Would you purchase a stand-alone City of Heroes game?
No forced teaming for character progression, the ability to buy everything from the store for inf, no minimum team size requirements... yea... it'd be nice.
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No forced teaming for character progression, the ability to buy everything from the store for inf, no minimum team size requirements... yea... it'd be nice.
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My favorite game of all time, safe and sound on my hard drive where no-one can ever take it away again? Yes please.
And if they periodically released things like powersets and Issues as DLC, I'd pay for those too. Heck I'd log in to a marketplace occasionally just to buy things like super packs if that were an option.
I love the friends I've met over the years and would prefer it stay as is, but if the other option's no game at all then that's a no-brainer.
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Yes i would.
One Reason is, i have nearly all the stuff, you can get.
Comics, Books, all (in Germany/UK) available Game Versions, Poster, T-Shirts and the States/Recluse Statues. It's like a Second Life for me.
I want the MMO...but yes, i would purchase it Stand Alone.
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I said the first month I played that I would love to also have a single-player version of this game. It's only gotten orders of magnitude better since. I'd gladly buy a single-player version now, and pay as much as a full year of CoH costs to have it. I'd probably buy 2 copies and play with my kids if it also had some local-network multi-player capabilities.
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I would buy and play such a game, *IF* it held true to the current standard of customisation of your character(s). If given cookie-cutter or pre-built characters to play with? No chance.
That said, I LOVED Freedom Force, for two reasons. One being that I hadn't played CoH yet and so I couldn't compare the character creator to the tools we have now (and honestly it'd be an unfair comparison given FF's age).
Two, I really like Freedom Force's characters and recognise that the story wouldn't have as much punch with self-made characters, as it wouldn't be possible to have the kitsch but entertaining voice-acting that it has.
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This is not a "Plan Z" or any other plan to save the game. It's just something I'm curious about.
If City of Heroes was re-worked into a Freedom Force or Skyrim or KOTOR-style of single-player game (possibly with a multi-player option,but again like a standard RPG, not a MMORPG) would you buy it? For me personally, the answer would be a resounding yes. Especially if it had modding tools built-in (which seems to be more and more the norm rather than the exception). Downloadable content? Yeah, I'd probably be into that too. |
Yes, YES, YESSSSSSSSS.....
Actually, I was playing Virtual Villagers this morning before work and yelling at my builders because I thought they were very lazy in not getting the little hut built, so I could increase my population..and I started to think that if Virtual Villagers could put so much personality and things to work towards into it's little game why couldn't City Of Heroes bottle itself into a single player packaged version....if it gets closed down of course...still hoping and wishing that it won't.
I went hunting, and this single player game has a Facebook page and forums...if they can do it, we for sure can.
Something to think about.....
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If the standalone still had the same character generator, customization options, and variety of powersets, then yes. I would definitely buy it. I love the game, but can't stand all the losers you have to play it with.
Okay, that's not quite as true for me as it is for others, but I wouldn't miss teaming as long as there were other ways to make great leveling/XP jumps.
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If they migrated the existing game into an enduser-run experience (basically packaging the server software and client together like diablo i and 2 or the FPS), I would totally be in it. It would be up to the purchaser to figure out the bandwidth needs if they decided to host something accessible on the internet, but otherwise doable on a lan (or own computer for the single player experience).
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If CoX was available as a stand-alone/multi-player support game, hell yes!!! If it allowed you to utilize I23/I24 player data, it would be even better.
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If it were strictly single player, the existing game with no ability to play with other people, I'd happily pay $50. (Thank God that Dark Astoria exists, else all the Incarnate stuff would be borked.)
If they made it the whole game plus the ability to invite friends, I'd happily pay $100. I have to imagine this would be the quickest way for them to make some fast cash off the IP, both since it takes minimal programming and I can't see them being super determined to resurrect it somehow. Given that the shutdown seems to be largely stemming from NCsoft having a cash-flow problem, I have to imagine this would be a win for everyone involved, at least compared to simply shutting off the servers. ...and then I remember Cryptic would have to agree to it. Sigh. |
And they hired BABS back. I will always love them for that.
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Oh, and I love Freedom Force, and Freedom Force vs Third Reich (though not the dumbdown on the energy bar).
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For me, no, I loved the MMo aspect the people made the game more fun for me, i would prefer it to stay as a MMO. althoguh a stand alone based off city of heroes I guess would be ok. But honestly not really my style.
The end is just a new beginning, Goodbye all my coh friends and even the enemies, its been a blast I will miss you all. Thank you Paragon team, you gave me a home from home I will always appriciate it.
A game with elements of the character appearance/design creativity of CoH, with the graphical/visual and open world/quest non-linearity sensibilities of Skyrim, a more destructible/interactive/sense of permanence (or at least some consequential effects) environment, and character ability development that focused on player choice and a variety of tenable choices therein would likely be one into which I could sink many hours. So, yes.
I certainly would. I'd miss being able to play with friends so it wouldn't be quite the same, but I love solo play in the game too.
Absolutely yes.
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They might agree to it. Heck, they might even invest in it. City Of Heroes used to be their baby, and from what I read they wish us the best..and didn't Jack say he was thinking of sending headhunters to Paragon to see if they could hire some of the very talented out of work Devs and such people ?
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Meanwhile, the players get to keep a "preserved in amber" form of the game for solo and small-group play. It ain't saving the game, but it means that all your characters don't vanish into the ether on 12/1/12.
The more I think about this option, the more I feel there's really *no* good reason for NCsoft not to do this if they simply don't want to worry about managing CoH but insist on holding the IP. Beyond getting a Cryptic signoff on this, is there any real disadvantage to them selling this closing MMO as a 1-(say)8 player game?
provided they maintained a forum for us to chat about it, yes, i'd kind of enjoy it. Only consolation is for buff heavy character types, maybe have npc's who will join you in missions, so you still will have a need for team buff abilities. This may be adding excessive stuff, but if you could get different callable npc's based on faction once you affirmed your loyalty to one of the 4 factions...that would be nice.
in a way this is exactly what happened with phantasy star universe. the pc/ps version died from low numbers(much less of a surprise, it was laboring for monthsand neglected by sega of japan) and i can still hop on with an offline character and play. that is good value to me.
as tex said, maiking it a minimally multiplayer game, where you invite friends and just run small groups like diablo. then honestly that would be the home run for me. I can still play with my small group of riends and ncsoft doesnt need to foot the bill for servers. maybe they could keep a small content team on for dlc packs of costumes and powersets. I would be really ok with that.
Yes! I'd buy a stand alone version of CoH. I liked CoH well enough to play solo, though team-ups and the community here is what really made it rock for me!
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Player made missions that could be shared. Awesomesauceness.
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