Wow...

[newnumber6]

I thought my time had come and gone for a shot at it, but...

I got accepted into the beta for Gotham City Imposters on X-Box 360.

It's my very first Beta! Well, professional beta, anyway.

For those who don't know, it's a first person team-based game where teams of citizens either identifying with Batman or the Joker compete with crazy weapons (and lots of character customization) for domination, expected to be released sometime in February. I was planning on buying it anyway and unless it sucks I still am (assuming of course that they don't just give beta-players a free copy of the game after, but I doubt life would be that nice... still I get a chance to try it out before the majority anyway).

I'm thinking I'll go on the side of the Bats, because I'm a justice-dude. Or maybe a justice-girl. I haven't decided yet (this part of the post being written before I've tried it out, while it's downloading). Maybe a justice girl, if I can echo a little bit of a Cass Cain or Spoiler vibe in my costume (or both).

And after playing?

Okay, the costume options are a little less extensive than I'd hoped, at least in the beta, and you have to level up a few times to unlock customization features and buy costume options... but it's still a kind of fun game, even ignoring the fact that, and I can't stress this enough, I totally suck at it. Right now I'm leaning towards still purchasing it when it comes out.

Comments

[st-aurafina.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's fascinating! I've never known someone who got into a beta.

[newnumber6.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it is a big team vs team game (games usually don't start unless there's at least 4 people for each team, and I think it goes as high as 16), and to make sure there's enough people on so that people can play at any time, they probably had to make it a pretty WIDE Beta. It might even still accept signups for all I know, but I signed up months ago.

And I'm starting to suck a little less, now that I've found my fighting style!