Hellgate: London: Windows

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Hellgate: London: Windows

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HELLGATE:LONDON is slow (by the way, the perspective is adjustable from FP to TP and back) and the character movement feels unatural . The weapons are inventive and impressive. Monsters and demons appear all over (popping from places that surprise you) and are dynamically-generated - as are the maps, every time a new game is started (adding to the game's replayability). Yet the rhythms are nowhere near those of a true FPS. There are tight moments but no high-speed tension.
I guess that is the price of creating a single player game and aiming at the MMORPG market at the same time (trying to avoid lag-time).

As a cRPG, HELLGATE: LONDON fares somewhat better. It is not the first time, of course, to come upon a First Person cRPG (the classic ULTIMA series introduced this). Nevertheless, HELLGATE: LONDON manages to convey the DIABLO feeling from the FP perspective beautifully! The multitude of sold or looted items alone is staggering! Everything seems to be customizable and appears on the character. A nice touch is that unwanted items can be broken down to their raw materials - which can then be used in either crafting new items or enhancing existing items at a vendor. Thus, an item well beyond the one you are currently using can yield material capable of enhancing it. Similar to TITAN QUEST, creating unique items using a mold is also possible.
There are three factions: Templars (aka: Knights), Cabalists (aka: Mages) & Hunters (aka: Rogues), all capped at level 50.

Graphically the game is crisp and clear but not cutting edge. The graphics are comparable to HL2 and QUAKE4 (3 year old games). The surfaces, the textures, the reflections and the weather effects are beautiful, and they are designed for BOTH DX9 and DX10! I cannot comment on DX10 (as I am running WinXP) however, for DX9 I have no complains - I encountered no freezes or crashes and the system demands are reasonable.

What is concerning is EA/FLAGSHIP's emerging intentions to charge for this game piece-meal. Since this is a heavily OnLine-oriented game, having the latest "installment" will be a necessity in order to survive and compete effectively.
The multiplayer offers a number of choices: free (with limited gameplay capabilities, such as leading a guild), Standard monthly fee (for additional content such as new areas, more classes, weapons,quests, and game modes) and First Class monthly fee (premium content). It may seem a good decision on boardroom papers, however, I doubt that this...cast system will sit good with the MMORPG crowd. Imagine building a character exactly as you want him for, say, six months, only to have him wiped by a rich n00by with premium weapons...Yeah, that will work miracles in building your fan-base...
So, for someone buying the game mostly for its multiplayer, be warned: £26 is NOT all you will have to pay (yes, even if you opt not to subscribe for the unrestricted gameplay).

All in all, a solid effort to mix-and-match different genre that falls just short of its raised expectations.

PS:
There is a major storyline objection: presenting Freemasons and Templar Knights as the saviors of humanity is as absurd as describing Nazis as "cosmetic products manufacturers". Some things cannot be spinned I am afraid. Now, I did not take this into account in rating this game since no one is taught history by video games...is he?

Hellgate: London: Windows

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HELLGATE:LONDON is slow (by the way, the perspective is adjustable from FP to TP and back) and the character movement feels unatural . The weapons are inventive and impressive. Monsters and demons appear all over (popping from places that surprise you) and are dynamically-generated - as are the maps, every time a new game is started (adding to the game's replayability). Yet the rhythms are nowhere near those of a true FPS. There are tight moments but no high-speed tension.

I guess that is the price of creating a single player game and aiming at the MMORPG market at the same time (trying to avoid lag-time).



As a cRPG, HELLGATE: LONDON fares somewhat better. It is not the first time, of course, to come upon a First Person cRPG (the classic ULTIMA series introduced this). Nevertheless, HELLGATE: LONDON manages to convey the DIABLO feeling from the FP perspective beautifully! The multitude of sold or looted items alone is staggering! Everything seems to be customizable and appears on the character. A nice touch is that unwanted items can be broken down to their raw materials - which can then be used in either crafting new items or enhancing existing items at a vendor. Thus, an item well beyond the one you are currently using can yield material capable of enhancing it. Similar to TITAN QUEST, creating unique items using a mold is also possible.

