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City of Heroes worth it?
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edemaitre
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Is "City of Heroes" worth it?
I got the massively multiplayer online role-playing game some time ago as a gift. For years, I've preferred face-to-face, pen-and-paper, pizza-and-dice games over computer games, but as a Game Master, it's good to be open to new sources of ideas and to understand where many of my younger players are coming from.
I like the character creation process and the graphical interface of "City of Heroes," even if I don't have the hours and hours to spend improving in level. It's a bit simulationist and reductionist (in terms of deputizing metahuman vigilantes and sending them into gang-infested urban areas) and a bit hack-and-slash for my taste. If you have the time to meet and interact with other online players rather than just Non-Player Characters, there is potential for teamwork (or rivalry, given the recent release of "City of Villains").
However, as someone who still reads comic books and graphic novels and as a past and present G.M. for DC Heroes, Marvel Superheroes, GURPS Supers/Powers, and D20 Mutants & Masterminds 2nd Ed., the idea of logging on with a few friends, slipping into a costumed avatar, and kicking some butt for a few hours is hard to resist.
I got the massively multiplayer online role-playing game some time ago as a gift. For years, I've preferred face-to-face, pen-and-paper, pizza-and-dice games over computer games, but as a Game Master, it's good to be open to new sources of ideas and to understand where many of my younger players are coming from.
I like the character creation process and the graphical interface of "City of Heroes," even if I don't have the hours and hours to spend improving in level. It's a bit simulationist and reductionist (in terms of deputizing metahuman vigilantes and sending them into gang-infested urban areas) and a bit hack-and-slash for my taste. If you have the time to meet and interact with other online players rather than just Non-Player Characters, there is potential for teamwork (or rivalry, given the recent release of "City of Villains").
However, as someone who still reads comic books and graphic novels and as a past and present G.M. for DC Heroes, Marvel Superheroes, GURPS Supers/Powers, and D20 Mutants & Masterminds 2nd Ed., the idea of logging on with a few friends, slipping into a costumed avatar, and kicking some butt for a few hours is hard to resist.
dpmcalister
Explorer
I've just finished a two week trial and, while it was fun, I wouldn't pay to play. It's just hack and slash and I can get my fix of that playing NWN online 
Mercule
Adventurer
Depends on your tastes. I watched a friend play and figured CoH would get me into the MMORPG thing.
When the openned up the two-week trial, my wife had actually taken the kids for their annual week at Grandma's (and my annual week of bachellorhood). Perfect timing. I tried it out and discovered that it really just didn't hold my interest, which surprised me. Of course, I don't much care for multiplayer games, anyway, even just things like Battlenet with Diablo annoy me.
I still think CoH is an excellent game for the genre. If I was single, I'd probably play it enough to warrant the $50 price of the CD, and the expansions, but not the $15/mo. But, as I indicated, that's my taste, not the quality of the game.
I'd recommend you try the two-week trial (which has a download, so you could still keep the box "salable"). See what you think of it. I don't think I've received any spam from them, or anything like that, so you aren't out anything for trying it. Two weeks is plenty of time to get a feel for the game -- a week is probably more than enough, actually.
When the openned up the two-week trial, my wife had actually taken the kids for their annual week at Grandma's (and my annual week of bachellorhood). Perfect timing. I tried it out and discovered that it really just didn't hold my interest, which surprised me. Of course, I don't much care for multiplayer games, anyway, even just things like Battlenet with Diablo annoy me.
I still think CoH is an excellent game for the genre. If I was single, I'd probably play it enough to warrant the $50 price of the CD, and the expansions, but not the $15/mo. But, as I indicated, that's my taste, not the quality of the game.
I'd recommend you try the two-week trial (which has a download, so you could still keep the box "salable"). See what you think of it. I don't think I've received any spam from them, or anything like that, so you aren't out anything for trying it. Two weeks is plenty of time to get a feel for the game -- a week is probably more than enough, actually.
I tryed the free trial they had in PCgamer a little while back, I thought it was good. I did not sign up beause I'm playing WOW and I can only afford one MMORPG at a time. But they have the best character customization tool in any computer game I have seen. You can prety much do any type of costume you want.
