Hit the jump to see these four pillars of evil-doing in action.
Latest Champions Online trailer shows who's boss
by William Dobson 
on Aug 12th 2009 6:00PM
Super-hero, Trailers, Video, Champions Online
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Hit the jump to see these four pillars of evil-doing in action.
Reader Comments (19)
Posted: Aug 12th 2009 6:11PM (Unverified) said
These have got to be the dumbest names for villains in any game ever.
Posted: Aug 12th 2009 6:42PM (Unverified) said
Champions was a campy superhero game, what do you expect? Besides, if you take the time to think about it, most villain names in most games are nonsensical and stupid.
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Posted: Aug 12th 2009 6:55PM (Unverified) said
So, do you just hate on Champions Online because you have nothing better to do than camp Massively waiting for another CO story to be the first to bash? I mean, really? Have you even played the game?
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Posted: Aug 12th 2009 7:05PM (Unverified) said
Oh, i thought this was the internet. I didn't realize my opinions needed to be founded by substance.
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Posted: Aug 12th 2009 10:56PM (Unverified) said
qwijobo is a Simpsons reference actually and a pretty great name for an ape type villain if you get it.
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Posted: Aug 12th 2009 6:39PM (Unverified) said
No. Kdolo is the dumber.
Posted: Aug 12th 2009 7:06PM (Unverified) said
It's not trademarked and neither is it in an MMO.
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Posted: Aug 12th 2009 7:44PM (Unverified) said
Holy Shit I can't wait to fight Qwyjibo. The loading screen is such a c0cktease.
Posted: Aug 12th 2009 9:44PM ZenJitsu said
Meh. It doesn't look like they improved on the CoH gameplay much. Still two relatively immobile sides duking it out; the camera moves a lot more than the participants do. But I'll be hitting beta next week, will see if they actually innovated or only polished a formula.
What I would have liked to see were heroes doing flybys on the monsters, getting swatted two city blocks away, maybe even have specific hit locations on the enemies to signify weak points.
As for the names, did you really just say you can't wait to fight Qwyjibo? Why not Poiuyt? I've seen monkeys make better names hitting a keyboard randomly.
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What I would have liked to see were heroes doing flybys on the monsters, getting swatted two city blocks away, maybe even have specific hit locations on the enemies to signify weak points.
As for the names, did you really just say you can't wait to fight Qwyjibo? Why not Poiuyt? I've seen monkeys make better names hitting a keyboard randomly.
Posted: Aug 12th 2009 10:59PM (Unverified) said
I've said it before above, early Simpsons reference. Description below. ;)
"Kwyjibo", a fake Scrabble word invented by Bart in "Bart the Genius"
Bart lays down all his tiles in the order they were placed on his letter stand. He invents the word "Kwyjibo" explaining it as meaning "a bald, overweight, North American ape of below average intelligence"
Come on, how can you not love that?? ;)
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"Kwyjibo", a fake Scrabble word invented by Bart in "Bart the Genius"
Bart lays down all his tiles in the order they were placed on his letter stand. He invents the word "Kwyjibo" explaining it as meaning "a bald, overweight, North American ape of below average intelligence"
Come on, how can you not love that?? ;)
Posted: Aug 13th 2009 5:23PM starka1 said
I agree ryan. I don't care what others say, I love the names.
I just hope they change some of the sound effects. I couldn't stand CoH rehashing sound effects on new powers so it is even less acceptable in a new game. I have 4 large libraries of sound effects that are royalty free so I don't understand why they are re-used so much when they probably have even more available to them.
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I just hope they change some of the sound effects. I couldn't stand CoH rehashing sound effects on new powers so it is even less acceptable in a new game. I have 4 large libraries of sound effects that are royalty free so I don't understand why they are re-used so much when they probably have even more available to them.
Posted: Aug 12th 2009 11:04PM (Unverified) said
Something that i see in that video that i HATE in every MMO i see is the "huge boss syndrome". Even human character bosses become frigging HUGE. I hate it in every game it's in. The only reason the boss is huge is because of characters around it and wanting to make it "dramatic". Giants and Dragons and such, fine. People, no. Stop it. If the boss is like Giant Man, fine, he can change size. It's something i loved CoH for, all the villains were normal sized. I'm sure Arthas is going to be a monster when he is open to raid, when he's a friggin human and no reason to be more than slightly larger.
(sorry, rant over)
(sorry, rant over)
Posted: Aug 13th 2009 2:49AM Psychotic Storm said
I think all huge enemies shown are giants.
if nothing else the super villain is normal sized.
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if nothing else the super villain is normal sized.
Posted: Aug 13th 2009 12:47PM (Unverified) said
Doctor Destroyer is (or was at least according to the old lore) a normal human in power armor. Even if the armor adds a foot or so to his height, he shouldn't be any larger than a normal person. No larger than say, Defender, not towering over him like they show at the end of the video (not counting the giant-sized Destroyer-bots). The same with Grond. He's basically the Hulk-analog and slightly taller than a normal human, not more than twice the size.The other villians shown I'm not familiar with, so I don't know if they are supposed to be giants or not, but still...
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Posted: Aug 13th 2009 2:56AM Allegos said
The bosses are always gigantic so the mouth-breathers in your raid can click on them through the socks they have to wear on their hands to keep from poking themselves in the eye.
Posted: Aug 13th 2009 4:48AM (Unverified) said
I didn't like the art style at the beginning but it's beginning to grow on me.
I read you can disable the outline & tone down the 4-coloredness (yes i know that's not a real word). So should look really good.
Open beta 5 days and counting.
I read you can disable the outline & tone down the 4-coloredness (yes i know that's not a real word). So should look really good.
Open beta 5 days and counting.
