Heroes Unite! Who hasn't wanted to have super powers? Stop evil doers? Assemble teams of like minded individuals to stop Arch Villians? All this is part of City of Heroes (CoH). From the moment you start to create your character things just become amazing. Some may feel limited by the 5 Classes, but once you pick the class each one has around 5-8 power sets, then another 5-8 secondary powers. So there are such diferences that you are not limited at all. Know that all your powers are hear, Rapid Healing, Fligh, X-Ray Beams from your eyes, invulunerability, claws, flame on, super leaping abilitie..etc. We haven't even gotten to character creation. On lookers(those who are not creating their own character but waiting for their turn) complain that is takes too long to make your Hero or Herorine. Oddly when they sit down in the chair they take a 20 mins to pick how they look. This 20 mins isn't due to any sort of difficulty with the menus, but the sheer depth and breadth in the design of your characters. Three basic shapers, Male, Female and Huge(body that you can think of the Hulk or the Thing, Clay Face, Overkill any character that has Really Broad shoulders). These are then modified by a height slider that goes from 4 to 7'8", and a muscular slider that takes your character's build from Tobey McQuire to Aaaaahnold. The options in making your character is amazing, so many ways to tweak it. For those who just want to jump into the game they can do so with a "Random"-ly generated character. The tutorial is a great starting point, and gives you your first level up by its end. Once in the actual game you start to see the vast area of costumes and powers. You will see people who have unlocked the ability to fly. see others doing jumping jacks while their bodies are encased in flames or ice. You will see purse snatchers, car thieves and other gang related activites from the get go. No rats and spiders for you to start out with hero, you get to fight the good fight. The only two things I have a problem with is the sound and value. There is great music, or rather lil snippets. And the library of power sound effects seems a lil limited. The other fore mentioned negative is the value. The game costs 15 dollars a month. For many that is just too much. But it might be worth it, with an Expansion on the way for you to make your own Super Villain to combat those dastardly do gooders! City of Heroes has amazing Graphics and gameplay, and creates the most amazing Comic/Super hero experience to date. Happy adventuring my fellow heroes.
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