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Chompy's City of Heroes (PC)
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| [February 8, 2008 06:43:48 PM]
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SUMMARY:
City of Heroes is an MMORPG in which players create a hero using a huge character creation interface, and then go out and fight crime. Heroes gain new powers and can put more enhancements into each power with every Level they attain (to a maximum of level 50). Leveling can be done by fighting thugs on the streets, or by doing various types of missions alone or with teams.
GAMEPLAY:
Overall, it seems like the designers of City of Heroes focused on making the game FUN. While you'd think that is most game designers' goal, playing City of Heroes opens your eyes to a few things that other MMORPGs lack- Flavor being one of the most prevalent. There's something extremely satisfying about playing City of Heroes- rescuing civilians, finding ways to climb up tall buildings, and even sitting around listening to non-player-characters' gossip all put a smile on my face. The game makes fun of numerous franchises, popular characters, and other things from popular culture whenever it can. Just being in the game is an enjoyable experience.
As far as Superpowers go, there is an enormous selection of them: five Archetypes each with several sets of nine powers to select from, AND all kinds of extra powers that any hero can pick from. You can cover yourself in stone to form makeshift armor, or sprout spikes and stab everything around you, or call hurricanes, tornadoes, and thunderstorms from the sky. Heroes get a selection of Travel powers as well, and can pick between Teleportation, Superjumping, Flight, and Super Speed. There's enough flexibility to make just about anything you want.
The players in-game and on the forums are considerably more nice than the rest of the internet. In City of Heroes, when somebody is being a jackass, everyone else asks nicely for them to stop.
Teaming up with other people is quite easy- so long as everyone in the group is fairly skilled at playing their character, any kind of team makeup works well. In most games you need to have Meatshield + Damage + Healer + Tacticalperson, but in City of Heroes, You can take any random group and make it work. You also don't have to have a specific number of people in a group- You can have up to 8 people, but the game scales the difficulty of missions based on your group's size, level, and difficulty setting. I haven't seen that kind of mechanic in any other MMORPG, but it works extremely well in this one.
Overall, City of Heroes is awesome.
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Chompy's City of Heroes (PC)
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Current Status: Playing
GameLog started on: Sunday 3 February, 2008
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