Looks good on the outside but lacks substance on the inside. That pretty much sums up DC Universe Online.
The features are appealing enough in this massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) by Sony Online Entertainment.
Imagine the prospect of playing alongside and against the heroes and villains that populate the DC Universe such as Superman or the Joker.
It is also a beautiful game which, like superhero MMORPG City Of Heroes, allows for many options for customising how the characters look and the powers they have.
A character can be created to look like anything from a barbarian to a rock golem to a zombie.
The superhuman powers range from telekinesis (nothing beats lifting an enemy into the air and then flinging a bus at him and his army of goons), to shapeshifting into a werewolf (good for Twilight fans out there).
However, after playing the telekinetic heroine Psycho Girl to the maximum level of 30 in just over a week (believe me, the levelling system is the easiest and most generous I have seen in all my years of gaming), I was left with serious doubt about whether the game could sustain a gamer’s interest beyond three months.
