Do you really trust them when they say that they don't have anyone's personal account information?' ' They've been lying to us for years because they didn't want their illegal activities exposed.Many are calling for the server to be made public, while others are feeling rage over the situation, either from not being able to play for the past six years or for having previously insisted the server was real and being shouted down or verbally abused by people telling them they were wrong. The fallout in the CoH/V community has been immediate and enormous. He also implied that SCORE's database contains account information, including potentially sensitive personal data, such as payment information, which Pardini flatly denied, saying 'Not only would this have been a massive breach of privacy, but that is not information that a game server would ever need to operate, and so it would have been completely pointless to share.' The developer, Leandro Pardini, provided a long statement to MassivelyOP, stating that the project is SCORE's alone, with no current ties to Paragon Studios, the Titan Network (makers of Paragon Chat, which Pardini 'collaborated on' in its 'early days'), and SEGS (Super Entity Game Server), or to the City of Heroes subreddit, which has long deleted references to SCORE.Īccording to Destroyer Stroyer, SCORE is even adding new content and abilities to the game, including a new level cap. Now, that secrecy is as dead as Gwen Stacy, as one player has blown the lid off the server's clandestine behavior, which has since been confirmed by its lead developer. It called itself the Secret Cabal of Reverse Engineers, or SCORE, and it emulated the complete City of Heroes/Villains experience - allegedly provided by a disgruntled dev when the game shut down - and has quietly entertained a few select players, who were sworn to secrecy via an NDA. These have avoided any repercussions from NCSoft, likely because they were limited in scope, either offering an older version of the gameplay or simply existing as places to hang out with no real gameplay at all.īut one, near-complete experience has existed in (mostly) secret for over six years. Several fan projects have tried to carry on its legacy, operating out in the open and achieving various levels of nostalgic success in their re-creations of Paragon City. Such is the case with City of Heroes, which NCSoft officially shut down on Nov. Even if you do find a body or if the body disintegrates into dust, chances are the hero or villain will somehow come back years later to re-assert his or her legacy - or sell more books or movies.

In comic books, death is rarely permanent.

Play city of heroes or city of villains