Is the CoH Game Actually Good?

So i bought CoH Deluxe version. The update is running now. Ive bought one month to see what it is like.

Im a real gamer and i love fantasy games because they are fun.
But is the game good?

Like the graphics, the missions, powers, the people etc?
And can you join guilds/clans? Is there such a thing?

Im sure this thread has been posted somewhere before by someone else so apologies for the spam if there has been. >.<

Thanks

No its terrible. We've got players who've been subscirbed for 7 years.

















In all seriousness, I enjoy it. Graphics are great in Praetoria. Powers are second to none. Great people. Super groups.

also what is 'deluxe version' ?

First off, welcome to the game!

As to whether or not the game is good, I certainly think so! I've been here since August 2004, and having a blast the entire time. However, it's going to be very subjective. As such, give it a try, and if you like it, stay. If you don't, find something else that you do find fun!

Yes, you can join what you would know as a guild or clan. We call them supergroups here, though, but it's mainly a semantic difference.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask here, or join the Mentor Project (found at the top of the Player Questions section here). They're a good group of people who are very interested in helping new players out.

No, we all hate it

Seriously, you're probably asking the wrong type of people if it's good since we're all paying to play it here pretty much.

Yes, you can join clans/guilds. They're called Super Groups in this game, but the concept is the same.

The people around here are great. There's some jerks and stuff, but most of the people you're going to meet, especially around this section of the forums, are nice and friendly (as long as you're nice and friendly to us of course).

The graphics/missions/powers question is pretty subjective and you're best off playing to see if you like it. Feel free to ask questions around here if you have anything.

http://www.paragonwiki.com is a really, really good resource for finding answers to questions on your own by the way. I'd definitely give it a look over, especially if somebody says a term you're not familiar with. You can look up pretty much anything over there and find out what it is. (NOTE: If you come across a cityofheroes.wikia.com, it is NOT paragonwiki. Do not use it, it's no longer updated. The only two URLS to access the real wiki is paragonwiki.com and wiki.cohtitan.com)

Been playing 79 months here so I think this is a great game. Hope you like it as much as I do.

Welcome to the madhouse! Get to know the Mentor Project and the Paragon Wiki - they are some of your best sources of help, suggestions, and advice. Also, join a few channels and chat with folks.

(And if you see this weird woman running around in-game shouting, "I'm filming this, everyone look cool!" in Broadcast, that's me.)

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Also, to the OP, if you're coming from other games, you may find yourself wondering if this game is empty. It's not, it's just deceiving. Much of this game is in Instances, and so you won't see many people at once in the wide world. Those you do see there will either be on their way to a mission, leveling up, going to contacts to get new missions, or just generally hanging out. Most of the people "doing stuff" will be in instances.

So don't let this fool you. Joining a good Super group, or even better, a global channel (check out your server's global channels in the server-specific forums below for some good ones) will let you communicate with friendly people where ever they are.

Like any game, this one has its strengths and weaknesses.

The Strengths:

Extremely varied powers: not only will different archetypes play completely differently, different power sets within each powers et will be a totally different play experience. To go even further, even the interaction between your primary and secondary can make the game play differently. A character with fire blast will play veeerry differently than one that uses an assault rifle, or sonic attacks.

Excellent multi-player co-op play: you won't really need any particular player on your team, but just about any new player can compliment the team in some way. Not only that, but different types of team mates change the dynamic while staying pretty darned good. (Just note: this works best when all members are comfortable/knowledgeable of what their characters are capable of.)

Fun explosions: You can make characters that are capable of crazy feats of madness, blowing up stuff, controlling it, punching it, you name it.

Excellent customization: You can make a unique, memorable character to suit a huge many concepts, thanks to the excellent character creator and power customization.

Soloability: many characters can easily solo from level one to level 50, should teaming be less your thing, or less opportune.

The weaknesses:

Old engine: this game was made a while back, so it has pretty distinct limitations. Lots of new additions, but it definitely has its quirks. Also, the game can be pretty demanding on CPU hardware.

Kill stuff: most of the game is about pounding on stuff. This is very much a combat, stat-based game.

Cliques: many players have been in the game awhile, with established social groups. As such, often times they do not associate much outside of these groups. As a newcomer, meeting people can be a trick as they are often in instanced missions, using global channels, or involved in other group events. As a newcomer, it's sometimes tough to get accepted without a track record.

Not much competitive play: this isn't big for me, but the player vs. player aspect is very small.

Graphics: the original art is quite blocky and plain. They've made a good number improvements, and the new stuff is quite good, but the old engine/models are still there.

ok thanks guys. You seem to have all been here ages... I'm going to suck at this game if i come across you lot, i don't want to like... die. D:

Thanks for the welcome.

But yeah, i actually cannot wait now.
And Deluxe Version, i think its the same (of course) it just comes with extra little things like a comic and free trial disk thing, that all

And Paragon wiki, I'll remember that too, thanks.

Well i can't wait to play it and i will probably see y'all out there when i get use to then controls etc. haha.

And of course ill be nice :')

Thanks again and see you around...

Sounds old. very old.

I'd suggest creating characters on one of the following servers although most are good;
Freedom: unofficial pvp server, all the pvpers moved here. Freedom and Virtue are the two highest population servers
Virtue: unofficial RP server
Justice/Champion/Infinity the runners up for most populated server.

Honest questions, "please" and "thanks" go a loooooong way in this game's community. And if you preface questions with, "hey guys, I'm new... how do I/where do I/what do I...?", generally people cheerfully help you on your way.

People make mistakes (it happens), and sometimes they're goofy ones. (Notable favorites - trying to enter the tram from the wrong side, waiting for the tram sign to change before clicking on the doors, crashing into walls, etc.)

And you will run into the occasional a**hat loudmouth schmuck. Don't let them ruin it for you. Just ignore them and carry on.

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

AHAHAHA, those noteable favourites of yours are the kind if thing i do in real life x)

And you say its old, I can't find the date but it is telling me another 3 hours until update finished -____- which means it most likely is.

But yeah, sounds fun

Hey, welcome to the game! I earned my 81 months badge last month.

Other differences from other games:
- We can't take your stuff. Once you have a piece of "gear" (generally called either "Enhancements" or "Temporary powers" or "inf") on your character, there is no way for any other character to take it away from you.
- Death is easy. The penalty for dying/defeat is.... not much. If you die, you earn something called "debt", which just reduces the rate at which you earn experience for a little while. You don't lose any money or stuff, you don't have to find your old body, etc. Most of the time, the biggest inconvenice of dying is the time it takes to run back from the hopsital.

Once ya get it launched, have fun! Don't worry about grinding, Ive played over 6 yrs and didn 't even hit my first lvl 50 till after about 5 yrs. Lots of different power combo/toons to play with. Just have fun