Comments on: The Making Of: City of Heroes http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/10/26/the-making-of-city-of-heroes/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:59:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Schmidt http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/10/26/the-making-of-city-of-heroes/#comment-6676 Schmidt Wed, 31 Oct 2007 07:20:43 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=488#comment-6676 Well you stopped short of a David Kohl avatar, so I'd say there's still hope for you. Well you stopped short of a David Kohl avatar, so I’d say there’s still hope for you.

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]]> By: Leeks! http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/10/26/the-making-of-city-of-heroes/#comment-6369 Leeks! Tue, 30 Oct 2007 04:33:20 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=488#comment-6369 In city of journalists, would you gain experience bonuses by reviewing bands so hard their drummer's legs fall off? ...God, I'm a despicable fanboy. In city of journalists, would you gain experience bonuses by reviewing bands so hard their drummer’s legs fall off?

…God, I’m a despicable fanboy.

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]]> By: AbyssUK http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/10/26/the-making-of-city-of-heroes/#comment-6267 AbyssUK Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:10:02 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=488#comment-6267 Sorry still laughing at I love CoX.. muhahaa Sorry still laughing at I love CoX.. muhahaa

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]]> By: Coyote http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/10/26/the-making-of-city-of-heroes/#comment-6196 Coyote Mon, 29 Oct 2007 04:38:54 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=488#comment-6196 What is this World of Warcraft you speak of? I've been too busy playing City of Heroes / City of Villains these last three-years-and-change (plus a minor flirtation with D&D Online) to really notice. What is this World of Warcraft you speak of?

I’ve been too busy playing City of Heroes / City of Villains these last three-years-and-change (plus a minor flirtation with D&D Online) to really notice.

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]]> By: Winterborn http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/10/26/the-making-of-city-of-heroes/#comment-6001 Winterborn Sun, 28 Oct 2007 09:09:53 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=488#comment-6001 I second the damning. I second the damning.

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]]> By: Jim Rossignol http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/10/26/the-making-of-city-of-heroes/#comment-5974 Jim Rossignol Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:15:47 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=488#comment-5974 I sense a lack of CoH love. Damn you, RPS readers. I sense a lack of CoH love. Damn you, RPS readers.

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]]> By: Arathain http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/10/26/the-making-of-city-of-heroes/#comment-5475 Arathain Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:05:58 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=488#comment-5475 I love CoX. It's very telling that when I tell my WoW playing friends about the different powers CoX lets me play with they sound vastly overpowered to them. It does a fairly clever trick of making you feel (at times) overpowered, while actually the whole thing is very well balanced. Maximalist, do-everything games that are really fun to play are very rare. Better to try to cut out the things that aren't so fun and spend your time doing what you do really well. Therein lies the strength of CoX. I love CoX. It’s very telling that when I tell my WoW playing friends about the different powers CoX lets me play with they sound vastly overpowered to them. It does a fairly clever trick of making you feel (at times) overpowered, while actually the whole thing is very well balanced.

Maximalist, do-everything games that are really fun to play are very rare. Better to try to cut out the things that aren’t so fun and spend your time doing what you do really well. Therein lies the strength of CoX.

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]]> By: Tr00jg http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/10/26/the-making-of-city-of-heroes/#comment-5463 Tr00jg Fri, 26 Oct 2007 21:24:05 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=488#comment-5463 I agree with Alex. I love CoX character creation! As for the last point in the post. I do feel that developers (especially the designers) should be more active with their community and fanbase. Its a win-win situation. The developers know what the fanbase think about eg, upcoming changes, and the fanbase feel more compelled to play because they have a small hand in the pie. I agree with Alex. I love CoX character creation!

As for the last point in the post. I do feel that developers (especially the designers) should be more active with their community and fanbase. Its a win-win situation. The developers know what the fanbase think about eg, upcoming changes, and the fanbase feel more compelled to play because they have a small hand in the pie.

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]]> By: Alex Hopkinson http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/10/26/the-making-of-city-of-heroes/#comment-5350 Alex Hopkinson Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:30:21 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=488#comment-5350 His comments on Enhancements are interesting. They've always been one of the least Superheroey aspects of CoX, something compounded by the invention system that came in with Issue 9. I think they're good things to have in the game but they don't fit particularly well with the theme. I think it's great that CoX has been pretty happy to keep doing what it does and focus on that casual beat-em-up/dress-em-up MMOG thang. More games should have such a flexible character creation system as well. His comments on Enhancements are interesting. They’ve always been one of the least Superheroey aspects of CoX, something compounded by the invention system that came in with Issue 9. I think they’re good things to have in the game but they don’t fit particularly well with the theme.

I think it’s great that CoX has been pretty happy to keep doing what it does and focus on that casual beat-em-up/dress-em-up MMOG thang. More games should have such a flexible character creation system as well.

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