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Cryptic Studios released a gaggle of information on one of the areas in their upcoming MMORPG, Champions Online.  The area unveiled today was Lemuria, an underwater kingdom split into two faction.  On one side,  you have the humans that have moved to the city, while on the other side of the conflict, you have the Lemurians, a lizard like race that wants to overthrow the human kingdom, and instill their own ruler, The Bronze King.

Just some thoughts on this whole Champions Online MMORPG, I have to say that I am not all that impressed with what I am seeing on the screen at this time.  This is a game that is suppose to go live sometime this summer I believe, and it still looks  really rough.  The fighting looks like a Mosh pit gone bad, and it just does not look all that fun.  I like the setup of being underwater, but without Namor, I can’t  say that I am all that interested.  It doesn’t help that the announcer goes all William Shatner on us, but much more inferior to my main man Shat.  Even more relevant is the idea that we don’t need another superhero MMORPG.  We already have the well received City of Heroes, and DC Universe is on the way as well.  And now, there are even some rumblings of the Marvel MMO being revived as well.  I just think the arena is too crowded for another superhero MMORPG, and for that matter, any new MMORPG.

Hit the jump though to see a bunch of stills from the trailer, as well as info sheet on the underwater city of Lemuria.

Lemuria

There are secrets under the Ocean.

You’ve heard whispers – children’s stories of underwater people, mermaids and naiads. Or myths of ancient civilizations, lost in the depths of the ocean floor.  And you’ve ignored those stories.  You’ve laughed them off as idle fancies.  But you’d be wrong.

There are people in the sea, but they are nothing so gentle nor so tame as mere mermaids.  They are the Lemurians, the last of an ancient race of cold blooded lizard-men. Once, they worshipped the Bleak Ones, vengeful gods who devoured the souls of their followers upon death. The Lemurians turned from their gods in fear, forsaking also the ability to change shape and trapping themselves forever in human forms. Their own pride sank them into the depths of the Indian Ocean.

Once, they ruled half the earth. Once, you would have bowed in fealty to them. Once, you would have cowered in fear when they went to war. And they went to war often. Their dream was not merely world domination, no.  Their dream was immortality, and if they had to conquer all the world to unearth the secret of eternal life, then so be it.

Listen very closely and you will hear whispers. You will hear of a civil war in the ocean trenches, of a king deposed and desperately trying to retake his Kingdom. You will hear of the Mandragalore, a weapon so deadly, so vast, that it destroyed an entire continent. You may even hear that the Bleak Ones have returned.

If you are very lucky – or very, very unlucky – you may be able to convince the captain of the Aegir to take you there aboard his submarine.

Welcome to Lemuria.