There are three factions: Templars (aka: Knights), Cabalists (aka: Mages) & Hunters (aka: Rogues), all capped at level 50.



Graphically the game is crisp and clear but not cutting edge. The graphics are comparable to HL2 and QUAKE4 (3 year old games). The surfaces, the textures, the reflections and the weather effects are beautiful, and they are designed for BOTH DX9 and DX10! I cannot comment on DX10 (as I am running WinXP) however, for DX9 I have no complains - I encountered no freezes or crashes and the system demands are reasonable.



What is concerning is EA/FLAGSHIP's emerging intentions to charge for this game piece-meal. Since this is a heavily OnLine-oriented game, having the latest "installment" will be a necessity in order to survive and compete effectively.

The multiplayer offers a number of choices: free (with limited gameplay capabilities, such as leading a guild), Standard monthly fee (for additional content such as new areas, more classes, weapons,quests, and game modes) and First Class monthly fee (premium content). It may seem a good decision on boardroom papers, however, I doubt that this...cast system will sit good with the MMORPG crowd. Imagine building a character exactly as you want him for, say, six months, only to have him wiped by a rich n00by with premium weapons...Yeah, that will work miracles in building your fan-base...

So, for someone buying the game mostly for its multiplayer, be warned: £26 is NOT all you will have to pay (yes, even if you opt not to subscribe for the unrestricted gameplay).



All in all, a solid effort to mix-and-match different genre that falls just short of its raised expectations.



PS:

There is a major storyline objection: presenting Freemasons and Templar Knights as the saviors of humanity is as absurd as describing Nazis as "cosmetic products manufacturers". Some things cannot be spinned I am afraid. Now, I did not take this into account in rating this game since no one is taught history by video games...is he?

Hellgate: London: Windows

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HELLGATE:LONDON is slow (by the way, the perspective is adjustable from FP to TP and back) and the character movement feels unatural . The weapons are inventive and impressive. Monsters and demons appear all over (popping from places that surprise you) and are dynamically-generated - as are the maps, every time a new game is started (adding to the game's replayability). Yet the rhythms are nowhere near those of a true FPS. There are tight moments but no high-speed tension.


I guess that is the price of creating a single player game and aiming at the MMORPG market at the same time (trying to avoid lag-time).





As a cRPG, HELLGATE: LONDON fares somewhat better. It is not the first time, of course, to come upon a First Person cRPG (the classic ULTIMA series introduced this). Nevertheless, HELLGATE: LONDON manages to convey the DIABLO feeling from the FP perspective beautifully! The multitude of sold or looted items alone is staggering! Everything seems to be customizable and appears on the character. A nice touch is that unwanted items can be broken down to their raw materials - which can then be used in either crafting new items or enhancing existing items at a vendor. Thus, an item well beyond the one you are currently using can yield material capable of enhancing it. Similar to TITAN QUEST, creating unique items using a mold is also possible.


There are three factions: Templars (aka: Knights), Cabalists (aka: Mages) & Hunters (aka: Rogues), all capped at level 50.





Graphically the game is crisp and clear but not cutting edge. The graphics are comparable to HL2 and QUAKE4 (3 year old games). The surfaces, the textures, the reflections and the weather effects are beautiful, and they are designed for BOTH DX9 and DX10! I cannot comment on DX10 (as I am running WinXP) however, for DX9 I have no complains - I encountered no freezes or crashes and the system demands are reasonable.





What is concerning is EA/FLAGSHIP's emerging intentions to charge for this game piece-meal. Since this is a heavily OnLine-oriented game, having the latest "installment" will be a necessity in order to survive and compete effectively.


