City of Heroes/City of Villains Combined Edition (PC)

I bought this game last year at more than twice the price. I was impressed, gameplay is addictive and unputdownable, character creation is brilliant. I did a trial on the US servers after which I decided to get the game as the community was so brilliant too. Imagine my disappointment when the edition I recieved was the European servers, the ones with 2 English speaking, a French and a German speaking server. Disappointment not for the 4 servers but the fact that the US servers numbered more than 10. And with only 10 inclusive characters per server before you are charged a fiver for another (should you want it) I could not help but feel gipped by NCSoft (now ...  Read the complete review

~ The quickie review (for those who don't want to read that lot!) ~ City of Heroes and City of Villains are basically 2 games that run coincidentally on the same servers. They run the same basic game mechanics, levelling mannerisms. In fact the biggest differences are the fact you are playing a hero or a villain, and only in certain places (PvP) do they ever meet. Until just recently you would have to pay a subscription for each game, however, since NCSoft took over 100% of the games late 2007, both subscriptions have been rolled into one low (ish) subscription price. You can have 12 heroes and/or villains on each server and with a multitude of professions, styles ...  Read the complete review