DC Universe Online - 12 Years Later

DC Universe Online released 12 years ago and since the game has changed so much over time I wanted to give a retrospective look on the game. I am going to do a full critique & analysis of DC Universe Online and discuss every aspect of the game and what has changed over the 12 years since launch.
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[@Mybasedworld]

They should really make a part 2 with a huge graphic update

[@OhitsLuce]

They probably wont ever because an MMO is a huge investment but With PS5 and Xbox X version coming later this year they may be updating the graphics

[@Veela666]

No

[@larrym2323]

😂 all the stuff wrong why is it always graphics? Graphics doesn’t make a game better

[@kidink-_3782]

@@OhitsLuceI swear if them graphics not good I’m done with dc

[@OhitsLuce]

@@kidink-_3782 Naw I feel that Lol I have a Life time sub to Champions online and I play that more then DCUO currently

[@diegeticfridge9167]

I remember playing this as a kid before I had any idea what an mmo actually was, I remember just the character creation blew me away

[@Mybasedworld]

Fr and I just ran around and fly

[@Nytellem]

There was a MMO before this game called City of Heroes and if you think this had an extensive CAC man City of Heroes had many people stuck for hours on creating a hero. You could do little things like change the pendent on a cape, have sleeve or no sleeve options on all jacket like styles, change the color of your powers and even create your own bio/origin thag gave you a sense of purpose and place in the world.

[@Brayzon]

Yeah I played with friends too so I was just mobbing around with a squad lol

[@MyWillBeDone]

​@@Mybasedworldman when I realized you could run on water, and up buildings, I went crazy as a kid 😂

[@jerrebrasfield4231]

​@Nytellem I spent hours on the demo of city of heroes, which was just a cheracter generator. ONE OF THE BEST MMO. sadly I was young and dependent on others for the monthly fee.

[@MyWillBeDone]

This is the only game I've EVER restarted like 5 - 10 different times, and wasn't bored at any point. But man, after level 30, the game really went from 0 - 100.

[@Brayzon]

I really like the beginning of the game. Especially if you play with friends

[@impreza2874]

Will forever have a special place in my heart, been playing on and off since it came out and never skipped to level 30 always enjoyed replaying those missions.

[@Brayzon]

Same those were my favorite tbh

[@LilJay03]

2013 was peak. The pvp was so fun. Stepping outside the station or club to a giant brawl. Heroes or villains lining up across the street to kick off the brawl in the first place. So good. Edit** just to share a memorable moment like everyone else, I remember as a hero I stepped out into a brawl. I got one win then took off but next thing I know I see a little red blip behind me. It was a dude dressed like Professor Zoom and he chased me all over metropolis before finally killing me lol. So fun.

[@Brayzon]

Dude back then everyone just loved the fun stuff

[@propheinx2250]

They did a few things that progressively made the game worse. Destroying the pvp phase was the start of hollowing the game out. This game was best when you explored the world to find mission locations, before it became a stand around the watchtower/hall of doom waiting for a queue to ready up. I also remember earning account bound gear to help you out when making a new character. That idea got scrapped to push you to buy a head start when creating a new character.

[@Brayzon]

Yep Agreed@@propheinx2250

[@Spider-Complexion]

Watching people go 1v1 at the Watchtower base was fun. Also just looking at all the cool armor you can get.

[@1999StarofCalamity]

Facts

[@JordanF_]

Having those 20v20 villains vs heroes pvp was the stuff man those days used to got me having the most fun

[@Brayzon]

Yeah I liked the huge pvp battles 1v1's are not as fun

[@TheReZisTLust]

It wasnt pop but I enjoyed the world events you can do vs the other faction, I mostly did the Money stealing on the river cause speedster made it easy but when a random came and fought me over them I could only imagine how fun it would be populated.

[@30__]

Damn those take forever to load up or even 4v4 pvp is dead sadly

[@Solisium-Channel]

I remember sinking so many hours on it on the ps3. Was in High School. Good times.

[@Brayzon]

I miss those days...

[@qwohin]

Its a game worth playing but they really need to listen to the community more and engage with the players more. Theres alot of really insanely good suggestions for the game that would improve a ton of its content and replayability but the devs dont really listen as often compared to other games.