The multiplayer offers a number of choices: free (with limited gameplay capabilities, such as leading a guild), Standard monthly fee (for additional content such as new areas, more classes, weapons,quests, and game modes) and First Class monthly fee (premium content). It may seem a good decision on boardroom papers, however, I doubt that this...cast system will sit good with the MMORPG crowd. Imagine building a character exactly as you want him for, say, six months, only to have him wiped by a rich n00by with premium weapons...Yeah, that will work miracles in building your fan-base...


So, for someone buying the game mostly for its multiplayer, be warned: £26 is NOT all you will have to pay (yes, even if you opt not to subscribe for the unrestricted gameplay).





All in all, a solid effort to mix-and-match different genre that falls just short of its raised expectations.





PS:


There is a major storyline objection: presenting Freemasons and Templar Knights as the saviors of humanity is as absurd as describing Nazis as "cosmetic products manufacturers". Some things cannot be spinned I am afraid. Now, I did not take this into account in rating this game since no one is taught history by video games...is he?

Hellgate: London: Windows

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HELLGATE:LONDON is slow (by the way, the perspective is adjustable from FP to TP and back) and the character movement feels unatural . The weapons are inventive and impressive. Monsters and demons appear all over (popping from places that surprise you) and are dynamically-generated - as are the maps, every time a new game is started (adding to the game's replayability). Yet the rhythms are nowhere near those of a true FPS. There are tight moments but no high-speed tension.



I guess that is the price of creating a single player game and aiming at the MMORPG market at the same time (trying to avoid lag-time).







As a cRPG, HELLGATE: LONDON fares somewhat better. It is not the first time, of course, to come upon a First Person cRPG (the classic ULTIMA series introduced this). Nevertheless, HELLGATE: LONDON manages to convey the DIABLO feeling from the FP perspective beautifully! The multitude of sold or looted items alone is staggering! Everything seems to be customizable and appears on the character. A nice touch is that unwanted items can be broken down to their raw materials - which can then be used in either crafting new items or enhancing existing items at a vendor. Thus, an item well beyond the one you are currently using can yield material capable of enhancing it. Similar to TITAN QUEST, creating unique items using a mold is also possible.



There are three factions: Templars (aka: Knights), Cabalists (aka: Mages) & Hunters (aka: Rogues), all capped at level 50.







Graphically the game is crisp and clear but not cutting edge. The graphics are comparable to HL2 and QUAKE4 (3 year old games). The surfaces, the textures, the reflections and the weather effects are beautiful, and they are designed for BOTH DX9 and DX10! I cannot comment on DX10 (as I am running WinXP) however, for DX9 I have no complains - I encountered no freezes or crashes and the system demands are reasonable.







What is concerning is EA/FLAGSHIP's emerging intentions to charge for this game piece-meal. Since this is a heavily OnLine-oriented game, having the latest "installment" will be a necessity in order to survive and compete effectively.



The multiplayer offers a number of choices: free (with limited gameplay capabilities, such as leading a guild), Standard monthly fee (for additional content such as new areas, more classes, weapons,quests, and game modes) and First Class monthly fee (premium content). It may seem a good decision on boardroom papers, however, I doubt that this...cast system will sit good with the MMORPG crowd. Imagine building a character exactly as you want him for, say, six months, only to have him wiped by a rich n00by with premium weapons...Yeah, that will work miracles in building your fan-base...



So, for someone buying the game mostly for its multiplayer, be warned: £26 is NOT all you will have to pay (yes, even if you opt not to subscribe for the unrestricted gameplay).







All in all, a solid effort to mix-and-match different genre that falls just short of its raised expectations.







PS:



There is a major storyline objection: presenting Freemasons and Templar Knights as the saviors of humanity is as absurd as describing Nazis as "cosmetic products manufacturers". Some things cannot be spinned I am afraid. Now, I did not take this into account in rating this game since no one is taught history by video games...is he?

