SI: DC Universe Online ? No Subscription Fee

[Christopher]

DCUO continues to be on my short of list heavily anticipated titles right up there with Heavy Rain, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and Final Fantasy Versus XIII. Onelastcontinue had an opportunity to talk to Wes Yanagi, Senior Producer at Sony Online Entertaintment at Gamescom 2009, go hands on with the game, and came away impressed despite the game still being in pre-alpha. Wes revealed several details on gameplay, character creation, and one big suprise: no subscription fee.

From an interaction perspective, Yanagi stated he wanted it to be more action based in the vein of God of War than World of Warcraft. Character configuration continues to gain detail, but at the same time being true to the world of comics in regards to how abilities are represented. In building your character, you have 3 main areas to customize:

• Power: This defines your character?s main power. Ashram learned mimic skills like Connor Hawke, or telepathy like Saturn Girl?
• Source: This defines the source of your characters powers.

[Darvan]

First off I wanted to say thanks for the site and the great post(s) about Sony products. Now then I will add that i believe it's a good idea for a no subscription fee plan and following up cost with addon's . Some people are taking this as a meaning that the game won't be as good. Here's hoping this far from the truth. Now we just need a solid release date.