If you turned voice chat off to give yourself a respite after listening to other people mouth-breathing, eating, etc., the text chat would drive you to reconsider that decision by virtue of its somehow being even buggier and problematic. Voice chat was screwed up more often than not. The UI, however, was nothing short of a hot mess. Those parts were largely acceptable, even if it did mean a bit of a learning curve and some grumbling about things people wanted that weren't implemented. The game also offered a different mechanic for gathering costume pieces compared to systems in other extant superhero-themed games like City of Heroes and Champions Online, in that you had to find or earn gear pieces, equip them, and unlock styles that way. Having been designed for PS3 compatibility, it plays like a console game, which is a bit weird on a keyboard and mouse. When it first launched, DC Universe Online had a decent chunk of content and a control scheme that was way outside of the norm for many MMO players. With that in mind, let's take a look at DC Universe Online from launch to current day, and I'll toss out my thoughts on picking up the game afterward. I get just as irked when I feel as if I'm not getting value for that dollar as anyone else does.
Much like everyone else, I have a life to attend to outside of MMOs, I had to shell out for a copy of the game, and I pay my own subscription each month. So with my bias openly stated, I'd like to counterbalance it with this: As a veteran MMO player, I also won't put up with things I think are absolute crap for very long. While I love aspects of all of them, I currently prefer DC Universe Online for the fact that I get to run around with some of my favorite heroes and take down villains that I've known all my life. I'm a comic geek, so I've played every superhero MMO that's come out to date. Obviously, I personally like the game, else I wouldn't still be playing and writing a column about it. One of the most common questions I get every week in the comments for Alter-Ego is whether or not I think people should come play DC Universe Online.
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