Customer Reviews

Champions Online PC Time Card (60 Days)

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Well I'm not reviewing the game itself as most MMOs are a personal choice and are rarely influenced by subjective input. Instead I'm reviewing the Game Time Card. It really is a no brainer when you do the math: each month normally costs about $15 so anytime you can get time cheaper than that you buy it. Nuff said?

This is a great way to play CO without worrying about auto-renewal. Buying it through Amazon sort of defeats the purpose of not having to use a credit card, but Amazon knocks a few bucks off the price and gives free shipping.

While Champions Online is a great game (I assume, I've only seen videos, heard glowing reviews, and played for a brief 10 minutes at a friends), this card will not allow you to play the game. I assumed, like its predecessor, City of Heroes/Villains, that a prepaid card could be purchased, and they game could be played with just that. The client was offered on their website, so I downloaded it, created my account, and proceeded to launch the game. When the launcher activated, I was given a rather ambiguous message, so I proceeded to call customer support. I was told that I had purchased a subscription to the game, but I did not have a "retail key", which is provided in a separate package that costs $20 more.
Given my past experience with MMORPG's, especially City of Heroes/Villains, Cryptic Studios' last product, this was unexpected, and rather disappointing for a game I have been waiting for for nearly a year. So thank you Cryptic Studios, for conning me out of $80 for a mere 90 days of gameplay.