The Super Powered Massively Multiplayer RPG
Welcome to City of Heroes, the online world that's home to an entire universe of
heroes, where you and thousands of other players take on the roles of super
powered heroes - in a stunning, 3D graphical world.
City of Heroes . City of Tomorrow . Since 1931,
when a prodigal son returned with the powers of an ancient
god and called himself Statesman, Paragon City has been
the center of the super-powered hero universe. Through
the efforts of Statesman and those who joined him in
the war against tyranny and crime, Paragon City truly
became a beacon and inspiration for heroes world-wide.
A true city of heroes.
All that came to a disastrous halt
on May 23, 2002 when aliens known as the Rikti invaded
the earth and began their war of mass extermination.
Every major city in the world was attacked, but none
were more devastated than Paragon City . It was here
that thousands of heroes and civilians made their last
stand. It was on this ruined battlefield that legends
died and were created. After months of desperate fighting
and incredible sacrifice, the Rikti were stopped-though
not entirely defeated. In the end, of all the great
super-powered heroes who called Paragon City home, only
eight survived. Total casualty figures remain unknown,
though low estimates placed them in the tens of thousands.
In the aftermath of the war, Paragon
City , like much of the cities of the world, lay in
ruins. With most of the city's heroes dead or missing,
crime and corruption seized the opportunity to fill
the hero-less vacuum. Gangs of criminals-some reemerging
from decades of hiding, many new and horrifying in their
methods-began to take control of the city's war torn
zones. Amidst this sudden influx of lawlessness, Statesman
made a call to the world's surviving and newly found
heroes: "Come to Paragon City 's aid!"
Paragon City.
City of Tomorrow. City of Heroes. The world's last
best hope of freedom and justice. Home to Statesman
and the greatest heroes on earth. What true hero could
resist?
- Create Your Own Hero
Choose from hundreds of different powers and design your own unique costume.
- Fight Evil!
Confront super villains, aliens, madmen, criminals, and other fearsome foes.
Take on personalized missions and rid the city of several different evil
organizations and hundreds of individual enemies.
- Form Your Own Super-group of Heroes
Band together with other players to fight evil and become the premiere hero
group in the city!
- Explore the City
Explore the skyscrapers, slums, sewers and streets of Paragon City, a
sprawling online metropolis that offers unlimited adventures and
countless surprises.
- Live the Story
Become an integral part of more than thirty different ongoing story arcs as
the villain groups menace Paragon City an
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