hellgate london

Who the hell has reviewed an unreleased game yet? Most of the respectable companies with the attention to detail don't review games until the full thing is out because if they do it beforehand they often get a beta or other less polished pre-release version.

 

Wouldn't they demo be made trying to show the game in its best light? The game is being released in a few days now, and I'm sure they know quite a lot about it. Maybe the full game is better, but it will still carry the same burns.

I doubt they will finish it in time, for some reason. It feels as if they are rushing it.

 

You can only fit so much into a download.

 

Can you give us more info? What makes it bad, exactly?

 

Setting is a matter of Taste. There are only 1 Scifi RPGs for every 10 Fantasy RPG. Dunno about H:L but right now the best RPG in that genre is for me Deus EX.

Bugs happen, it depends on the support how much it messes up the game, Blizzard is known for exelent support - I hope they pay attention there.

Voicovers can be a curse, I really hated decard cain for all his rambling - annoying fact: In the German version he has 2 different voices since the "classic" Cain somehow died before TOB or something...

 

the fpv is there if you are playing the hunter class so you can almost play it like a shooter
there is also third person view

 

i like the game its rather fun , i'm in the beta and from what i've played the full game should be fun. sure it's not diablo, but i say it's like doom 3 with a diablo aftertaste. not bad by my opinion

 

I'm just now preordering the game, I don't kow why I didn't do it earlier, I could have gotten into the Beta if I had, but oh well.  I played the demo with both the Marksman, the shooter class, and the blademaster, one of the melee classes.  Note, those were the only 2 classes with the demo.  I liked it a great deal.  It had some of the good features of Diablo, such as watching and hoping for a good drop after every kill as well as having a similar pace to the action.  At the same time it had some of the more exciting features of the FPS Painkiller.  Though it isn't up to the same level of insanity as painkiller, I'm sorry to say, It does have a similar atmosphere and the action is of the same flavor, for lack of a better word, though it isn't of the same magnitude.

I would say the game it felt like the most was the Quake 4 campaign.  The whole objective scheme and the way you interact with the NPC's makes Quake 4 feel alot like an RPG.  While the action in the Hellgate:London demo was quite akin to that of Quake 4.  The enemy density is about the same and the Stogg do look pritty demonic though a bit to techy.  Also, I haven't done any squad action in the HG:L demo but the multiplayer will have a lot of that.

I'll be able to give a more substantial description of what the game is like after its Halloween release but for now that's my opinion of the game.

PS @Lichking, if you want a top down view so bad play Mythos. Its free too.

 

the only thing that pisses me off in h:l are the grenades and thats only because you throw them too far

 

these points are obviously bettered in the final version

 

One thing you have to remember about the demo is they cut out a lot of stuff to save space. There are probably voices in the full game that were taken out because they would have raised the size of the demo. It already took a horrendous amount of time to download.

Also I played the WiC beta and it was awesome but the demo sucked (and everyone said they hated it) because they had to cut out so much. Everyone said "the demo sucks I'm not buying the game". A lot of people who played the full game loved it and gave it top marks. Also the demo had more bugs. It happens just don't decided based on a demo. Wait for the reviews before saying something sucks

 

playing this right now, seem pretty sweet, scenery gets boring quick

 

so does the final version have voice overs?

 

No it doesn't I'm afraid. You have to read. I wouldn't mind if the side quests didn't have voice overs but the main quest should. Also the cinimatics between acts leaves a great deal to be desired. The game play is fun though. Speaking of which I'm going to go play some more.

 

Gah, I'm not going to get this game. I'll just wait for d3. thanks for info

 

Anyone here a subscriber yet?

 

I'm not going to subscribe until they first get all the bugs worked out and not until they add the new content. The slots and hardcore and stuff just isn't worth it yet. I'll do it eventually just not now.

@lichking, just hope blizzard doesn't do to Diablo what they did to warcraft. They killed off Illidan for heaven's sake, and now they are going to take out Arthas. There won't be a warcraft 4 at this rate and that pisses me off.

 

I seem to remember Illidan dying in Frozen throne anyway. I am sure they will both be back

 

I remember quite clearly reading somewhere that you don't as much kill Illidan in WoW as you get in his way.

As for Hellgate, why would there be voiceovers for most quest if they're only go kill these and bring me <part> from them?

 

That's why I said I don't mind the no voice overs for the side quests but the story quest. Come on, that should be in. It isn't a major flaw, its just slightly annoying to me.