Hellgate: London

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  1. MaxH.
    Nov 26, 2007
    4
    If you're in Australia don't even bother unless you like repetitive single player games. No local server, no LAN support. This game had so much hype and they jsut didnt provide... I was prepared to look past the 5-7 year old graphics and repetitive game play for some good multiplayer, but a ping of over 400 for a first person game because you can only conect to USA servers? If you're in Australia don't even bother unless you like repetitive single player games. No local server, no LAN support. This game had so much hype and they jsut didnt provide... I was prepared to look past the 5-7 year old graphics and repetitive game play for some good multiplayer, but a ping of over 400 for a first person game because you can only conect to USA servers? Sorry, not even worth touching.… Expand
  2. IanWestbrook
    Feb 8, 2008
    1
    Boring. Totally boring. I've now stopped playing it and didn't even get to the end of Act 2. All the levels look the same, the combat is boring and repetitive, the quests dull...
    I've been trying to figure out just why I dislike it so much, and I think it comes down to the appalingly bad voice acting (these are the guys who gave us "I sense a soul in search of answers"?    Boring. Totally boring. I've now stopped playing it and didn't even get to the end of Act 2. All the levels look the same, the combat is boring and repetitive, the quests dull...
    I've been trying to figure out just why I dislike it so much, and I think it comes down to the appalingly bad voice acting (these are the guys who gave us "I sense a soul in search of answers"? Purleeze!) and the monsters have no character. My 9-year-old is playing D2 at the moment and the monster animations and sounds have real character - in H:L they just don't.

    Just dull dull dull. I don't know how long it took Flagship to make this but it was time wasted. As for subscribing - I don't feel like I even got my money's worth from the boxed version. Really piss poor.    … Expand
  3. jonalola
    May 29, 2008
    1
    this game is really bad a waste of 50$ no matter how they or some fanboy lie you into get it dont its suck a rip off i would only buy this game for 5$ not worth anything more its boring as hell repetitive you keep doing the same think in almost the same map for 100 of hours
  4. DaveB.
    Aug 20, 2008
    4
    Submitted Aug. 20/ 08 - First off I'm a huge fan of the Blizzard universe - especially Diablo II.. Hellgate London is another Action RPG from the makers of Diablo. The best part of this game was the looting system and the resulting fabulous items, which was the same as Diablo II's. The original cut scene was great. I'm guessing the corporate juggernaut, Electronic ArtsSubmitted Aug. 20/ 08 - First off I'm a huge fan of the Blizzard universe - especially Diablo II.. Hellgate London is another Action RPG from the makers of Diablo. The best part of this game was the looting system and the resulting fabulous items, which was the same as Diablo II's. The original cut scene was great. I'm guessing the corporate juggernaut, Electronic Arts saved more money by making the cut scenes between Acts -another Diablo II feature - only about 5 seconds long. I didn't notice too many bugs (my computer crashed once and the game got laggier as it progressed), I stopped playing by the time I got to Act III. Hellgate London is a really disappointing, unpolished product. In fact the worst part of the game was also an attractive selling point for me: "Dramatically generated levels for a unique experience every time". After playing, this seemed a lot more like a time saver on EA's part than a unique experience. For example, I kept playing the same levels over and over, like I'd do the street level again and there'd be the one house you can go up to the 3rd level on and the one place where you can go down a level - all placed in different sequence of course - but relatively exactly the same.. The story, NPC banter and side quests are lazily thrown together: "Kill this many monsters on this level"... "Touch this many telephone poles" or "Touch this many reactors" whatever it was.. I just wanted to blaze through, but then fighting and looting IS the whole game. Save your money and check out Titan Quest instead. It's much better and about as close to Diablo II as you can get.. Oh and Diablo III was recently announced so TQ and it's expansion pack should tide you over for a while.See you in Nov. '09… Expand
  5. James
    Apr 22, 2008
    1
    This game isn't so much bad, as broken. It was completely unplayable out of the box, but at least there was some hope given the gamemakers' history with releasing patches for Diablo. Half a year later, the single player mode is still barely playable, due to lagging about 5 patch instalments behind the multiplayer mode - which is also unplayable unless you happen to live in aThis game isn't so much bad, as broken. It was completely unplayable out of the box, but at least there was some hope given the gamemakers' history with releasing patches for Diablo. Half a year later, the single player mode is still barely playable, due to lagging about 5 patch instalments behind the multiplayer mode - which is also unplayable unless you happen to live in a country fairly close to one of their servers. What a joke of a game.… Expand
