Goodies

What’s under the crime-mobiles hood?

Liberty City is a very attractive place. It’s not a modern marvel (get it, Marvel! HAH!) of graphical magic but it’s definitely stylish and clean. Depending on the section of the city you go to, you can expect a certain level of decay. Some areas will have things blowing along the streets and leaves falling from the trees whereas others will be squeaky clean and well lit. The scenery in CoH ranges from metropolitan to downright apocalyptic.

The heroes and costumes are pretty great overall. It’s fun to run through the city and just stare at all the different vigilantes roaming the streets. The villains are pretty dynamite overall as well. From the Fifth Column down to the Hellions, they all have a different and fun look. The bosses are, well, pretty boss (pun intended), and are very imaginative and a load of fun. On occasion, you’ll be wandering down the street and bump into some crazy stuff. Every now and then, you’ll see a guy with a TV on his head preaching to a mass of crazies that will, inevitably, want to kill you.


The sound is workable, it’s nothing to write home about, but it definitely does the job. The sound effects for the powers are pretty good, which is fortunate because there really aren’t all that many sounds in the game. The city has ambient sounds and the soundtrack is pretty decent as well. The enemies, depending on who they are, make different sounds as well. For instance, the clockworks make mechanical sounds (I wonder why). It’s not that the game has poor sound, it’s just that it doesn’t have enough sound.