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DC Universe Online Free To Play Available Now PC and PS3

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I know Trolljanhorse posted this a while ago (http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/53337) but its finally up and running… In November
14.1 GB download though.

MINIMUM SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS:
Windows XP 32 bit
P4 3.0 GHz or AMD equivalent
NVIDIA 7800+ or ATI 1950+ Video Card
1 GB of RAM
30 GB of Free Hard Drive Space
Broadband internet connection

RECOMMENDED SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS:
Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7
3.0 GHZ CPU Dual Core Processor
2 GB RAM
NVIDIA 8800GTX+ or ATI 3800 series+ Video Card
30 GB of Free Hard Drive Space
Broadband internet connection

PS3 INSTRUCTIONS

http://www.dcuniverseonline.com/ps3/

(First post so let me know if I left stuff out)

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  • 14.1gb :O

    • RAGE is bigger than that and its only a linear SP fps shooter

    • +6

      That is 3.5 months of download limit for me on my 4GB a month plan :(

  • Thanks for that. Been wanting to try it out for a while.

    Wow, it downloads really fast. It's maxing out my 17MB connection atm.

    • -4

      Mines going about an MB a second :(

  • PS3 also people.

    • added thanks :)

  • +4

    If there is anything you can learn about PC gaming, its that when an MMO that once cost $60 is now F2P, theres a reason for it. BTW, who's up for some Tabula Rasa or Fury later tonight?

    • Yeah, maybe, but as I understand it DCUO's main failing is the lack of end game. I'm sure there'll be plenty enough to enjoy from at least the early levelling process, and it comes at the right price.

    • DDO [Dungeons & Dragons Online] went from pure subscription to this Pay2Play model a few years ago and it has kick started the game and the genre. It is also the success F2P model that has spurred a lot of other MMO's to follow suite. Even WoW has a type of 'F2P' model now.

      I wouldn't write off a game just because it has gone F2P, but that also doesn't mean just because a crap game has gone F2P it will some how become better :)

      • WoW does not have a F2P model. It has an unlimited trial edition. You are so restricted (no chat channels, no guilds, no inviting, no AH, max level 20) that you really can't call it F2P.

  • I can't seem to get my PS3 to download it for free. Can only find the paid version. Can anyone help?

    Thanks.

  • I got an email a while back from sony ps3 I did try the free beta out but didn't like it.
    But is it a bargain. It will always be free now… With lots of content that you have to pay for, like most mmo style games.

  • +1

    Nice, pretty keen to try this out after my exams!

  • Looks like it’s not available to everyone yet, I just searched for dcuo as per the unstructions on their webpage and just have the paid options available

    • Same here….

      • Installed this morning at when it opened live.

        Just go to here.

        dcuniverseonline.com/installer

        And have your account created and away you go.

  • +2

    @ian.h
    Goto allgames and choose D and it should be there. Don't use the search function, it will only show you the paid subscriptions..

    • That works for me.

    • A big thankyou to you Mr HandSomeMonkey that wored a treat. Downloading now

  • Wow, nice one OP. I'm going to download this at the end of the month and hopefully won't go over.

    P.S does this download through origin, or a download client, or just your regular browser downloader? Thx

  • Sweet! I have to wait until my wife is done with her exams then we're on it like a bonnet!

  • 56% downloaded after 7hrs, awesome.
    If I have fun like the beta, where I had to download it 3 times, well nothing really, I might bitch, probably not, just move one.

  • Does anybody know whether it is possible to not play it in Multiplayer mode ie as a single player?

    • It's an MMORPG man..

  • Sooo.. Made my char, tried to start the game and looked like it had frozen. Restarted the game as was told that I was #2300 in the login queue. After a couple of minutes it had dropped to #2009… I think I'll give it a miss for now.

    • Lol, I'm guessing that's why I can't log in atm…

      Hmm, yeah, all I get is "Connecting to Login Server" and after a minute or so it says I've been disconnected and I need to exit and retry.

  • Not out yet, but Startrek online is moving to the free to play model before the end of the year. http://www.startrekonline.com/f2p

  • Anyone see an option to download the game as a torrent? Want to add it to a seedbox…

  • Do PS3 and PC players play on the same server against each other?

    • I'm not convinced that they do, as the server names that I had to pick from were "PC-blah"..

      Looks like they have one per platform, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_Universe_Online ;

      In August of 2011, there was a global server merge implemented by the developers to consolidate all PC servers and PS3 servers into 4 individual servers, one for each platform per region.

      • That would explain why I never had an option to choose a server. The game must've really been on the decline if they were able to consolidate all PC players onto 2 servers.

        • Well on the plus side, when I did manage to finally log in it was pretty crowded. Couldn't go a couple seconds without running into someone…

        • Yeah, I tried last night and got straight in. I'm guessing it's packed during US peak times (our lunch times), but not so bad for our peak.

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