  6. KevinC.
    Nov 1, 2007
    2
    Terrible story, repetitive game play so bad that you will have experienced the entire game 10 minutes into it. Ugly and repetitive graphics. Badly designed interface (opening inventory or skills or any panel freezes your character in place?) Apparently "the people who made Diablo" only had 1 trick since this is basically plays and looks like a poor Diablo rip off. As of launch its Terrible story, repetitive game play so bad that you will have experienced the entire game 10 minutes into it. Ugly and repetitive graphics. Badly designed interface (opening inventory or skills or any panel freezes your character in place?) Apparently "the people who made Diablo" only had 1 trick since this is basically plays and looks like a poor Diablo rip off. As of launch its massively buggy as well, and already has a rabid minority willing to defend its honor. Spend your hard earned cash elsewhere.… Expand
  7. MarcS.
    Dec 1, 2007
    2
    A real dissapointment. I'm a massive fan of all things Blizzard and was really expecting a more polished product from the ex-Blizzard guys. Instead, HGL is buggy, slow, patches are a nightmare (I had to manually parse an XML file and download/patch myself after countless attempts at using their rubbish "automated" patching) and thoroughly dissapointing in it's gameplay. Stay A real dissapointment. I'm a massive fan of all things Blizzard and was really expecting a more polished product from the ex-Blizzard guys. Instead, HGL is buggy, slow, patches are a nightmare (I had to manually parse an XML file and download/patch myself after countless attempts at using their rubbish "automated" patching) and thoroughly dissapointing in it's gameplay. Stay away at all costs. I may never buy another title from Bill Roper and the FSS guys because of this. What people are generally saying is true. It needed another year of development before release.… Expand
  8. dragoneyes001
    Jan 10, 2008
    1
    The story is chopped up to say the least more like half done and although the battle system is fun and entertaining there is pretty much no feel of accomplishment no way to mule items and no variety in builds for the pvp players so overall this game fails on 3 out of four of the main reasons to play an MMO.
  9. Provo
    Jan 8, 2008
    3
    This game is incrediably boring. I really liked D2 but am an FPS gamer, so have never really got into WOW; so when the prospect of an MMOFPS came to light, I was really excited. After following the progression of this game for over a year It finally gets released. Oh what a mistake that was. The level design is awful and completly repetitive, the GUI is badly designed, graphics mediocore This game is incrediably boring. I really liked D2 but am an FPS gamer, so have never really got into WOW; so when the prospect of an MMOFPS came to light, I was really excited. After following the progression of this game for over a year It finally gets released. Oh what a mistake that was. The level design is awful and completly repetitive, the GUI is badly designed, graphics mediocore (yes, on high) and the FPS interface is really, really bad. It's almost like you are using an old ball mouse that sticks, even with a 2000dpi mouse. Really not worth the money, completly avoid.… Expand
  10. Ryan
    Nov 15, 2007
    3
    Great fundamental concept (since it's the Diablo concept) but execution completely fails in every facet: network connectivity, user interface, variety in locations monsters and NPCs, and community relations. Sorry Bill, try again.
  11. ConcernedGamer
    Nov 2, 2007
    3
    Extremely disappointing, and a real waste of time for Flagship. I've played since the alpha and this game has seen a few improvements since then but is fundamentally the same -- i.e. not-so-good. The wacky humor, the lifeless/repetitive environments, the forgettable story and NPCs, and the overall rush-job production values make this a vast disappointment. It's fun for the first Extremely disappointing, and a real waste of time for Flagship. I've played since the alpha and this game has seen a few improvements since then but is fundamentally the same -- i.e. not-so-good. The wacky humor, the lifeless/repetitive environments, the forgettable story and NPCs, and the overall rush-job production values make this a vast disappointment. It's fun for the first 4-5 hours, but once you realize that the game never really changes, it's a huge turnoff. This is coming from a 4+ year veteran of Diablo 2...I was willing to overlook a lot of flaps in HGL, but not this many.… Expand
  12. G.S.
    Nov 20, 2007
    0
    This game promises cool guns, phat loot and hordes of zombies. It has none of that, not to mention any gameplay, content or graphics fitting 2007.
  13. TravoP.
    Nov 25, 2007
    2
    The opening cut scene is defintely the best part of the game. After that it's lame after lame demons.
