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Review written by Travis Meacham.
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Posted on 01-16-2008 at 05:05:37 PM
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No. Worst $50 I ever spent. I would have rather had the $50 stolen from me, that way I would have never had to purchase the game and suffer through the number, boring levels and bugs that plague the game.
QFT +1.
Yes, they do have terrible loot. They didn't even impliment sets, and to my knowledge they still haven't. They're also working on an expansion (something about Stonehenge iirc) they need to focus on making the game not crap. If you put a stick (Expansion) in crap (HG:L), it's still crap... it just has a stick in it.
I feel the same way about the storytelling. Something is wrong with a game when a main character dies and you just don't care... Also, in the beta people complained about the lack of story to no end, and what was their answer to this? Put a 30 second video of a book turning pages while a guy reads a last-minute, thrown-together storyline. Outside of that 30 second seperator between Acts... there is no development of a story whatsoever. It's just "I saw some demon down by the sewer, go clean em out and I'll give you a green item that's absolutely worthless". LAME! Oh well, I'll shut up now. Good review. Message edited by rgeist554 on 01-16-2008 at 06:10:18 PM --------------- Athlon 64 x2 5000+ - Stock | 8800GTS 640MB - Stock | ASUS M2N-E SLI | Silencer 750 Quad | 2x 1GB Patriot Extreme PC6400 (4-4-4-12) | Creative X-Fi Extreme Gamer 7.1 | Antec 900 | Razer Lachesis (Retired: Driver Conflict!) |
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I played the demo, I absolutely hated it, the only good game so far from ex-blizzard employees that is good is guild wars hahaha. I convinced other people to stay away, my boss was gonna get it (he actually sorta liked the demo wtf).
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blizzard is working on a new mmo now? probably to counter guild wars 2.i hope its world of starcraft...only 2 blizzard games i liked were starcraft(greatest game ever) and diablo2. I tried sooo many times to download hellgate london but it didnt work, the game looks pretty medicore and lots of shinyness. --------------- why have sex when u can play computer games?!? |
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They are, but to my knowledge they haven't announced what it will be. Whatever it is, it needs to break out of the stupid medieval fantasy stuff. It's ok, it works, but face it... it's starting to get boring. (I agree with the Starcraft part) --------------- Athlon 64 x2 5000+ - Stock | 8800GTS 640MB - Stock | ASUS M2N-E SLI | Silencer 750 Quad | 2x 1GB Patriot Extreme PC6400 (4-4-4-12) | Creative X-Fi Extreme Gamer 7.1 | Antec 900 | Razer Lachesis (Retired: Driver Conflict!) |
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I've never played this game, but from the review it sounds terrible. I'm just wondering how a game that is that bad get a 4/10 rating. Seriously, with 5 being an average / decent game shouldn't this be getting around a 2 maybe 2.5? --------------- Chuck Norris' tears cure cancer. Too bad Chuck Norris never cries. |
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The problem was that they hyped this game sooooo bad, and if you pre-ordered (and participated in the beta) you would see how little the game changed from beta -> release. Seriously, all they did was fix some crash bugs (obviously only like 3 out of the 1,000's that exist), and insert a 30 second cut-scene between Acts. (and just added the final 2 acts which is basically the first 3 repeated) THAT'S IT! --------------- Athlon 64 x2 5000+ - Stock | 8800GTS 640MB - Stock | ASUS M2N-E SLI | Silencer 750 Quad | 2x 1GB Patriot Extreme PC6400 (4-4-4-12) | Creative X-Fi Extreme Gamer 7.1 | Antec 900 | Razer Lachesis (Retired: Driver Conflict!) |
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yup game was that bad.
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Thanks for telling it like it is Travis, I wholeheartedly agree with you. To think that for awhile, they had almost all of the major online and magazine publications hypnotized into thinking it was going to be a top notch game. Roper should crawl back to Blizzard and beg for his job back. |
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I was part of the Alpha. I agree wholeheartedly (mostly) with the review, and the funny thing is, that i was bitching and moaning about all of these shortcommings in the forums (that FSS was a part of) and the hilarious thing is, everyone was yelling at me about it. They were like, why don't you be constructive and your ideas suck and nobodys going to listen to you. --------------- Latest Rig: Q6600 OC 3.6 || Abit IX38 OC 2000 || 4x1GB DDR2-800 OC 1000 OCZ Ati Cert || 2x2900Pro OC 850/1900 || ABS Tagan ITZ 800w 20A 6 rails || 1TB HD Space || 21" CRT for 2048x1536 resolutions. Yummy. || XClio A380-PLUS: 2x250mm fan + 1x360mm fan |
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I don't think they had a choice about release date. They just ran out of cash. I was part of the alpha/beta too, and did my share of complaining on the forums. I don't think us alpha/beta testers were any smarter than FSS staff. We all knew the game was buggy, but FSS probably just didn't have the option to postpone release. It's sad, but sometimes that's how the market works.
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i suppose after giving it enough time it'll be as stellar as D2 as become. D2 wasn't as great as it is at the beginning either, but it wasn't as bad as HGL starts off. --------------- Latest Rig: Q6600 OC 3.6 || Abit IX38 OC 2000 || 4x1GB DDR2-800 OC 1000 OCZ Ati Cert || 2x2900Pro OC 850/1900 || ABS Tagan ITZ 800w 20A 6 rails || 1TB HD Space || 21" CRT for 2048x1536 resolutions. Yummy. || XClio A380-PLUS: 2x250mm fan + 1x360mm fan |
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One thing I will add to my post above is that I have lost faith in Bill Roper. I loved D2/LoD and always assumed that Bill Roper was behind those games, and therefore knew what he was doing.
