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yep, just watched it a few seconds ago, and the brief but appreciative mention is nice.
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Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
... NC (or at least our devs) have to smile at Yahtzee's new "other MMO" review. Just for him pointing out, when talking about character creation, that "City of Heroes did it better."
(Now, yes, most of it is his standard trashing of the game, but having the COH reference in there - /thumbsup.) |
That wasn't the only thing though, it also implied that
1) CoH is the definitive superhero MMO to be compared to, and
2) CoH succeeds despite that WOW eating up every other MMO, and
3) Since it talk about the comparison between CoH and DCUO, then says that DCUO trips over, it implies that CoH is better, period.
Anyone else having trouble accessing The Escapist's site?
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Yeah, I got some hideous fake security pop-up thing which has me worrying slightly about my PC now...
Edit: Working ok now....except for the bleeding adverts -_-
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GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.
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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon
NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.
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Yeah. I agree with him, this time. And I think the Devs should be quite happy with him comparing it to CityOf and saying it fails in comparison 
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GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.
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NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.
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Made me giggle.
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I think pop culture icons can be as big a turn-off as a come-on for an MMO - especially for something like a comic book game.
@Golden Girl
City of Heroes comics and artwork
I like the options:
1. Normal
2. Large
3. Jailbait
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You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life. Winston Churchill
Yep, I'd say that was quite an accurate review.
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Rather enjoyed that. Agree with quite a bit of it as well. 
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A quite...*AHEM!* blunt review!|
Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
... NC (or at least our devs) have to smile at Yahtzee's new "other MMO" review. Just for him pointing out, when talking about character creation, that "City of Heroes did it better."
(Now, yes, most of it is his standard trashing of the game, but having the COH reference in there - /thumbsup.) |
Clicking on the linked image above will take you off the City of Heroes site. However, the guides will be linked back here.
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You've not heard his others before, then? Blunt is all you get from Zero Punct |
Originally Posted by Hyperstrike
A quite...*AHEM!* blunt review!
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I love it
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.
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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon
NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.
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Yeah. When Yahtzee has trouble finding something to complain about in a game, it's for a reason - I think it's happened, what, once? Twice? (Portal and maybe Bioshock, apart from light criticism of indie games?)
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Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha
You've not heard his others before, then? Blunt is all you get from Zero Punct
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Of course it is. There were none before it, and those that have come since launch have come up short.
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Loose --> not tight.
Lose --> Did not win, misplace, cannot find, subtract.
One extra 'o' makes a big difference.
I loved!!!!!! that video..lool coudlnt stop laughing.
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Being able to team up with an icon has an appeal... until you realize that everyone else can and does too. Nothing shoots down the awesome rating faster than turning into the village bicycle. |
Originally Posted by Golden Girl
I think pop culture icons can be as big a turn-off as a come-on for an MMO - especially for something like a comic book game.
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Always being locked into a role of a background character to the "real" heroes is also a turn-off. We've had our share of complaints back in the day about game lore and basically coming off as Freedom Phalanx' second-stringers.
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And this is where Villains win. We get to not only beat up Recluse's lackeys, Recluse himself, but we also get to kick the everloving crap out of all the big name Heroes too! |
Originally Posted by Quinch
Being able to team up with an icon has an appeal... until you realize that everyone else can and does too. Nothing shoots down the awesome rating faster than turning into the village bicycle.
Always being locked into a role of a background character to the "real" heroes is also a turn-off. We've had our share of complaints back in the day about game lore and basically coming off as Freedom Phalanx' second-stringers. |
Triumph; it tastes of win
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GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.
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NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.
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Sounds all good, untill you realize MOST of the time, it isn't YOU beating up Recluse's lackeys, Recluse himself, or the big name Heroes.|
Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha
And this is where Villains win. We get to not only beat up Recluse's lackeys, Recluse himself, but we also get to kick the everloving crap out of all the big name Heroes too!
Triumph; it tastes of win |
It's you and a team of others doing it.
So it's not so much, "Ha! I'm strong!" as it is "Ha! You can't take us on 8 to 1!" ;p
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We were talking about icons in the Other Thing, not CoH, which doesn't suffer from the same problem |
Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha
And this is where Villains win. We get to not only beat up Recluse's lackeys, Recluse himself, but we also get to kick the everloving crap out of all the big name Heroes too!
Triumph; it tastes of win |
@Golden Girl
City of Heroes comics and artwork
*laughing*
I am going to be randomly cracking up over that one for the next couple of days.
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Dark_Respite's Farewell Video: "One Last Day"
THE COURSE OF SUPERHERO ROMANCE CONTINUES!
Book I: A Tale of Nerd Flirting! ~*~ Book II: Courtship and Crime Fighting - Chap Nine live!
MA Arcs - 3430: Hell Hath No Fury / 3515: Positron Gets Some / 6600: Dyne of the Times / 351572: For All the Wrong Reasons
378944: Too Clever by Half / 459581: Kill or Cure / 551680: Clerical Errors (NEW!)
THE COURSE OF SUPERHERO ROMANCE CONTINUES!
Book I: A Tale of Nerd Flirting! ~*~ Book II: Courtship and Crime Fighting - Chap Nine live!
MA Arcs - 3430: Hell Hath No Fury / 3515: Positron Gets Some / 6600: Dyne of the Times / 351572: For All the Wrong Reasons
378944: Too Clever by Half / 459581: Kill or Cure / 551680: Clerical Errors (NEW!)
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Kind of depends on wether or not the Pop culture Icons are the only appeal of the game.|
Originally Posted by Golden Girl
I think pop culture icons can be as big a turn-off as a come-on for an MMO - especially for something like a comic book game.
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It seems like some of these MMOs are designed with the philosophy of, "Ohh people love this property so much, it sells itself! So let's cut the dame design budget and give it to our investors since the Logo on the box will sell it."
That's just kind of my opinion in general of some of these MMOs, including the one with the big well known sci fi name attached to it, that's gotten very poor reviews.
"Where does he get those wonderful toys?" - The Joker
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Well, at the level of lackeys, we more fight on the order of 1 to 3 (or more). It's only when you get up into the higher ranks like Recluse's lieutenants that the ratio shifts in the other direction.
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Originally Posted by BrandX
Sounds all good, untill you realize MOST of the time, it isn't YOU beating up Recluse's lackeys, Recluse himself, or the big name Heroes.
It's you and a team of others doing it. So it's not so much, "Ha! I'm strong!" as it is "Ha! You can't take us on 8 to 1!" ;p |
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/36641/My-Little-Exalt
That was utterly brilliant. I like Fire Blast being described as 'punching things with fire, but missing'.
Yeah, he got Dirigible Corporation's number first up.
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Part of Sister Flame's Clickey-Clack Posse
I love ZP, however don't always have the time to watch it. This invariably leads to me sitting at my desk, writing documentation and cackling with glee as I catch up on back "episodes".
Andy Belford
Community Manager
Paragon Studios
... NC (or at least our devs) have to smile at Yahtzee's new "other MMO" review. Just for him pointing out, when talking about character creation, that "City of Heroes did it better."
(Now, yes, most of it is his standard trashing of the game, but having the COH reference in there - /thumbsup.)