City of Heroes

Publisher: Ncsoft

Developer: Ncsoft

Category: Role-Playing

Release Dates

N Amer - 04/28/2004

Online - 04/28/2004

Official Game Website

GameZone's Review

8.4
GZ Rating

Gameplay	8.2
Graphics	8.3
Sound	7.8
Difficulty	Medium
Concept	9
Multiplayer	8
Overall	8.4

Reviewer: John Wrentmore

Review Date: 05/10/2004

Spandex never felt so right.

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Avg. Web Rating

8.4

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Michael Lafferty - 03/05/2004

City of Heroes is an immersive and thoroughly enjoyable romp into the MMP world of Superheroes

Michael Lafferty - 05/21/2003

Don the cape and mask, calling all superheroes to defend Paragon City in an MMORPG from NCSoft

Interviews

Senior World Designer Melissa Bianco talks about five years of CoH
“What have I learned about MMO games is that perspective changes everything”

NCsoft event shows off upcoming Mission Architect system
"We wanted to make this as easy as our costume creator"

City of Heroes, City of Villains celebrate Valentine’s Day with a wedding
Manticore and Sister Psyche tie the knot, but the celebration is spoiled by Lord Recluse

Cryptic’s Matt Miller talks about the forthcoming expansion of CoV and CoH
“There will be plenty of surprises and new elements that will take this game’s PvP action to another level”

Top Cow’s Mark Waid talks about creating a comic book based on the popular NCsoft MMO
“It was a fun challenge”

News

Paragon Studios Launches Acclaimed Guest Author Missions in City of Heroes
City of Heroes’ Guest Author program adds original community created content into the world’s most popular super-powered hero MMO

City of Heroes Holds Extended Double XP Event in Conjunction with Reactivation Weekend
Active and Inactive Gamers Alike can Play City of Heroes October 8 through 11 and Gain Experience and Levels Twice as Fast

City of Heroes Launches Free Content Update Including Highly Anticipated Powers Customization
NCsoft and Paragon Studios continue giving players the most complete and customizable MMO experience

NCsoft Hosts Aion, Guild Wars 2 and City of Heroes at this Year's PAX
Playable builds, art books, developer chats, exclusive codes, artist signings and giveaways are a few of the activities taking place in the NCsoft booth

NCsoft Reveals Issue 16 Info for City of Heroes
City of Heroes' latest offering, Issue 16: Power Spectrum, forever changes the way all super powered beings will look at their powers

All News for City of Heroes

Description

City of Heroes is a super-powered hero based massively multiplayer online role-playing game. The game is set in Paragon City, a modern day metropolis full of super powered villains, alien invaders, and underground monsters. Players take on the roles of Paragon City's super-powered defenders. Create your own hero by choosing your powers and designing your own costume

Hardware Requirements

Win XP/ME/2000/98 800 Mhz processor (1.7 GHz recommended) 4X CD-ROM drove (8x recommended) 2 GB free hard disk space GeForce 2 Series video card with 32 MB VRAM (GeForce 4 Ti or Radeon 8500 recommended) 56 K modem (DSL or cable modem recommended)

Notes

Internet connection and monthly fee required

Ncsoft and TransGaming

Ncsoft®, the world’s premier publisher and developer of massively multiplayer online games (MMOs), today (1/8/09) announced the commercial launch of City of Heroes® for the Apple® Macintosh® across all NCsoft West consumer territories. .