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City of Heroes? ... or?
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Member Posts: 18
yea.. i was lookin for some new games to go get and i have been puzzled as to which game i should get:
Horizon or City of Heroes?
I heard both were great, but im not sure about city of heroes because i see no rp'ing in it..
any opinions would be great
thanks
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Played: Everquest, Ultima Online, Runescape, Lineage 2
Awaiting: EQ2, WoW (yes both...i'm not taking sides just yet )
Playing: None!!
Hush little baby, don't say a word, and nevermind that noise you heard... It's just the beast under your bed, in your closet.. in your head! - Metallica - Enter Sandman
I've been playing CoH for three weeks now and I really enjoy it! But it is a very action oriented MMORPG and doesn't have much in the way of role playing and nothing in the way of crafting. But it's still a lot of fun when you team up with other players. But if you don't like action heavy combat oriented games this might not be for you.
I've never played Horizons, though I've heard lots of negative things about it from people on these forums.
If I were you, I'd get WOW!
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"Do I come to your workplace and tell you how to kill civilians? No, so don't tell me how to do my job" - Sam Fischer.
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"Do I come to your workplace and tell you how to kill civilians? No, so don't tell me how to do my job" - Sam Fischer.
--OracleP4
Like: DAoC, WOW, GW, DnL
Dislike: SoR, EQ, EQ2, SWG, KO, AC2, CoH
Don't Care About: Most Everything Else
yes i've heard the same, but wow doesn't come out for another.. how long?
i need something to quench my thirst for mmorpg's, planetside didn't do it. i hated everquest. daoc is gettin old. swg is BORING with horrible pvp.
i want something action packed and fun, so i might get CoH. thanks for the feedback
agreed, don't waste money now, just keep it till august or whenever the hell WOW or EQ2 comes out
or just play open beta's and free trials till the good games come out
that's what im gunna do
Played: Everquest, Ultima Online, Runescape, Lineage 2
Awaiting: EQ2, WoW (yes both...i'm not taking sides just yet )
Playing: None!!
Hush little baby, don't say a word, and nevermind that noise you heard... It's just the beast under your bed, in your closet.. in your head! - Metallica - Enter Sandman
Horizions:
I was very disappointed on this MMORPG but I was mislead to expect much.
The things mostly did not like
General:
Ther is not one feature in game that is bug free or outright not finished.
Crafting :
Each crafting tier was exact iteration of the tier before no real progression was made.
Player based Econimy was not realy working.
After about 200 lvl of crafting lvls in search of achievement I had only seen boredom.
Combat System:
I was realy surpissed so many people put up with this I still am.
I thought it had multiclassing as an feature make sure you dont expect that.
Some class are outright gimped forgot and can't even part take in server events or in most item loot drops uncommon concept.
City of Heroes:
Very simplyfied MMOG with fun factor.
Expect too burn thru the game in about 1- 4 months depending on our time and playstyle.
The User Interface / Game feel seems to be built around ranged classes.
Play feel is good it does suffer abit from a round based feel which not fit an action based game like this e.g. if an foe shoots at you an you run around a corner before the bullets hit you you still get hit or you up an invulnability shield only power activated after the shield raising get affected.
Its not that bad as it sounds and one gets used to it but would raised the fun factor greatly.
Its one of the best made MMOGs in the last two years which does not mean much as far it concerns me but I can not find better atm.
Personaly its an fine break filler for me until propper MMORPG come out like WoW or UXO.
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Light laughter and sweet water to you fellow adventures.
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Light laughter and sweet water to you fellow adventures.
Previous poster certainly nailed it.
Horizons is a REALLY awful game. I doubt that it will survive till Christmas.
CoH had a perfect release, is lag free, has great char/costume creation and is vibrant and active. That being said I see it has a 1-3 month game as well. Really no content and insanely reptitive..
A good game, nice advancement in the genre but sorely lacking in content to keep people playing for years.
Go with CoH hands down..
IF I had a nickel for everyone that was just biding time in CoH till Wow/EQ2 comes out Id be a rich man...Im there waiting too
Wispas
Don't bother with Horizons unless you find a very cheap copy with a free month on a shop shelf. I played the Beta and the first 3-4 months. The game had great potential but was released with too many bugs and not enought content. Most of our guild left in the first 2 months and the last 4 of us could not bother even logging in during month 4 and cancelled.
I am waiting for UXO or Dragon Empires, not sure if WOW is my style of game but might give it a try.
Why not just download the 7 day horizons trial and give it a go? I was one of the lucky horizons compo winners and although initially I wasn't impressed, it is slowly growing on me. Unfortunatley down to bugs and what i'm finding is a rather sparse community; I find myself playing DAoC more than horizons, but certainly in 7 days you can get a good idea if the game's going to fill your expectations.
Coh, it's an arcade game with lots of players, don't fork out cash expecting a deep, content filled MMORPG.
// Carl
Currently Playing : anything to keep me occupied until EQ2 comes out
// Carl
Currently Playing : EQ2 of course
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33.333333333333336% of me is a huge nerd! How about you?
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Horizons has gone so far down the proverbial tube that the hosting company is laying off their staff. Its quite sad bit was eventually going to happen if they develop a crappy game.