I've read some of eddiewoods posts on this site and I too am a CoH player migrating to CO. I'm trying to keep a little more of an open mind than he is but I have to fully agree with him on this one. Some of the stories can make me feel like I'm being directly being made fun of by the writers for being a comic book fan.…
Again, CoH's tragedy could be CO's blessing. According to NCSoft's quarterly report CoH was turning a profit. It wasen't steller but it was solid and consistant. In fact the main problem for CoH was that the numbers never budged. From P2P to F2P the numbers stayed completly consistant. So now you have a very loyal…
I'm one of those migrating from CoH and sniffing around CO to see if I like it. I first tried the game at launch then went back to CoH, and one of the main reasons I left was this issue. Now that I have the chance to come back I'm rather liking the change where you spend a lot more time in the city at low levels (I don't…
The thing is though, some people will take it to be a parody, as in making fun of the subject matter instead of showing respect for the subject matter. There's a difference between a parody and a homage, and CO often crosses that line into parody and comes dangerously close to Batman and Robin and Batman Forever territory.
The storytelling is different in both games because of the inspiration of the games. I'm a CoH vet who tried CO at launch then went back to CoH because I liked the asthetic better. That should give you an idea of where I'm comming from . I find CO to be VERY Silver Age. It's what most people think of when they think of…