Quick Look: DC Universe Online

Did anyone else catch in one of the acrobatic menus it said something along the lines of "by holding L3...." I wasn't aware that PC's had L3 buttons XD.

I'm amazed they didn't think to block "B4tm4n". Star Wars Galaxies had intelligent filters to prevent things like "Luuk Skywocker" and it's positively ancient. But make no mistake, whilst I'm amazed, I am also DELIGHTED. Seeing them get away with calling their dude "B4tm4n" made my day. 
 
I've got to stop letting myself believe every MMO will be different. I alwas get really excited, right  through the character creation process and all the way up until the time I see it being played, when I remember "Oh yeah, it's an MMO. MMOs play like crap". Someone make an MMO that plays exactly like Freelancer. I'd play the shit out of that* - hell, I already played the shit out of actual Freelancer (online and off). 
 
*Nobody say EVE. First person who says EVE is an idiot and clearly never played Freelancer properly.

brb going to play City of Heroes/Villains

I'll wait for WH40K.

I would of chosen the gun as a power, would of been nice to see something else

The real question with an action MMO is latency. If the servers can keep up with what's going on, the gameplay looks promising but... terrible, terrible UI. Too much clunk in here. And menus cover the whole screen! The game isn't pausing y'know, we might have to see what's going on.
 
That said, I'm half interested in the PS3 version, but the PC version would be infuriating. Just depends how well the buttons are mapped I suppose. The PC config isn't encouraging.

Design by committee gone wrong. 

Thought this was a pretty funny quick look game play was meh the chracter creater was cool you know minus the furry

Fun vid, game looks terrible.
Also, horrible voice acting.

" The real question with an action MMO is latency. If the servers can keep up with what's going on, the gameplay looks promising but... terrible, terrible UI. Too much clunk in here. And menus cover the whole screen! The game isn't pausing y'know, we might have to see what's going on.  That said, I'm half interested in the PS3 version, but the PC version would be infuriating. Just depends how well the buttons are mapped I suppose. The PC config isn't encouraging. "

For the record, the voice acting gets waaaaay better once you leave the tutorial part.  The only shitty voice acting I've seen is brainiacs bad guys.

HOLD TAB TO LOCK TARGET 
HOLY ***T

" I can't get enough of these quicklooks "

Looks pretty rough to me.

Circumstance all over you, girl. 
 
/sleepforever

 This is the best quick look.

This QL was hilarious.  One of the best I've ever seen.

" I've heard a lot of negative feedback about this game, and I'm honestly kinda surprised. I've played for about twelve hours now, and so far, I like it. Don't get me wrong, it has it's flaws. Jeff was on the money when he mentioned some of the reads being flat in this week's happy hour, but for the most part, the voice work is great. Mark Hamill makes a great Joker, and there's a lot of other great talent in this game. The rest of the audio (sfx, music) is jank as hell.   The gameplay is enjoyable - unlike most MMO's I feel like I'm actually fully in control of what's going on during combat. Everything is still determined by "dice rolls" behind the scenes, but outwardly, the game carries a more action based feel.   My one big complaint is the menu system. Clearly, the menus were designed for the PS3, which I guess is fine, if you're playing it on a PS3, but on the PC, it just doesn't work.   Overall, the game is fun, but like most MMO's it's going to take a few patches before it's really polished.  "

B4tm4n rolls deep, yo.

" I've heard a lot of negative feedback about this game, and I'm honestly kinda surprised. I've played for about twelve hours now, and so far, I like it. Don't get me wrong, it has it's flaws. Jeff was on the money when he mentioned some of the reads being flat in this week's happy hour, but for the most part, the voice work is great. Mark Hamill makes a great Joker, and there's a lot of other great talent in this game. The rest of the audio (sfx, music) is jank as hell.   The gameplay is enjoyable - unlike most MMO's I feel like I'm actually fully in control of what's going on during combat. Everything is still determined by "dice rolls" behind the scenes, but outwardly, the game carries a more action based feel.   My one big complaint is the menu system. Clearly, the menus were designed for the PS3, which I guess is fine, if you're playing it on a PS3, but on the PC, it just doesn't work.   Overall, the game is fun, but like most MMO's it's going to take a few patches before it's really polished.  "

I wish that the game was cheaper. I just can't swallow 60 dollars then another 15 per month.

OMG WHY DOES HE SCROLL SO DAMN SLOW . make up your mind already and show the fucking game 

Not a huge MMO fan but I've been interested to see how this turns out. I like the idea of playing alongside classic DC characters in some of the missions.

" @kerikxi said:

" The real question with an action MMO is latency. If the servers can keep up with what's going on, the gameplay looks promising but... terrible, terrible UI. Too much clunk in here. And menus cover the whole screen! The game isn't pausing y'know, we might have to see what's going on.  That said, I'm half interested in the PS3 version, but the PC version would be infuriating. Just depends how well the buttons are mapped I suppose. The PC config isn't encouraging. "

PC version plays just like the other one with a 360 controller. Which is pretty well. I'm really enjoying this whole MMO action game take they have going on. It does work.   But let me be clear, this game on a keyboard and mouse is not ideal. Think playing God of War on a keyb and mouse. There are tons of combos where you need to tap a button twice then hold another one, then trigger+button and stuff like that. This is NOT an RPG by any means...  But yeah, with a controller, this works pretty well as a multiplayer brawler, both on PS3 and PC. Except for movement powers. Movement powers are frustrating in this, making you stick to every stupid surface, like lampposts and benches. Fliers are ok, I guess.  "

