Like a lot of kids growing up, I was a HUGE comic book guy. Of the usual Marvel Vs DC fight I come down 150000% on the DC side. I am not a psycho DC guy where I cannot appreciate Marvel things b/c I do love the X-Men movies and the Iron Man movies as well. I just happen to love the DC universe more and still have a big collection of DC comics.

So natrually being an MMO guy I have quite an interest in seeing how DC Universe Online will end up being. I REALLLLLYYY want it to be good. However two things are against it.

1. Superhero MMO’s just aren’t good. Sure City of Heroes/Villains and Champions online have a following but bottom line is they just aren’t very much fun for long. I am not sure if it’s the dated game play or the fact that it’s hard to do LOOT in a superhero game (and let’s face it the whole carrot on a stick thing pretty much revolves around loot). Either way DCUO will have to bring some good graphics or gameplay to the mix to win me over.
2. SOE sucks. Yep, I am going to go with their track record. SOE blows, their games blow and their service is just as crappy. They will really have to hit a home run to make this one work. Look at their list of games—>  Free Realms,Everquest, Star Wars Galaxies, Vanguard, Pirates of the Burning Sea.  All complete crap for the hard core MMO gamer. Everquest was a huge hit.. WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE! I beta tested Vanguard and I can only wish I had those hours of my life back. Please SOE Prove me wrong.

I do have to say one thing tho. The guys who did this CGI video are the tops in the industry. If they were do have this quality in a full length movie they would make a KILLING. The detail and animation is just to die for. See for yourself below. A word of warning, it might not be very suitable for young children. For the rest of us tho watch it, it kicks ass. Also keep in mind, these intro movies have ZERO gameplay footage in it. So this isn’t what the game will look or play like, but it’s still fun to watch.

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