does any of you WOW types know any thing about this game..or how long its been around..i saw a clip on Gamer tv on Bravo today .... :unsure:
hero (http://www.cityofheroes.com/)
It looks like an RPG I could actually like?
I've not played it myself, but i've got some friends who do, and they love it. If you like comic books, and the idea of playing a comic book hero, it's a hit. From what I recall it lacks the professions you get in stuff like WoW, and is pretty much solely about the questing. Some of my friends also have issues with the idea that, as heroes, you're not 'killing' the bad guys, you're 'arresting' them. Yes, you too can arrest people with a honking great fireball to the face and then 10 arrows in the chest...
It does however have a nice sidekick system, where a lower powered player can team up with a higher level one, as their sidekick, and get bonuses based on the higher level character's abilities. It makes it much easier for players of different levels to party up together successfully.
Also, it has what is pretty widely regarded as *the* most diverse characer creation system in an RPG to date, from the point of view of making your character look how you want them to look.