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Critical Gamer: DC Universe Online: PS3 review (Villain)

Critical Gamer writes: EXT. NIGHT. Birds-eye view of a rural town.

Camera slowly pulls in and levels out; an unremarkable street in an unremarkable town. View swoops up and into the first floor window of a house, almost indistinguishable from the others. A visibly excited young man – a NOOB to the MMO genre – puts his new DC Universe Online disc into his PS3.

CUT TO: Time lapse footage of a clock recording several hours as the necessary files are downloaded and installed. Footage slows, then returns to normal speed.

QUICK PAN TO: NOOB pondering server selection.

NOOB: Hmm… all low or medium population. PvP… that means you can fight other players, right? I’ll go for that. Should be great fun!

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scruffy_bear5197d ago (Edited 5197d ago )

Think I'll pass on DC Universe for now

Nice way to write a review tho

N311V5197d ago

I agree it was an entertaining review. My opinion of DCU is similar based on my experience with the beta. Not quite as negative but I did get bored with the quests and annoyed that this MMO felt like a single player game.

I don't think it's fair to review an MMO without reaching end game though, this should be an opinion peice not a scored review.

pswi605197d ago (Edited 5197d ago )

Hey guys, I feel the need to chime in here.

I never played the beta. I had access to it being a plus member (perhaps everyone did?) ,but I never played it due to the massive download required.

I did however purchase the retail version, and i'm on my first free month still.

I just recently reached level 30, and assumed that once you reach 30, there's nothing to do. This couldn't be further from the truth. At 30, there are all new quests, alerts, arenas, duos, etc..and you gain access to the raids and endgame content.

You also gain the ability to purchase iconic battlegear, which can be pvp or pve, or do raids for tier 1/tier 2 gear.

I am a level 30 Ice Tank on Redemption server, g33k league.

This game is fun, rewarding, and challenging. Sure, it's not as vast or evolved as WoW or some of the other MMO's out there, but its a game that I can enjoy, and my 7 year old enjoys as well. I help him level up his toon when I get bored with my grind.

Please don't judge this game based on "reviews"...if you played the beta, then there is no need to review the game, it's essentially the same thing. Sure, there are glitches, and some bugs that players use, but for the most part, this game has gotten me back into the MMO scene, and unlike WoW, I can actually have a life outside of this game.

/edit: Oh and if you (the reviewer) join a PVP server for your first character, you deserve to get you a$$ beaten and ganked...that's just plain dumb lol

zootang5197d ago

I couldn't agree more. I know the servers always seem full so that must mean people are enjoying it just as much as us.

Jim Crikey5197d ago

Wonder how busy the PS3 version will be three months down the line?

scruffy_bear5197d ago (Edited 5197d ago )

Good question pity as it could have been great what a shame

Corrwin5197d ago

WTF has a film script got anything to do with a review about about Comic Book characters?

An unreadable review, with an arbitrary score, brilliant.

krisq5197d ago

I gave 4/10 to DC and I didn't do it because I'm desperate for clicks...

scruffy_bear5197d ago

No they didn't like the game, I'm sick of the gen if you give any exclusive a bad score your either a fanboy or desperate for clicks. Couldn't be that the game just didn't live up to the hype

FailOverHero5197d ago

If ps3 fanatics are to be believed, there are NO bad ps3 exclusive games, only bad reviewers

AssassinHD5197d ago (Edited 5197d ago )

I seriously wonder about the quality of education that kids receive these days. People need to learn the difference between "inclusive" and "exclusive". DC Universe Online was released on PC and PS3. You can call it a PS3 inclusive title. You can call it a PC inclusive title. You can call it a multi-platform title. It is however not exclusive in any way, shape, or form.

PSPSA5197d ago

@ AssassinHD

Actually, it's a console exclusive.

AssassinHD5197d ago (Edited 5197d ago )

Actually, it isn't. It is available on non-console hardware. The term "console exclusive" is basically a mockery of the English language.

@below

"CNN exclusive" = only found at CNN

"Chili's Exclusive" = only found at Chili's

"Console excluvie" = only found on console. See how that works out. The PC is non-console hardware, so how could something that is on PC be "console exclusive".

Red Dead Redemption would be a "console exclusive".

