City of Heroes Roleplaying Game
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The City of Heroes Roleplaying Game, or "CoH RPG" for short, is a role-playing game
developed by Eden Studios
based on Cryptic Studios
' MMORPG
City of Heroes
. Development of the game was announced March 2005. The basic CoH RPG was written and designed by M. Alexander Jurkat with additional material by Jack Emmert and Sean Fish. The game uses a role-playing game system
written by C.J. Carella called the Universal Mission Simulation System (Unisystem
).
Players create and role-play superhero
es in the Paragon City setting, the titular City of Heroes from the computer game. Many enemies from the computer game are translated into Unisystem characters, such as Dr. Vahzilok and the Circle of Thorns.
An official free downloadable preview of the game containing a sample adventure, characters and basic rules is also available.
In June 2006, a company press release on their official web site announced that the Registration Manual and Monitor's Support Pack (the two main rulebooks for the game) were nearing completion and getting ready to go to press, however, tight finances at Eden Studios meant the game would not see print until at least 2007.
, the game had still not been released. Earlier that year full ownership of the City of Heroes/Villains intellectual property had been sold by Cryptic Studios to the publisher of the game, NCSoft
. George Vasilakos, owner of Eden Studios, stated in the official Eden forums that this had impacted their ability to release the game, but that further information was waiting on communications between the involved companies.
Role-playing game
A role-playing game is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting, or through a process of structured decision-making or character development...
developed by Eden Studios
Eden Studios, Inc.
Eden Studios, Inc. is an award-winning American role-playing game publisher founded in 1996 by George Vasilakos, M. Alexander Jurkat, and Ed Healy. Currently run by Mr...
based on Cryptic Studios
Cryptic Studios
Cryptic Studios, a wholly owned Perfect World subsidiary, is a small American massively multiplayer online role-playing game developer headquartered in Los Gatos, California.-History:...
' MMORPG
MMORPG
Massively multiplayer online role-playing game is a genre of role-playing video games in which a very large number of players interact with one another within a virtual game world....
City of Heroes
City of Heroes
City of Heroes is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game based on the superhero comic book genre, developed by Cryptic Studios and published by NCsoft. The game was launched in North America on April 27, 2004 and in Europe on February 4, 2005 with English, German and French language...
. Development of the game was announced March 2005. The basic CoH RPG was written and designed by M. Alexander Jurkat with additional material by Jack Emmert and Sean Fish. The game uses a role-playing game system
Role-playing game system
A role-playing game system is a set of game mechanics used in a role-playing game to determine the outcome of a character's in-game actions...
written by C.J. Carella called the Universal Mission Simulation System (Unisystem
Unisystem
Unisystem is a generic role-playing game system produced by Eden Studios, Inc. It is used in All Flesh Must Be Eaten, the Buffyverse role-playing games, CJ Carella's WitchCraft, Conspiracy X , and several other games. Games designed using Unisystem have been nominated for, and won, Origins...
).
Players create and role-play superhero
Superhero
A superhero is a type of stock character, possessing "extraordinary or superhuman powers", dedicated to protecting the public. Since the debut of the prototypical superhero Superman in 1938, stories of superheroes — ranging from brief episodic adventures to continuing years-long sagas —...
es in the Paragon City setting, the titular City of Heroes from the computer game. Many enemies from the computer game are translated into Unisystem characters, such as Dr. Vahzilok and the Circle of Thorns.
An official free downloadable preview of the game containing a sample adventure, characters and basic rules is also available.
In June 2006, a company press release on their official web site announced that the Registration Manual and Monitor's Support Pack (the two main rulebooks for the game) were nearing completion and getting ready to go to press, however, tight finances at Eden Studios meant the game would not see print until at least 2007.
, the game had still not been released. Earlier that year full ownership of the City of Heroes/Villains intellectual property had been sold by Cryptic Studios to the publisher of the game, NCSoft
NCsoft
NCsoft is a South Korea-based online video game company, which has published massively multiplayer online role-playing games including Lineage, City of Heroes, Wildstar, Exteel, Guild Wars and Aion.-History:...
. George Vasilakos, owner of Eden Studios, stated in the official Eden forums that this had impacted their ability to release the game, but that further information was waiting on communications between the involved companies.