Hellgate: London: Windows

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HELLGATE:LONDON is slow (by the way, the perspective is adjustable from FP to TP and back) and the character movement feels unatural . The weapons are inventive and impressive. Monsters and demons appear all over (popping from places that surprise you) and are dynamically-generated - as are the maps, every time a new game is started (adding to the game's replayability). Yet the rhythms are nowhere near those of a true FPS. There are tight moments but no high-speed tension.




I guess that is the price of creating a single player game and aiming at the MMORPG market at the same time (trying to avoid lag-time).









As a cRPG, HELLGATE: LONDON fares somewhat better. It is not the first time, of course, to come upon a First Person cRPG (the classic ULTIMA series introduced this). Nevertheless, HELLGATE: LONDON manages to convey the DIABLO feeling from the FP perspective beautifully! The multitude of sold or looted items alone is staggering! Everything seems to be customizable and appears on the character. A nice touch is that unwanted items can be broken down to their raw materials - which can then be used in either crafting new items or enhancing existing items at a vendor. Thus, an item well beyond the one you are currently using can yield material capable of enhancing it. Similar to TITAN QUEST, creating unique items using a mold is also possible.




There are three factions: Templars (aka: Knights), Cabalists (aka: Mages) & Hunters (aka: Rogues), all capped at level 50.









Graphically the game is crisp and clear but not cutting edge. The graphics are comparable to HL2 and QUAKE4 (3 year old games). The surfaces, the textures, the reflections and the weather effects are beautiful, and they are designed for BOTH DX9 and DX10! I cannot comment on DX10 (as I am running WinXP) however, for DX9 I have no complains - I encountered no freezes or crashes and the system demands are reasonable.









What is concerning is EA/FLAGSHIP's emerging intentions to charge for this game piece-meal. Since this is a heavily OnLine-oriented game, having the latest "installment" will be a necessity in order to survive and compete effectively.




The multiplayer offers a number of choices: free (with limited gameplay capabilities, such as leading a guild), Standard monthly fee (for additional content such as new areas, more classes, weapons,quests, and game modes) and First Class monthly fee (premium content). It may seem a good decision on boardroom papers, however, I doubt that this...cast system will sit good with the MMORPG crowd. Imagine building a character exactly as you want him for, say, six months, only to have him wiped by a rich n00by with premium weapons...Yeah, that will work miracles in building your fan-base...




So, for someone buying the game mostly for its multiplayer, be warned: £26 is NOT all you will have to pay (yes, even if you opt not to subscribe for the unrestricted gameplay).









All in all, a solid effort to mix-and-match different genre that falls just short of its raised expectations.









PS:




There is a major storyline objection: presenting Freemasons and Templar Knights as the saviors of humanity is as absurd as describing Nazis as "cosmetic products manufacturers". Some things cannot be spinned I am afraid. Now, I did not take this into account in rating this game since no one is taught history by video games...is he?

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is on the way TODAY. Patch 2.0 will be dropping on the test servers. With 1.3GB of new content, the developers have really put together something that will wow users.

If you're looking for a great dungeon crawler with the option of pay-to-play for new content, Hellgate: London is a great choice. Check it out!

Hellgate: London: Windows

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is on the way TODAY. Patch 2.0 will be dropping on the test servers. With 1.3GB of new content, the developers have really put together something that will wow users.



If you're looking for a great dungeon crawler with the option of pay-to-play for new content, Hellgate: London is a great choice. Check it out!

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which basically boil down to Warrior, Ranged Attacker, and Caster.

Every skill in the game can be found in an earlier game in some almost-identical form, and if that fails, pick up an AD&D manual and browse through it. This is not innovation.

"Have it your way - Three unique factions with their own visual and gameplay style, offering something for every type of gamer, whether they prefer the longer-range blasts of the Hunter or want to get up close and personal with the Templar."

3 fairly distinct classes with 2 subclasses each, with several overlapping talents. Subclasses share gear for the most part, although other classes can't equip any of your class' gear.

"Infinite Replayability - Dynamically generated levels, chance events and massive quantities of randomly created items makes for infinite replayability -- no two experiences will ever be the same and every game will be it's own unique event."

