Sony Online Entertainment has released the above “Who Do You Trust?” trailer for DC Universe Online, provided exclusively by GameTrailers. It’s a lengthy and impressive video, clocking in at at least five minutes of high quality CG action. For those of you that enjoy the DC brand, I suggest you watch it immediately, as there really are few greater pleasures in life than seeing Green Lantern get blown up.
DC Universe Online is showing a great deal of promise, and the concept of fighting alongside the great heroes and villains of the DC franchises is almost too fantastic to bear in any case. Pure CG trailers like this one are sometimes called out for being 100% marketing, with no relation to actual gameplay, but while one or both of those accusations may often be true, I happen to enjoy them. There’s a lot of the feel of a world and a story that can be told more easily with a dramatic interpretation than a straight gameplay video, which makes them useful in some situations. This isn’t to say that a CG trailer is better than being able to play the game, as the interactive medium we all know and love is the best way to experience any game. It’s merely worth considering that when your choices are of two passive formats, one showing gameplay and one interpreting gameplay, sometimes interpretation can speak more clearly.