[@TrueHeroAriel]

It’s so unfortunate because this game is pretty good. They are just being greedy now

[@dragonsky8396]

Its a good game but they didnt invest much in the game from so much money they earned they could update mechanics graphics power animations to more modern standarts it basically runs on 10 years old mechanic and engine so thats the point for me not supporting this game anymore they mostly care about selling capsules but not the game itself dlc are recycled content they really should shut this game down and make a new dcuo but with different devs and company

[@Brayzon]

Yeah but they just add more buyables wooooooo

[@Notatuber907]

The devs don't give two f's about its community...I stop playing permanently because of their lack of interest...they've gotten greedy only really care about how fast can people fill their pockets with cash ect while pushing out garbage content

[@Brayzon]

It is very copy and paste now@@Notatuber907

[@allsmilesguy]

I remember I was 14 when this came out. I loved just roaming the open world when I was bored while I listened to some music. The movement abilities made getting around so fun

[@Brayzon]

Open world roaming > instance based

[@DayvonR64]

I'm not going to lie, I really miss this game but playing it as an adult doesn't hit the same. I was there the year it came out and was never able to get any of the paid content, I remember a few years later when I was able to pay for content I finally got the green lantern power set. As a kid I was amazed by it all, so amazed that I didn't even know there was content beyond level 30. I would just play the story and since everything else was impossible for me to do due to difficulty, I just would roam around or start a new character. Years later as I got smarter I realized how to actually access the content and had a blast all over again. I personally feel like DCUO is just too changed for me, I've revisited a couple times here and there and it just feels like I was left behind in a way. I remember the skill trees and kinda preferred them as they felt easier to separate things. I feel like if I start over again I'd be able to get back into it, but I just don't really have the time like I used to. I still have my old characters but so much has changed that I feel like it's hard to just jump in the middle of things rather than easing my way into it with a new character. DCUO will always have a place in my heart and I hope it goes strong for 12 more years.

[@Brayzon]

I agree, I still play from time to time but every time I take a 6 month or year break I come back and it gets more confusing to try and catch back up. Too much new stuff I have no idea how to do. I think it also sucks because theres not great guides out, I do the same with Runescape but theres so many high quality guides if you have questions you can usually get a walkthrough

[@Rayway420]

perfect first sentence same here. I miss it but we are to spoiled with current gen graphics and this just lacks so much now.

[@HueyFreeman.]

​@@Brayzonyeah I dont play anymore but joining leagues when you come back or just asking for help in the chat is a good way to help catch up

[@Brayzon]

Yep definitely helpful or having friends@@HueyFreeman.

[@perkyengineer]

bro fact

[@mfbinc]

been playing almost every day since day 1. the only game i still play.

[@Brayzon]

Insane, I respect it

[@TheGrimlean]

I remember waiting for this game to come out when I was a kid, the first 4 years where an unforgettable gaming experience.

[@Brayzon]

it was like nothing else!

[@Caius1942]

I have some great memories with this game. I haven’t come back in a while (last time really active was 2012-2014) but such a fun game and a wonderful celebration of my favorite comics. One of my favorite memories with DCUO was when I was raiding in 2012 and some of the guys I was raiding with invited me to their league. I joined and then it turned out it was an all-black league and they thought I was black too, but let me stay because I was chill and pretty good at heals and controller. I stayed with that league until it went mostly inactive a year or so later, but I’m still Facebook friends with a few of the dudes from it.

[@Brayzon]

That is awesome! Leagues are a lot of fun

[@MajeedBelle]

Final fantasy 14. Solves your level problem by automatically syncing everyone to the max power rating for a particular dungeon. It allows The players who are higher combat rating to come down and play with the lower combat rated players while not making them weak per se. But they also can't just hard carry. You still have to execute mechanics. And then they have unsinked where you can just go in and bulldoze some content but really not all The system has really allowed final fantasy 14 to bring in new players to do all the content in the game while keeping the older players doing their content and still mixing the two different groups together without stifling one or holding back the other. It's very ingenious

[@Brayzon]

Interesting! That would be cool

[@NathanDraxter]

FFxiv Community is a bunch of woke ppl

[@MajeedBelle]

@@NathanDraxter not sure what that has to do with the conversation at hand but okay

[@slim3710]

Nah Neverwinter has the same downscaling Bs and it's not fun for vets 😂

[@MajeedBelle]

@@slim3710 it's not forced on the player base to utilize. It's completely opt-in. At least for final fantasy. I haven't played never winter in a while so I don't know how it is over there anymore

[@rey91234]

Love this game, really would like to see it get a much needed update!

[@Brayzon]

Agreed

[@AaronBryant]

It wasn't always free to play. In fact when it first came out, I had it on disk and paid $59.99 for it.

[@Brayzon]

Yeah thats why I said f2p in November thats when it came free! But yes you are correct before that you had to buy it!