Infinitely replaying this game would indeed be hell. There's roughly 5 types of stages with a special one thrown in every now and then. You'll see subways, sewers, ambiguous city streets, underground facility, and ambiguous museum/building. The "dynamic generation" of levels is exceedingly pathetic, as once you get used to the game, you can generally navigate in a shorter amount of time than the level will take to load (did I mention the absurd loading times between every stage?).

The quests themselves are incredibly unimaginitive and monotonous, and you'll find yourself killing x number of demons or collecting x number of demon tonails (that hardly ever drop).

"Mad Skills - Each faction has three character classes that contain a wide variety of skills and spells that are fully customizable."

Mad boring skills. They lack the synergy bonuses that made you feel like you weren't wasting points in Diablo 2, and are summarily unimpressive. There are also fewer per class than the classes in Diablo 2 had.

"London Calling - Explore post-apocalyptic London, even darker and gloomier than usual. From shattered cathedrals and landmarks to the ancient ruins buried beneath the shell of a once-great city, players will need to scour all of London in search of the unknown."

So dark and gloomy that you have no idea what you're looking at--good thing they name the levels.

"Misery Loves Company - Don't be a glory hog - fight online. Gather with friends or recruit strangers in Underground stations and venture out into mean streets of London together to erase the Demonic threat."

And you'll be plenty miserable playing this game. They have a whopping total of two realms, one for North America, and one for Europe, and unless you subscribe, good luck finding anyone to party with.

Also, the chat interface is incredibly clunky, and you'll be unable to figure out how to do anything more than whisper someone without asking someone--the manual doesn't cover how to use the various channels, and the tutoral doesn't either.

"Hell Never Looked Better - HellGate: London features all of the latest next-generation technology to deliver a true, DX10 experience, while being fully scalable for optimal performance on older PCs."

In terms of graphics, I would consider the game to be cutting edge. I played it in DX10 mode and thought it looked great, but there's still some major bugs in the programming, as the game often froze up, and rain caused a massive drop in frames per second despite my system's beefy specs.

The actual user interface is lacking, and there's often a slight delay with the mouse and UI buttons. Abilites don't seem to combo well together, and the tutorial is an absolute joke in terms of explaining things that should've been explained.

In closing, aside from stating that I wish I had my money and hours of my life back, this game brings to mind a saying of one of my old teachers, which I find very relevant to a product such as this:

"You can polish a turd until it sparkles, but it's still a turd."

Hellgate: London: Windows

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which basically boil down to Warrior, Ranged Attacker, and Caster.



Every skill in the game can be found in an earlier game in some almost-identical form, and if that fails, pick up an AD&D manual and browse through it. This is not innovation.



"Have it your way - Three unique factions with their own visual and gameplay style, offering something for every type of gamer, whether they prefer the longer-range blasts of the Hunter or want to get up close and personal with the Templar."



3 fairly distinct classes with 2 subclasses each, with several overlapping talents. Subclasses share gear for the most part, although other classes can't equip any of your class' gear.



"Infinite Replayability - Dynamically generated levels, chance events and massive quantities of randomly created items makes for infinite replayability -- no two experiences will ever be the same and every game will be it's own unique event."



Infinitely replaying this game would indeed be hell. There's roughly 5 types of stages with a special one thrown in every now and then. You'll see subways, sewers, ambiguous city streets, underground facility, and ambiguous museum/building. The "dynamic generation" of levels is exceedingly pathetic, as once you get used to the game, you can generally navigate in a shorter amount of time than the level will take to load (did I mention the absurd loading times between every stage?).



The quests themselves are incredibly unimaginitive and monotonous, and you'll find yourself killing x number of demons or collecting x number of demon tonails (that hardly ever drop).



"Mad Skills - Each faction has three character classes that contain a wide variety of skills and spells that are fully customizable."



