City of Villains and Heroes Combine Monthly Fee 67
JamesO writes "Massive game players will have lots of options. NCSoft has announced that City of Heroes and City of Villains will only require one fee to play both games." From the article: "We know that many City of Villains players will be existing City of Heroes players who are essentially playing in order to access another aspect of the universe they have grown to love ... We wanted to find a solution that would look after existing players, offer tremendous value for money and also encourage new players to investigate the world of City of Heroes. This is that solution."
Re:Wow... (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Wow... (Score:3, Informative)
The OP is correct. CoV is really just an expansion in every sense (NC Soft have even explicitly referred to it an expansion), other than apparently it doesn't require the original title if you only want to play the CoV elements. I'm sure the two will be bundled for the original RRP or less within 12 months.
It's not 'news' as they were clearly going to do this all along, it's not like your average user would actually be willing to pay for a separate monthly subscription for both. Did you really expect that they would ask for a separate additional monthly fee for CoV?
I've been looking forward to this expansion, and I don't begrudge them the money. I appreciate they are a relatively small developer, and it's a solid and well built title to which CoV will add some much needed value. Beyond the initial fun of creating and being your own super-hero, while is awesomely done, CoH is underneath is pretty dull in single player (depending on how much you like being a super-hero, if your really keen and play with a bunch of RL friends all the time I'm sure it's a lot more entertaining).
However, it's not like other RPG's like WoW or EQ2 charge extra to allow people to play 'evil' Horde or Freeport citizens. Though EQ2 does have the cheek to charge people to PvP via the expansion, the monthly cost of course remains the same. The main reason why I'm not playing EQ2 any more as it's not even a very good implementation of PvP and more a sort of throwaway implimentation. Though I really like the game itself and think EQ2 is a solid title that is great for grouping (more so that WoW), there are not that many players on the Europe servers there is no PvP server as there was with the original EQ.
Once it's been out a bit (so I can see what people think of it) I'll probably get it and try out CoV, hopefully there will be some new contested zones and battling won't be restricted to some lame arena areas.
PS: WoW RPPVP servers rock! Maximum PvP taste, Minimum jerk content!
Re:Platforms (Score:2, Informative)
I thought "City of Villains" was just an expansion to "City of Heroes"
If you're already a CoH subscriber, then yes, CoV is like an expansion. But if you don't already have CoH, that's fine -- you don't need CoH to play CoV. So in that sense, it's a separate game.
I thought...you could play either good or bad and have great PvP battles between the two.
Yes, you can. PvP battles will be quite prominent (if you choose to participate).
Didn't know it was separate games.
Think of it like comic book crossovers: They're separate titles, but the characters can interact with one another.
Re:Wow... (Score:2, Informative)
The are separate games in the sense that if you're only interested in playing a villain, you don't have to purchase CoH as well.
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http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/cityofvillains/new
"Of course, Bloody Bay has a secondary hospital area (the area in which fallen characters are revived) that's reserved for superheroes, because City of Villains will let players that own each game square off against one another in hero-versus-villain battles, which can be entered into for bragging rights (for now, anyway). Interestingly, the Bay also contains its own built-in monsters to fight, as well as missions to undertake, such as one that requires you to capture samples from scattered meteorites (while evading radioactive ghouls at the same time). However, in this mission, you'll be vulnerable to attack from ghouls and from other players, too."
-Jeff
Re:Christ people (Score:3, Informative)
things which are controlled by NCSoft. Everything related to your Account(s) in CoH, CoV, Lineage and Guildwars is controlled through PlayNC.com
Re:Wow... (Score:3, Informative)
Actually, you can. You can build bases, and do base raids. You just have to agree to it. Or you can get your team together and go into the no-man's land, which is going to be a hot zone full of untimely death I bet.
I like the way they are doing it because not only do you have the option of doing PvP, but you don't have to go to a seperate server for it. By having different zones all on the same server, you can do what you want, when you want it.