[@datboitrill]

I WAS ABOUT TO SAY THE SAME THING I WAS IN TEXAS AT THE TIME AND ME AND MY ROOMMATES BOUGHT 4 COPIES TO PLAY TOGETHER AND THAT WAS IN 2010

[@Brayzon]

Yeah I knew that but obviously going f2p brings the biggest amount of players @@datboitrill

[@datboitrill]

yea that is true i made it to 30 b4 then was kinda mad when they went f2p @@Brayzon

[@chosen3713]

Best part of the past was when everyone was in pvp server. The wars were legendary

[@Brayzon]

Just hundreds of heroes and villains

[@Izm-Iznt]

I think that DC should redirect focus from their films to put the stories in a revamped DCUO

[@Brayzon]

I agree

[@AdventureVixen]

This game still going? Thats awesome! I played from launch until Halls of Power I think. It was so much fun playing w a league and doing difficult dungeons and raids ❤ duos and Alerts 😊 I hopped on like a month ago and my heros skill points were gone! There were people still playing not as many as before. The villain side was empty

[@Brayzon]

Villains are extremely empty usually

[@0008loser]

I used to always pick villains but I remember most people pick heroes. Though last time I last played the game there was no separate worlds for pve and pvp *Edit: Ewww I accidentally used an emote

[@Brayzon]

Villains just got extremely less crowded over the years so I stood Hero but when I played with friends villains was fun@@0008loser

[@propheinx2250]

How is the villain side empty? The watchtower is such a sh!tty maze to try and navigate compared to the symmetry of the hall of doom. You want to find something in the HoD? 5 minutes at most. Want to find something in the watchtower? 15 minutes of wandering and you still might not find it. Aside from that, there's barely a notable difference between villain and hero. The real difference is whether you want to stand around waiting in a maze or something well designed.

[@FexWasHere]

This bring back memories when I didn't even know what mmo was. I played injustice a lot, watched a lot of superhero movies, and came across DC Universe. The game was phenomenal. Unfortunately last time I tried to revisit the game was nearly dead. Haven't played the game ever since then which was years ago

[@Brayzon]

Yeah the beginning content is all dead which sucks.

[@BussyBachelor]

I do miss playing this game I won’t lie. I mainly played during my middle school-high school days on console so about 5-6ish years and would grind for so many hours. Wouldn’t be surprised if I had over a thousand hours on the game. Since then however I’ve switched over to pc gaming and just haven’t found it in me to start all over again , I’m really sad that you can’t bring your save data from console to pc. I completely understand why that is, but damn I do miss this game from time to time and try it out again every now and then for about a week or so before I drop it again because it just isn’t the same for me anymore.

[@Brayzon]

Its not as good as it was when you had people to play with at least for me but its still fun

[@daveontaeg18]

The devs are out of touch with the community games almost done for sure they just milking folks

[@KyleBeatz]

that part.

[@Brayzon]

Yeah thats why I dont spend money but if its free Ill play

[@SkyzzWalker]

Reminds me of the Bakugan online universe back in the day, you would buy Bakugan and you’ll be able to peel off a little code and transfer them to the online universe and be able to battle other people from around the world, tournaments, missions etc

[@Brayzon]

Interesting

[@Divadtube]

Best movement in a game I have ever seen. People release all these game with endless possibilities, but the characters run and take horses everywhere. Super flight and super speed was so awesome and fun. Customization was awesome too.

[@Brayzon]

Super Speed is my favorite but always was harder to use

[@Spider-Complexion]

Everyone slept on the acrobatic build too but they had some cool abilities to traverse with

[@Brayzon]

I definitely was sleeping on acrobatic@@Spider-Complexion

[@frequencyoftruth2303]

I disagree on movement speeds, hulk on classic xbox and ps2 had really good movement, so did prototype 1 and 2, saints row 4 you get super powers in a simulation, infamous 1 and 2, spiderman games, there are others but you good idea, and for mmos champions online has the best travel power choices. I just thought you may be interested in these games if you have not played them.

[@Divadtube]

@@frequencyoftruth2303 Prototype was dope, and Infamous. I wish they would do a modern super powers gsme like Prototype. I meant more along the lines of MMOs which are largely running or mounts. Champions online was ahead of its time. I more mesnt eveything is a wow clone, and in games where everything is possible we get horses (basically) with only a marginal movment speed increase. Wheres the flying and cool moment in MMOs. Good games you brought up though.

[@BabyWiick]

If they have a massive update such as the graphics story different areas this game would be on top

[@Brayzon]

They are doing graphics later this year I believe but story they just add expansions

[@Imultiversall]

Still play to this day. This game always has a spot in my heart❤

[@Brayzon]

Same but I dont play often

[@mattalan6618]

@@Brayzon i havent played the game in like 5 years

[@MugiwaraNoReemy]

This is still my favorite game of all time, no game has fill the hole that this game left for me since they nerfed jump cancelling/clipping and introduced weapon mastery. I did not really care for weapon mastery, it was just removing jump cancelling that made dpsing not as fun and competitive anymore. I was able to do so much different combos with jump cancelling with multiple different powers(especially HL). But, as a whole its probably the best game ever created or top 5. I legit made real life money on this game from farming exobits and selling mods for gear. You really could do it all in this game!!