  14. ChadR.
    Nov 20, 2007
    1
    I am looking at this game with a critical eye and I just want to say that I understand this is a new game so it should have a few bugs. With that aside this game is terrible. The dialouge is decent but the wa it is presented with endless clicking just to view 1 sentence is ridiculous. This game has more bugs then a antfarm. I have a awesome gaming rig i bought expressly to play this game I am looking at this game with a critical eye and I just want to say that I understand this is a new game so it should have a few bugs. With that aside this game is terrible. The dialouge is decent but the wa it is presented with endless clicking just to view 1 sentence is ridiculous. This game has more bugs then a antfarm. I have a awesome gaming rig i bought expressly to play this game because pc gamer was all over this title until it came out. I was hyped for almost a year. This piece of junk is going directly to ebay. ill sell it for 5.00 if someone will take it. Dont buy into the hype. To many bugs,high system specs,lots of tweaking to get it to work and it will still terminate the application after 30 minutes of play. Also there are areas of the game that you just get physically stuck in. As in cant move. Also EA has terrible support as well afor most of their new releases. I am hesitant to play crysis now because of this steamy turd.… Expand
  15. hansS.
    Nov 3, 2007
    0
    The game wont run on ATIX800PRO 2GB ram and Soundblaster Audigy. Just freeez and black screen. DO NOT BUY!
  16. ElwoodH.
    Nov 4, 2007
    4
    Such a disappointment. So many core gameplay issues from not knowing how much damage your character causes to not being able to split stacks to one of the worst UIs I've ever seen to absolutely no story whatsoever. Expected this to be the next Diablo 2. Now I think it has a ways to go before it becomes the next Titan Quest.
  17. JerradH.
    Nov 4, 2007
    4
    Why this game is getting 10s is beyond me. The gameplay is fairly fun, and I enjoy the art style, but the game feels extremely "beta". There's tons of bugs (crashes, graphical glitches (I'm invisible and in the floor with a gun! Whoo!), lack of proper clipping, etc.) and the graphics look like they're 4 years old at best. The textures and modeling on the guns are extremely Why this game is getting 10s is beyond me. The gameplay is fairly fun, and I enjoy the art style, but the game feels extremely "beta". There's tons of bugs (crashes, graphical glitches (I'm invisible and in the floor with a gun! Whoo!), lack of proper clipping, etc.) and the graphics look like they're 4 years old at best. The textures and modeling on the guns are extremely disappointing and look like something from Quake 2 at times. Oh, yeah, and the completely unjustifiable $10 a month subscription just to get content that should be part of the purchase of the game in the first place. A terrible shame.… Expand
  18. MarkH.
    Nov 5, 2007
    0
    Boring, boring, boring. Only the most fanatical diablo fans will have to have this. The game is so dull and lifeless, with the technology available these days this could have been so much more, but it just isnt. I really cannot see where the effort has been put, because it certainly isnt in the game. Maybe they were too busy rubbing their hands together over their subscription system. Do Boring, boring, boring. Only the most fanatical diablo fans will have to have this. The game is so dull and lifeless, with the technology available these days this could have been so much more, but it just isnt. I really cannot see where the effort has been put, because it certainly isnt in the game. Maybe they were too busy rubbing their hands together over their subscription system. Do yourself a favour and play anything else.… Expand
  19. LandonF.
    Nov 5, 2007
    2
    I just played this game and turned it off. . I have never seen such horrible graphics for a video game for this time. .I was all hyped when i saw the starting video but once I played the game, the graphics reminded me of Doom, so linear, the character details are horrible. . . Then again I just started playing Clive Barker Jericho. . I cant compare . See for your self.
  20. SteveG.
    Nov 6, 2007
    0
    LOL at fanbois giving 10 perfect rating. I will give it a 0 to balance up the rating abit. Its a DECENT game. But when you look pass its graphics and random loots, this game has nothing to offer. This game deserves a 10 if it was released 10years ago. My biggest grip with this game is its skill trees. PLEASE, one pathetic tree for each classes? I almost cry when i played the game. Now LOL at fanbois giving 10 perfect rating. I will give it a 0 to balance up the rating abit. Its a DECENT game. But when you look pass its graphics and random loots, this game has nothing to offer. This game deserves a 10 if it was released 10years ago. My biggest grip with this game is its skill trees. PLEASE, one pathetic tree for each classes? I almost cry when i played the game. Now everyone in Hellgate is a clone of each other. There is hardly any char customization other than loot.… Expand
