City of Heroes

by NCsoft

Product Features

• Create your own hero from hundreds of unique powers and costumes
• Face super-criminals, mad scientists, alien invaders and more -- 20 different story arcs to choose from
• Live the story, becoming an integral part of Paragon City -- watch how they react to your victories and defeats
• Form your own superhero group, banding together with other heroes and exploring the skyscrapers, slums, sewers and streets of Paragon City
• Once you're established in the city, move on to the expansions - Through The Looking Glass and Shadow of the Past

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00032IYIA
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: November 9, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,472 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Edition: Collector's

The City Of Heroes Collector's Edition compiles all the action of the incredible online role-player game! Travel to Paragon City, where aliens are invading, high-tech crime syndicates are running the streets and the cops need all the help they can get. Pick a costume and some powers, then hit the streets as a superhero! With the first expansion, you'll get to tweak your costume and powers, fight on rooftops, and battle the massive beasts and new crime syndicates: The ultra high-tech Malta Group, the wicked and freakish Carnival of Shadows and the deadly Praetorians. Then move on to the second expansion, where you'll earn badges for exploring the city and open up areas, new trial and new levels of adventure! Special DVD Collector's Edition features an exclusive HeroClix figure, a foldout map of Paragon City, 16-page online comic, winning entries from the City of Heroes Film Festival, previews of upcoming NCsoft games (including the City of Villains expansion), and an exclusive in-game item!

Customer Reviews

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars CoH vs. WoW, June 21, 2005

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T. Copening "Former WoWer now CoHer" - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: City of Heroes Collector's DVD Edition (CD-ROM)

OK, being a previous WoW player moving to CoH I'll discuss the other side of the coin. Really which game you prefer depends on what you want to do. I played a mage in WoW, and a blaster in CoH. If you are the type of player that likes a fast-paced game where you can get to the action right away then CoH is more your game. I love the ability to get around. In WoW you walk at the same slow speed until level 40, in which they give you a horse for a ridiculous amount of money, which still doesn't boost your speed to an amazing level. They have mithril spurs which ups your mount speed, but you have to bypass other enchants and such that could go on your boots or gloves for the riding enchantments, or you could use a trinket to also up your speed but trinket slots can also be valuable and its a pain to have to switch them out to go quickly. So generally be prepared to spend a lot of your time in WoW actually getting to where you need to go, especially at higher levels. Griffon/Wyverns make it a little better by being able to take flight paths from city to city, these cost money to use, but its not a major hit to your finances once you get to level 20 or so.

Also I'm a big fan of the extensive customization in CoH. WoW you have your basic skills that can be somewhat customized by what talents you choose in your talent trees (you get a point per level after level 10 to put into talents) I was a frost/arcane specialist mage. However once you choose your talents you're locked in until you respec. In CoH you choose your powers and assign a number of slots with which you can put enhancements to up damage, accuracy, endurance cost reductions, endurance drains etc. etc. There are tons of enhancements to choose from which can customize your powers to your individual needs. If your needs change you can change the powers easily by switching out enhancements. Also, you can add extra slots as you level if you need to further enhance a power. A respec allows you to totally change all of your powers, slots, and even change which auxillary pools (travel powers and such) you want. Not to mention the vast customization of your character's appearance, which is just amazing in CoH, while in WoW you get no character scaling, all humans are the same build, same height as well as the other races and only change in appearance by what you wear, and the equipment can't be customized even by a 300/300 (maximum skill level) tailor. CoH gives you 4 costumes which can be incredibly customized to whatever look you're trying to achieve, and they even let you change your look after you've created the costumes for a price.

WoW is a beautifully rendered game that looks better than CoH, but I think CoH gives a better gaming experience with fast action and a lot less wasted time walking around and deciding what it is you want to do. I also loved the novelty of Warcraft, being a huge fan of the series. Honestly the novelty wore off as I played.

As far as being repetitive, welcome to MMORPGs. All of them are repetitive, WoW is, CoH is... all of them are. Maximum experience in both games is achieved by grinding at higher levels, so its a question of what you're looking for. In my case I want the ability to get into the action quickly with a highly and easily customizable character, and CoH fills that need much better than WoW.

Oh, WoW seems to have a better high level game, once you hit 60 you've got battlegrounds and such and a big PvP ladder. I'm not a big fan of PvP and I'm more of a fan of being able to try different character combinations so starting a new toon at level 50 doesn't bother me. In my experience PvP just brings a bunch of whiners to the game. "My class is unbalanced!" or other BS is all you hear about. If you're a big fan of PvP, right now WoW is the best choice... Though City of Villians is coming out soon and we'll have to see what that brings with it.

OK, I've rambled enough, hopefully I've given as much of an unbiased view as possible comparing the two, though I do tend to lean towards CoH. Have a good day everyone :)

34 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for new Players!, November 14, 2004

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destiny morna "destiny21" (louisiana) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: City of Heroes Collector's DVD Edition (CD-ROM)

City of heroes is a MMOPG game--that is a massively multi player online game. This is the second version with the original game and hero creator along with the first two updates. It features special powers/effects that are not available to players who purchased the original.

In city of heroes, you get to create your own hero--choosing its archtype (blaster,defender,scrapper,tank, controller) and its powers. You then create a hero (which is very fun)--choosing its sex (male/female/huge male) and picking out its costume. This is one of the best parts of the game!

After that, you get to enter the world of paragon city. You start off weak but progress or level as you kill bad guys, save citizens, finish missions. The great thing is that you get to team up with other heroes to do this or you can solo. As you level you get access to more powers/capes and enhancements which can strengthen the powers you have already.

City of heroes was the first online game that i played and it was simple to learn and to master. I have played for about 3 months and i am never bored. There are many opportunities for grouping and joining larger super groups that ensure you always have someone to team with. The tech support is very good as well...the few times i had trouble, there was always a GM around to help me out.

This version has several new features:
--A VIP badge- which would be essential for those who are badge collectors, but has no new power.
--The invisible cape of 4 winds
--new powerslide power: which moves like superspeed but looks like you are surfing down the street, very cool.

For those already having the original game, i don't think that there is much newer content in this version to warrent the extra money..unless you are like me and have to have every badge! (still working on that illusionist one if there are any interested heroes!!!)

But for new players- get this version!

Destiny Morna
level 48 defender
FREEDOM server

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Say goodbye to your friends and family..., March 28, 2005

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C. K. Ogi (NW MO USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: City of Heroes Collector's DVD Edition (CD-ROM)

Because you could very well lose touch with them after playing this game!

City of Heroes allows you to create your own Superhero with your own set of superpowers, and basically go fight crime in the streets of Paragon City. As you advance in level, you are given new powers and new missions.

If you like your games to be 'your own,' then this is definitely the game for you. It is virtually impossible for you to run into the same hero. You build your hero from the ground up, give them a basic set of powers, and boom...you are off to complete missions, either as a team or solo.

CoH is truly the best MMOG out there. The graphics are stunning, the game itself is ever changing, and the hero's powersets are just plain fun to work with. You can't believe how much time you spend immersed in missions or just plain hunting. In ordinary life, you can't hit a mugger with supercharged lightening bolts to help a lady get her purse back. Thanks to CoH, you don't ever have to wonder what that joy is like.

You can't go wrong with this game...it's just too much fun to pass up. However...word of caution: DO pay attention to the system requirements. If your Video in particular isn't up to par, you'd better go shopping for a Videocard as well.

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