It attracted working people, parents, and other folks who didn’t have a ton of time to dedicate to a game–it wasn’t as intensive a game, so it was easier to approach and easier to enjoy casually.
City of Heroes attracted a different type of MMO gamer, the kind that wasn’t just interested in constant raids and multi-hour quests, but camaraderie and working as a team. Not only that, you could meet other creative people and form teams and supergroups (guilds) with them. You could create original characters, design original costumes in minute detail, choose your own powersets, and play your character in hundreds of beautifully-rendered virtual environments. But City of Heroes was far more than just a “superhero MMO”–it was a haven for creative people. And yes, we’re still angry that this game, this virtual world which we gladly paid to access, was so cruelly taken away for such trivial reasons as “realignment of company policies.” (Those new policies apparently included utter refusal to heed customers’ complaints and wants.) #SaveCoH is still a popular tag on Twitter for this reason we former players still share memories and creative ideas for characters we never got to try. I miss this game, which was closed far sooner than it should have been.Įven though the one-year anniversary of City of Heroes’ closing is but two days away, there are still plenty of players like me who love and miss this game for what it meant to us. I miss being able to fly over Atlas Park at sunset, or at any other time.
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