![]() ![]() Soon enough I was using the controller exclusively. The game’s simple yet clunky menus also became a lot more intuitive. ![]() The mash-heavy combat wore less on my fingers than the mouse thanks to the pad’s comfortable buttons. Camera control, now mapped to the right stick, became a lot smoother thanks to its analog nature. The differences in feel were immediately apparent. Furthermore, I could switch between pad and keyboard and mouse at anytime without needing to fiddle with settings meaning that I could even use a hybrid of the two control methods. I was able to plug in my official wired Xbox 360 game pad (which of course is laid out exactly like a Playstation pad) and assess the control differences.įirst off, the game immediately recognised the device and it didn’t require any setup which was great. It’s obvious that developer Sony Online Entertainment designed DCUO with console controls in mind what with it also available on the Playstation 3. All-in-all the combat is fresh change of pace for an MMORPG and surprisingly good fun. There’s still a slight delay between your commands and the action on screen but it’s no more than you’d expect from an online game populated by hundreds of other players. You’ll soon be performing elaborate combos, air juggles, knock backs and stuns on enemies, all with impressively fluid animation. You’ll add combos to your basic attacks and special moves which will use a chunk of your power bar (the game’s equivalent of mana) to execute. You start out with a basic melee attack which can be chained into combos, a projectile attack and even block and evade abilities.Īs you level up you earn more skills which for the most part are new moves rather than passive stat boosts. Even in the opening tutorial stage it’s clear how much more like an action game it is than most MMOs. DCUO’s crowning glory is definitely its combat. Better still, you can lock your character’s appearance so that any gear you equip in the future won’t effect your immaculately designed hero or villain. While it isn’t quite as insanely customisable as rival superhero MMO Champions Online (there are only three body sizes per gender, for example) it comes surprisingly close. As someone with newly awakened powers you’re tasked with becoming the next best hero or villain in the world.Īs you’d expect character creation is one of the game’s strengths. Luthor unleashes the Exobytes, a stolen technology from Braniac, across the Earth causing superpowers to emerge in the populous, effectively creating a new army to fight the future invasion. It takes place in an alternate universe in which Superman’s nemesis Lex Luthor has travelled back from a war-torn future where the interstellar villain Brainiac has enslaved all of mankind. ![]() For those who don’t know, DCUO is the long-awaited MMORPG set in the universe of DC Comics, the company behind some of the most popular superhero series created such as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman. ![]()
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