Realizing that any launch issues had probably been well and duly ironed out, I went ahead and did the ol' Insert Coin with City of Villains, and spent an enjoyable Sunday running around the Rogue Isles (the Bad Guy version of Paragon City.)
I was impressed at how the newbie missions in Villains feel seamless as you level; the devs obviously took a page from World of Warcraft on that one to balance the mission/grind ratio. There's also a nice storyline running through the missions, and the amount of backstabbing and doublecrossing that my up-and-coming villian has already done is very amusing. I may discuss it later on the Villains filter (and if you ain't in and you want in, lemme know.) The rest of this may be a bit too gamey for those who don't play much games, so I'll just present a summary before I give a cut:
1. I make fun villians with names like Bowery Bill, Ma Barker and oh hey even The Randroid has made a comeback.
( Then comes some gamey game stuff )
2. Then it was time for secret headquarters and a group name.
Bowery Bill hit level 10 which meant he could go ahead and create a supergroup ("guild") and create a base ("sekrit HQ") so I had to take advantage of that and see the approach the game takes towards player-made housing ("time and money sinks"). Surprisingly enough, it's a lot of fun. Modular like the ol' XCOM base construction kit, but with lots of designs and props to buy and place around. Room design by XCOM, interior decoration by The Sims. I liked it, even if I can only have one room to work with (a second room will cost a lot of Prestige points, which one or two players alone won't be able to generate in any quick amount of time.)
The name of the Supergroup which Bowery Bill founded eluded me for a few moments. I had thought about The Nogoodniks, which I thought was a great name for a criminal group, and I ran it by helpful Lions, who was playing at the time.
"I could go with The Nogoodniks," I told Lions. "Or I could go with this alternate."
Lions' bemused chuckling told me which one I had to go with. So what do we call it?
The Aristocrats!
And hey, if you're playing on Virtue and want to be part of a bad guy organization, let me know. Global chat handle is "Mr Influence" without the period.)
I was impressed at how the newbie missions in Villains feel seamless as you level; the devs obviously took a page from World of Warcraft on that one to balance the mission/grind ratio. There's also a nice storyline running through the missions, and the amount of backstabbing and doublecrossing that my up-and-coming villian has already done is very amusing. I may discuss it later on the Villains filter (and if you ain't in and you want in, lemme know.) The rest of this may be a bit too gamey for those who don't play much games, so I'll just present a summary before I give a cut:
1. I make fun villians with names like Bowery Bill, Ma Barker and oh hey even The Randroid has made a comeback.
( Then comes some gamey game stuff )
2. Then it was time for secret headquarters and a group name.
Bowery Bill hit level 10 which meant he could go ahead and create a supergroup ("guild") and create a base ("sekrit HQ") so I had to take advantage of that and see the approach the game takes towards player-made housing ("time and money sinks"). Surprisingly enough, it's a lot of fun. Modular like the ol' XCOM base construction kit, but with lots of designs and props to buy and place around. Room design by XCOM, interior decoration by The Sims. I liked it, even if I can only have one room to work with (a second room will cost a lot of Prestige points, which one or two players alone won't be able to generate in any quick amount of time.)
The name of the Supergroup which Bowery Bill founded eluded me for a few moments. I had thought about The Nogoodniks, which I thought was a great name for a criminal group, and I ran it by helpful Lions, who was playing at the time.
"I could go with The Nogoodniks," I told Lions. "Or I could go with this alternate."
Lions' bemused chuckling told me which one I had to go with. So what do we call it?
The Aristocrats!
And hey, if you're playing on Virtue and want to be part of a bad guy organization, let me know. Global chat handle is "Mr Influence" without the period.)
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