Champions Online

1) You level up to 50.

2) You do quests.

3) At 50 you raid for gear.

I gurantee you that this game will introduce nothing new.  When this game finally comes out in 8 years I'll pull up this thread again.

You think it will take 8 years?

...I don't think it will... but that's my guess.

I'm more willing to bet that once they get the base game down and a fairly sizable content load, they'll release what they have and continually add content (Dimensions, Luna, etc) as it goes.

I give it 2010, since they were working on it for 2+ years basically already.

I seriously would rather wait for Marvel's version of a superhero game.

Originally posted by MoonDragn

I seriously would rather wait for Marvel's version of a superhero game.

This what's left of Marvell's Superhero Game.  They hired Cryptic to do it with Microsoft, Microsoft ditched it, Cryptic moved all it's code and art over to this.

Originally posted by MoonDragn

I seriously would rather wait for Marvel's version of a superhero game.

Some of you should visit the official site and see whats there. 

It's expected to release next year, and they already have some gameplay footage in the trailer for the game.

Get CoX out of your heads, this is NOT going to be a remake of thier first game.  It's already much bigger.

Wait i think they may have some form of in game money and there will be people from asia saling it and spaming their wears. What about we see what they do and see if the game if fun. I don't  care if the game brings anything new to the mmo table all I care about is will it be fun and balanced with a huge replay factor to make me come back and play more.

Originally posted by mokona

Wait i think they may have some form of in game money and there will be people from asia saling it and spaming their wears. What about we see what they do and see if the game if fun. I don't  care if the game brings anything new to the mmo table all I care about is will it be fun and balanced with a huge replay factor to make me come back and play more.

Amen! ^^

Originally posted by CaesarsGhost

Originally posted by MoonDragn

I seriously would rather wait for Marvel's version of a superhero game.

This what's left of Marvell's Superhero Game.  They hired Cryptic to do it with Microsoft, Microsoft ditched it, Cryptic moved all it's code and art over to this.

It sucks that Marvel abandoned it.

Oh goodie, predictions for a game not yet in beta -- I love those.

Seriously though, what exactly are you expecting from the genre?  If the gameplay is stale, it's probably just time to move on....

Originally posted by MoonDragn

 

Is Champions going to be based on any of the two companies or more closer to the pen and paper RPG?

Cryptic actually bought the rights of the Champions PnP. When I say rights...I mean the characters, the world, and the backstory. When it comes to the HERO System, the character customization, the most info we've recieved is that it is inspired by HERO. What they mean by that, is that they want everyone to have the ability to be exactly the hero they want to be, by allowing everyone to access every power.

There are basic "archetypes" that have no restrictions except for it changes the amount a power costs when choosing them. So, if you pick the basic "melee" class, ranged attacks will cost more, etc.

You guys have obviously not done that much research that is already writing this game off. This game is adding some new features, especially when it comes to the class structure of MMO's, character customization (you get to design your own arch nemesis and secret identity). Not much more info in that regard has been released.

To get some more info on the game, I suggest go to www.champions-saga.com/index.php?page=faqs.htm

Yes. That was a shameless plug.