OT: City of Heroes and Villains

pujal · #1 November 10th, 2006, 06:07 PM

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 · #2 November 10th, 2006, 09:03 PM

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

Randallw · #3 November 10th, 2006, 11:47 PM

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 · #4 November 11th, 2006, 01:27 PM

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 · #5 November 11th, 2006, 10:26 PM

Where would I find that as a download?

Possum · #6 November 15th, 2006, 07:48 PM

I guess the basic idea either rocks or sucks depending on whether or not one likes comic books.

When I first heard about CoH, my initial reaction was, "Oh give me a ***ing break, who the **** would want to play something that stupid?"

Obviously, the answer turned out to be, "A lot of people!"

But I still think it's an appallingly stupid idea

President_Elect_Shang · #7 November 15th, 2006, 08:01 PM

Based on the reviews here and on line I decided not to get it. I really don�t get into the online game thing anyway. I mean look at SE. I have been a part of the series since SE3 (or was it 2) and have been here at the Forums long enough to know about the online games that are run. Yet I have never felt the desire to play even one. A major factor the long term fun factor and I really like the way Narf put it.

Quote:

The narf-ster speaks and we listen:
The most fun part is character creation. It's all down-hill after that.

frightlever · #8 November 15th, 2006, 07:57 PM

"Where would I find that as a download? "

I had a look about and apparently it was orignally released on the Korean website, where it was available for a while.

I found a few places offering fixarounds for the download but none that looked that offical. Given the dubious nature of the software I'd have to say don't bother looking for it. Particularly on bittorrent.

"But I still think it's an appallingly stupid idea "

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