Following your logic (which is poor mind you), it would also be appropriate to call DCUO a PC exclusive. After all, the PC is the only non-console hardware that DCUO is released on.

That logic would make it appropriate to call it exclusive to two separate entities, which is a direct contradiction to the meaning of "exclusive".

PSPSA5197d ago

@ AssassinHD

I disagree. The PS3 is the only console the game is available on. The PC is not a console. Hence the term console exclusive.

PSPSA5197d ago (Edited 5197d ago )

@ AssassinHD

Hey, don't look at me, I agree that the terminology behind this is pretty flawed/broken but that's the net for you. There's tons of ways how one can look at his.

Consoles have rivals hence the term "console exclusive". PC is pretty much a platform of it's own (unless someone wants to bring MAC into this but it's not on the same level as 360/PS3).

Originally the term exclusive title would refer to a game simply being on platform irrespective if it's console or PC. However this became irrelevant when gamers broke up console and PC gaming as similar platform. Till this day people still see Devil May Cry 3 and Resident Evil 4 as exclusive titles even though it was also available on PC.

The term console exclusives also presents itself with announcements such as Mass Effect coming to PS3 which totally upset some 360 fans even though the title is available on PC.

So yeah, it's totally bending the English language but since so many people are using the terminology (a quick Google search will show you what I mean), it's pretty much norm these days.

Exclusive = Game available only on 1 platform
Console Exclusive = Game available only on 1 console irrespective of PC availability.

Also Red Dead Redemption would be a "console exclusive" is incorrect as it's available on both 360 and PS3.

AssassinHD5197d ago (Edited 5197d ago )

Red Dead Redemption is only available on consoles. That is the literal definition of "console exclusive". People who use the term for PC/Console games are using it incorrectly.

Exclusive does not mean "PS3 excluding" or "Xbox 360 excluding". It means that the item in question can only be found in one place. If an item is available at more than one place, then it is an "inclusive" item to each place that it is available.

P_Bomb5197d ago (Edited 5197d ago )

@FailOverHero

And if you're to be believed, the PC doesn't exist.

This game is on PC and can be played with a 360 controller. Omg, irony sauce!

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PSPSA5197d ago

@ AssassinHD

This topic is can be debated to death but it's not going to change how folks use these terms online irrespective of what we say here.

I'm not saying you're wrong. Nobody however is going to use the word inclusive even though it actually is the "proper" definition.

P_Bomb5197d ago (Edited 5197d ago )

@scruffy
Umm, he didn't review the game. He tweeted about how he sucked for 10 lvls. Sensationalist, just by the "look at me" style it's written in.

It is quite good and it's on PC AND PS3, so it's not an exclusive the way you're thinking about it. No way this superhero game is worse than all the X-Men Legends, Ultimate Alliances, Spider-mans (Ultimate or Shattered) and inFamous/Prototypes out there. That's how you can tell it's another bull review.

He played to lvl 10 and only as a villain. You only unlock your specials (tank, healer, controller) for the 1st time at 10 lol and he thinks he can judge a whole game with twin campaigns just on that fraction and getting pwned in PvP! Aw. his feelings were hurt, and instead of talking about the game objectively he seeks to get even by writing a whole rant Twitter style for some clever-to-only-him reaso. Did not even ATTEMPT PvE because he only wanted to import his charachter and refused to make another, despite the fact it's a DIFFERENT SERVER. And PvE at that. This is what passes for professional these days? Pathetic. Might as well say you refused to review Dead Space 2 online because it required a separate EA online code/account.

Simon_Brezhnev5197d ago

Yeah it is very pathetic even HHG reviews are better than this

Jim Crikey5197d ago

But if the score had been 9/10 it would be a daringly original review... right?

P_Bomb5197d ago

@Jim
No. It's frikkin' hard to read, arbitrary, aimless and pointless as a review as it tells you nothing about anything. Article content > number score. Any monkey can stamp a number on something.

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Sarcasm5197d ago

PBomb, it's just another wordpress blog not worth anybody's time. Clearly with the low budget web design, it's a POS site with an author who attempts to be funny and tries to get hits by giving a popular game a low score. It's not even a review. What a waste of time that I even had to type this.

Simon_Brezhnev5197d ago

This is one stupid review. Is it suppose 2 be funny or something.

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