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It's good to be bad!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 11
Date: November 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

If you enjoyed City of Heros you will enjoy City of Villains. New Achetypes and powers, new costumes and new areas to explore all add to the flavor of being a bad guy. Many of the powers are duplicates of the hero's powers, but that shouldn't really be a surprise, what is nice is they are combined in different ways requiring different styles of play to achieve your goals. There are subtle but important differences to playing a villain which bring hours of fun. City of Heros also introduces bases which can be built by the players once they have gained enough influance. Putting your very own torture chamber into the dungeon is hard to beat. Another good point for this game, you only have to pay for one subscription to play City of Heros or City of Villains. So what are you waiting for, release your inner megalomaniac and join the villains in crushing those self rightous do-gooders and make a few bucks on the side.

Too many bugs to enjoy

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 11
Date: November 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I like the idea of playing a villian and playing with better graphics that WOW has too offer. But the main and only two problems are the constant disconnects and half the video screen which is barbled (or tearing) on my laptop. Now I have two systems one is an alienware with a nvidia card and the laptop a dell xps with a ati mobility. I made sure everything is upgraded and tweak too work with most games. But there is nothing I can do if COV is having compatibilty issues with the ati mobility card as stated in their website (still being worked on). The tech support technician states that the problem is with my system and and ISP. I play other online games and I will definitly know if there is a problem with my ISP (not) so I decided it is best to cancel my subscription since I cannot enjoy the game and have next to nil on getting any help from tech support. I do not know what high end system is needed or what else must be tweaked. All I can say COV is a nice concept and nice graphics but I guess it all depends on what high end PC system you are using. I wish you better luck in enjoying the game.

You have to like " that sort of thing"

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 30 / 53
Date: November 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I'm a longtime CoH player. I'm also in a non-traditional demographic for the game, so what I enjoy/dislike in the game won't really match with the expectations of NCSoft's target audience. Keep that in mind as you read.

I was both skeptical about and interested in CoV. The Deluxe edition had the nifty packs of HeroClix toys and lots of other stuff. The game on initial trial was buggy, but that's been about par for the whole world. They've patched and fixed and now most things work nicely.

Villians are very cool, very slick and appealing, there's no disputing that. They look fantastic, they have all the hero options and then some (this is not reciprocal for heroes) and there's a certain appeal in playing the bad guy. Lots of the options added into the game are great, although only a few also extend to the Hero side. The remixed villian archtypes offer a lot of fun stuff in new power combinations, new twists on old stuff. The environments were grim, gritty, and very vivid. It really looked good. I loaded it up, dug in, and spent a few dozen hours checking it out from both sides, solo and with friends.

The super bases seemed like a nifty idea and are something I'd hoped for almost since the game's beginning. However, they are almost prohibitively expensive (just wait until your first rent payment is due!). You must chose between being able to upgrade your character or building a base, especially after around level 34. Large supergroups are practically a must -- small groups don't stand much of a chance. Again, the bases are mostly aimed toward PvP so only a few options are really worthwhile for a non PvP supergroup. I'd recommend, unless you really want the "Hey, it's so cool" factor, that you skip it. Play The Sims instead.

I found my biggest objection was purely my distaste for the idea of fighting against other players. CoH originally was a game where cooperation was rewarded, teamwork was a goal, you weren't in competition with other people, and you could just concentrate on having fun, following the storylines, and seeing what developed as the world expanded. The depictions of violence were bloodless and you were "defeated", not killed. They added in the Arena for very restricted PvP (how successful that is, I don't know. People I game with avoid it and, after a few looks, I decided it wasn't worth the irritation). Now, it feels as if the flavor of the game has changed. Many things are available only if you go through the PVP areas. I see PvP as a huge barrier for enjoying the full possibilities of the game.

I finally decided not to play City of Villains because of the Player vs Player built in combat. The new areas are mostly PvP. If you don't want to fight with other players, there's no point in going into them. Hero or villain, you are walking around as a living target for someone else. Winning isn't just everything, it's the ONLY thing, and you win only when someone else loses. If you like the idea of playing for revenge, not being able to trust other players you team with, getting angry at people who see you as a source of points, a big lack of documentation on how the PvP works, wondering why nothing you do is successful -- you'll ADORE this. Absolutely. Dig in and have fun, you'll get your money's worth.

