# Marvel Heroes MMO **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 13, 2013, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-heroes-mmo/658236 "2013-05-13T15:24:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2013, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-heroes-mmo/658236/41 "2013-06-09T04:06:13Z")
Did y’all see Wednesday’s Penny Arcade? > **[Marvelous Heroism - Penny Arcade](https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2013/06/05/marvelous-heroism)** > > Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2013, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-heroes-mmo/658236/42 "2013-06-09T04:11:12Z")
Hehe… ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-heroes-mmo/658236/43 "2013-06-10T00:25:01Z")
> [@Cubsfan](#): > > Wow, they want some serious money to buy some of the characters. Like$20 for some. I also heard that people are going through the entire game multiple times and not getting a single new character to drop. That’s crappy . I got a character drop in my first few hours of the full game. Can’t remember who, though. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-heroes-mmo/658236/44 "2013-06-10T12:47:39Z")
Played it a bit; seems pretty fun. Daredevil jumps around nicely and hits people with sticks; what more can you ask? ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-heroes-mmo/658236/45 "2013-06-10T14:54:00Z")
> [@Airk](#): > > We should probably all see what happens with DC Online or whatever it’s called. I’ve played DCUO a fair bit. It’s a great deal of fun, but they scrweed up their design at a fundamental level. Once you hit max level, the game ceases to be, “explore and adventure inside the DC Universe” and turns into “grind, grind, grind some more and then do ripped-off WoW dungeons.” The game is good… but it’s also deeply unambitious. I also don’t think the inability to play as DC characters is a problem; you interact with them a lot so you do end up feeling like a part of the world. It’s especially interesting on the villain side because you can fight against someone one minute and then getting a quest from them the next - it’s all biz, right? But the game is definitely missing something. Remember that this game came out not that long before Guild Wars 2, which has much of the same fluid combat and interesting art direction, but also much more cooperative game mechanics. Guild Wars 2 encourages you to play together. DCUO fundamentally does _not_. GW2 brings players together as much as possible. DCUO breaks them apart. GW2 makes it’s easy and fund to group up and play together; DCUO makes it hard. Honestly, if there was game more like W2, but with a superhero theme and ideally strong, extablished IP? You could write your own ticket. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-heroes-mmo/658236/46 "2013-06-10T15:05:42Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > I found an instanced grocery, rescued a victim of a robbery and looted a chest therein. That’s hilarious. Apparently you’re running a protection racket! ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-heroes-mmo/658236/47 "2013-06-10T17:10:25Z")
I will be playing this - once I get back from Origins. ---
**Author:** ![chargerrich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chargerrich/32/5399_2.png) [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-heroes-mmo/658236/48 "2013-06-10T17:14:28Z")
Not being able to make my own custom character ala CoH or Champions is a huge turn off for me. The entire game is going to be filled with the same 20 or so character models? No thanks. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-heroes-mmo/658236/49 "2013-06-10T18:23:03Z")
Not much different than Diablo. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-heroes-mmo/658236/50 "2013-06-10T19:44:41Z")
> [@chargerrich](#): > > The entire game is going to be filled with the same 20 or so character models? No thanks. ☹ Not exactly. There are loot drops to upgrade your equipment and alternate costume sets are also available. I know the latter can be purchased, no idea if they drop as well. I think there are something like three to 5 possible costume variants per character at this time. Also, you only see others in common areas like Avengers Tower and surface streets in Hell’s Kitchen. Most main storyline areas, and some side areas, are instanced. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-heroes-mmo/658236/51 "2013-06-12T14:14:46Z")
Having played a bit more, the actual gameplay remains fun, but holy crap the loading screens! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-heroes-mmo/658236.md?page=2)