City of Heroes (CoH)
Paragon Studios | Play Now
MMORPG | Genre:Super-Hero | Status:Final (rel 04/27/04) | Pub:NCSoft
PVP:Yes | Distribution:Download,Retail | Retail Price:n/a | Pay Type:Free | Monthly Fee:n/a
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PVP:Yes | Distribution:Download,Retail | Retail Price:n/a | Pay Type:Free | Monthly Fee:n/a
Desktop Client | System Req:
| Out of date info? Let us know!
City of Heroes Overview and Recent Content
City of Heroes is a premier free-to-play MMORPG from the vaulted game companies NCSoft, Paragon Studios, and Cryptic Studios, and holds the distinction of being the first super-hero MMORPG. Players enter Paragon City or the Rogue Isles and create a hero or villain from 10 archetypes, add Powers from a list of over 40 primary and sub classes, then set about questing to rise to the top of the hero or villain hierarchy. Meet and fight alongside many signature heroes and villains, including Statesman, Lord Recluse, Sister Psyche, Scirocco, and others. Ally yourself with other heroes and villains and build your own super Base of operations. Players may also use the Mission Architect to create and share adventures. Slip into your superhero tights, click to the official website, and play City of Heroes for free today!
FEATURES
- Paragon City | Heroes must help defend the good citizens of Paragon City in nine sprawling city zones.
- Rogue Isles | The haven for the super-powered Villains, consisting of five crime-ridden zones.
- Hero Archetypes | Blaster, Controller, Defender, Scrapper, Tanker.
- Villain Archetypes | Mastermind, Stalker, Dominator, Corruptor, Brute.
- Super Powers | Select your powers based on role - melee, buff/debuff, ranged, control, defense - to make up your Primary and Secondary Power Sets.
Latest Features
- Magisterium Incarnate Trial Playthrough
- Media created on 4/5/12
- We had the opportunity to sit down with City of Heroes' Matt Miller, Melissa Bianco, and Jeff "Arbiter Hawk" Hamilton of Paragon Studios. Jeff was responsible for the work on the Magisterium Incarnate Trial. During this sit down we conducted...
- Death of the Statesman Interview
- Interviews created on 1/24/12
- Last week, City of Heroes was rocked with the death of one of Freedom Phalanx's most iconic members, the Statesman. We had the opportunity to chat with Paragon Studios Lead Designer Matt Miller about this momentous event and its repercussions....
- Freedom Video Review
- General Article created on 12/6/11
- MMORPG.com is committed to bringing our readers innovative and interesting ways to find out about their favorite games. In our latest video review, we take a look at City of Heroes: Freedom. Check out City of Heroes: Freedom Video Review...
- Fight Crime in Style Contest
- General Article created on 10/7/11
- With the recent launch of City of Heroes: Freedom, MMORPG.com and NCsoft have partnered up for the "Fight Crime in Style" contest where one lucky winner could win 5 years (60 months) of VIP subscription time to City of Heroes:...
Status of PvP?
5/23/12 @ 10:20PM by ArcAngel3 in Paragon City Hall (General)
Trouble with the Frankenstein type guys...
5/4/12 @ 5:03PM by bonobotheory in Paragon City Hall (General)
CoH "Dead Zones"
5/4/12 @ 8:50AM by Ceridith in Paragon City Hall (General)
Can anyone trade or give me an EU costume code?
4/30/12 @ 5:05PM by gogogamera in Paragon City Hall (General)
Why can't i use the CoH Freedom Costume Giveaway?
4/29/12 @ 2:24AM by trancejeremy in Paragon City Hall (General)
Help with the costume promotion
4/26/12 @ 11:23PM by gogogamera in Paragon City Hall (General)
City of Heroes...It's a GEM!
4/25/12 @ 3:27AM by themilton in Paragon City Hall (General)
Your favorite character back story.
4/25/12 @ 3:16AM by themilton in Paragon City Hall (General)
Post Trial Invites or Buddy Keys Here
4/17/12 @ 9:23PM by Effrontery in Paragon City Hall (General)
Can you turn off the supress pain FX?
4/17/12 @ 8:45AM by sookster54 in Paragon City Hall (General)
Our Rating
8.3
User Rating: 8.2
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Reported on Apr 27, 2012
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Reported on Apr 12, 2012
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