This game was inevitable. As soon as City of Heroes hit shelves in 2004 and the glowing reviews started coming in, the question started rising -- "Where are the bad guys?" It's not that there weren't any criminals to beat up or missions to go on, but they were all against computer-controlled NPCs. If you wanted to go toe-to-toe against human agents of the forces of darkness -- or, better, join their Hellish crusade -- you were out of luck. That's all changed with the release of City of Villains, the "standalone expansion" for City of Heroes. Really more than an expansion, but not quite on the scope of an original title, City of Villains builds greatly on City of Heroes gameplay, and is arguably the most fun "new" MMO we've played this year.