DC Universe Online
Intense overall intensityWhat's in it
Real money buys DLC episodes, a membership subscription, and Marketplace items including character boosts and randomized Time Capsule loot boxes that affect progression.
Loot from instances is capped per day and can be repeated only by spending paid replay badges, alongside membership tiers and rotating limited-time events.
The opening cinematic depicts a war in which named heroes including Wonder Woman and Superman are killed, and a devastated future frames the story.
Playing as a villain, the character carries out criminal acts against heroes, guards, and the city as part of missions.
Superpowered and melee/ranged weapon combat against human and super-villain enemies shows mild blood; no dismemberment or gore.
Comic-book costumes include revealing, cleavage-baring and skin-tight attire, with no actual exposure.
Alcohol is referenced in dialogue and the world; the player does not use or trade it.
Magic-themed content within the DC fiction references demons and dark sorcery.
Some characters strike suggestive poses and a 'flirty' personality option exists; nothing sexual is shown or spoken explicitly.
Mild profanity appears in NPC and mission dialogue.
Who can reach your kid
What it is
Available at no cost, this superhero MMO lets a player build their own hero or an original villain, choose a mentor figure like Batman or the Joker, and then battle beside and opposing well-known DC personalities throughout Metropolis and Gotham. The focus sits on fighting: powers and weaponry get turned on both ordinary and villainous opponents, and while some blood shows up, there is no dismemberment or gore. Outfits span from heavily armored to skimpy, a flirtatious character trait exists together with light suggestive tone, and spoken lines include occasional swearing plus mentions of drinking. Its narrative draws on the kind of death found in comics along with a future ravaged by conflict where heroes who have names die. Because it is an ongoing shared world, players encounter unrestricted typed and spoken chat, direct messages, and friend invitations sent by people they don't know, and the public channels have a name for unpleasant conduct. Spending is heavy throughout: accounts that pay nothing stop at level 30 and face caps on currency, whereas cash buys items through a Marketplace, add-on episodes, and chance-based loot boxes that put power-ups, advancement, and material behind a paid membership and events that run only for limited windows.
How it's framed
Its material is cast in the mold of traditional comic heroism pitted against wickedness, and the player elects to follow either a heroic or villainous path. Choosing the villain route means committing crimes and causing chaos aimed at heroes and the metropolis, not at defenseless onlookers, and the fighting is rendered as heightened comic action instead of lifelike injury. Dying and grief function as high-tension plot elements within the larger conflict driven by Brainiac.
Details
- Developer
- Dimensional Ink Games
- Publisher
- Daybreak Game Company
- Released
- Nov 2, 2011
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