What the heck? Is City of Heroes?

[@Glock181]

This will always be my favorite video game of all time. Been playing since 04. So many memories, so many good times. Love this game! *cheers*

[@rehaguven3491]

NCsoft officially gave the Homecoming private server license to host and further develop the game as of January 4 2024.

[@scalien225]

And now Homecoming has an official License. What is dead never dies.

[@randomdoormedia]

Just found out about the official license agreement. Good job to the Homecoming team and good news to COH fans! 😃

[@frequencyoftruth2303]

@@randomdoormedia It needs more videos though like guides.

[@youareacoward8459]

This is the only game where you feel growth, and not just repeating the same moves with the same powers but higher numbers (Wow)

[@MarkLittle-rq2bq]

Excellent rundown, I play on the Everlasting server. It's a good thing NCSoft granted Homecoming a licensing agreement. It's all legal and above board now. Ever play before? You can play again - Welcome Home.

[@randomdoormedia]

Its nice to see that this game still has a strong following, especially since the game is coming up on its 20 year anniversary (April 28 2024).

[@bustertn2014]

The game is 20 years old. I played since just after inception and was online when the servers shut off. Nice to be back on. It's still fun.

[@mikilin4750]

I used to watch my dad play this as a kid

[@randomdoormedia]

You can play the game now and enjoy the game yourself 🙂

[@supremeio5930]

The game was great. Playing DC online never gave me the same feeling as CoH but it did come close in some ways. But I always told my friend who never played CoH that the people that did DC online had to have hired or played CoH because you can see they got ideas from it. Yet I don't know how it is that CoH still had better transportation and overall powers than DC online (maybe that changed since I last played).

[@LMERS2N]

I started playing from almost Day One. I'm trying to get more friends and their siblings to play. Your video makes a great descriptive introduction to most of the basics, plus a bit more. Thank you!

[@randomdoormedia]

Thank you. This game needs more exposure so more people can enjoy it.

[@godschild680]

@@randomdoormedia Since the license the servers are packed now! I love it!!!! Welcome all new players, we love to see you in game!

[@randomdoormedia]

@@godschild680 I just heard about the official license recently. Cool to see a horde of new people coming onboard!

[@seaphor665]

YES- Valiance Online is still being worked on

[@GilliamSL]

i hope thats true put a few donations into VO and it seems to be on full stop last 4/5 years

[@xChinobi]

Still play this, also rock homecoming on the steam deck :)

[@pocketfulloffun]

Its SO good on the steam deck!

[@moisesgrullon4685]

still a great game after all these years

[@randomdoormedia]

Agreed. Even with the outdated graphics, the game has no many good elements.

[@dmeric6813]

@@randomdoormedia CoH, a perfect example of gameplay over graphics

[@mib_le_poulet8224]

Is the game i Play with m'y father ❤

[@anthonyr8231]

Thanks for making this! It was hard to find something doing a basic breakdown. Just heard about it from the news of the private server getting officially protected, neat game!

[@romaldomadrid3819]

The cinematic universe we all deserve

[@randomdoormedia]

True.

[@solblackguy]

Still to this day one of the best superhero MMOs and arguably one of the best MMOs ever made. Unfortunately I was way too ingrained into Final Fantasy XI to enjoy it during live. But after hearing so much about it for years and the utter excitement people that played it had when explaining it, I jumped on Homecomming when I first heard it went public. I wish I could go back in time to 2004 and played it from the start, even with going through the dark times of it being shut down and joy of it returning. All the words I've heard about the game didn't do it justice. Without going into the amazing character creation system, dynamic quest lines, imaginative customization, City of Heroes does something a lot of MMOs, or most games for that matter, don't do: It respects your time. I could play for an hour and still have as much fun if I played for 5 hours. There's always something to do and I find myself logging in thinking "What do I want to do" instead of "What do I have to do" like other games are structured. That's a sign of a good game. I have about 20 characters so far and I could make 20 more with how phenomenal the customization is.

[@seaphor665]

Good overview, thanks for this.

[@MobbyG]

I still play and I still help out with the SEGS Project.

[@randomdoormedia]

What is the SEGS project?

[@LtZerge]

@@randomdoormedia An independent server emulator that isn't just stolen NC code. It would clear a lot of legal area and increase the ability for hosts to customize the game. The reverse engineering progress on Ouro is doing pretty well though, a lot of stuff has been figured out over the years

[@Hidfuskno]

Idk man, you figure it out, imma watch from the side cheering u on

[@angeline432]

Still playing, whos on Everlasting??

[@zenoslime]

/ˈärk(ə)ˌtīp/

[@goran5754]

I alwas had so much fun in COH... nothing else came close

[@randomdoormedia]

Agreed. Even after almost 20 years I still have not found a better superhero MMOG.