180

Too expensive for my tastes.

[soundslike]

Play it for 40 hours and it wont.

Like someone said above, even if you play it hardcore for a month and quit, you have STILL gotten more value out of it than majority of games out there today.

[Billy_Dee_Williams]

me too

[Chris399]

First month is free AND the price is decreased when you buy in 3/6/1 year increments - they're working on a lifetime subscription option too (for PS3, have it on PC).

So your mathematics are flawed. So play one, constantly updating (one update each month, they've promised), large scale, epic game, or 3-4 games for the whole year. Gee, which option is more frugal? (hint: not yours) It's getting kind of tiring, these people who have no concept of how an MMO works whining about it being "expensive", then rushing out to buy the next Dragon Age with it's $100 worth of DLC or CoD with it's $15 map packs. Value and taste are all subjective, to a degree, but in the end an MMO is cheaper.

Most games are 6-8 hours long these days with tacked on MP, at most 40-60 hours till the game is platinumed/ achievement maxed. For value MMO ALWAYS > regular retail game. I'd rather have a good MMO, thanks.

[hassi94]

@soundslike

Some people have more important things to do... Like work, school, uni, hanging with friends in real life. It's hard for most outgoing people to get their money's worth out of an MMO.

[soundslike]

If you don't have time for it, don't play it. If you are at UNI and are so called "outgoing", what the hell do you want with an MMO anyway? College IS an MMO, in a manner of speaking. Don't waste your time in your dorm "casually" playing an mmo and making virtual game-friends when you could be out on a quest to get drunk and laid.
And oh whats that you say? Exam tomorrow? Two more books to read?

If you have a job that you can't afford 15 bucks a month, then you shouldn't be playing an MMO either.

[Chris399]

Um, I work full time, workout 6 days a week, have an active social life w/ friends and family and game about 2 hours a night.

MMOs that I can just pick up and play are perfect for people with busy lifestyles. And terrific value I might add. Buy one to three games a year (pretty much getting all MMOs this year). Pay $15/ month after the first month? Sign me up. You save a lot of money that way and don't feel committed to release schedules and playing the latest AAA.

Not to mention DCUO, for an MMO has a terrific sense of freedom in the game, right from the outset. You fly, you make your character look HOWEVER you want and they can STAY that way for the rest of the game, if you like. I can sign on, do a few PVE missions or raids (raids are FAST, like 25 mins) and get on with my life.

So no, you don't need hours upon hours to grind your life away in an MMO. At least not in DCUO.

[hassi94]

@soundslike

Well that's what I was saying, I wasn't saying the game was too expensive, but some people can't get true value out of it. I'm not at Uni, at a 6th form currently actually. I never said I was at Uni.

I never said I can't afford $15, but it doesn't mean it's worth it for me.

@Chris

Yes that's fine, I said most of us. And most gamers like to have variety and play a number of games, and I like to split the little time I have to game across different games, not all into 1 game.

I'm not saying I CAN'T do it, I just said there're other things I'd rather do which means that that $15 a month isn't worth it, even though we would like to play it.

[Adva]

$9.99 would have been a better price point. Maybe in the future they will drop it if not many people sign up for it..

[The Dark Knight]

Well American's have it better than Aussies. We gotta pay 100 bucks for a standard edition with another 15 bucks a month. Im pretty sure your limited edition is only 89 bucks

[theafroman]

a review i witch they took time on this one since its a mmo.

[jazzking2001]

this review has over 1,800 words in it
i did take my time on it

[hassi94]

Not on the review, he means take your time on the game - which you couldn't possibly have especially since it's not released yet. The beta isn't the game.

[Queasy]

I'm sorry but you played in a level-capped beta with only two characters. In other words, you played an incomplete game in a short timeframe while barely skimming the surface of the gameplay, character, mission, and other features of the game.

In all honesty, you should have waited until the game launched on Tuesday then played the game for 2 to 3 weeks and THEN wrote your review.

[-Alpha]

But I dont understand. Is this a review of the beta or the final version?

[hassi94]

@Alphamale

It's a review of the beta he's trying to pass of as for the real game.

[ps3360games]

ps3 is 8 days in to the new year and it has 2 AAA games wow

lbp2 and DC Universe

[jazzking2001]

what is the other one?
mass effect 2 on ps3?

[ScentlessApprentice7]

ps3 is 8 days in to the new year and it has 2 AAA games the Xbox 360 does not have wow.

[cemelc]

LBP2

[jneul]

i know and we have lots more coming this year!!

[ps3360games]

@ScentlessApprentice7
thank you

[clintos59]

Great review & I totally agree, even though this is my first mmo, I believe dc universe online will draw in alot of gamers who never played an mmo in their life & alot of mmo veterans. I can honestly see myself playing this game for months. It is that addicting and tons of fun. Cant wait to grab my copy tuesday.

