DC Universe Online Presents The Green Arrow
September 30, 2009 by Joel Tan
Filed under Coming Soon, MMORPG, MMORPG News, Random Rants
Oliver Queen has finally made his introductions in the much-anticipated massively multiplayer online game DC Universe Online from Sony Online Entertainment. For those of you who are unaware of the world of comic books, Oliver Queen, fondly called Ollie by his equally fictional friends, is the alter ego of the well-loved comic book hero The Green Arrow.
Awww, but The Green Arrow isn’t exactly super by some standards, so what is he doing in DC Universe Online. Well, for starters, that’s probably why he’s a well-liked chap. Ollie’s lack of any super powers endears him to a lot of DC Comics readers. And this is what the folks at Sony Online Entertainment is banking on.
To be totally honest, I never liked The Green Arrow—that is until I saw him in action in an episode of Justice League Unlimited entitled Fearful Symmetry. In this particular episode, Supergirl has some bad dreams and The Green Arrow—with the very confusing The Question—helps her with what turns out to be a big conspiracy.
Where most superheroes would have punched their way through to get to some answers, Ollie used wit and cunning to help Supergirl. And I love his attitude, the angst, a product of his losing a multimillion-dollar fortune courtesy of a storyline revamp by writer Dennis O’Neal from the original concept of Mort Weisinger that made it appear that The Green Arrow was a copycat of Batman.
Oh, and it isn’t every day that you encounter a superhero who is a former mayor of a major fictional city. Ollie Queen is the former political head honcho of Star City—yeah, the same city that gave birth to The Flash.
The Green Arrow and Green Lantern join forces against Lex Luthor in DC Universe Online
Bah, enough of my prattle. Here’s how Sony Online Entertainment introduced The Green Arrow to the multitude of DC Online Universe fans:
Sony Online Entertainment Reveals The Green Arrow in DC Universe Online
With his excellent aim, The Green Arrow (Oliver “Ollie” Queen) is an expert archer who never misses a shot at cleaning up the streets of Star City. His marksmanship is constantly giving him the opportunity to invent new kinds of arrows, including a boomerang arrow and dozens of other tricks that explode on impact. The by-products of his years of study and spiritual training are his enhanced strength and stamina, which are matched only by his political convictions.
The Green Arrow is a key member of the Justice League of America and a very close friend to Green Lantern. Friends of Green Arrow consider him a bit outspoken for his own good, but his cutting wit and devilish smile infuriates his rivals, including Captain Boomerang, who yearns for the day to defeat The Green Arrow.
