You can then chose your power source (for example your fists if it's a Batman-like character or a bow and arrow for a Green Arrow type character) and your movement style like super speed, flight, acrobatics, etc. You can then choose your super power like fire, lightning, etc. You begin with selecting your character's customized stats and look. The gameplay is more action oriented than most MMORPGs.

Gameplay Not only can objects be thrown and used as melee weapons, but also they can be charged up and even deflected.

You will also begin the game in your mentor's respective home turf (eg Metropolis if Superman or Lex), where the battle between good and evil, heightened by the influx of new Metas, rages on every street corner. For the villain side, your mentor will be Lex Luthor, Circe, or the Joker. If you choose to be a hero, your mentor will be either Superman, Wonder Woman, or Batman. Future Lex infects much of the population of Earth with new superpowers to swell the ranks of meta-humans for the coming Brainiac invasion.Īs one of the new superheroes (or villains), you escape Brainiac's harvester ships with the help of either Oracle and Superman or Calculator and Lex Luthor, and go on to be mentored in the ways of justice or evil. However, his success was thanks largely to the machinations of Braniac, who had slowly been draining Earth's protectors of their powers, and eventually conquers all of Earth.įuture Lex time-travels to the present, and tells the still intact Justice League the fate of their planet, and his plan to avert it: by releasing nanites created from the powers of the heroes in the future by Braniac. In the future, Lex Luthor finally triumphs over the Justice League, killing Superman after a massive battle that destroys most of Metropolis and numerous other meta-humans. The game has separate servers for both PC and PS3. In the game you will be able to fight along side famous DC heroes and villains such as Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman, Lex Luthor, Circe and the Joker and enter well known comic book locations. World renowned comic book artist Jim Lee was the one who unveiled the game and is involved heavily in the development process. It is an MMORPG in which you create your own superhero and roam the streets of well known DC Comics locations, including Gotham City and Metropolis. DC Universe Online was announced at Sony's E3 2008 press conference.

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