Description
City of Heroes is the first Massively Multiplayer Online Game (MMOG) that lets you step into the pages of a comic book. Set in the 3D world of Paragon City, USA, you become a Super Hero spending your days fighting evil doers, assisting other heroes, forming Super Groups (complete with their very own Team costume), and mentoring Sidekicks. You are able to choose your Origin story and your Archetype, or style of play. There are hundreds of powers for a player to choose from, including learning to fly like Superman or run like the Flash. This is a online game and requires both internet access and a monthly fee.
Alternate Titles
- "英雄城市" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
- "Yingxiong Chengshi" -- Chinese title
- "CoH" -- Informal abbreviation
- "City of Heroes: Deluxe Edition" -- European title
- "City of Hero" -- Korean title
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User Reviews
The Press Says
| GamePro (US) |
Jun 03, 2004 |
4.5 out of 5 |
90 |
| Game Informer Magazine |
Jul, 2004 |
9 out of 10 |
90 |
| Cyber Gaming Network (CGN) |
Jun 21, 2004 |
4.5 out of 5 |
90 |
| IGN |
May 28, 2004 |
8.4 out of 10 |
84 |
| videogamer.com |
Nov 24, 2004 |
8 out of 10 |
80 |
| ESC Magazine |
May 11, 2004 |
8 out of 10 |
80 |
| GameSpot (Belgium/Netherlands) |
Sep 07, 2004 |
79 out of 100 |
79 |
| Jeuxvideo.com |
Feb 08, 2005 |
15 out of 20 |
75 |
| PC Games (Germany) |
Mar 15, 2005 |
75 out of 100 |
75 |
| JeuxVideoPC.com |
Jul 10, 2006 |
11 out of 20 |
55 |
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Trivia
In July 2008
NCsoft announced the complete merger of its
City of Heroes and
City of Villains titles into one game universe. Current subscribers who only had one of the titles received access to the features of both games, and new sales grant access to both.
This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by
aerynsun (117) on Apr 29, 2004.
