6 zones
5 re-mixed ATs
4 'new' enemy npcs
3 unique powersets
0 Accolades
0 Items of Power
0 HO's for villains
K, now before I incur the wrath of the fanboy mafia, let me point out that I enjoy the game.
However, if I had been a subscriber to coh, I would not have shelled out 50 bucks for CoV. I was gone for a while, and so to me it was just like buying the game all over again. Not only that, but I think most people were under the impression that the content of CoV and the amount of programming involved in that content would match CoH when it launched.
It doesn't even come close. Let me cut off one response right now "but just wait they'll add stuff". My free month is up. I'm talking about comparing this to coh launch. I'm talking about what I already paid money for, not for what I will continue to pay money for. I can't exactly call them and tell them that they owe me free months until they add content now can I?
With that out of the way, let's talk pricing. Some people actually paid 70 bucks for CoV. Let's not talk about overseas shipping prices for now. $50 is the norm for a brand spanking not-a-copy-of-something-else new game. 20-30 is what an expansion will run you. And in the mmo world, both offer free month trials.
CoV was touted as a standalone game. Implication was that the newness would equal that of coh when it launched. But really, CoV is nothing but an expansion PRICED as a new standalone product. Less new programming went into the cov ATs than went into the FREE epic ATs CoH has.
Nice graphics btw. By far the biggest improvement, but the graphics engine is a clunker that makes me wonder if it was worth it. And since it doesn't really improve the way CoH looks (unless you have shaders 3.0), then I wonder if it was even necessary to "upgrade" the engine this way.
Not to mention this game loves to crash, and you can verify that at the tech issues forum.
I think the devs kind of need a wake up call. I think with what we paid for, each AT deserves at least one new powerset in both primary and secondary (in coh, they were all new), at least 4 new zones, and base raids functioning correctly with IOP's enabled, 2 more hero groups, and this WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS.
Then they can worry about epic ATs, accolades, etc.
I'm not asking that much, I'm just asking to get the same amount of product by buying CoV as I did when I bought CoH.