DC Universe Online

[Subb]

Hmmm, PS3 or PC? I mean, PC would be better, but I think I may need to buy some more memory

[Phienyx]

SOE needs to keep their grimey, destructive, money grubbing hands to themselves.  If it ain't broke, don't fix it.  If it IS broke, don't fix it, you'll only fuck it up worse.

[Bellthazor]

I think I may give the game a chance...see what happens, but we'll have to hope they don't fuck it up on the 1st EP they offer...

[Subb]

I'm going to give City of Heroes a try whilst I wait for this game. Anyone play it?? Sorry for Necro'ing.

[Tbone]

I hear this Darkfall game is pretty good. You could play that to tide you over

[likwidtek]

oh snap.

So I know one of the developers of this game.  I wonder if we can get some early sneak peak access from him.

[Subb]

Haha, I'll be playing that too; don't worry. I still have a mass of student loans to go through

[Jarimus]

I played City of Heroes for a while. It was very carebear-ish at release and I didn't like it.

[Subb]

Yeah but now there's a PVP area since City of Villains has been released.

[Phienyx]

I've never been fond of the idea of he entire gaming world being populated by super-heroes with super powers.  It just seems a little cheesy to me.

[JazzyC]

All I have got to say about this is... wow, really? Already?

In October superhero MMO DC Universe Online becomes free to play, Sony Online Entertainment has announced.

Both PC and PlayStation 3 gamers will be able to download and play the game for free, IGN reports.

Sony Online Entertainment said the decision was not a response to falling subscriber numbers, but admitted free-to-play was the company's preferred business model from launch.

"In terms of 'Is it a result in a drop in subs' - absolutely not," Lorin Jameson, SOE executive producer, said.

"This is the right business model. If I can be honest, the game ended up costing a lot more than we thought it would, and this was our preferred business model from day one."

Three versions of the game are available: free, premium and legendary. Free players have access to the current DC Universe Online gameplay, can create two characters and can join a league. You can buy game packs, additional character slots and powers through microtransactions.

Premium relates to any player who has spent at least $5 - that includes former paid subscribers and new players who have purchased $5 of in-game items. Premium players get more character slots, more inventory slots and higher cash limits.

And Legendary offers the maximum features. It costs $15 a month and includes all DLC packs at no cost, over 15 character slots, more than 80 inventory slots and the ability to form leagues.

Meanwhile, Sony Online Entertainment has ditched its automatic resubscribe system based on fan feedback.

"I don't know about you, but my credit card statement every month is this amalgam of s*** of MMOs that I'm too lazy to cancel," Jameson said. "What we want is to offer people a way to not worry about that."

[Revalis]

My time during early access was enough to cause me to cancel my pre-order and run far far away (and back to CoH). >_>

[likwidtek]

wow

[Deathsboon]

Its F2P now so ya

[Tecknik]

They're having a lot of server issues, though.  They weren't prepared for the influx of people that swarmed to the game.

They're being worked on, but it's SOE... Who knows how long it'll take to fix it.