Mad boring skills. They lack the synergy bonuses that made you feel like you weren't wasting points in Diablo 2, and are summarily unimpressive. There are also fewer per class than the classes in Diablo 2 had.



"London Calling - Explore post-apocalyptic London, even darker and gloomier than usual. From shattered cathedrals and landmarks to the ancient ruins buried beneath the shell of a once-great city, players will need to scour all of London in search of the unknown."



So dark and gloomy that you have no idea what you're looking at--good thing they name the levels.



"Misery Loves Company - Don't be a glory hog - fight online. Gather with friends or recruit strangers in Underground stations and venture out into mean streets of London together to erase the Demonic threat."



And you'll be plenty miserable playing this game. They have a whopping total of two realms, one for North America, and one for Europe, and unless you subscribe, good luck finding anyone to party with.



Also, the chat interface is incredibly clunky, and you'll be unable to figure out how to do anything more than whisper someone without asking someone--the manual doesn't cover how to use the various channels, and the tutoral doesn't either.



"Hell Never Looked Better - HellGate: London features all of the latest next-generation technology to deliver a true, DX10 experience, while being fully scalable for optimal performance on older PCs."



In terms of graphics, I would consider the game to be cutting edge. I played it in DX10 mode and thought it looked great, but there's still some major bugs in the programming, as the game often froze up, and rain caused a massive drop in frames per second despite my system's beefy specs.



The actual user interface is lacking, and there's often a slight delay with the mouse and UI buttons. Abilites don't seem to combo well together, and the tutorial is an absolute joke in terms of explaining things that should've been explained.



In closing, aside from stating that I wish I had my money and hours of my life back, this game brings to mind a saying of one of my old teachers, which I find very relevant to a product such as this:



"You can polish a turd until it sparkles, but it's still a turd."

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being nice comparing it to HL2. Alex is much more animated that the "wa wa" speach of the dummies in this game. The monsters are fairly repetitave and once you have seem one zombie you have seen em all. I tak it back. There is female zombie, skinless zombie and fat guy zombie. Now you have seen them all. Various different kinds o demons but they are in such great numbers that the initial "hey, thats neat lookin..." quickly becomes "oh look, another one of...". The streets are a bit square lookin, rough edges are hidden by iffy art work...I might say the Graphics are comperable to Doom 3. Which was awsome in the day but does not cut it anymore. Besides, I am being nice now. I think Doom has better graphics. Which is unacceptable, especially for a game that was supposed to be of such high caliber. People will buy crap but if they are expecting to diamonds and you try to sell em crap, they are going to notice...and be displeased.

2) GET SOME VOICE ACTORS! For you main quests at least! jeeze! I feel jipped every time I have to read through a long quest description. Now for the secondary quests...meh...fine, I've played enough WOW, I can deal, I'll say ok, just text with some (fairly odd) NPC one liners. But for the main quest line, there should have been speech! It should have pulled me in, told me about the perils of hell on earth. It felt like they meant to but ran out of time or something and so slapped the script into the game and made the players read it for themselves. One the whole it takes away from my immersion in the game, the thing that you must keep.

3) Scene variety! Oh look another tunnel. yay. Now I am outside in an idendicle street. yay...with 10 identicle zombies attacking me. yay. I mean really! I know they were trying to make London, hell, as a former occupant of London myself, I was looking foward to navigating the streets, but Hell should have some variety. It dosen't. Blah.

4) Why I will never ever subscribe: In WOW when you cancel your subscribtion, your character goes on the back burner. If at some time you wish to play again, you just re-install, re-enroll and poof, your beloved level 70 is back complete with all her gear looking as ravishing as ever before. If you cancel your subscription to Hellgate, all your gear disapears. Your level 50 kung fu blade master vanishes and you have to start again at the begining. This is a criminal flaw in the buisness plan for Hellgate. You WANT US TO COME BACK!!! So Now I will never give them more of my hard earned money and consiquently, never really get involved online.

