And it shifts the challenge of tanking less from surving and more to maximizing attention. It makes target selection more important for single-target or debuffs. It makes DPS more interesting as you're positioning cones and AOEs. What CoH doesn't get enough credit for is how core the 'many vs one' model is.

If it was just as simple as 'good build = safe' then it would be at risk of being boring. To be fair there's a lot of virtue in 'skill matters'. I hope this game remains until Im 80 years old, showing my grandkids this game I grew up with and loved. The game still looks damn good today and with it being old can run on a potato almost. Ive had to fight altitis and stick with my heroes/villains.Īfter 18 years and a huge saturated market, this game stands as a testament that newer isnt always better. The game is so much fun and its one of the few games I actually role play in a bit with my characters. I want to thank the people who brought this game back. Im making it my goal to make a character of every powerset (not combination, just 1 powerset at least once) In the past year or so Ive only leveled 1 character to 50 and have another at 44 right now. With no sub I can play at my leisure without feeling pressured by an investment. PSO2 became too easy and boring after New Genesis came out but thankfully.Homecoming was around at this time. I played both religiously and put a good amount of money in both. The only 2 that came close to filling the void CoH left was Marvel Heroes (RIP) and when Phantasy Star Online 2 finally came to the west. Guild Wars 1 and 2, Kritika, Dungeon Fighter Online, Black Desert, Lost Ark, Rappelz, Aion, possibly more. I got the game and played and kept a sub until 2012 when the game unfortunately died.ĭuring the time it was out and inbetween active and Homecoming I tried a lot of different games to fill the void. I was about 13 years old at the time and made the decision to get a work permit just so I could work a part time job to pay the $15 a month for this game. The thought if making a hero and playing online with others got me super excited.the only problem.the subscription price.

I grew up with comics, the X-Men and Spider-Man tv shows, etc. I remember first seeing the game in 2004 when my family was visiting my sister in college and I saw the box at Target. City of Heroes is arguably one of the most important and meaningful games to me growing up.

Play city of heroes or city of villains