Champions Online

Update [29-9-26]: The social zone the previous dev team added got removed today. No stated reason. The current company has decided to undo everything good that was added to this game last year, and make everything else more grindy and overall worse. Also, unprofessional actions and bigotry from the company and developer. - Preface: I played on Arc, and I have 900 hours of gameplay there. You can tell I played on a non steam platform, since I have "The Gift of Winter" achievement without having any other achievements. (Tip: You can see how long you've played on a character using /played!) TL;DR: Every positive thing added under the previous company and developers during 2025-2026 has either been removed[CAMS][Colo][Invis], or been directly stated by the developer that it will be removed[Powers]. Constant free2play rewards nerfs this year [CAMS][Event][Event]. This game DOES NOT BOOT on any modern AMD PCs because ONE DEFAULT CONFIG HAS NOT BEEN CHANGED FOR YEARS.[DX9] This game's patch notes are very often seemingly intentionally misleading [Patch](ctrl-f "Not mentioned in the patch notes"). The official discord, rather than banning outward bigotry, prefers to shadow ban people w…

The studio recently hired back Kaiserin, who arguably ruined this game as a developer by taking the best parts of the game—like the powers all being unique and awesome—and rescinding them all to do the same things; it is an absolute shame, as this game was truly one of a kind.

How is this game still active, but City of Heroes got scrapped? :(

Ya know for as long as I have played this game and have enjoyed it from time to time I just wish they would start to add more. This is a fun hero kind of game but now it just seems they are only doing costume contests and then doing the occasional tribute and anniversary. Unless they are doing more but I haven't seen any sort of critical update. Just know they do the constant change of loot boxes...It's gotten to the point that they aren't adding new powers any more and you have to get the ultimate unlock through purchasing the boxes and keys. I get you need to make money some how but come on. At least add some new powers like for water or something. Add some new concepts of powers....I just want to see more and further expanded to the game. LvL 40 being the max? I just find it hard to believe that there is nothing more being added other then the loot boxes...Also a bit messed up ya stopped puttin stuff into the fact that people had paid money for to get the subscription stuff and sorta stopped developing more items or at least more cosmetics and again...Locked away through loot boxes. A bit disappointing.

Great game

I've gotten back into every now and then primarily because it's just fun putting all the little details to your super hero OC's costume and (if you have a free form slot) their power and that's where the majority of this game's value comes in. A lot of costumes and powers are locked behind microtransactions you still have a fair bit to work with without them and you can sometimes unlock new pieces as drops which is how I got the load bearing costume piece for what is currently my favorite character (this is very rare though). The combat is OK based on my limited experience with TAB target games but depending on your powerset you might be a bit squishy especially at lower levels but I honestly feel that combat is mostly an excuse to get to watch your hero throw hands. Like any MMO it's best played with friends to fill in any gaps in your powerset and to just jump around as your weird OCs together. Your mileage will certainly vary depending on just how importance you place on the vibes and customization of your character vs the meat and potatoes mechanics of the game, i suppose. Not for everyone, but i have fun messing around in it from time to time and it'd be cool if more people…