  21. BrianJ.
    Jan 17, 2008
    2
    I can't believe Flagship spent so much time making this game. Putting aside all the technical issues, which FS seems in no hurry to fix, the story just barely makes any sense at all. It's poorly written and poorly executed. As a player with no interest in multiplayer I feel particularly ripped off. It's great to say that "no game is perfect at launch", but for single player I can't believe Flagship spent so much time making this game. Putting aside all the technical issues, which FS seems in no hurry to fix, the story just barely makes any sense at all. It's poorly written and poorly executed. As a player with no interest in multiplayer I feel particularly ripped off. It's great to say that "no game is perfect at launch", but for single player what you get for $50 is just what's in the box. What's in the box is a half completed game. I gave it a 2 instead of a 1 because it was fun for a few days.… Expand
  22. Morgan
    Jan 3, 2008
    3
    Like grind? Then you like Hellgate. After you blast through the standard level so easily you fall asleep you will look forward to a harder experience on Elite. Prepare to be disappointed. Even on Elite it isnt hard as I would define hard (ie requires skill, concentration and practice to master). When players tell you its "harder" they just mean it takes longer. You die more often and Like grind? Then you like Hellgate. After you blast through the standard level so easily you fall asleep you will look forward to a harder experience on Elite. Prepare to be disappointed. Even on Elite it isnt hard as I would define hard (ie requires skill, concentration and practice to master). When players tell you its "harder" they just mean it takes longer. You die more often and instead of resurrecting you have to wade through the last hours worth of maps to get back to where you were to do the same old fight again, and again, and again. And if you are tempted to try to run right through and try to ignore the yard trash? Well not with an evoker. You can be mobbed and killed in less than a second. Nope, you have to work your way back killing everything in your path with the same fairly easy but time consuming techniques that killed the last 1000 monsters. On top of that the graphics are so so, the story line weakly presented, the immersion non existant and there a million and one annoying features (like if you die or log off your minimap closes .... why would you do this ffs? Just leave the gui as I set it up thanks ...). I played it because I was hoping there would be something more to it in Elite. But there isnt. If you liked diablo or wow or eq you may like this IF you play with a dedicated group of friends. But by yourself? Give it a miss.… Expand
  23. jamesb
    Sep 26, 2009
    3
    I was thoroughly disappointed with this game. It seems really half-assed and repetitive. I didn't play very long but as far as i got there were three environments, subway, city and tunnels. pretty much everywhere in the game was one of these three environments but in a different layout. there were tons of bugs and glitches amd just wasn't very enjoyable after the first weekI was thoroughly disappointed with this game. It seems really half-assed and repetitive. I didn't play very long but as far as i got there were three environments, subway, city and tunnels. pretty much everywhere in the game was one of these three environments but in a different layout. there were tons of bugs and glitches amd just wasn't very enjoyable after the first week or so. I admit that there probably were more environments but still very monotonous. And dont even get me started on the optional monthly fee. Think of fast food putting all the leftovers from a cow into your burger thats pretty much what the players who didn't pay the monthly fee got. If you want to play a similar game that is much more well done and much more fun play guild wars… Expand
  24. HakanB.
    Nov 11, 2007
    0
    A total dissapointment graphics are not really good what wouldnt disturb me if a diddnt get the feeling that i was playing serious sam with a +4 trainer (autoaim no reaload unlimited ammo and not enough enemys :S) they havent even make the effort to dub the npc's its like a boring mmorpg with tiny levels no players and a useless interface.
