Tuesday, April 21, 2009

City of Heroes Mission Architect Proves Intensely Successful


City of Heroes' recently released Mission Architect is a huge hit with fans -- so much so that the amateur creators have used the add-on to craft record-breaking numbers of additional mission arcs for the superhero MMO.

"By midnight on day one, we had over 2600 arcs, and exactly 24 hours after launch we were already at 3800 arcs," reads an official post from Paragon Studios' Matt "Positron" Miller. 

"We did some data mining of our own, and 3,800 surpasses the amount of content that we, the developers, have made for all of City of Heroes and City of Villains combined. In just one day our users did more than we could in almost five years."

Miller says players have also begun sifting through the vast number of missions, and offering comprehensive reviews. "They have even gone so far as to make movie-style posters, comic-style covers, and in some cases machinima using the in-game models to promote their arcs," Miller writes.