06-05-2004, 07:38 AM
The Game is sold in stores($40.00 US) With that you get one month of free play.After that it costs about $15.00 US a month to play.You can buy cards that have 60 days of playtime on them,at any game or electronics store that sells the game(so you do not need a credit card like all the other on-line games out there. I know it kinda sucks having to pay to play,but $15.00 a month is WAY less then I spend on my gaming now.
There are 10 servers to choose from,each one is the same,the only difference is the players. If there were only one server the game would be very crowded like Thor said.
You do need to have an internet connection to play.This is a MMORPG(massively multiplayer on-line role playing game)much like Everquest(except better).
There is no waiting lists but some of the servers may be full by now so you just choose a different one,no biggie.
You can start the game and wage a personal war on crime or you can talk to other players and form a Supergroup!
You get to make a character costume(millions of possibilties) at the beginning of the game.Then when you form a team you get to make a "team costume" using the teams color scheme.The only thing that sucks is that as of now there is no option for capes(too much for them to animate)but they said that this will be remedied in the future. Come on Heros without capes? Well at least we got the spandex.
There are random punks running around causeing trouble everywhere,so there are always crime to stop.Or you can go to one of your many contacts and get your character specific missions(which are much more involved then just stopping a purse snatcher).
All I can really say is this game is pretty much what I've always dreamed about. A Superhero RPG with unlimited potential. The world of COH is "real".There are huge events in the game that you can participate in.The beta testers were treated with a huge alien invasion at the end of the beta testing.
Right now there is no Player vs. Player option,but there will be with the games first expansion,City of Villains. :twisted:
Also,they(as of last week)have a monthly comic book published by Dark Horse,that features events and story lines from within the game. They have also made it very clear that your created hero could very well end up in an issue of the comic.
There is a world of info I could spew fourth here but those are some of the highlights.
I am a very cheap man,and before this game I would never had payed to play an online game,now I can't wait to give them my money. :roll:
Check out these links for some more info and screenshots and videos oh my.
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Hope you guy decide to fight the good fight,it looks like fun
There are 10 servers to choose from,each one is the same,the only difference is the players. If there were only one server the game would be very crowded like Thor said.
You do need to have an internet connection to play.This is a MMORPG(massively multiplayer on-line role playing game)much like Everquest(except better).
There is no waiting lists but some of the servers may be full by now so you just choose a different one,no biggie.
You can start the game and wage a personal war on crime or you can talk to other players and form a Supergroup!
You get to make a character costume(millions of possibilties) at the beginning of the game.Then when you form a team you get to make a "team costume" using the teams color scheme.The only thing that sucks is that as of now there is no option for capes(too much for them to animate)but they said that this will be remedied in the future. Come on Heros without capes? Well at least we got the spandex.
There are random punks running around causeing trouble everywhere,so there are always crime to stop.Or you can go to one of your many contacts and get your character specific missions(which are much more involved then just stopping a purse snatcher).
All I can really say is this game is pretty much what I've always dreamed about. A Superhero RPG with unlimited potential. The world of COH is "real".There are huge events in the game that you can participate in.The beta testers were treated with a huge alien invasion at the end of the beta testing.
Right now there is no Player vs. Player option,but there will be with the games first expansion,City of Villains. :twisted:
Also,they(as of last week)have a monthly comic book published by Dark Horse,that features events and story lines from within the game. They have also made it very clear that your created hero could very well end up in an issue of the comic.
There is a world of info I could spew fourth here but those are some of the highlights.
I am a very cheap man,and before this game I would never had payed to play an online game,now I can't wait to give them my money. :roll:
Check out these links for some more info and screenshots and videos oh my.
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Hope you guy decide to fight the good fight,it looks like fun