Article: Leisure - City of Heroes. Strap on your latex bodysuit and take on the world.(Product/Service Evaluation)

Byline: Rory Reid.

We had hoped that the incessant supply of massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) would slow down at the end of 2004, but with City of Heroes, the influx continues well into the new year.

The game is set in the fictional city of Paragon, whose inhabitants are mostly of a criminal persuasion. Players are required to create their own superhero character and do battle with evildoers, in order to make the world a nicer place.

The character creation process will be familiar to anyone who has played an MMORPG, but the game's developers have succeeded in making it very entertaining. We were able to create convincing ...

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