Oh wow, I had no idea. So is going with a guy with ranged stuff a mistake, or do they somehow work combos into that as well? "

" @Woodroez said:

Oh wow, I had no idea. So is going with a guy with ranged stuff a mistake, or do they somehow work combos into that as well? "

 No, *every* character has both melee and ranged attacks, regardless of the option. Rifle just skins it as a gun. If you go to the menu there is a combo list that unlocks as you allocate points to the skills tab and it mixes up melee and ranged attacks.   It was a mistake in that it was misleading. They were playing as if the rifle was a weapon, when it's just a skin for the ranged side of combat (of course, different stats and effects for each attack, but the core system is the same with or without the gun) and they were pointing and clicking at stuff as a result, when that's not the way the basic set of attacks works.   So at no point during the QL did they fight people the way you're supposed to fight people in this game as a result of being confused by the fact that you can give your character model a gun but the game will still play as a brawler. Eventually you unlock tap versus hold combos. My character can choose between tap-tap-hold X, which does a lot of damage to a single enemy, or tap X-hold Y, which does AOE, or tap X-hold X, which does knockdown, so you have to choose the right combo for each situation. There are even air juggles in this thing.  It's what happens when they "go in cold". They can't stop to read every menu for fifteen minutes while we wait, so if they don't immediately "get" the game, the QL can paint a really unfair picture. I would prefer to wait a couple of hours for whoever is going to review it to play through every tutorial and understand what he's doing and then restart if needed, because I don't feel this helped anybody make an informed decision about whether or not the game is worth playing for them unless they are already playing it.It was the equivalent of people who keep tapping the autoattack button in WoW. "

A little boring missions, uh? Maybe, I've played too many hours on City of Heroes/Villains and Champions Online and I'm tired of superhero MMO's :s

" @NoelVeiga said:

" @Woodroez said:

Oh wow, I had no idea. So is going with a guy with ranged stuff a mistake, or do they somehow work combos into that as well? "

 No, *every* character has both melee and ranged attacks, regardless of the option. Rifle just skins it as a gun. If you go to the menu there is a combo list that unlocks as you allocate points to the skills tab and it mixes up melee and ranged attacks.   It was a mistake in that it was misleading. They were playing as if the rifle was a weapon, when it's just a skin for the ranged side of combat (of course, different stats and effects for each attack, but the core system is the same with or without the gun) and they were pointing and clicking at stuff as a result, when that's not the way the basic set of attacks works.   So at no point during the QL did they fight people the way you're supposed to fight people in this game as a result of being confused by the fact that you can give your character model a gun but the game will still play as a brawler. Eventually you unlock tap versus hold combos. My character can choose between tap-tap-hold X, which does a lot of damage to a single enemy, or tap X-hold Y, which does AOE, or tap X-hold X, which does knockdown, so you have to choose the right combo for each situation. There are even air juggles in this thing.  It's what happens when they "go in cold". They can't stop to read every menu for fifteen minutes while we wait, so if they don't immediately "get" the game, the QL can paint a really unfair picture. I would prefer to wait a couple of hours for whoever is going to review it to play through every tutorial and understand what he's doing and then restart if needed, because I don't feel this helped anybody make an informed decision about whether or not the game is worth playing for them unless they are already playing it.It was the equivalent of people who keep tapping the autoattack button in WoW. "

i agree with everything you said, this is the first quick look i didnt enjoy, other than the hilarious commentary. I dont think they did a good job of showing the game at all. I picked it up on a whim and im really liking it  so far. It seemed to me like they weren't interested in really enjoying it so they didnt. Still the love the guys this is just my opinion.  "

 I had forgotten about this game for some time. I was a fan of City of Heroes many years back, but as with many it was more fun to create a character then actually playing the game long term. I have heard this title is switching to a free to play model very soon? If so I wouldn't mind giving it a shot.

" I had forgotten about this game for some time. I was a fan of City of Heroes many years back, but as with many it was more fun to create a character then actually playing the game long term. I have heard this title is switching to a free to play model very soon? If so I wouldn't mind giving it a shot. "

Awesome Quick Look! Many great moments throughout.

I'm surprised how generic this looks considering its license. Oh well, not like anything is denting WoW a single bit anyway.

" @NoelVeiga: But the combat system is only part of the game. So they went into WOW and pressed the auto attack button, ok. We still got to see the rest of the world, see the menus, the over all interface, the enemies, some story, etc. etc.  There's no problem with going into it "cold" like this. You obviously like the game a lot, you fee like it was given a disservice, but as a viewer who hasn't played the game I saw everything I needed to. "

I was fortunate in that a friend of mine gave me his buddy key.  Very different MMO, more like an action game than anything else.  Really enjoying it so far.  And I agree with the others, the value of this QL is strictly in the entertainment.  :-)

So is this worse than APB?

APB had an awesome character creator and wicked dance emotes. This seems pretty restricted in both areas.

ER Now1

laughed so hard...

this is really nice!!! i may look into this further!! 

hmmmm

Looking forward to this game's "Not Like This".
 
J/K

lmao at jeff's whining

Can we expect a review for this in the future?

 http://www.gogamer.com/DC-Universe-Online-Standard-Edition-with-In-Game-Bonus-Item-for-PC-Front-Page_stcVVproductId102027817VVcatId444710VVviewprod.htm
 
10 bucks cheaper than on steam
 
also you can get buddy keys from people, it gives you 7 to 10 days free playtime
 

This quick look is toooo good.I keep coming back to watch it over and over again.

Looks awesome ^_^