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Studios  City of Villains Review: City of Villains Review - Edit
Laura Genender reviews the super-villain sequel from Cryptic
Studios and NCSoft. Final Score    As expected, there are
numerous similarities between City of Heroes and City of
Villains -- in many instances this is a good thing, but in some
ways the game is disappointing. To their credit, though, Cryptic
did a marvelous job utilizing the same tools to create a
different effect.  For example, most of the graphics and
animations in CoV are the same as the graphics and animations in
CoH. But with the clever usage of lighting, placement, and a few
new additions, the Rogue Isles are militaristic instead of
pristine.  Skills, at first glance, are a major disappointment;
there are very few new powersets, and most of the new ones
belong to the Masterminds. Once I started to play, though, I
realized how different the CoV Archetypes ar