With
the recent news that
one of the fan servers for the old discontinued superhero MMORPG City of Heroes has gotten the official blessing of the game's current IP holders, I couldn't resist the temptation to start playing it again. Especially since it has one of the best character creators in gaming history, allowing you to make all kinds of colorful superheroes and a whole bunch of other weird and funny stuff. It's definitely a game where you can spend a lot of time creating a funny gimmick costume and play for a few minutes just to see it running around, before you start over creating something else.
Anyway, I've made a few superheroes and supervillains, but the one I've become especially fond of is the costumed music superstar
Princess Pop!
And yes, the colors are very much intentional.
She of course have all kinds of music powers, and it's really fun to fight beefy gang members, zombies, fascist millitas and clockwork robots with the power of song. Especially when I can charm opponents into attacking each other. You can even customize the colors of your powers!
But what's especially fun is using the various "dance" emotes, and the different "boombox" options to start playing music that anyone nearby can hear.
I've already gotten compliments from several other players for the costume (including, funnily enough, the character "Pop Princess", who had taken the name I originally intended to use for my character). Even better, I've been able to start a couple of dance parties where other player characters join in with various dancing emotes. My greatest achievment was when I managed to convince another character with the power to summon zombies to join in, with some synchronized zombie dancing: