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"In conclusion Champions Online is a very fun MMO. It's fast-paced enough for even die-hard FPS fans to consider."

"Champions Online looks promising with an action-packed combat system, grand setting, and all the possibilities in character creation."

"[An] action combat system and magnificent character customisation options."

"Champions Online has the makings of a rich (in a variety rather than a story sense) yet pacy and hugely playable action MMORPG."

"If you're in the market for a superhero game or an MMO in general, Champions Online should definitely be on your short list."

"Wrongly considered to be an outsider, Champions Online represents rather major progress in the genre."

"Champions has a nearly bewildering number of options and customizability."

"Totally fun all the way through. A fast-paced combat system mixed with the thrill of seeing your own personalized hero grow and become more powerful is one of the best combinations in years."

"Champions is still growing and improving, and plenty more change is on the way."

"Champions Online costume creator has so many options and sub-options it is easy to waste hours while figuring out what kind of tights you want to wear."

"Champions Online feels like a far more casual version of MMO-play than the usual ultra-grind-fests. It’s easy to get into, very accessible and customisation is absolutely enormous."

"The potential for absolute individuality feels boundless when you factor in the myriad of travel powers, like flight, tunneling, or teleportation, as well as the freedom to change the colors of powers."

"Overall Champions Online truly is the next generation hero MMOG."

"...I would go so far as to say that Champions Online features the best combat found in any MMO to date."

"Champions gets off on the right foot with an excellent character creator. The depth and level of detail for all of the customization options exceeds any game I've played..."

"If you can't tell yet, this has been one of the more fun MMOs I have played to date. It is overly engaging and different enough to be in a category of it's own and not seen as a WoW competitor."

"Champions online is a good MMO where you can amuse yourself for a long time."

"Champions Online really succeeds where others fail thanks to its system of combat which is at once original, demanding and above all unbelievably fun."

"CO provides a solid base for a competitive MMORPG, which could really come into its own in the future."

"Incredible character creation system ... combat is fast paced and fun."

"CO is a laid-back MMO that focuses on the pleasure of experiencing your own adventure, with your very own super-hero, his Nemesis and your beloved supergroup."

"Champs is a good MMO with the potential to become a great one."

"Champions Online gives the appearance of a vast open-world full of rampaging villains and heroic adventure, and it lives up to this promise on many levels."

"Champions Online is a class game, offering great gameplay and cool character customization."

"As a superhero MMO, Champions Online does a lot of things right. The amount of visual customization and the thrilling superhero combat are definitely the game's strongest points."

"Most power effects are cool and colorful, which makes them a blast to perform. That's a very good thing, because Champions Online is all about combat, constantly pitting you against large numbers of villains and goons as it ushers you from one objective to the next."

"...with the amazing Character Creator, tons of abilities to create your own custom character or a comic classic based class you can have a ton of replay value…"

"Overall, Champions Online is a fun MMO to play."

"...I’d argue the ability to play with an iconic, personally designed figure remains one of Cryptic’s strongest cards. ... It’s well worth playing. "

“...comic book fans or MMO players looking for something new will find some fun in this game.”

"...combat in Champions Online is truly a blast.."

"...Champions Online certainly has the potential to turn into the best superhero MMO out there."

"...I love a lot of what Champions Online offers: a robust character-creation tool; the Nemesis system, which lets you create your own archenemy; early access to travel powers; combat that is fun and often challenging; and boss battles that require more than just a high level and brute force."

"One of the best tweaks is that kill-stealing isn't a problem - anyone who lands a good hit on an enemy will usually get credit for its defeat."

"Champions Online is a solid MMORPG."

"Champions Online holds a lot of promise and is the type of game that brings a smile to your face as you play."

"You will take part in some pretty epic encounters by MMORPG standards, and will combat enemies and explore places not seen in any other game of the same genre. It’s polished, it’s impressive, and it works."

"The combat is easily the best attempt yet at making an MMO feel like an action game."

"Champions Online holds a lot of promise and is the type of game that brings a smile to your face as you play."

"Players who have never been interested in an MMO before due to their relatively slow pace should enjoy this, as Champions Online quickly gets going and provides some fun powers and fast-paced action."

"Champions Online has good appropriations and a lot of potential…"

"In a year's time, Champions Online has every chance of being one of the better MMOs out there, and superseding its estranged elder brother City of Heroes."

"[The Character Creation tool is] ... the most complete, most complex and most fun tool in MMOs."

"Champions Online is a colorful, action-packed title with the finest character creation system yet seen in an online RPG."

"Every hero here truly is a beautiful, unique snowflake."

"So, is Champions Online fun? Yes. Is it very disabled friendly? No."

"Clearly a lot of work went into Champions Online. It looks good, it sounds good, and it plays relatively smoothly."

"...[I] enjoyed creating Death Panel, who is sometimes a formally attired businessman and occasionally a colossal mummy-king."