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Champions Online Free For All Review (PC)

Posted by David Vizcaino, 197 days ago
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 The full Gold versus Silver Champions Online Feature list

For the fully interactive and more descriptive version check it out at the Champions Online site.

 

Gold Members
$14.99 monthly (or Lifetime)

Silver Players
Free

Custom Archetypes

Gold:

Gold Members may choose any powers or abilities they wish for each and every one of their heroes.

Silver:

Unlike Gold Members, Silver Players utilize predefined Archetypes for character creation.

Free

Unavailable

Base Archetypes

Free

Free

Special Archetypes

Free

Purchasable

Character Slots 

Gold:

The number of character slots available to you by default. Lifetime subscribers receive an additional eight slots. You also receive an additional slot for each character that reaches level 40, and as a 200-day Veteran Reward. You can purchase more character slots in the C-Store.

Silver:

The number of character slots available to you by default. You can purchase more character slots in the C-Store.

8+

2

All Zones

Free

Free

All Character Levels

Free

Free

Adventure Packs

An Adventure Pack is a collection of quests and new story content. Previous Adventure Packs include The Demonflame and The Serpent Lantern.

Free

Purchasable

Nemesis

Free

Free

PvP

Free

Free

Base Costumes

More than 3,000 parts

More than 3,000 parts

Special Costumes

More than 400 parts

Purchasable

Premium Costume Packs

Purchasable

Purchasable

Costume Slots

Gold:

Players receive 1 costume slot at character creation, 1 more at level 15 and another costume slot at level 30. You may also gain a slot when you join a Supergroup, and another slot as a 300-day Veteran Reward. You can also purchase more costume slots in the C-Store.

Silver:

The more costume slots you have, the more costumes you can wear on your character. You gain an additional slot when you join a Supergroup. You can purchase more costume slots in the C-Store.

3+

1+

Crafting

Free

Free

Inventory Bag Slots

Inventory bag slots allow you to add more bags to your character, increasing the amount of items you can carry. You can purchase up to three more more inventory bag slots in the C-Store

4

1

Base Travel Powers

Free

Free

Special Travel Powers

Free

Purchasable

Premium Travel Powers

Purchasable

Purchasable

Power Tinting

Free

Unavailable

Premium Items & Devices

Purchasable

Purchasable

Market House Lots

The number of items you can place up for sale to other players on our item market. You can purchase more market house lots in the C-Store.

100

10

Resource Limit

The amount of in-game currency you can acquire.

~200,000 G

250G

Veteran Rewards

Gold:

Gold Members get access to special Veteran Rewards at 100, 200, 300 and 400 days played.

Free

Unavailable

Chat

Silver:

Rate limited, broadcast chat restricted, private messages only to friends. Limits go away when any of the following is met: 20 hours of aggregate play across all characters, account has ever had a subscription, account carries an Atari Token balance, account has made a C-Store purchase.

Unrestricted

Limited

Supergroup Creation

Silver:

Restricted. Restriction lifted when any of the following is met: 20 hours of aggregate play across all characters, account has ever had a subscription, account carries an Atari Token balance, account has made a C-Store purchase.

Free

Limited

Join Supergroups

Free

Free

Mail

Silver:

Rate limited, can only send to friends. Limits go away when any of the following is met: 20 hours of aggregate play across all characters, account has ever had a subscription, account carries an Atari Token balance, account has made a C-Store purchase.

Free

Limited

Forum Access

Silver:

Silver Players may read all of the forums, but may only post in designated boards.

Free

Restricted

Customer Service

Free live support

Self-help knowledge-base

Priority Login

Free

Unavailable

Stipend

Gold:

Gold Members receive a monthly stipend of 400 Cryptic Points to supplement their gameplay.

Free

Unavailable

 500 Atari Tokens are $6.25 US.

 Our Rating for Champions Online Free For All Review (PC)
8.5
Replay
It’s an MMO with replayable missions and a deep character customization, unfortunately, it has a relatively low level cap, but creating new characters is also a blast to do.
8.0
Graphics
Champions Online’s graphics are fine, they’re no Age of Conan, but they’re better than most MMOs out there and a decent computer should be able to fairly run the game
7.0
Sound
The sound effects are your typical superhero sound effects (bam, wham,etc.) but every once in a while, interesting background music can grab your attention, sadly, most of the in-game sound affects end up getting ignored while gaming.
8.0
Gameplay
Combat is fun to watch and actually requires attention to detail, the missions are also fun; gameplay isn’t perfect, but it’s not yawn inducing either.
10.0
Multiplayer/Online Content
It’s an MMO with a full suite of features and even an in-game superhero night-club, multiplayer is the focus here, but the game is also solo-able.
8.5
Overall
The free-to-play conversion is actually well done. It might not be as well done as Turbine’s, but Cryptic has different goals in mind. It’s a surprise hit for a game that cut one of it’s most famous features from the free-to-play zone.

Rating: 4.4, votes: 17
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