City of Villains
CoV was released as an "expanshalone" release, or an expansion that did not require the original City of Heroes purchase to work (i.e. stand-alone). It offered five new character archetypes that were, at the…
City of Villains is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Cryptic Studios, released 31 October 2005 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 150 hrs to finish.
What City of Villains is
City of Villains is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Cryptic Studios and released in 2005. It was published by NCSOFT. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
City of Heroes (CoH) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game originally created by Cryptic Studios prior to the IP’s acquisition by NCSoft. Previously developed by the now-defunct Paragon Studios, it is currently developed by several private servers, one of them being Homecoming Servers who have a limited license from NCSoft. The game was launched in North America on April 28, 2004, and in Europe by NCsoft Europe on February 4, 2005, with English, German and French servers. In the game, players created super-powered player characters that could team up with others to complete missions and fight criminals belonging to various gangs and organizations in the fictional Paragon City.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action.
How it was received
City of Villains holds a critic score of 83 out of 100. That places it above 76% of the 3,814 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 16 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 150 hrs.
What it launched against
City of Villains launched on 31 October 2005, within three weeks of Shadow of the Colossus, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Call of Duty 2 and Sid Meier's Civilization IV. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Shadow of the Colossus, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Call of Duty 2, Sid Meier's Civilization IV.
Official trailer
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