This is a game I can't wait for.

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You can't play as any of the DC heroes or villains, but you can create your own superhero or villain, and fight them! The world is non-linear, you can choose what city you want to protect or dominate (and possibly move out of said city to explore the DC Universe), you get to stop crime or commit it, destroy your environments, form teams, and get called out on missions by the Justice League or the Legion of Doom.

Imagine, your created hero fighting the Joker! Or your baddie running away from Superman! You get to fight Doomsday at one point, for God's sake.

Speaking of which, there will be events in the game that will involve all the players. Alien invasions, Doomsday breaking out of STAR Labs, that sort of thing. There's so much potential for a great game here!

Also, the gameplay is impressive. You know how in World of Warcraft (or any of its ripoffs), it's always a battle of who has the bigger boots? Instead, it's more like a third person action/adventure game where you can fight, dodge and fight however you want. For instance, while fighting an enemy, you can run away and come back with a bus and whack him with it! Also, you can fight on rooftops, and if you punch a guy off... street pizza, anyone?

They also did a lot of work on the physics engine; say Hero A holds up an object, and Hero B heats it up with his fire powers. If Hero A throws it, he will essentially be tossing a fiery ball of death.

The only locations so far to have been revealed as playable levels are; Gotham City (that includes the Batcave), Metropolis, and for some reason or another Arkham Asylum is its own level (my friend Michael and I have theorized it's a special level. If you're a hero, you're a security guard and you have to contain all the supervillains, NPC or player-controlled. If you're a villain, you have to break out. Both sound awesome. It's like Oz or Prison Break, with superpowers! And without the constant prison rape!)

As for non-player characters, this is what has been confirmed.

DC Heroes: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Robin, Nightwing, Aquaman, Raven, Beast Boy, Starfire, Cyborg, Green Lantern, Batgirl, Black Canary, Green Arrow, Flash, Captain Atom, the Atom, Swamp Thing, Martian Manhunter, Adam Strange, Supergirl, the Spectre, Creeper, Doctor Fate, Hawkgirl, Hawkman, Black Lightning, Booster Gold, Blue Beetle, Firestorm, Etrigan the Demon, Plastic Man, the Question, Wildcat, Zatanna, Red Tornado, Captain Marvel and Lobo.

DC Villains: Lex Luthor, The Joker, Parasite, Catwoman, Penguin, Two-Face, Bane, Ares, Ultraman, and basically all the central villains from the Rogues Galleries of Superman, Batman, Flash and Wonder Woman, and then some.

There will be more, as expansion packs come along.

From beating up common everyday thugs to superpowered thugs, this will be awesome for heroes.

Same for villains, really.

Now, some of my friends and I have decided that, when we get this game, we'll form our own team. We haven't decided on a name yet (we're still debating), but for all you computer gamers and comic book fans out there, we're sending out our invitations!

Oh, and, team names (some are my ideas, some are my friends' ideas).

The Assessment (Michael's idea)

The Shields (mine)

The Castle (... Francois's idea...)

The Tribunal (mine)

These are our codenames.

I'm Stormrider (a Superman-type hero), Michael hasn't decided yet, and Francois... is "Dark Lancelot." I wish I were kidding.

Anyway, for those of you that want to join, tell us your idea for a character, codename included, and give us your vote on the teamnames listed above. Oh, and, if you want, you can submit your ideas for teamnames, which we'll discuss.