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I won the game at a competition 3 Months ago! I have not played the game yet! |
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OK, Travis M. I read your review, I played Hellgate London, Diablo 2, all the games you play, I am alot like you, I like a good game and play them to have fun.
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it's indeed a sucky game, and it's an insult to compare it in any way to the diablo series..
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I was in the MP beta and i can agree it was very buggy, however allot of the bugs have been fixed, at least for me.
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1. This game at release crashed more than a blind asian women driving in the rain. It was terrible and it took them about 3 months to get someone hired to begin fixing this memory leaks and the constant stream of "Server Errors" that would force to you re-run and entire level. (You're in Act III, almost to the last boss. You've just went through 3 other boring, repetitive zones... SERVER ERROR! Now you have to go back and re-complete all three previous boring levels just to get back where you were and have the crash happen again.) Also, if you bother to read, he used the Single Player client. You use the online client as you say you play with your friends. I'm going to say the game was not stable for quite some time, be it sinlge or multiplayer. As I said above, they had to hire someone specifically to patch all your mem leaks / errors. 2. No, its not. First person does not add a new dimension of game play. It's just third person except your character model is replaced with the model of your weapon. You can't make headshots or achieve faster kills in first person mode, it's just there to try and satisfy the people from the FPS genre, and it failed miserably. 3. 4/10 was being generous. This game was rushed out to release and the devs were all warned repeatedly in the alpha/beta forums. All the stuff that the game is lacking - yeah, that's the stuff we've commented on and told them: "Hey this needs to be fixed." Only to receive no developer responses (or probably views for that matter). LOL. This is not worthy of an 8/10, it is far below the standard for the average game... If you want something quality, go play CoH, CoD4, Bioshock, GoW, etc. 4. The whole game doesn't feel "hellish" as others have stated. The cinematic are the only thing that give any kind of notion that the world has been taken over by some evil force and they you're all for out numbered. It provides a feeling of hopelessness and action that is never present in the game. Oh, look... 4 dumb crawlers that are throwing fireballs at walls. Scary! ... please. 5. One Act in D2 used more tilesets than were present in the entire HG:L game. When Acts 1-3 look exactly the same... that's just sad. At least in D2 you go from Plains > Desert > Jungle > Hell > Winter Place. It's at least someone dynamic. HG:L is always a variation of a sewer or city street. Message edited by rgeist554 on 01-17-2008 at 08:05:34 PM --------------- Athlon 64 x2 5000+ - Stock | 8800GTS 640MB - Stock | ASUS M2N-E SLI | Silencer 750 Quad | 2x 1GB Patriot Extreme PC6400 (4-4-4-12) | Creative X-Fi Extreme Gamer 7.1 | Antec 900 | Razer Lachesis (Retired: Driver Conflict!) |
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I personally went through what Travis did concerning the crashing. I had to run though 3 zones to make it before the game would crash. Of course this was within the first week of the game launch, although I was in the multiplayer so seems both clients were affected. Travis when did you play the game? If it was when the game came out, why did the review take so long because the stability problems have been fixed(for me at least). |
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Travis: I appreciate your honesty when you published this review. Actually, I had ask some time ago if you guys could review this game and you (or one of your editors) agreed to review the game. So thanks again.
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Travis, I've been telling you for months that it's time to upgrade from your 486 processor and Diamond Stealth VLB video card. Get with the times!
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Its not personal, I like both the guys from Tom's, I watch all their videos, and I think they are normal people.
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4/10! 4/10! A review that dropped below 7/10, I don't believe it! I've never seen a game rated so bad to Travis for breaking tradition and not saying "the game sucks" and then giving it a 7 I thought the same about the demo: boring, buggy, useless equipment, forever doing miniquests for wooden legs and crap. I didn't have crashes, but I did hit demons with my sword from 20m away. Message edited by randomizer on 01-17-2008 at 11:33:55 PM --------------- I'm very happy about this news because Intel deserves all the fines it gets. I predict huge loses for Intel this year. -thunderman (source) |
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Hellgate london is such a joke of a game the entire basis is BACKPEDAL WHILE SHOOTING/CASTING, this game was terrible since alpha and the crashes have been ridiculous until the latest patch. The storyline is garbage the loot is terrible, its a completely unpolished game. When lak says he never had any crashes he must have been playing for only a few weeks now because playing that game in dx10 was just ASKING for a crash. The game is just so incredibly repetitive there doesnt feel like there is any character growth because the skills are so **** and you completely rely on repetitive uninteresting gear. Its just a mindless wanna be hack n slash with the worst FPS implementation ive ever seen and requires absolutely ZERO skill to play. Anyone who loves this game obviously doesnt know what a good game is. |
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Message edited by hallubaloo za on 01-18-2008 at 12:49:31 AM |
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I think the best game I played this year is Team Fortress 2 and COD4. I think the mistake reviewers are making is that they always compare a game X years old to the game they are reviewing. What they don't understand is that newer games that are similar are NEVER as fun because the new car smell has worn off. you get it?
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I can understand and also agree with most of the points in the review. Still, my friends and I are having an absolute BLAST playing Hellgate. Go figure??? lol |
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It's better to have high expectations than just accept whatever crap they slop into your lap.
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Some commentary about our experience with the game:
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Wow I wonder why a game that the reviewers game 4/10 is so loved by so many people. I mean the game is so much fun to play with your friends, and I see more people in the stations all the time, its crowded.
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They have rush games. They have to. It costs so many millions of dollars to make 1 game, if they don't come out with it, it kills them.
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