November 18, 2005 - You know, MMOs are pretty tough to do successfully. Instead of crafting a 10-20 hour experience, the developers are expected to make something that you will be coming back to for months and months, with a core crowd that may sustain the title for years.cov infamy  World of Warcraft, for example, starts with about 1500 quests. That is one thousand five hundred quests. Granted, the overwhelming majority of those boil down to "kill this dude" or "get this stuff," but it is still a heck of an achievement, and the number of quests quickly ballooned. I think what gives WoW its strength is a combination of the novelty of exploring the Warcraft universe on foot, the delightful and varied art style, and its sense of humor. That and hundreds of servers across the world to satisfy what is probably approaching five million subscribers at this point to buy COV Infamy.
NCsoft has taken the clever approach of largely avoiding fantasy MMOs (in the United States, at least) and thereby deflecting the wrath of the 800-pound behemoth that WoW has become. City of Heroes is a jewel in the companys crown, and it was only a matter of time before they expanded on the premise and offered players the chance to be evil. CoV Infamy also gives you the opportunity to dress evil, with tons of additional character creation options on top of the current wardrobe. Villains can look undeniably villainous, with the beast and zombie templates being the most popular. I went with red and black, with lots of buckles, straps, chains, and leather.cov infamy Once I got to level 20, I had a similarly deep set of options for cape creation. You had have to go out of your way to design something that did not fit the rest of your outfit. And all the while you can go to the Tailor and tweak things to your liking, for a fee. Overall, I was never short on money, so it was easy to try something else when the notion struck me.