After reading that NC Soft was going to shut down City of Heroes, I was dismayed. How could they shut down the first/best superhero MMORPG? Didn't providing a free-to-play method of playing tempt more people to drop small amounts of money on items in the cash shop?

Then I asked myself, "why did I stop playing?" Well, it was because the graphics got old, the missions were repetitive, the powers weren't unique among the various superheroes, and the items in the cash shop weren't worth my money.

Well--I thought--maybe things have changed. So yesterday, I logged into Freedom and pulled up Altruist, my Mutant Telepathic/Telekinetic Controller and procedure to play for 20 minutes. "Hell yeah," I thought. "With my updated hardware now I can crank up those graphics and see what's changed!"

Well, nothing has changed.

At least, not for the aforementioned reasons for my previous departure.

So, I lay City of Heroes to bed, knowing that I gave it one last try before watching the sun set on its server. I've been going back and forth as to whether or not I will try City of Villains one last time, as I never really gave that a fair shake when it first came out.