Being a diehard Marvel fan, I haven’t really been following or interested in DC Universe Online. I mean, Batman is cool, but there are just so many lame DC heroes. Still, I decided to go look for some DC Universe Online footage on YouTube just to see how it stacks up to what we’ve been seeing of Champions. All I can say is this: Oh. My. God. I respect Cryptic’s vision and the work they did on CoX, but… this footage of DCUO from Comic-con is amazing. I think SOE gets it, because this is most definitely not the same old, same old.

Granted, it’s actually a pretty short gameplay sequence, but put side by side next to even the better Champions videos, DC Universe just looks hands-down more exciting and awesome. This is what a superhero MMOG should look and play like, in my opinion:

There’s also a preview up at the GameInformer site. Go check it out: lots of great info about what’s in store for us. Honestly, this game sounds like pretty much the coolest MMOG coming out for some time, given that I’ve been looking for something a little different lately.