Champions Online: The No-NDA Merged Edition

[Ghambit]

Batman's an asshole (it's only right that Bale plays him).
Green Lantern ftw!
btw:  word is Chris Pine (Star Trek) is gonna get to be Green Lantern in the upcoming movie.

So not only does this guy get to play Kirk, he gets to play the Lantern.  And not too long ago he was selling exercise equipment for a relative.   

[Sky]

Our YA librarian isn't real familiar with comics and is doing a trading night for the kids. She even got some donations from the local comic shop. I oohed over a few of them, some decent issues from McFarlane's Marvel era and a few others I'd have been interested in if I were still collecting. Then another librarian noted there seemed to be an intense rivalry between Marvel and DC. Apparently so, because I instantly said, "Yeah, DC SUCKS!" 

(I did like Swamp Thing, some really great artists have done him)

[UnSub]

Then another librarian noted there seemed to be an intense rivalry between Marvel and DC. Apparently so, because I instantly said, "Yeah, DC SUCKS!" 

You nerded out a librarian. Congratulations!

[WayAbvPar]

I'm willing to bet that more time isn't going to help with the success of this game.  Any takers?

It doesn't matter what time the train gets to the end of the tracks...the results are the same.

[UnSub]

Sometimes, when you tell the press the NDA is lifted, they post stuff they probably shouldn't. But it's public domain now!

The big news this past week is the shift in our release date to September 1st. We've been getting some great feedback from all of you, and you've been seeing us implement changes based on it. We now have the chance to take the time to get things done right. This means adding a few last things to really smooth out the play experience, as well as doing huge amounts of balance, tuning, and polish. In fact, here's an idea of what we're all getting out of the extended schedule:

First and Foremost - TONS of Bug Fixes and Polish!
We want our launch to be as smooth as possible, with the game as polished as it can be. We're glad to have the extra time to do so.

Crisis in Lemuria
This intense, story-driven introduction to Lemuria has groups of heroes directed to the lost undersea kingdom to assist a relief mission that has been attacked. Here they discover the dark secrets behind the violent civil war in Lemuria.

Crisis in Monster Island
This over-the-top, story-driven introduction to Monster Island sees groups of heroes taken to a mysterious tropical island where they uncover and thwart a plot to unleash giant monsters against the world. Ever wonder where Qwijibo and Megaterak come from? Now you'll know.

Patrol Missions
These are random, instanced missions that are gained through rescuing civilians and uncovering evidence.

The Millennium Race
This is a city-wide challenge that is set on a series of different courses around Millennium City where heroes race against a clock to get the best daily time which is tracked on a leader board.

More Variety in Core Power Sets
Additional types of powers that enhance and augment the current power sets. This will allow more customization within our current sets, granting more options for players and increasing the overall appeal and flexibility of the powers system.

More Variety in Travel Powers
More unique travel powers, such as Ice Slide or Tunneling, are immensely popular with our players and allow for increased customization of heroes.

More Variety in Upgrades
The more hand-crafted, unique items we can offer players, the happier you are. We'll be doing this in all areas of the game, especially crafting.

[Nevermore]

Why shouldn't they have posted that?  It looks like the kind of thing you'd want people to know if you're pushing back the release date.

[Mrbloodworth]

Tunneling? Really? Do tell.

[kaid]

http://pc.ign.com/dor/objects/844881/cryptic-studios-mmo-project/videos/championsonline_trl_tunneling_50809.html   Here you go the vid on tunneling.

[Mrbloodworth]

http://pc.ign.com/dor/objects/844881/cryptic-studios-mmo-project/videos/championsonline_trl_tunneling_50809.html   Here you go the vid on tunneling.

HA! not what i was thinking, a little more unimpressive than i had in my head while reading it, but still, that's really awesome.

[Hutch]

http://pc.ign.com/dor/objects/844881/cryptic-studios-mmo-project/videos/championsonline_trl_tunneling_50809.html   Here you go the vid on tunneling.

Dibs on the Bugs Bunny costume.

[kaid]

Yup that was my first thought when I saw that pop out and mention something about taking a wrong turn at Albuquerque.


 

[Nevermore]

How else would you make tunneling look in a video game?

I wonder if you can tunnel indoors, that would just be 

[jayfyve]

New Power Armour Video just released.

[Cadaverine]

Dunno what game they showed in that video, but I'd sure like to play it.