[@Brayzon]

Insane! The prime days of this game were so good

[@Yueymosthated]

12 years ago and I’m watching this video 12 days later

[@Brayzon]

AYOOOOOO Trippy!!

[@Morkuza]

I was really enjoying this video, seeing the clips from back then and can't believe it's been that long. Then suddenly I see myself fighting that damn exploiter. None the less much love awesome video hopefully the devs looks at this and makes some viable changes ❤️❤️❤️

[@Brayzon]

Going fully f2p for the content is definitely a step in the right direction

[@Morkuza]

@@Brayzon couldn’t agree more

[@josephprins1258]

Bring back City of Heroes but with modern graphics and a better engine.

[@Brayzon]

Everyone says its good

[@jacobplatania3715]

City of heroes is back! Look up city of heroes homcoming

[@beaglegod1]

It's back but game hasn't aged well IMO. I remember when it first came out and I was loving it.

[@adambaker9712]

Great news is before the end of the year it’s getting very a big Next Gen update with graphics and gameplay upgrades. Can’t wait to hop back on, I love always hopping back on during the Xmas season, love Metropolis and Gotham with all the snow,music, and decorations.

[@Brayzon]

Some people are saying its not going to be big updates now

[@hajimi1057]

Love the nostalgia played of and on from about 2013-2018 pretty consistent just to much has changed though to keep up with it

[@Brayzon]

Yeah its really hard to keep up with now its a different game

[@kriscole8648]

This game need a total overhaul in graphics character customization game dynamics

[@Brayzon]

Agreed

[@user-mi7ew2bd7l]

I aint see this in such a long time bruh i remember how much i loved the game it was like having a dream come true playing this

[@Brayzon]

I know the glory days were so good

[@GRAYHAHM]

Played this game for years. So many great memories and experiences. Part of one of the popular guilds, Game of Thrones, saw the rewards of the highest spenders, so many dungeon runs. The feeling of being behind or not being able to access the paid parts of the game really hurt my heart. Would love to see it graphically modernized

[@Brayzon]

Yeah that was the worst part forsure!!

[@deathslide8]

Yeah, the community killed it for me. Had a group of people adopt me as i was stuck grinding end game on my own. they got me to tier 3 gear and could finally start tier 3 raids. As soon as i entered that raid, the leader saw me wearing T3 gear, started bitching and moaning about it till everyone voted to kick me.

[@Brayzon]

Yeah people like that ruin games its annoying

[@songoku6067]

Lol why would they get u to t3 then complain about t3 gear,something sounds fishy here

[@deathslide8]

@@songoku6067 group that adopted me got me to t3, large raid we joined doing a t3 raid complained I was only in t3 gear.

[@songoku6067]

@@deathslide8 guess i misunderstood u then, but yes some are quite elitist altho it rarely happens since usually the most op ones in the group carry the team

[@ElieAdaime]

I played it few times, Its fun-ish, Problem is with Speedsters, they still feel slow, wish one day they feel like actual ones

[@Brayzon]

Yeah they're basically all same speed

[@Kentashu]

“Argh! The paaaaain!…. Just don’t tell Bane I told you…”

[@Brayzon]

LOL

[@Archmage-uq5tn]

it's been a few years since i've played, the part i had an issue with back when i played which they might have changed by now was needed the membership to get access to all your money. I remember without a membership you only got access to like 2,000 of your money on top of the pay wall for missions you mentioned in the video

[@Brayzon]

Yeah thats by far the dumbest part!!

[@TheMeefive]

I have never reached endgame. I just do the grind to level 30 then start over or repeat missions with my levelled up character. I've always played solo. When people ask me to join them I turn them down. So endgame would be pretty useless for me if I can't solo it.

[@Brayzon]

Whatttt thats insane! There is some endgame that are solos! Maybe try them theyre basically instanced versions of the early game missions but as you level up their is probably some you havent done yet!

[@Daniel-ut5rx]

A core memory from my childhood was every villain including myself grouping up and camping the police station (hero spawn) and just starting an absolute war

[@Brayzon]

LOL those days were lit

[@1999StarofCalamity]

Super fun back then

[@CristanioPeweyyy]

Running around Gotham City with super speed, wish i could go back to those memories.

[@Brayzon]

So fun@@CristanioPeweyyy

[@mrp1zz492]

I remember playing this game not too much but it was fun to mess around with! I was a shapeshifter and could transform into a werewolf who had superspeed or some other creature that could fly. Was awesome!

[@Brayzon]

Nature powers were cool

[@Rockmanbalboa]

brings me memories, i remember playing it but stopping because it was getting big and i had other games to play. my dream is for a dc game like this but offline. maybe even with less pretty graphics so they can work more on other aspects of the game. i never interacted much with the community, i only played i think one raid or something it had to do with wonder woman i think. loved Being a speedster, and remember wanting to use electric powers but i had to pay for it. i don't even remember my level anymore just that was hard to level up.

