The Guardian, one of Britain’s biggest-selling newspapers, has awarded City of Villains 5 out of 5 in a review today. In the half-page review, City of Villains is called “enchanting” and “atmospheric” among other plaudits. To quote the review:

Players who subscribe to City of Heroes can also play City of Villains once they buy the box, allowing them to skip between virtuous paragons and vile nemeses on a whim. City of Villains improves the game’s quality, by being funnier and better written and constructed, but also adds content, allowing heroes and villains to do what they were made to do - fight spectacularly.

And of course, win glory for Lord Recluse and Arachos. The review concludes as follows:

It is a grand setting for an adventure - ‘your’ adventure - and does everything to try to make it as memorable and driven as possible. The Rogue Isles, for all their decadence, are a beautiful place to visit: playing tourist beneath indestructible skin is an adventure holiday in the most literal of terms.

From choosing your costume to your first flight, City of Villains revels in the glorious, ludicrous pop-opera of the superhero comic. It is hard not to be seduced.

Seduction is just one of the weapons in Arachnos’ arsenal, we assure you. Read the full review online.