City of Heroes

We?ve played NCsoft?s superhero MMORPG. Evildoers, prepare to eat justice.

In a genre filled with leveling treadmills and numbers games disguised by fantasy-esque graphics, City of Heroes offers simple character development and gameplay that feels different from everything else out there.

First, you create a character, choosing your origin (magic, science, mutation, etc.) and heroic archetype (blaster, defender, scrapper, and so on) before selecting your powers from those available. Even a starting character can choose from tons of powers with multiple sets under each heading. For example, the Controller archetype can choose mind control, illusion, fire control, and ice control, among others, and then select powers from within those groups. With your powers chosen, you then create your costume from a massive array of options that includes cyborg limbs, armored exoskeletons, and more traditional colorful spandex.

Once you?re out on the street, the game begins. You start off with a contact who gives you a series of missions, and you meet new contacts as you go. Walking the streets of the city, you?ll run into purse snatchers and vandals to beat up, and you?ll see other heroes combating evil in vibrant battles filled with awesome special effects and insane leaping chases. You?ll even see flying heroes fighting aerial battles with enemies aloft. Even at low levels, the feeling of heroism is unmatched among the MMOs on the market today.

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