[@Brayzon]

Yeah now its easy to level up but back then it was tough

[@DarkManX16]

Imagine a AAA superhero game (that's not an MMO) where you could create your own superhero with a dope ass story that had a separate online mode

[@Brayzon]

That would be lit. Didnt even think of that. Like a story mode but with a custom character

[@PDiddyPryce]

midnight suns! no online though

[@CristanioPeweyyy]

Open world, skyrim like story, countless different endings, choices, random AI generated side characters. Side events such as bowling, drinks, darts, exploring, sight viewing, listening to music, talking to characters, bars, raids etc. And of course free roam.

[@Da1Krysez]

I know Im gonna get pissed and bored, like I always do when I reinstall this game, but your review, sadly, has me about to boot it up again

[@Brayzon]

LMAO I am sorry to do it to you

[@Pakken]

16:49 Thank you for including my gameplay, I recognize my character and my play style. I am TheRed H00D. Thanks again after many years later Also to add, controllers not only helps give power, but they ALSO are responsible for debuffs. The controller I have for gadgets is made specifically to debuff their defense, their healing ability and their attacks. So as I was fighting Doomsday, I had to evade, run around the back areas and give power and rotate skills to continue the debuffs, otherwise the boss will end up 1 shotting everyone during long periods. Our responsibility is to try to get the boss bleed faster

[@Brayzon]

No problem! It was some sick gameplay I could not re create myself!! You are correct I missed that point! Can you tell I was never a controller much? haha

[@fart101avau]

This video took me through a road down memory lane. I played back in 2012 (when I was 12) and was on and off with it until 2018. I've seen its biggest highs (for me it was when Nexus/paradox was released and the entire game was buggy as hell with hacks) and its lowest lows (maybe around that first Themyscira DLC that made every boss insanely tanky instead of intuitive). Thanks for this video!! I wish the game didn't go through micro-transaction hell or I would still be there to this day now that I'm 24.

[@Brayzon]

Such a great game early on, sucks that it got pay to win

[@6KNXW]

Literally met my wife through this game it’s actually insane

[@6KNXW]

Edit: Super speed most definitely gave you a advantage depending on what you were doing

[@Brayzon]

NO WAY

[@GISELLEFARTS]

Congrats that’s amazing

[@6KNXW]

@@Brayzon fr bro lol tbh it wasn’t too uncommon in the dcuo community ,me and her were teens and the grown people of our time was doing a lot more crazy shii but man this game took a huge part of me

[@anthonycoleman7786]

Pvp been broken forever

[@KyleBeatz]

that part.

[@Brayzon]

true I guess if more noobs play it like me it just makes it seem not as broken. I like the 8v8 modes

[@sparkfoul6794]

Completely forgot about this game and I’m very happy I found it again.

[@Brayzon]

Its fun if you have friends to play with IMO

[@willdickens7712]

I started playing around September 2012. I didn't work the whole 2013 yr. I was so addicted and woke up and slept dcu. The funniest time of my life gaming. On Thursdays the game rest the tokens to get new gear. On Thursday everyone was on the game grinding. It took 5 hours to beat everything on all dlc because rallys were rolling fast with experienced players. The community the unity the alliances were very competitive and fun. When they made it available to. Rest missions that gave tokens for gear for money. I knew it was dying

[@Brayzon]

sucks to see good games falling:/

[@willdickens7712]

@@Brayzon all because of greed

[@Brayzon]

always@@willdickens7712

[@DaRealKam1]

They need to make a marvel universe online

[@Brayzon]

They were in development and shut down like this year or last

[@fpshightide]

Dcuo was goated

[@Brayzon]

pretty dope

[@CrownedGaming]

Super speed will always be the goat to me. Chose it most times and never regretted it haha, though I never made it anywhere near late game I don't think. Enjoyed this game a lot for quite a while though, good times.

[@Brayzon]

Super Speed was goated but Flying or skimming are easier

[@ayaanc6]

i loved this game i spent so much time on character creation and replayed it like 20 times

[@Brayzon]

The character creation and beginning missions are the most fun

[@jeffmiller9911]

Been waiting for them to make it actuslly free. Id gladly come back. But not paying 15 a mo for a 15 year old game

[@Brayzon]

Well its free now! Maybe check it out. I agree

[@thomascarlton82]

City of heroes 2.0, just a solid game all around.

[@Brayzon]

true

[@OnyersixForLife]

I remember playing on PS3 years ago. I completed the story for all 6 mentors, and did some raids. I remember you couldn't get trophies unless you paid for the premium, but 1 month of that and all the trophies would get awarded.

