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Hellgate: London
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Electronic Arts |
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Flagship Studios |
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PC |
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Role-Playing |
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Blood and Gore
Mild Language
Violence
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London, 2038. According to legend, when the ravens depart the Tower of London, it will crumble to rubble and disaster will befall England. As man became more dependent on science, believing only in what he could define or create, ancient knowledge and rituals were lost to the antiquity of time. Prophecies that had stood as warning for untold generations were seen as archaic folly or ignorant superstition. So, when the harbingers of evil began to manifest, few saw and fewer believed. When the demons finally came, there was little that stood in their way. |
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| Hellgate: London is the first original title from premier developer Flagship Studios, whose team hails from such blockbusters as the Diablo, StarCraft, and WarCraft series. Set in the near future, Hellgate: London introduces a world devastated by a demon invasion. Players are thrust into a desolate city scorched by hellfire where the survivors meld science and sorcery to gain a foothold against the minions of darkness and save the bloodline of humanity.
Hellgate: London combines the depth of Role-Playing Games with the action of First-Person
titles, while offering infinite replayability and an individualized gaming experience through
dynamically created levels, monsters, items, and events. Players create a hero and then battle through innumerable hordes of demons while completing quests and advancing through experience levels and branching skill paths. A robust, flexible skill and spell system, highly customizable items, and a massive variety of randomly generated equipment allow players to create heroes that are truly unique.
- From the Creators of Diablo – Flagship Studio was formed in 2003 by former executives and developers from Blizzard North, the creators of the worldwide, best-selling Diablo franchise.
- A New Perspective on RPGs – Uniquely combining the depth and customizability of Role-Playing games with the action of First-Person Shooters.
- Unique and Appealing World – Experience the ominous setting of post-apocalypse London.
- Choose Your Character – Fight against the demons of the underworld as a member of one of three distinct character factions (Templar, Cabalist, Hunter).
- Hell on Earth – Battle for survival against a wide variety of demonic enemies.
- Infinite Re-playability – With dynamically generated levels, massive quantities of randomly created items, chance events and story driven quests, no two gaming experiences are ever the same.
- Single-Player and Online Multiplayer Support – Hellgate: London definitely stands on its own as a single-player game, and it also provides a compelling cooperative multiplayer experience through a dedicated online gaming destination.
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| Post Launch |
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| By: Ceryk Date: Sunday, Mar 30, 2008 |
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Firstly, let me say that I rate things on a scale based on how I think a game rates with what I consider to be an average game.
Hellgate got a lot of flack at launch. And rightly so. There were a number of problems. Like most MMOs and ORPGs (Hellgate falling into the ORPG category), the game is never ready when it's shipped. As of now, the game is currently patched to 1.2 and 1.3 is rapidly on the way.
The game itself plays like a hybrid of the Diablo games and a first person or third shooter, depending on your preferences. While I always applaud the option to zoom in and out of third and first person in games, with Hellgate, I do have to express my irritation at being stuck in third person mode for the Melee classes. But as I said, the game has a lot of similarities with the Diablo games is becoming more and more familiar with each patch.
On the graphical side of things, I can only say that I have played Hellgate using DX10 settings and cannot comment on the DX9 g...[More]
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Hellgate golden |
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Flagship Studios' postapocalyptic shooter-RPG hybrid in mass production for October 31 PC release; single-player demo lands later this week.
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Hellgate: London Review |
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Hellgate: London has plenty of neat ideas, but many of them aren't executed as well as you'd like.
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