After a year and a half of regular play in CoH, and addicting many of my friends, I'm really considering closing my account and finding something else. I don't think that just ignoring the CoV part will help, as it looms over everything in the game. The world of CoH is now one more step -- a step too far, for me -- closer to the real world.

to gamer7

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: December 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

my computer had the same video problem when issue 5 was released. on the main CoH screen where u log on there was a message that said my vid card drivers were old and it may not function properly. i have a radeon 9800 pro and i downloaded the 5.1 catalyst drivers and everything worked fine after that :D.

anyways CoV is an awesome game. new maps, cool new missions, powers, archetypes, costumes galore! love it.

worst game ever

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 41
Date: December 26, 2005
Author: Amazon User

First of all you have to buy it then to play it you havet to pay 15 dollars a month,also it's a pain in the a** to download it.Then when you finally start playing you see that the graphics aren't that good and it's annoying to move or change the view,and if you don't care about the veiw I played it for five miniuts and it froze on my brand new laptop!VERY VERY VERY BAD GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CoV is great!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: January 30, 2006
Author: Amazon User

CoV is great! Stand-alone or as an add-in to City of Heroes. This is the very best MMORPG on the market - by far!

WANNA BE REALLY BAD?

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 10
Date: February 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The city of Villains is a stand alone sequel of my favorite game City of Heroes. To be honest I was expecting much more as COH player from the new game and I don't blame all these people who criticize it but there is something that we should take seriously under consideration and this that it is a stand alone game and that is how we must see it. I noticed that all the new players who never played COH just loved this game and this shows that my personal complain as an old player of the old game and my expectations should not be as criterion to judge the City of Villains.
If you see it from this side COV is a very special game. All the heroes you can create are big fun and so unique. I would not advise non experienced players to try the player versus player mode and in general I believe that such options should be avoided from those who create such smart new age games. If you have spend hundreds of hours building your hero around Atlas City I am sure you will not be very impressed with this title but if you did not I strongly recommend you to buy and play this game it is something exceptional.
P.S. check for dr.Kickass allways available to join you for a mish lol

CoV is fun, if all you're looking for is mindless stomping

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 9
Date: February 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

First of all, you can play all the way to max level without taking part in PVP. Im not sure who the dude is that complained about the new zones only being PVP, but they are not. only specific zones are pvp, and they are the ones the heroes get to enter also. (maybe he was talking from a hero standpoint?) whatever the case, there is absolutely nothing forcing you to take part in pvp. There are no quests that force you to go there, no items from there you have to have, absolutely no reason to go there, unless you want to pvp. I actually wish CoV would have had MORE pvp, but I suppose what they do have is ok.

As for the rest, in city of heroes, when you punch a guy so hard he flies through the air, lands on his face, and then disappears.. guess what buddy, you didn't just "Defeat" him. the game may say that, but you just knocked that dude into the river. sorry to burst your fuzzy bunny bubble.

Both games are just two sides of the same coin, and they are very very similar in almost all respects. if you like CoH, you will like CoV, unless you have moral issues with playing a "villain," in which case, please pick up City of Heroes so I have somebody else to stomp in PvP.

I've been playing for months now and have had no problems with anything on the technical side. It seems rock solid to me, though the beta was rough in parts. The graphics are fantastic, if you have the power to turn on all the cool features and you aren't playing on a laptop, which requires a whole lot more technical experience to get to function like a desktop. I am in the Dungeons and Dragons online beta, and I would put the graphics in CoV up against that any time.

Its good to be bad!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 9
Date: March 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Easy to get into and play. does require a little more PC power to run than City of Heroes does. Overall a great game to get into. Great new content.

NCSoft's latest financial results say it all.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 26
Date: June 02, 2006
Author: Amazon User

NCSoft recently published their financial report for the first quarter of 2006. Revenue for City of Heroes/Villains is down 58% in the last three month period. Keep in mind that many people sign up for 6 or 12 months at a time so this only reflects the people who's accounts have expired in that time. Also keep in mind that this is a 58% decline after including any new players who signed up during that period.

They have so thoroughly ruined the game that most of the people who still have accounts are not playing them (choosing just to let them expire rather than play). They are offering incentives just to try and get people to log on once a week! (Check out the City of Heroes web site for more info).

While other online games (like World of Warcraft) are growing through word of mouth, City of Heroes/Villains is hemorrhaging users en mass. The reason is simple, in order to slow leveling in the game they have made the game a tedious bore to play. You no long feel like a super hero/villain.

Now you could trust the people giving this game a positive review keeping in mind they have a vested interest in getting people into the game to play with, or you could trust the nearly 60% of the players who quit the game in the last 3 months. You have only to go to their own site to see the incentives they are offering just to get people to log on. Fun games don't have to offer incentives to get people to play, people WANT to play.

Avoid this one like the plague folks.

For more info on their latest quarter search for:
"NCsoft Announces 2006 First Quarter Financial Results"

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