Let's face it, at some point in your childhood you always wished you could be your favourite hero, whether it's one of the X-Men, Spiderman or Superman. Alas, us mere mortals have to make do with our lack of powers, and no matter how many times you stick your hand in a tarantula's glass box and it bites you, you're never going to be spinning webs any size. Luckily for comic book and superhero fans, Cryptic Studios are at hand with their MMORPG City of Heroes. An MMORPG without dwarves and Elves? Surely not! Yes' it's true a persistent online world that is not based on the usual RPG fantasy roles.