User Rating: 9 | City of Heroes PC
By Furey | Review Date:
I played Ultima Online, EverQuest, Anarchy Online and Shadowbane. This game is very much like all 4 of those games, and unique in its own right. One thing I very much like, and I haven't seen many people write this, is that there is a certain level of "twitch factor" to this game in fighting. I play a "blaster" and blasters are in every online game - weak hp guys who have very strong offensive attacks (spells or superpowers). You can use terrain to block yourself from their ranged attacks - so I constantly find myself running behind ruins, cars, walls, buildings and balconies to use them to my advantage when attacking. Its very much like a first person shooter in some ways. It also has some great missions - much like Anarchy Online tried to do. I wasn't impressed by Anarchy Online's private missions but City of Heroes is very slick. Invite your friends and the missions will get harder. Also the NPC AI is very intelligent. Mobs will flank you, support each other and trick you (one mob ran away in the heat of a massive group battle of 5 players vs 5 mobs, and then came back 2 minutes later while we were resting and attacked - killed 2 of 5 members with an area attack!). Problems with the game? Well you still have the normal "run around and kill" treadmill of every online game. I very much look forward to City of Villians to add spice. The music is lacking, it would be nice if you could play your own MP3s thru the game itself - after a while the music of the game gets repetitive. Levelling does slow down after level 15 (for me). You can solo in this game to your hearts content but the real way to get good xp is to grouping. $15 a month too much? Its only $.50 a day, that doesn't matter to me. Hey, if you aren't playing anything, get it - you will like it for at least a month...if not longer...

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