DCUO tends to compare the power sets to the hero or villain that uses them. However, each of these three has a dps mode that can be switched between at any time, and all power sets have melee and ranged components.Ĭhampions Online does a decent job of explaining how each power set works. DCUO has just three categories - tank, healer and control. Champions categorizes their powers as tanks, healers, support, melee dps and range dps. It best reflects the variety possible in City of Heroes.īoth games give a variety of powers for free, while locking others behind a paywall. I personally prefer the graphics on DCUO to Champions, but that’s subjective, and for this, I really have to give it to Champions Online. Champions locks some costume bits behind a paywall, but there’s enough variety to make a character purely your own.įor a player new to either game, Champions Online has the better costume options, while DCUO’s costumes evolve during gameplay. I wasn’t able to replicate the Riddler look exactly, but I think anyone looking at the character would be able to immediately tell what DC character I used for inspiration, assuming they were at all familiar with Batman’s collection of rogues. Costume design is one of DCUO’s most popular minigames.Ĭhampions Online gives new characters hundreds of options, straight from the start.
Any consistent player will soon have hundreds of parts to mix and match. (My main, Teal Green, uses materials to give her outfit a glowing teal-tinged color).Ĭostume parts, materials and auras are common drops from missions and dailies. Additionally, materials can be bought with in-game currency, or randomly found, that change up the looks of each piece. This outfit could not be put together by someone new to the game, though all the costume bits are available through normal gameplay for no additional money.Ĭolors are fully selectable for most pieces in DCUO. My baby villain, Wy Knot, is wearing most of the Riddler outfit from the Amusement Park episode, along with a T-Shirt from the Vault. This is cheating a little bit, as DCUO already has all the pieces of Riddler’s outfit available, including some alternatives. Which one is the better game for those who miss City of Heroes?įor this comparison, I tried to make a female version of DC villain Riddler in both Champions Online and DCUO. And those are Cryptic’s Champions Online, and Daybreak’s DC Universe Online. As of now, though, there’s only two MMOs that can carry COH’s torch - superhero MMOs where you can build your own hero your own way.
There’s easily a half dozen efforts to resurrect the game in some form, either by recreating the original game, or building a clear sequel. City of Heroes cast a long shadow over the superhero MMO landscape.
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