[Goreschach]

Anyone else get kindof a Blizzard feel from that?

[Koyasha]

The graphics to this game look good, and they look properly superhero-y.  That's going to be one of the major things that does attract people to it, because most of the powers I've seen in the videos have some level of interaction with the target that makes them look "right."

[Morfiend]

Anyone else get kindof a Blizzard feel from that?

I'm pretty sure they where fighting in Hellfire Peninsula.

[Soln]

is there PvP? 

[Ghambit]

New Power Armour Video just released.

So ChampO just became an online Gundam/Evangelion creator (god help us all).  Christ, you could make a game just based on that.   Indeed, so far I see why most of the testers thought the power armor supers were the best to play.

[UnSub]

is there PvP? 

Yes. But in a world full of heroes, don't expect open world battles.

Why shouldn't they have posted that?  It looks like the kind of thing you'd want people to know if you're pushing back the release date.

Because it wasn't released through public channels. However, since the NDA dropped for the press, someone thought they could post it.

[Jimbo]

We still can't make any statements on what is going on in beta of Champions Online...

Meanwhile, City of Hero's/Villain's turned 5 years (I can't believe I've been subscribed to it for that long!), and announced an expansion Going Rogue 

[Ragnoros]

We still can't make any statements on what is going on in beta of Champions Online...

Meanwhile, City of Hero's/Villain's turned 5 years (I can't believe I've been subscribed to it for that long!), and announced an expansion Going Rogue 

Woo! That was cool! To bad the actual implementation will be a couple samey missions and some text boxes...

Disclaimer. I love CoX, but I know it's faults.

[kaid]

The champions online devs seemed fine with that info being released though. One of those blogs about the delay was stickied in their forums and devs were commenting in those threads and it did not seem like it was something they did not intend to release. Maybe it kicked off a bit earlier than they were expecting but overall from the reaction I saw on their forums it looked like it was data they expected people to see.

is there PvP? 

Yes. But in a world full of heroes, don't expect open world battles.

Why shouldn't they have posted that?  It looks like the kind of thing you'd want people to know if you're pushing back the release date.

Because it wasn't released through public channels. However, since the NDA dropped for the press, someone thought they could post it.

[kaid]

Forgot to talk about the new power armor video. After watching the video I have a strong urge to make a power armor character. The animations and powers looked very very very well done. Its nice to see a good high tech power set available I always like the spider archtype from COX but hated being stuck with that specific look.

Being able to make the power armor or robotic looking character I want with cool gattling guns and rockets appeals to me a lot.

[Kageru]

New generation graphics = everything has a mirror finish shine on it. Nice video though.

[Margalis]

I don't get why so many modern games have such crazy specular highlighting on them.

[Koyasha]

At least we seem to have moved away from the days where everything must be real, and real is brown.

[Trippy]

I don't get why so many modern games have such crazy specular highlighting on them.

Anytime the graphics engines programmers get their hands on a new "shiney" they always have to use it as much as possible, just because. I blame Unreal for starting the trend with lens flares. Bloom and depth of field two that are currently popular that piss me off. My eyesight is bad enough without the game engine making everything blurry.

[Ashamanchill]

At least we seem to have moved away from the days where everything must be real, and real is brown.

Seconded.  We get it.  The real world is gritty, and their is no lustre (metaphorical or otherwise) on things.  There is only so many shades of brown you can down.  Can we go back to games that actually stress my graphics card please.

[Fordel]

The real world is full of colour though 

[Ashamanchill]

The real world is full of colour though 

I agree.  The world as we see it.  Not the world as jaded cynical video game programmers who didn't meet a character death they didn't like see it.

[Ghambit]

I love games that stress my card, but only if done-so in the right ways for the right reasons.

[Ashamanchill]

Can we go back to games that actually stress my graphics card please.

What the hell are you talking about?

I don't actually mean games that technically stress my graphics card, just games that use more than four or five shades of brown and grey.  When it just has to render those colors, it seems like your graphics card is just phoning it in.

[NiX]

I don't actually mean games that technically stress my graphics card, just games that use more than four or five shades of brown and grey.  When it just has to render those colors, it seems like your graphics card is just phoning it in.

Easy fix: Stop gaming on a PC.

[Ghambit]

Phuck the graphics card anyways.  Stress my CPU.