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I'm glad that they had a Champions Online open beta. I didn't have to pay anything to figure out that it's just WoW with flight powers.
But, I do have to say that I did really like the swinging travel power.
Of the things I didn't like, having only 8 characters, unless you buy more. The graphics really start to grate after more than a few minutes. There's a button on the map for microtransactions. There's no way to transfer settings from one character to another. The opening area is really cool, the first time you play it. After the first time you play it, it's full of hate. I hate competing with other players for mission objectives. I hate having to get loot. I hate "This item starts a new storyline".
It is different from CoX, but different doesn't always mean better. They have done a good job at removing all of the things that made City different from other MMOs, and turned it into an open-world grindfest.
Any game where I run out of things to do in the first real zone, other than grinding, doesn't really want me to play it.
But, I do have to say that I did really like the swinging travel power.
Of the things I didn't like, having only 8 characters, unless you buy more. The graphics really start to grate after more than a few minutes. There's a button on the map for microtransactions. There's no way to transfer settings from one character to another. The opening area is really cool, the first time you play it. After the first time you play it, it's full of hate. I hate competing with other players for mission objectives. I hate having to get loot. I hate "This item starts a new storyline".
It is different from CoX, but different doesn't always mean better. They have done a good job at removing all of the things that made City different from other MMOs, and turned it into an open-world grindfest.
Any game where I run out of things to do in the first real zone, other than grinding, doesn't really want me to play it.