| City of Heroes Architect Edition |  | From: NCsoft Category: Video Games
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Format: DVD-ROM Platforms: Mac, Windows XP Genre: online_massively_multiplayer_games ESRB: Teen Media: Video Game Edition: Architect Batteries Included: No Age: 12 - 20 years Operating System: Macintosh Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4 Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: 8037398 Model: 8037398 UPC: 875646000772 EAN: 0875646000772 ASIN: B001TEPX8A
Release Date: April 14, 2009 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| • | First month of online play included as well as 13 free major content updates. | | • | Includes the original 'City of Heroes' MMORPG where players immerse themselves in the fantasy of becoming a super hero. | | • | Includes City of Villains,' the standalone sequel to critically acclaimed MMORPG City of Heroes, in which players get to assume the role of an ultravillain of their own making, playing in teams or on their own. | | • | City of Heroes' Mission Architect which allows players to create their own characters, mission and storylines and dialogue from the ground up and share them online. | | • | Your choice between two exclusive in-game item packs, the Cyborg Pack or the Magic Pack. |
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Amazon.com Product Description
Prepare to join the ranks of millions of super-powered heroes and villains. City of Heroes brings the world of comic books alive in this massively multiplayer 3D online universe. It's counterpart, City of Villains, represents the dark side of the struggle between good and evil, allowing players to create the ultimate super powered villain. City of Heroes Architect Edition includes both award-winning titles in one box, plus the innovative Mission Architect, and your choice between two exclusive in-game item packs, the Cyborg Pack or the Magic Pack.  Build your own character. View larger. |  Create expansive outdoor environments. View larger. |  Write your own storylines View larger. |  Shape a futuristic world. View larger. |  Hone sharable missions. View larger. |  Register custom characters. View larger. | Breaking New Ground with Mission Architect Introducing user created content. City of Heroes is pushing the MMO genre forward, allowing players to design their own missions and story arcs to share with the entire City of Heroes community. Using an intuitive interface similar to the game's detailed character creator, players can create missions from the ground up. Players will determine details ranging from environments, mission objectives, and enemies, to written fiction and character dialogue; giving their stories nearly infinite depth and personalization. Now every player can be an Architect. City of Heroes City of Heroes is a new kind of massive multiplayer online game. If you've ever wanted to defend your city from evildoers as a mighty superhero, now's your chance. Choose your powers, join a team and go online for tremendous role-playing action. You'll also have to watch your Fame meter -- the higher your reputation gets, the more bonuses and rewards you'll get. Team up with other players online, to form new superhero groups and take down the bad guys more effectively. City of Villains City of Villains is the standalone sequel to critically acclaimed MMORPG City of Heroes. Using a staggering assortment of new powers, abilities, and customization options, players can now experience sinister game play from the other side of the mask. With diabolical craft and guile, players forge new super-powered villain characters in an attempt to dominate the world. Heroes and authorities of Paragon City will do all in their power to thwart these evil plans of destruction. It will take a supreme effort for true domination. Key Game Features: - A copy of both City of Heroes and it's counterpart, City of Villains, access to the innovative Mission Architect, and your choice between two exclusive in-game item packs, the Cyborg Pack or the Magic Pack.
- Special online play rate for both City of Heroes and City of Villains*.
- First month of play included.
- Includes 13 free major content updates.
- Win/Mac support.
- Mission Architect features.
- Create Stories - Present your story to other players in the game through the story title, description, and character dialogue. Stories can be as short as a single mission and as long as five.
- Create Characters - Use existing characters from City of Heroes lore or create your own characters from scratch using the costume creator and a robust powers selection interface. Create individual characters which can be used as enemies, allies and contacts or create whole enemy groups to fill your missions.
- Write Dialogue - Every character that you place into a story or mission has its own dialogue. Whether it's the contact that directs characters to their mission, the hostages that you rescue, or the enemies that you must defeat, they all speak through text bubbles at various points during your encounters.