  25. RegnorV.
    Nov 12, 2007
    3
    Anyone who tells you that they encountered no bugs with their "setup" is lying. The game is as bugged as any flawed release you've ever heard of, and no amount of fanboism is going to deny this fact. That said, the game is fun and addicting, if not tediously repetitive a la City of Heroes. The problems with randomly-generated content become very apparent the 100th time you visit an Anyone who tells you that they encountered no bugs with their "setup" is lying. The game is as bugged as any flawed release you've ever heard of, and no amount of fanboism is going to deny this fact. That said, the game is fun and addicting, if not tediously repetitive a la City of Heroes. The problems with randomly-generated content become very apparent the 100th time you visit an underground train station or tunnel. We expected so much more from the Diablo team, but it goes to show that it was really Blizzard, not Roper/Brevik, that made Diablo the classic that it became.… Expand
  26. kyleb
    Nov 10, 2007
    0
    Hellgate feels like an exercise in game design where the goal was to see how little human effort was possible to produce a game. It's just a bunch of boiler plate environment templates spliced together and populated with things to kill. You start seeing through the system almost immediately, and it becomes a boring stats game with lame pay offs. A good story might have somewhat Hellgate feels like an exercise in game design where the goal was to see how little human effort was possible to produce a game. It's just a bunch of boiler plate environment templates spliced together and populated with things to kill. You start seeing through the system almost immediately, and it becomes a boring stats game with lame pay offs. A good story might have somewhat rescued it, but there isn't one. The lack of voice acting is pathetic. Must be nice to just pocket the money you should have spent on voice talent and go with text windows instead. A $60 game with endless TEXT BOXES in 2007? WTF? Some official reviewers need to be canned for not mentioning that glaring issue. All the side quests are one-offs and don't play into any larger story (saves on programming), and rewards are just crappy items like the ones you find in droves just walking around (more effort saved). A lot of people saying it's a 3D Diablo or even "Diablo 3". NOT EVEN CLOSE! Hellgate is like a raw Diablo stats engine stripped of everything else that Made Diablo interesting--a story, thriving towns, engaging NPCs with the illusion of lives. The Hellgate NPCs just stand there like mannequins--they might as well be replaced by a quest headings. I really thought the guys rating this game low were full of it, but now I wish I'd listened. Too many good games out right now to waste time or money on this POS.… Expand
  27. DougS.
    Nov 14, 2007
    3
    A couple of good ideas, well implemented. A lot of good ideas, very poorly implemented. A few really bad ideas. And a crapload of bugs and coding issues. Send this one back to beta, fix the bugs, and playtest it properly so it's fun.
  28. DavidL.
    Nov 14, 2007
    3
    As a beta 1 year from release it's pretty good. As a retail version costing box, subscription, and in game advertisements, the game is a shameful scam to get your money without delivering much. Bugs abound. The story line and content are paper thin, shallow as a puddle. You can play through it in a week and be done with it. The conveniences that make a game playable aren
  29. MichaelH.
    Nov 3, 2007
    4
    Overall a mediocre game, a mixture of Diablo 2 and Guild Wars but not nearly as good as either. It is nice to see a Diablo style random maps and random loot system again, but from my experience the game feels very unready for release and extraordinarily repetitive. (For what it's worth, I loved Diablo 2 and enjoyed a short period of Guild Wars) There are very few environment changes, Overall a mediocre game, a mixture of Diablo 2 and Guild Wars but not nearly as good as either. It is nice to see a Diablo style random maps and random loot system again, but from my experience the game feels very unready for release and extraordinarily repetitive. (For what it's worth, I loved Diablo 2 and enjoyed a short period of Guild Wars) There are very few environment changes, very few changes in monsters, and the slow progression of levels turns it into a long grind with very little reward for your long hours of work.… Expand
  30. Athena
    Nov 3, 2007
    4
    It has all of the elements to make it a fun game, but lacks the elements necessary for a good game. No story, no statistics on weapon damage, and bugs. This game needs three or four months worth of patches, and then it will probably be awesome. Unfortunately, after a few weeks the majority of those playing it will be so fed up with the bugs and repetitive gameplay that they won't It has all of the elements to make it a fun game, but lacks the elements necessary for a good game. No story, no statistics on weapon damage, and bugs. This game needs three or four months worth of patches, and then it will probably be awesome. Unfortunately, after a few weeks the majority of those playing it will be so fed up with the bugs and repetitive gameplay that they won't care anymore. This is the "should have been" title of the year. It should have been delayed until it was finished.… Expand
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70

Mixed or average reviews - based on 40 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 40
  2. Mixed: 27 out of 40
  3. Negative: 2 out of 40
  1. PC Gamer
    89
    It doesn't redefine the action RPG, but in a genre laden with derivative games, Hellgate is a refreshing concoction that's likely to have enduring appeal. [Dec 2007, p.48]
  2. GamePro
    60
    You might get sucked into the online world of competing slayers and level grinding for a while, but the tedium will kill you far quicker than any member of Hell's vast.
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  3. Pelit (Finland)
    84
    Hellgate: London takes the elements that made the Diablo series classic, and puts them in new, invigorating setting of demonic threat, dark magic and high technology. The fresh world of Hellgate: London is its greatest asset, but sadly the game fails in capitalizing it properly, with quite shoddy plot and generic missions outside the main story. Nevertheless, Hellgate: London is a good action RPG with plenty to enjoy. How the multiplayer system works when the game hits stores will ultimately determine the staying power of the game. [Nov 2007]
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