City of Heroes Going Rogue: Complete Collection has pre-order bonuses

Itching to wear virtual tights, but having trouble waiting for DC's new MMORPG? You might want to try this:

 

If you pre-order through gamestop.com, you'll get "five GameStop exclusive character power enhancements and a Razer Sphex City of Heroes Going Rogue Edition desktop skin."

City of Heroes Going Rogue: Complete Collection drops August 17th, just three months before the DC game is scheduled to be released. I'm guessing that's not a coincidence. You've got to think that the makers of this game see the writing on the wall: if they're going to survive, they've got to push hard in the coming months to get players hooked. Otherwise, Superman and company are going to steal their customer base.

One thing that could help in their endeavor is dropping the monthly subscription price. $15 a month for a game is a lot of money to most people. And when DC Universe Online comes out, potential players are going to have to ask themselves, "Do I want to spend my $15 a month on an established game with no known heroes, or a game where I can play alongside Batman and battle the Joker?" As much as City of Heroes fans would like to believe it's the former, I think it'll be the latter.

To level the playing field, CoH could drop the max subscription price to $4.99 a month. Getting your hero fix for less than $5 a month would be a no-brainer for most. And with so many people balking at the announced $15 a month subscription price for DC's game, there'd be plenty of potential customers for City of Heroes to pick up.

Even with a $15 a month price tag, I'm tempted to pick this up. Even if I only play it for a few months, it'd be worth it to have something to compare DCU Online to. The big question is, with my online gaming time as limited as it is, can I break myself away from Warcraft long enough to justify another monthly subscription? (I'm sure my answer is a lot different than my wife's...)

Here's a preview of the new expansion from the makers themselves:

BTW - comics come out TOMORROW due to the 4th of July holiday...

Comments

[Dennis B.]

I dunno. $15 a month for characters you can customize VS $15 a month for a set stable of characters.

I think your love of all things DC may have clouded your vision on this one.

[Carlos]

You can customize in both. In fact, customizing is really your only option in both - you can't play as an established DC hero.

So it all comes down to game mechanics and whether or not you want to fight alongside of Superman or not. And my guess is that more people are going to go with Superman than against him.

I ain't claiming one game is better than the other til I've played 'em both, but I know Sony is really going to push DCUO and I think the public will pay much more attention to a game that Batman promotes.