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RipTen First Impressions - DC Universe Online

Murray Hibble of RipTen; "Your combat powers in battle are the most impressive sight. The throbbing mentalist bolts, waves of magic and gunfire offer pounding explosions of colour and a full battle will weed out any latent-epileptics faster than a strobe light."

greeneggsnsam4849d ago

Seems fun but I don't fancy paying a subscription for it, really.

KingNintendoFanboy4849d ago

I agree. I don't want to pay anything to play games that I have already bought.

NewMonday4849d ago

First month is free, 3 month subscription is 30$, that makes it 7.5$ a month for the first 4 months, not a bad deal.

Q:To whoever played it, can you completely install the game on the PS3 or do you still need the disk?

Drjft4849d ago

I'm keen to try it out, but I like the author can see it turning Free-2-Play after a while ala APB...

Stunt4849d ago

I couldn't dedicate my time to an MMO.

Lirky4849d ago

It'll be free2play in a few years. Champions online went free2play,APB going free2play too. WOW wont go free2play but it could if blizzard wanted it to.

Motion4849d ago

Its mostly games that are failing, barely breaking even, or not gaining new players that tend to go F2P. There are some F2P success stories from good to decent games, but if you're game has legs to it, it won't go F2P. That being said, I don't know the amount of content/staying power DCUO has to offer. Sony doesn't do F2P often, I think so far the only Pay to Free conversion has been EQ2?

Omegasyde4849d ago

Yes but Sony's other Big MMO is Free Realms which might also see a PS3 release.

MMO's live off of endgame events and dungeons/loot. I never got to the end game in City of Hero's but I heard it was lame. This game's hook for endgame is participaing in epic DC battles i.e. you + Superman + batman vs. Joker etc to stop a bomb going off.

Free to play might not work with this game unless they nickel and dime you for additional clothes, or to actually participate in the end game battles.

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DCUO Development Update - August 2023

If you do not read this whole update, here's what you need to know:

* Episode 46 is Justice League Dark Cursed
* PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X launch this holiday season

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MMOs In 2021 Retrospective: Console Edition

WTMG's Thomas Medina: "As far as I’m concerned, console MMOs have always been in a weird place. PC is where the main game is most popular. MMOs were born there, work best there, and have the vast majority of titles. Mobile is then next in line, with touchscreens and portability that adds something new while functioning well. Console gaming, on the other hand, is not portable (for the most part). Plus, it uses a controller, which is not the best instrument when your control scheme requires a thousand buttons and a cursor. That being said, there is an audience, and where there’s money to be made, publishers find a way. So here we are with some of the biggest console MMO games and how I feel they handled 2021. "

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Best Superhero Video Games Available Right Now

From Xfire: "A lot of video games are designed to make players feel like a superhero. However, very few actually feature superheroes or have players take on the role of a superhero. What makes this even worse is that there are even fewer superhero video games that can be considered good."