[@Brayzon]

Yeah I got the platinum by doing exactly that! Weird trophy list but easy

[@CL-os5cz]

I think the only way I could find myself or my friends coming back to this ever again is if they release a "classic" version where it only goes to up to the fortress of solitude 3 and batcave brother eye raid (marks of krypton, if you're old enough to remember that). They would bank on nostalgia alone and cosmetics. Of course patch the marks vendor glitch where you sell the gear for marks and buy them back with cash (LOL).

[@Brayzon]

that would be interesting. I do remember that

[@kidink-_3782]

We haven’t got no new powers for some time now

[@prisesion]

We was suppose to get venom powers, but they stopped that saying it was promoting drug use...

[@kidink-_3782]

@@LarryHeisenberg Ik right

[@kidink-_3782]

@@prisesion smh i don’t even know what to say to that

[@KyleBeatz]

that part.

[@prisesion]

@@kidink-_3782 I know right, I was hyped for that power. But after they did that I went to earth powers. But now the same at all

[@mikekelso0018]

Super speed is the best movement in content just don’t go full speed in hall ways

[@Brayzon]

Super speed just looks cool

[@fannin313]

The audio is driving me nutz!!!!!! yes great game, good day!

[@Brayzon]

Sorry my audio? What is wrong with it?

[@Levdog]

Loved this game back in the day. Open world pvp human hunting while they did the open world missions was awesome. They killed it for me and my friends when they went away from the Rock Paper scissor formula for pvp. Healers vs tanks vs Controllers. After that seemed liked everone just did DPS and roles died. If they made a DCUO 2. Id be back in a heart beat

[@Brayzon]

DCUO would be sick

[@thesurvivalist.]

Is DC Online still active, is WOW still active, is LOTRO still active?

[@Brayzon]

I believe wow is! Not sure about LOTRO and DC is semi its mostly endgame but there is still people playing

[@MrUnsafeshotgun]

This is definitely a throwback! I made many friends and went through drama with a league I once created 40 players strong eventually it died out on me but great memories! Don’t regret playing,I started to play again when covid was around on ps tried to transfer from pc but that didn’t work! So I grinded and got better with sp and cr ! And had 5 artifacts maxed great game love the mechanics but the new player base sucks nothing like 7-10 years ago

[@Brayzon]

I think its just because theres not enough casuals

[@romann921]

They need to add scaling to the game so all content can be at least a bit challenging, and thus fun. Once they have that out of the way, they can move forward with dailies like GW2 or FF14 where you do lower level dungeons or events to get good rewards. This same strategy can be used for weekly objectives that grant bigger rewards. Doing this keeps the player base more active and makes old content current again, thus making a much better experience for new player as well.

[@Brayzon]

Yeah I guess but I feel like the way the game is just set up is like meh

[@SavyGaming905]

Dc universe was a recipe for greatness

[@Brayzon]

Unfortunately they got greedy

[@tyon4187]

i remember my dad used to play this and i had no idea what he was doing

[@Brayzon]

I really wish they would make a 2.0 fully updated graphics and more powers etc

[@calelkestifer3570]

DCUO also went free-to-play just after City of Heroes went down due to legal issues. It picked up a lot of that playerbase under the idea that it wouldn't fail for the same reason (since CoH was sued by Marvel and DC was just as large at the time) while offering something that might scratch the "custom superhuman MMO" itch.

[@Brayzon]

AHH Interesting!

[@AgedChops]

That lawsuit was settled in '05, but the game ran through '12...

[@Brayzon]

I believe there is still a player ran version out there@@AgedChops

[@wokeaf1337]

This game was doomed to fail from the moment they tied skillpoints to time capsules. One cannot afford to make a break if one intends to reach max skillpoints at some time in the future without selling a kidney. Stay away from this game unless u dont mind not being able to play a maxed out Charakter.

[@Veela666]

You don't need max Skill points. 600 is golden.

[@capolean2902]

sp don’t matter artifacts do (at least for pvp since that’s wat i do)

[@Brayzon]

Yeah I dont think you need to max characters that is the beauty of the game but yeah I see what youre saying

[@AllanAdamson]

pretty good gameplay, especially for the time it released, I literally fought a GM in this game in PVP way back when

[@Brayzon]

It was really good I still enjoy gameplay just not the grind stuff

[@OGDynasty]

One of my favorite childhood gems

[@Brayzon]

Miss the good ole days

[@kennedyokeke5300]

Definitely loved this game, but after level 30 it got insanely difficult to progress organically without paying for it.

[@Brayzon]

Yeah, early on it was fun but especially because no one plays the content

[@ox_trueprotagonistchrisred9085]

I misss the DC MOBA sighs

[@Xenwing]

I love playing this game at one time, it's still one of my top 5 favorite games of all time. Because the 100% voice over is amazing, I would still play this game now a days. If it was not for all the bots and gold sells in game, that is why I left the game and I was their from day one.