On the whole, I cannot tell a lie. The game is fun. I am still playing the single player offline version and will probably finish the game once...unless Age of Conan come out first. But it makes me sad. This game should have been more, it promised to be more! It s the spiritual sucessor to the Diablo Throne and it is a poor heir indeed. We wanted glory and got the frog prince. The game felt unfinished and poorly quality controlled. Good ideas left incomplete. It's like they sold this game to the lowest bidder. A great game made of the cheapest parts available. Makes for a cheap game. If you like killin stuff and robbing their bodies (which I do), this game has the fun. Lots of stuff to steal, lots of things to kill. If you want more, you want depth and story and voice acting and pretty varied scenes? Get Crysis or The Orange Box or Oblivion or WOW. OR Titan Quest, the REAL new Diablo.

Hellgate dropped the ball. COuld have been a masterpiece. Ended up being a time filler until Guitar Hero 3 or Conan. So Sad..

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to the beginning of the area. These were 2 major bugs that provided unnecessary frustration. I know I can't fault the game too much for bugs since they exist with every game. However, combined with all the other flaws, this game just feels like there wasn't any real effort put into making it. Even the graphics don't justify the system requirements.
The only good thing this game has going for it is the sound. The combination of action sounds, ambient sounds, and music make for an eerie atmosphere reminiscent of Diablo I.
The Single-Player experience is just too tedious to finish.
The game somewhat redeems itself with the multi-player community but this can be true for any game and doesn't really reflect on the merits of Hellgate: London. By comparison, Diablo II was an immensely popular game largely because of multi-player but the game was also great to play by yourself.

Yes, some of original Diablo developers worked on this game, but Flagship Studio's debut lacks the overall production value that Blizzard has brought to all of their titles.

Hellgate: London: Windows

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to the beginning of the area. These were 2 major bugs that provided unnecessary frustration. I know I can't fault the game too much for bugs since they exist with every game. However, combined with all the other flaws, this game just feels like there wasn't any real effort put into making it. Even the graphics don't justify the system requirements.

The only good thing this game has going for it is the sound. The combination of action sounds, ambient sounds, and music make for an eerie atmosphere reminiscent of Diablo I.

The Single-Player experience is just too tedious to finish.

The game somewhat redeems itself with the multi-player community but this can be true for any game and doesn't really reflect on the merits of Hellgate: London. By comparison, Diablo II was an immensely popular game largely because of multi-player but the game was also great to play by yourself.



Yes, some of original Diablo developers worked on this game, but Flagship Studio's debut lacks the overall production value that Blizzard has brought to all of their titles.

Hellgate: London: Windows

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to the beginning of the area. These were 2 major bugs that provided unnecessary frustration. I know I can't fault the game too much for bugs since they exist with every game. However, combined with all the other flaws, this game just feels like there wasn't any real effort put into making it. Even the graphics don't justify the system requirements.
The only good thing this game has going for it is the sound. The combination of action sounds, ambient sounds, and music make for an eerie atmosphere reminiscent of Diablo I.
The Single-Player experience is just too tedious to finish.
The game somewhat redeems itself with the multi-player community but this can be true for any game and doesn't really reflect on the merits of Hellgate: London. By comparison, Diablo II was an immensely popular game largely because of multi-player but the game was also great to play by yourself.

Yes, some of original Diablo developers worked on this game, but Flagship Studio's debut lacks the overall production value that Blizzard has brought to all of their titles.

Hellgate: London: Windows

...

to the beginning of the area. These were 2 major bugs that provided unnecessary frustration. I know I can't fault the game too much for bugs since they exist with every game. However, combined with all the other flaws, this game just feels like there wasn't any real effort put into making it. Even the graphics don't justify the system requirements.

The only good thing this game has going for it is the sound. The combination of action sounds, ambient sounds, and music make for an eerie atmosphere reminiscent of Diablo I.

The Single-Player experience is just too tedious to finish.

