There are also many power frameworks to choose from for your crime fighter, including staples like ice, fire, force, and lightning, and more interesting choices like munitions, telekinesis, and supernatural powers. In all, there are 18 different specialties to choose from. You can either choose one of these to focus on or you can mix and match for your own custom build; if you want, you can make your guy shoot fire from his hands AND have the ability to create weapons with his mind powers. Custom builds can make for some very mixed-up superheroes, but the system is interesting in its own right. It further adds to the amount of possibilities you have when making a character all your own, and Champions is all about providing a personalized MMO experience.
All players start out in the same tutorial area, a city that is endlessly fighting off an invasion of intergalactic insects called the Qualaar. Things quickly pick up here as you learn the ropes and branch out into several other areas of the world, including a desert full of ghost cowboys and the snowy fields of Champions Online Gold. You travel around doing quests for equips and resources (Champions' form of currency). Unfortunately, even though the gameplay starts out strong enough to match the versatility of the character creator, it fizzles out the further you go.
