I will admit to not being much of a fan of the MMRPG genre, though I have played many of the games offered I have never found one that struck me more than a temporary fancy. They all inevitably broke down into the grindstone drudgery of leveling so rapidly that the games transformed from fun into work in the space of a few days. City of Heroes - the first in what will probably be a long line of super hero themed MMRPGS - manages to distract you from the leveling by making it downright awesome to create fun and exciting characters. Most importantly, the game does not take itself very seriously.