[@Brayzon]

I dont really pay attention to them but yeah thats annoying

[@sambonz]

Good to see you Xen - fellow founding Superzeroes member!

[@Xenwing]

@@sambonz Same to you

[@folktheologytransition3756]

Me and like 8 of my cousins played this back in the day! Was insane!!

[@Brayzon]

So much fun!!

[@FieryPhoenix]

Awesome video!

[@Brayzon]

Thank you!

[@stephenwillis6937]

City Of Heroes is a far superior game. Far more powers and variety to choose from from the very beginning.

[@Brayzon]

Is it still playable? Im going to look into it

[@stephenwillis6937]

@Brayzon Yes you can download it and play for free. It's now run by the fans who are constantly data mining the old game to find stuff that would have been released had the game not been shut down. Be warned the game came out in 2004 so the graphics can look dated.

[@Brayzon]

Thats ok I dont care if its dated! I need to give it a try@@stephenwillis6937

[@alenreaper326]

This video brought back a lot of good memories

[@Brayzon]

such a good one

[@moretoknowshow1887]

Been playing this on and off over the last decade. I’m hoping with the next gen updates for consoles we’re also going to see a new intro campaigns, maybe that focuses less on the whole Brainac angle and more on other parts of the DCU.

[@Brayzon]

That would be cool but i doubt it

[@-_-DatDude]

My problem with DCUO from a beginner perspective is that DCUO is not beginner friendly game. -The community is very toxic and wont help you. Mechanics like the scoreboard thing dont help with toxicity either.(epeen measuring contest) -When you join group based content, its automatically assumed that you are an expert of said content. If not you get abused. -The feat/skill point system is very daunting and off putting for a new player. -The in-games economy is beyond awful. Everything you want costs gazillions. -Gearing is overly obnoxious in DCUO. You have to worry about your CR gear, mods, artifacts, trinkets and maintaining your base for stats... This could have been streamlined to just CR Gear and Artifacts.

[@Brayzon]

I agree with not being beginner friendly, early on it was more so not everyone was experts. That was also when only skill points and CR gear mattered there were no artifacts or the other things.

[@jahj316]

12 years later an it still sucks....

[@Brayzon]

Fair

[@appproved8656]

Imagine playing it when I was 13 now being 23 dam

[@Brayzon]

I know its insane

[@shaunanigans3364]

I agree so much with the on duty tab. I have no idea what to do or what I need

[@Brayzon]

Glad you agree its insane

[@onetrickphony7994]

i had no idea this game was still going i remember when it came out

[@Brayzon]

Yeah insane right??

[@donnegan14]

I have started and stopped playing this game so many times and I think you just gave me the itch to pick it up again.

[@Brayzon]

I do the same thing lol

[@Wanted1995]

I used to love playing this as a huge fan of mmos, the game as a core was extremely fun and engaging for me. That being said the amount of mtx and lootboxes was definitely a let down to me the more I played. The moment that made me say OK it's time to move on was 1 day I was sitting in the main hub queued for s mission I needed done and asking in chat for people to come and it was about 6 hours later still no queue pop-up.. barely any1 wanted to run it once and i was like "am I really sitting here in a queue and asking in chat for 6 hours for 1 single mission? Player base was just so low it killed any motivation to continue playing and that was the last day I logged in. That was like 3-4 years ago.. I can only imagine what it's like now.

[@Brayzon]

If you dont have a group or at end game its super slow definitely sucks

[@BabyGirlTiny]

They really do need to create another one or atleast do a massive update. I remember restarting after a long time and being so confused that the starting mission changed lol.

[@Brayzon]

Yeah another game would be awesome but idk if well get it

[@Veela666]

Tank: is flight. Me: Superspeed Also me: gets to the adds first

[@slowmojo9355]

And you die in Elit against adds🤣🤣

[@Brayzon]

LOL true

[@RAPHAEL351]

They should make it so that you can only boost a character's CR to as high as your highest character to prevent new players from skipping to end game content and allowing old players to create alts without having to grind back to the CR. They can also add a CR cap for old content so that newer players can still enjoy old raids and alerts without being boosted by end game players

[@Brayzon]

That kind of helps! But still once you get one you can skip

[@propheinx2250]

They should never have removed account bound equipment. A system that meant you had to play and progress through the game in order to get a head start on a new character.

[@magicmonkeyking4137]

God i really miss playing this game on PS3. I was popular too. I remember those days when i get back from work and logged in. Everyone recognized me. Those were the days... i also miss playing old gen GTA online. I wish the servers would come back on, but that will never happen. 😥

[@Brayzon]

The golden years...

[@FragmentedWisp]

I replayed this game like 20 times because after I got lv 30 on a character I just felt... lost. I was useless in the hardest dungeons but in the firsts one there wasn´t anyone playing so I had to wait for like 5-10 min just to start one.

