If you're in the beta then you know its pretty different than COH. Liking or disliking COH will have nothing to do if you like or dislike CO. I'm *not* liking the CO beta myself, and can't see myself switching over.

Not saying its a bad game at all; its just so different its going to be more a personal taste issue than anything else. As is, while there are some great things about it, its way too much like a traditional MMO in some regards for my liking.

A lot of people are saying their experience in CO beta had been bad. It is the only game this summer that I wish I had a key for, as I am a subscriber with CoX since it hit the shelves.

I hope I like it. I am not thrilled hearing that more people than not don't.

I was sort of hoping their versions of Public Quests would rock too. But I hear so little about them, I wonder...

I think a lot of people have a hard time with separating their personal taste from assessing quality, and honestly the most vocal people are complainers. On top of that, I'm sure more than a few folks went in with pre-conceived notions of what it should be like, how it should play, etc. CO was supposed to be this "perfect" game in their minds, everything they wanted from COH, and when they didn't get it (COH 2.0) they might've been a bit put out, negatively affecting their ability to objectively judge the game.

For me I see a lot of quality and things to like; it just doesn't suit me. I'm a big fighting game fan, and am used to evaluating good/bad independently of my personal tastes for characters, engines, etc. I think what I've played is good, but its just not my cup of tea.

By all means - look forward to trying CO and judge for yourself. Keep trying to get into the beta; you never know. I'm sure they'll do stress-tests and have other promotions. See if you can encourage people you know and enjoy playing to try also. A big thing for me is teaming; I hate PUGs, only play with friends. I *know* that will change CO for me, but since my friends aren't in the beta (and some have no desire to play CO because of Jack, are more interested in DCUO, or just love COH to bits), I won't get to experience it that way.

And I'm sure you know this, but stay away from the official forums. Polarizing cess-pools, those things :P

Well said, Sam.