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$19.99
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| Published by | Electronic Arts |
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| ASIN | B000QB058U |
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Hellgate: London combines the depth of role-playing games with the action of first-person action titles. It is a world devastated by a demon invasion, where players must create a hero and battle through innumerable hordes of demons while completing quests and advancing through experience levels. Explore 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. 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.
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. Compelling cooperative multiplayer experience - by creating unique and individualized game play instances within a vast online community, gamers get all the best parts of traditional massive multiplayer games Hellgate - London Game on 2 DVDs / Bonus Disc containing - Making of Hellgate - London; Official Game Soundtrack
It?s 2038, and London lies in ruins... From Flagship Studios ? creators of the award-winning Diablo® series and the fathers of the action role playing genre ? comes HellGate: London, the next benchmark in the evolution of the RPG genre. Combining the depth of traditional RPGs with the frenetic, visceral feel of first-person shooters, HellGate: London offers infinite replayability with dynamically created levels, monsters, items and events that gives each player their own unique hack-and-slash experience. A post-apocalyptic London has been overrun by hordes of terrifying demons, leaving the city desolate and scorched by hellfire. Those who were unlucky enough to survive now gather in the only sanctuary left, the Underground, banding together in order to gain a foothold against the minions of darkness and ultimately save the bloodline of humanity. It is no surprise that these sole survivors come from three of society?s most elite factions, each of whom are masters of a robust number of skills and weapons essential to demon-thrashing. The Templar, a secret society preserving the rites of the original Knights Templar, mix futuristic technology with ancient artifacts to create powerful weapons and armor perfect for short-ranged and melee attacks. The Cabalists are students of the dark arts and edges of science which often leaves them standing right on the line between good and evil. Their mystifying spells make them suited for mid-range combat. The Hunters are mysterious, highly trained ex-military operatives who lay waste to their foes with hyper-advanced weapons that blend theoretical science and the latest in technology ? and their bullets can come from almost any distance. HellGate: London delivers an amazing gaming experience to PC gamers of all types ? delivering the eye-popping DX10 visuals demanded by the hardcore, and scaling to ensure the masses of casual RPG players can still get the best performance on older PCs. Key Features - The RPG Authority ? Flagship Studios was founded by the core creators of Diablo, one of the biggest PC gaming franchises in history with over 13 million units sold worldwide ? they are the first, last and only voice in the world of action RPGs.
- Beyond RPG ? Experience new layers to the traditional hack-and-slash forumla by experiencing the action RPG from the first-person perspective and through nontraditional character classes and playstyles.
- 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.
- 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.
- Mad Skills ? Each faction has three character classes that contain a wide variety of skills and spells that are fully customizable.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Minimum specifications:
OS: Windows XP SP2 or better
Processor: 1 GHz (or faster) Pentium 3
RAM: 512 MB or more
Video: 100% DirectX 8 compatible device w/ 64MB VRAM or better
(e.g., NVIDIA GeForce 3 (except 4 MX))
Audio: 100% DirectX 9 compatible device
Disc drive: DVD
Hard drive: 6 GB or more free space
Input: Keyboard and mouse
Internet: Connection required for multiplayer
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Customer Reviews - courtesy of Amazon.com
Average game
Pros: Many different weapons and armor. Scary monsters. From the creater of Diablo.
Cons: Story is boring. The setting is boring. Subway stations are really exciting. Locations are bland and repetitive. Story is not engaging and comes across has shallow. Playing multiplayer feels like playing single player. Come Febuary 2009, It will be a single player only game due to the company going bankrupt. This could change, I hope so.
It was entertaining, but buggy as hell...
Grabbed 2 copies for my wife and I on release day a year ago. We tried playing for about a month. The party functions were just horrible, most of the time we would both jump into the same zone only to not be able to see eachother. Atleast 2-3 bugs found a night with casual play.
It might have been entertaining as a single player, but not for the $50 I paid for it.
Now that they are shutting down the servers (which is true, I got the announcement from them), it's more of a fancy coaster if anything. You won't be able to download the patches and the single player game will be horrible without them.
*****WARNING!!! DO NOT BUY THIS GAME**************
It has been announced that the online servers for the North American and European versions of this game will be going offline after January 31, 2009. If you buy this game, you will be left with nothing but a VERY unstable Single-Player version. You have been warned!
Like a FPS Diablo (not diablo II)
I'm about 80% done with the game, been playing it like a FPS with the engineer class. It's definitely a good time-killer, and I find that playing from the first person perspective much more enjoyable than the 3rd person perspective in Diablo I and II.
I was part of the beta test, and from that I anticipated waiting for it to hit the discount rack. Had I paid $50-60 I would have been disappointed. But at less than $20, it's a good game.
Despite what I've read in at least one review, you do not need to register to get the (HIGHLY) recommended updates. Admittedly, I am using an older gaming laptop (Ferrari 4000 series), but the framerate consistency before patching was horrible. It still chokes up at times, but not so much that I can't run back into a clear location to let the framerate stabilize.
At the current price, this is a clear winner.
Fun and worth the money but not much more.
For the price It's at now around 15$ it is well worth it not only that but the only mmo sort of play it has to is also free wich is basicly the exact same thing as the single player but just online allowing you to form parties with other players. The game has a strong story fun gameplay and interesting combat elements all which add up to make a pretty good game.
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