[@Brayzon]

Yeah unfortunately not a lot of players in low level content anymore

[@Shokeilive]

i remember playing the dual pistols on release and there was a combo that was broken for pvp. good times

[@Brayzon]

I was never a dual Pistol fan Im bow all the way

[@justaperson5092]

Definitely a nostalgic game for me. I'd say the lack of financial support behind the game (investment wise) and some of the games systems are its real issues. Huge one is the toxic community latching onto some of it like hawks. Feats like you brought up are a mix of relevant and awful tedious time consuming things. Like some feats are for beating a raid in a certain amount of time or specific actions in battle, some are collecting random drops around the open world maps for dozens upon dozens of hours or buying them for super inflated amounts thanks to a money glitch that happened super early in the games life. Why that's a problem for toxic players? The skill point/ feat system being more impactful on stats gave people free reign to complain about other players even after the mission was completed successfully. Nothing was more miserable than hearing DPS or trolls arguing over who didn't have enough feat points to clear the raid were were in (even though the issue was the raid being days old and people not knowing the mechanics well enough yet.) or arguing over the scoreboard AFTER we cleared a few bosses. _______ I played from about T4 being the end game {like just before they introduced the t4.5 content that was open world and crashing people's ps3s lol, and back when the loot you earned was fully voted on and random and then when everyone got loot but it wasn't attuned to your role and not tradeable lmao), and playing through the original T5 content (The original Nexus and Paradox waver were... a lot lol).} I'd say the peaks of the game were around original T5 (pre-nerf nexus) and then Amazonian fury 2. (I haven't played newer raids but man Halls of Hades with cerberus just running around one shotting people, the labyrinth and throne were some of my favorite raids in game, hands down - This was however after their team got downsized and they had already shifted to the weird model of raids being every other DLC.) A lot of the unfavorable changes to the game are the super limited budgets given to the team, along with the game being treated more like successful gacha games launched after. Halls of Power 2 is more or less when everyone I knew stopped playing for destiny 2 or other MMO's. The content was a bit kind of questionable imo, wasn't a fan of that dlc's version of throne of death either. Im tempted to go back and try the game, but it seems like they are more interested in being a money pit.

[@Brayzon]

Definitely more of a money pit now, but if you have people to play with and dont worry about the toxic people its still fun

[@miltonbuu]

A freind used to play back in the ps3 days... I wonder if he still hops on

[@Brayzon]

Dont remind me.. Still hoping to reunite the ps3 squad... Maybe one day

[@BUZZKILLJRJR]

I playe at the beginning and once again when it was free and played for years healer i always was able to play as a heals, im coming back to it soon I wish they would make it totally free to play and then you add bonuses for going back and even more bonuses for playing the older content as part of the story or an essential to upgrading to the next level they can make it more streamlined where you don't have to grind as much but you at least have to play it a couple of times to be able to gain the stuff to move forward that way you have to go back and see the whole story of the game making the campaign huge. What they should do is come out with a DC Universe Online 2 and incorporate DC Universe Online number one with the new game where your character from the old game can come to the new and continue on from there they really could basically make the same game again with better graphics but make it more streamlined for the content up till where it is now.

[@Brayzon]

If they took the more F2p approach rather than subscription with new animations and graphics and powers I think it would slap

[@kainhighwind2]

If I want a superhero MMO to just mess around as my own superhero, which is better for a casual, DCUO, or one of the private servers for City of Heroes?

[@Brayzon]

Well DCUO you can play on console! I am currently trying City of Heroes for the first time I never got to try it when it was out

[@taer7097]

I remember playing this on my ps3 back in the day from time to time

[@Brayzon]

I played it soon as it went f2p

[@floresv336]

bro , when the game released i had just gotten my first xbox 360, I'm 11 years old, life is good I'm grinding missions, grinding levels , and PvPing when I had the chance. I must of thrown 3000+ hrs cause I played this day and nite.

[@Brayzon]

This game was so freaking good

[@prisesion]

I dig where you went with this. Me personally I ended up quitting this game when they basically passed out pvp, and pvp gear in the pvp servers... No reason for pve gear to be out done by pve gear... ( and before y'all say I'm a noob) I WAS playing this game since launch... Do I got skill and skill points... Next no new weapons and or powers.... If all that was fixed I'll be ok I think... But then there's, NO FACTION RAIDS! I was a pure! But all the raids was for heroes... So I said slag it and went to Neverwinter...

[@Brayzon]

I just play OSRS but now that DCUO is free it does entice me more

[@Mc-Frosty]

Nice vid. I always wondered how this game was doing now. I played over 2500 hours when it came out and walked around like a god with 200sp w/ the ring of Omnipotence. Seeing there’s 700 killed me 🤣🤣

[@Brayzon]

Yeah things have changed now lol