Champions Online Preview

Cryptic Studios’ Champions Online is the subject of yet another preview, and this time it’s come to us from GamesRadar.

Building on the flexible character creator from CoH, Champions’ superhero generator lets you customize every detail of your avatar down to each individual boot on his feet. This is, of course, on top of choosing your origins (magic, tech, or alien) and abilities, all presented in a laudably accurate ink-and-panel style that should prove irresistible to comic book fans. Partnering up with four other volunteers, including our caped Cryptic tour guide, we walked in the platform heels of Spark Girl, a frazzle-haired heroine with lighting-shooting powers. With the Xbox 360 controller in hand (keyboard and mouse controls are also available, of course), our Journo Justice League hiked down into the barren depths of Snake Gulch to battle robot cowboys in fast and furious combat. Champions plays more like Diablo than World of Warcraft – with no cooldown timers on your powers holding you back, you’re free to strike as fast as you can hit the attack button.