Cryptic announces new superhero MMO Comments by Oli Welsh

Brilliant news... I was gutted that MUO was canned. This might even lead to a bit of flexibility. Hadn't realised that there rumours about a PSN version of COH either... even better news. Lets all just hope that they've taken note of CrackDown during development :)

Groovy. Does this have any connection other than name to the Champions pen and paper RPG?

I'm glad that Cryptic are keeping on despite the cancellation of MUO. I loved COH and played it for a long time, more than any other MMO - great game, great community....it was great to watch it grow over the months leading into COV and see some major characters develop with their back stories, like the Statesman etc - it made me wonder why they'd ever need a Marvel or DC license...

I think one of COH's charms is the fact that it really doesn't take itself too seriously and I was a little concerned that MUO would almost have to due to the licenses. It'll be interesting to see how this new MMO will differ from COH, I'm sure that there were already quite a few ideas that would've been implemented for MUO so, hopefully, we'll see something quite far removed from COH - but, with Cryptic behind it, I'm sure it'll be great and I'd certainly be interested in trying it out...

:-)

One thing that makes things difficult I guess, is that it doesn't just have to compare to CoH... it really has to compare to games like CrackDown too.

@jiveguy: Well, if it doesn't, expect a lawsuit. Hero Games (makers of Champions) threatened Marvel with one when Marvel announced a comic called 'The Champions'.

According to Hero's website, there's an announcement from them due this weekend at some RPG con. Bet you a fiver it's this.

Hmm, this is getting interesting now.

I'll get me cape.

I can't undrstand why all the love for CoH/CoV... it's just a big grinding machine.

Oh, and I love them too. I just can't understand why :D

...because being a superhero is COOL!!! :)