- Define Objectives - Defend, collect, defeat, destroy, rescue, and more. Mission architects can string objectives together making missions as simple or complex as desired, using up to a current maximum of 25 objectives per mission.
- Use Advanced Options - For characters and missions select alignment, placement, difficulty, animations, behavior and more. Every mission objective has multiple advanced options, allowing you to truly customize how you want your story to play out.
- Test and Iterate Before Publishing - Take as much time as you want to create your content and test it by yourself or with others. Once your masterpiece is complete, you can Publish it for other players to enjoy and rate.
- Sort Stories and Search for Key Criteria - Players can use the Mission Browser to sort published stories by rating, date, length, and title, or search for content using key words like the character who created them or the subject matter within the stories.
- Hall of Fame - Stories that have achieved a critical combination of high player ratings and number of views will be elevated into Hall of Fame status and will be listed under the Hall of Fame section.
- Developer's Choice - Stories that are hand-picked by the developer will be deemed Developer's Choice and listed within the Developer's Choice section.
System Requirements: | Minimum Specifications: | | OS: | Windows 2000/Vista/Window XP; Mac OS | | Processor: | Intel Pentium III 800 MHz or AMD Athlon 800 MHz | | RAM: | 512MB RAM or more | | Video: | NVIDIA® GeForce 2 Series, ATI® Radeon® 7500 or Intel® i810G Series Video Card | | Sound: | 16-bit Sound Card | | DVD-ROM: | 4x DVD-ROM drive or faster | | Hard Drive Space: | 4GB of Free Space | | Other: | Internet connection and fee required for online play |
*Players can play both City of Heroes and City of Villains (included in the Anniversary Edition) for the single subscription fee (approximately $15 per month). | |
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Not my thing. May 17, 2010 Paul O. (Chicago) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Character creation is great, I could spend all day on it. The game itself, not so much. I've found enough to make it through the 30 days included with the game, but I don't see myself paying for a subscription. This should be a free monthly game.
Not what I expected February 14, 2010 Charles M. Alley (Abilene, TX USA) 0 out of 11 found this review helpful
You have to purchase online time to play. Not what I had expected. Very dissapointed.
Not a Bad Expansion November 13, 2009 William Alexander (Spartanburg, SC) I am not a "gamer," but I have enjoyed "City of Villains" for quite a while now. And this expansion pack was worth its low price for the architect features and the chance to "jazz up" your tired and boring characters, giving them new life. I had no installation problems, and it allowed a bit of fresh air into the COH/COV universe, which was becoming very staid, predictable, and stale.
Recommended at its price (not to exceed $ 19.99). I would pay no more than that for what you get, but what you do get, as I mentioned, is sufficient to justify the cost and re-enjoy the game all over again.
(Added note: Please see the comment in this review by Mr. Stull, who kindly took the time to correct my deficient gaming "lingo!" My thanks to him!)
Recommend.
Fun and new DVD makes it easier to reinstall July 14, 2009 The Doughboy (Atlanta, GA United States) Mission architect is the new system that lets players create their own missions in City of Heroes and City of Villains. Subscribers do not need this edition of the game to get access to the mission architect, but this new DVD has the latest version of the game (as of issue 14, May 2009) and makes it easier to install or reinstall. You'll spend less time downloading updates with this DVD.
The architect edition comes with a free month of gameplay and lets you choose one of several "booster packs" that have extra costumes and minor powers. The boosters normally cost about 10.00. Gameplay is about 15.00, so the architect edition is a value of nearly 25.00. It's a good deal.
I'm a longtime City of Heroes/City of Villains player. I bought this edition of the game and now I'm looking forward to the game's first expansion in four years: Going Rogue. Going Rogue will let players switch sides and will include at least two new power sets: dual pistols and demon summoning. Should be a blast all the way around!
Long time player May 19, 2009 Genericface I've played this game for quite a while now. I bought this edition in order to get an updated install disk, as well as for the unlockable content in it.
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