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Shamus Young	1 POSTED: 18 Aug 2010 09:00
	Shamus Plays: Champions Online, Part 6 After a spot of sight-seeing, Star on Chest gets back to the business of beating the stuffing out of zombies. Read Full Article

rason	2 POSTED: 18 Aug 2010 09:54
	Oh man, I had forgotten about the Velociraptors. I am glad the escapist is putting this series up because it has been long enough now since I first read it and played the game that I had forgotten most of the atrocities, allowing this series to amuse me just as much as the first time.

Pugiron	3 POSTED: 18 Aug 2010 11:29
	Hated the game, love your take on it. So many stupid parts of the designe getting nailed.

The_root_of_all_evil	4 POSTED: 18 Aug 2010 11:50
	Feeling the call after reading this, I installed Champions again just to see if I was being unfair. Nope. I really wasn't. The canon is laughable and all the jokes aren't. SO dissapointing after the seminal City of Heroes. Ah well, let's see how DCUO does.

tharglet	5 POSTED: 18 Aug 2010 12:00
	Wow, need to take note of those recipes when I go to visit my brother in Canada... One plate o' poutine please!

Amarsir	6 POSTED: 18 Aug 2010 12:03
	The Wikipedia bit is my favorite, I love it!

Robyrt	7 POSTED: 18 Aug 2010 12:09
	Ahhh, these jokes are just as good as I remember. Pretty much this whole section of the game would be improved by turning off the computer and flipping through back issues of Alpha Flight.

Formica Archonis	8 POSTED: 18 Aug 2010 19:51
	Credit where it's due: One of the super-villains is Lynx, a cat girl. She signed on with the bad guys just because she wanted the cat girl costume / abilities, and then had second thoughts once she saw their plans. She doesn't really want to join a terrorist group, she just wanted to be a cat girl. I liked this idea. It was humorous without being stupid nonsense, and it manages to do it without simply referencing some other, funnier fiction. I would be so much happier if the game had gone for this style of humor instead of the slapstick goofball stuff it's usually engaged in. Yeah, but the idea of a novice villain realizing supervillainy is more than a good costume and an evil laugh would come perilously close to such airy concepts as deconstruction. And if there's one thing the faceplam-worthy writing has revealed, it's that the authors wouldn't recognize deconstruction if Rorschach and Hit Girl kicked down their doors and roughed them up.

Irridium	9 POSTED: 18 Aug 2010 20:21
	So Canada is full of Velociraptors eh? Who'd a thought.

Flunk	10 POSTED: 18 Aug 2010 21:59
	This is a totally accurate portrayal of this game. I played for slightly less than a month, mostly because I enjoyed City of Heroes. I played the exact missions Shamus is complaining about. They really are that stupid and repetitive. If you like the idea of playing a superhero online with other interesting people do NOT buy this game, if you feel like playing a super-powered errand boy who is constantly told to do that same 3 things over and over along with a population of anti-social loners who rarely ever want to talk by all means. Buy this game.

The Great JT	11 POSTED: 19 Aug 2010 10:35
	Bomb...laden...zambonis. THOSE INGENIUS BASTARDS!

lynxus	12 POSTED: 20 Aug 2010 08:21
	Canada's motto gave me a really good laugh.

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