OT: City of Heroes and Villains

[Kana]

I liked it, but it is a MMORG, so the words Evercrack, and WoWeed come to mind. Yet it does seem to be alittle less involved than the other two. I played both versions, but they are mostly the same, except that one you play a hero, the other a villian. Different motiviations, but the same mechanics. I like WoW as well, but after playing it for 10 hours straight right after I installed, I realized it would be bad. I played for 2 more weeks...then said adios.

[Maxa]

I played the beta for a about a month when it was around, and I liked it but not enough for me to pay monthly about it. The whole idea of a super hero game is great and you can create some really cool characters with the editor, but after that it's mostly just combat and character building. Either alone, in team or against other players. However I don't know how much it has changed since the beta. Check the games fan sites and forums if you haven't already, and there might be a free trial around.

[pujal]

I bought city of villians, played it fanatically for a month or so then got bored of it. Its an mmo, so the gameplay never progresses, so if you can't get into the social aspect of the game, don't buy it.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

The most fun part is character creation. It's all down-hill after that.

[Randallw]

I played City of Heroes. It took a year to make level 50, so clearly I wasn't playing full time. Also until the end I avoided powerlevelling. At the end I guess I lost interest in grinding the same missions, but oh I wanted to "win" by making level 50 . See my Character.

I have never played CoV and I quit because I thought D&D online was coming. I did get DDO, but because of a bank issue I couldn't play past the free 10 days.

I don't mind the cost per month of MMPORPGs. It's about the cost I would pay for a large novel that would last about 3 days to read.

[frightlever]

I played COH at launch. In a party it's a blast but solo it's pretty boring after a while (though I'm allergic to grind levelling after playing EQ for about three years on and off). At one point they released the character creator as a seperate download, I think. The character creation really was the most fun part of the game.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Where would I find that as a download?