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City of Heroes MMO Leaps Tall Buildings?

Posted by simoniker on from the underpants-slightly-skewed dept.

Decaffeinated Jedi writes "This week, GameSpy is serving up a variety of articles regarding Cryptic Studios' upcoming massively multiplayer superhero PC roleplaying game, City of Heroes (following up on its December 2003 preview). The preview offers hands-on impressions of the game, a look at the origin and ongoing adventures of Kingblade (an in-game character created by one of the editors), a roundtable with the developers, several screenshot galleries, and more. City of Heroes is currently in beta and scheduled for released on April 27, 2004. Will it join the ranks of Freedom Force in breaking the legendary superhero game curse? Only time will tell, true believers!" There's more info on this NCSoft-published game at COH Stratics and the official site.

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  1. Re:Freedom Force by *weasel · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's a tactical team-based RPG type thing.

    A sort of X-Com: UFO Defense - but with superheroes and supervillains instead of marines and aliens.

    It was pretty well received despite being aimed at the low-system-requirement market (a bit behind the times graphically). It is certainly a quality title and is only obscure because of a near-complete lack of marketing. Gamer and critical reviews are nearly all praise.

    There's a demo (windows-only) you can download when you're free of the fascist-network regime: here.

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  2. Re:Freedom Force by Decaffeinated+Jedi · · Score: 4, Informative
    Freedom Force is a real-time tactical superhero game with character-building RPG elements worked into the equation. It was released in 2002, well-received by critics, and is now available in bargain bins at most stores for less than $20.

    The game takes a very tongue-in-cheek approach to the superhero genre. It's set in the 1960s and exhibits the designers' obvious love of Marvel's Stan Lee/Jack Kirby epics of the 1960s.

    Personally, I loved the game. There's a sequel on the way in the near future, too.

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  3. Re:No bad guys? by Jaeph · · Score: 4, Informative

    There's no PvP period, not even dueling. Imagine: no Spidey vs Thor, Silver Surfer, Torch, Daredevil, etc. Heck, no wolverine vs anybody! :-)

    I could understand holding off on a Villain engine because it was just too hard to design, but no dueling? C'mon, read a comic book!

    -Jeff

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  4. Re:Freedom Force by imitier · · Score: 4, Informative

    Actually I've seen several copies in a local EB for $9.99. I picked it up at that price, and it's definitely worth it, especially with the mods available at various websites. Also, the newest patch of the game (1.2?) adds a "Danger Room" feature, so you can easily play around with your own super heroes on several game levels against some customizable AI superheroes. The campaign itself may be short, but the super hero creation system is extremely robust -- it alone is worth the price of admission.