The game somewhat redeems itself with the multi-player community but this can be true for any game and doesn't really reflect on the merits of Hellgate: London. By comparison, Diablo II was an immensely popular game largely because of multi-player but the game was also great to play by yourself.



Yes, some of original Diablo developers worked on this game, but Flagship Studio's debut lacks the overall production value that Blizzard has brought to all of their titles.

Hellgate: London: Windows

...

to the beginning of the area. These were 2 major bugs that provided unnecessary frustration. I know I can't fault the game too much for bugs since they exist with every game. However, combined with all the other flaws, this game just feels like there wasn't any real effort put into making it. Even the graphics don't justify the system requirements.


The only good thing this game has going for it is the sound. The combination of action sounds, ambient sounds, and music make for an eerie atmosphere reminiscent of Diablo I.


The Single-Player experience is just too tedious to finish.


The game somewhat redeems itself with the multi-player community but this can be true for any game and doesn't really reflect on the merits of Hellgate: London. By comparison, Diablo II was an immensely popular game largely because of multi-player but the game was also great to play by yourself.





Yes, some of original Diablo developers worked on this game, but Flagship Studio's debut lacks the overall production value that Blizzard has brought to all of their titles.

Hellgate: London: Windows

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to the beginning of the area. These were 2 major bugs that provided unnecessary frustration. I know I can't fault the game too much for bugs since they exist with every game. However, combined with all the other flaws, this game just feels like there wasn't any real effort put into making it. Even the graphics don't justify the system requirements.



The only good thing this game has going for it is the sound. The combination of action sounds, ambient sounds, and music make for an eerie atmosphere reminiscent of Diablo I.



The Single-Player experience is just too tedious to finish.



The game somewhat redeems itself with the multi-player community but this can be true for any game and doesn't really reflect on the merits of Hellgate: London. By comparison, Diablo II was an immensely popular game largely because of multi-player but the game was also great to play by yourself.







Yes, some of original Diablo developers worked on this game, but Flagship Studio's debut lacks the overall production value that Blizzard has brought to all of their titles.

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to the beginning of the area. These were 2 major bugs that provided unnecessary frustration. I know I can't fault the game too much for bugs since they exist with every game. However, combined with all the other flaws, this game just feels like there wasn't any real effort put into making it. Even the graphics don't justify the system requirements.




The only good thing this game has going for it is the sound. The combination of action sounds, ambient sounds, and music make for an eerie atmosphere reminiscent of Diablo I.




The Single-Player experience is just too tedious to finish.




The game somewhat redeems itself with the multi-player community but this can be true for any game and doesn't really reflect on the merits of Hellgate: London. By comparison, Diablo II was an immensely popular game largely because of multi-player but the game was also great to play by yourself.









Yes, some of original Diablo developers worked on this game, but Flagship Studio's debut lacks the overall production value that Blizzard has brought to all of their titles.

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enhance the base damage or defence, this eliminates the problem of finding a good magic item early in the game and having it become obsolete towards the end. Gold is actually important. There are many skills designed to heal and assist party members.

There are, of course, many similarities. The random (and unique) item system is still nearly identical to diablo. The skill tree and general skill aquisition system is nearly identical to diablo. The levels are random, though not quite as random as diablo. And what is really wonderful is that the charachter classes play like the charachter classes from diablo 2; the similarity is just incredible.

The other reviewer noted a lack of intensity. There is a certian lack of creatures to kill in comparison to diablo; you will still be killing hordes of monsters but not at the same scale as you would in a diablo game. I find this a welcome change though it was obviously implemented because of the new constraints placed on the game by its 3d world. There is also a certian sense i get that charachters move more slowly, but im not sure i can make this judgement any more precise than that. If this is what the reviewer means by a lack of intensity than i see exactly what they mean (and say its all for the good); but if something else is meant, like a lack of excitment, a lack near death experiences, or a lack of difficult fights that suck you into the game then that reviewer just didnt get enough play time from the demo.