I don't know really what to put my finger on about this game. It is jsut very fun and very addicting. It's the most stable of any online game on release that I've ever played. I've crashed 2 times maybe 3 in a week now. And those have been from something called a mapserver error. All in which I was back up and running again in minutes. The game runs really good and the graphics look great on my machine. Mind you, I'm on a p4 1.3 with 512 and 64 meg geeforce2 or 3. No problems at all. I get occassional pauses when I'm running in azone where I kind of freeze while something loads, but really I expected a lot worse with my machine. I can log on for 1 hour or 8 hours, and no matter what time I have allotted for my fun, I can have equal amounts with either. I can find missions where Ihave to cleanse the streets of villians, or find warehouse of hostage takers and disperse of them. As I have progressed to 16th level, I find that the game is more difficult to solo on missions, but if soloing is your thing, there are still spots to be found in different parts of the cities. But honestly I think for missions, this is very difficult. This game takes a lot out of other games that is needed and puts more t ime into serious ass kicking. No fighting over looting corpses. No 30 minutes treaks to get to aquest that takes 5 minutes to solve. Just pure superhero fun.
I recommend this game for anyone who wants to give MMOs a shot, or anyone whose tired of slow MMOs. Unlike most online RPGs, City of Heroes has a fast play/fighting style that'll keep you interested, and a well paced lev... Read Full Review
How can I make you feel the deep love/hate relationship I have with this game. In almost every way, this is the worst massive multiplayer game to come around in a long time. But, there is so much about it that is just so... Read Full Review