Edit: jazzking2001..

I think the other game he is talking about is LBP2.

[NicSage]

I can't wait for Tuesday.

[jneul]

i am getting this next month hopefully when i have the cash

[OllieBoy]

Good review jazzking2001.

I agree $15 a month is very steep, but at least the first month is free.

[DEADEND]

Just another game that proves first party dev on the PS3 are going to deliver the best year for us PS3 owners.

[SixTwoTwo]

PS3 is off to a great start for 2011. Up next are ME2 and DS2.

[knowledge4lfe]

i guess you dont care for LBP2??????

[SixTwoTwo]

I'm getting lbp2. I didnt mention it because we've already seen reviews for it :)

[Queasy]

I hate to be critical because I enjoyed the beta but this review is based on the beta which is likely receiving even more updates prior to launch?

Shouldn't it be a preview then and not a review?

[TheColbertinator]

DC Universe looks like fun.If I have time I might pick it up for PC

[Dawale]

How can you have a review yet? It would have to be based on the beta and not the full version. Reviewing a game based on the beta is stupid.

[hassi94]

I hate these early MMO reviews. Ridiculous that you would know if this is a good game or not by now - you can't review the beta.

[Insanelyman]

I loved the beta!

[Xfanboy]

looks ok!

[blackburn5]

What a strong start. LBP2. ME2 and DCUO all with epic scores and KZ3 is next with more to come. *hugs PS3*.

[Xfanboy]

Im not paying monthly! $180/year I'll wait for GW2 & pay as I go..

[JohnnyMann420]

I love the beta, but how is this a review? The ps3 only went to 20 and we saw virtually no end game content in the beta. Can't call this a review if the servers aren't live yet, am I crazy here?

Also if this review is based on the PS3 beta it can't get a 9 due to unfixed crashes etc...I know because I played nonstop.

Confusing review thats all....almost like you just did it to get first review hits.

Whatever I'm buying this game day one like most above me.

[ReaperXL7]

In all fairness brother just because the servers are not open to us players until Tuesday doesn't mean that they are not open to reviewers. I'm not saying I completely trust this review but I rarely base my opinions on reviews. I loved the beta after the second patch I dident have anymore issues with freezing and a lot of other things had been fixed quickly for myself and a few others that I know. They showed me that they are at least trying to listen to the playerbase as much as they can, but no mmo has ever had a perfect launch not wow, not everquest, not even ultima online.

What I took from the beta was that the devs are really trying to put a lot of quality into the game it looks great for an mmo completely voice acted, fun fast combat and tons of stuff to do.I know tjat the game will launch with bugs amd glitches as all mmos do as long as they fix them as quickly as they can then it won't be a huge deal.

Sure I'm huge dc fan and to be honest this game is a dream come true for me but that also means if they screw this up ill be the first to let people know, but so far I think there is a good chance they could make this awesom.

[JohnnyMann420]

They are NOT open to reviewers. I DO know this for a fact and this guy did NOT play the full version.

Now how do you feel about this "Review"?

[GoldPS3]

Is it too late to get in the beta? I like to try it and see if it's worth buying.

[Queasy]

Yes, the beta is over The game is launching on Tuesday.

[Insanelyman]

Your too late its over man it ended last week and it was an awsome beta. You get a free month of play, if you pick it.

Edit looks like Queasy beat me too it.

[PS3gamer4life]

the game is worth getting

[P_Bomb]

It's really quite good for a console MMORPG. I expect more 9's in the future.

As to some of the criticisms directed at the review, many reviewers do NOT finish the campaigns of the games they review anyways, and they don't level up online to max either. Ask 'em yourself. If people can give positive reviews of LBP2 before the community at large has even been able to make levels (on account that the game's not out yet), then you have to give some leeway for MMORPGs too. I've played enough to know I'd buy it, except for the monthly fee thing.

[nefertis]

D1B.

[Blackcanary]

After playing the beta for 6 days none stop exploring all the different comber nations u could do when u pick ur character pick ur power ur personality and fighting ability i will be buying this game since SOE stated that the full game is gonna be kind of like the beta anyway just with out the level cap.

day one buy for me.

[fabod86]

wow! never thought it could be soo good
great score explained in a good review... can't wait to see other reviews and to buy the game!

[TheLig32]

Garbage review. You're a joke dude.

An MMO cannot be given a truthful review until it has gone live to the public. This jerk just wants hits on his site.

[wescan40]

This looks like a very special game for the DC universe, I am, however, a Marvel universe guy and would have loved to see this kind of work done on the marvel universe characters. Even though I am partial to marvel that won't stop me from piking up this game because it just looks so well made and it looks fun as well. This to me is a must buy!

[Kiriel]

It's just a beta PREVIEW. Should not have been approved.