Remember the dead…., but fight for the living! You are about to experience an ARPG like no other.
Some key points that this game offers:
- Free Multiplayer mode
- Subscription service with added benefits.
- Futuristic ARPG.
Gameplay & Controls:
The keyboard and mouse is used for general gameplay, the mouse being the eyes and action buttons, left and right click are mainly used as attack buttons but they also serve the purpose of opening chests and starting conversations with the various NPC’s.
The gameplay is where the fun starts albeit limited at this stage. The game is pretty much a Hack and Slash with some twists, HELLGATE: London plays off in a futuristic setting in an Apocalyptic Demon infested earth. You get to choose from six different classes of Warriors, some with melee options such as swords and others using various ranged weapons such as sniper rifles and automatic guns.
The game runs and plays well, but the grind for it is quite excessive and over the top, the game lacks several basic QOL features that would really improve it and make it much more fun to play.
Graphics:
The game is quite beautiful; a lot of attention went into creating the levels, each unique in their way, the random level generator does a marvelous job of giving us a unique experience every time we venture forth.
Character detail along with the various Demons was created just as beautifully; again, each character you meet is unique in looks and appearance. The same can be said for the Demons, they all look absolutely stunning in their own right. Attack patterns and Area of Effect animations display and behave gorgeously giving us constant beauty to behold as we go about Demon slaying.
Under the hood various settings are available to us to customize our game experience.
Sounds:
The sounds and music are another aspect that has been done well, the in game sounds perform beautifully with the background music, setting a unique atmosphere every time you are out in the world.
Character voice overs are done just as well, very clear and entertaining, each NPC with a story to tell does it marvelously, keeping you entertained and listening.
Replayability:
HELLGATE: London offers a free multiplayer mode where you can play solo or cooperative PvE. Paying for the monthly subscription fee gives you access to a few things, such as the PvP mode and future content that will be released for the game.
The game itself can be played on different difficulties and you have access to six different character classes, so there are plenty of reasons to replay the game.
The repetitiveness that the game has at this stage makes it feel like progress is super slow and in some cases the game feels like a bore, so just as much as it offers replay value it can limit it as well, it will depend entirely on the gamer.
MGR Gaming’s Conclusions:
Spoilers Ahead:
HELLGATE: London really looks like a great game, it has so much potential and it can truly become a great game; but to be perfectly frank, as it stands the game is simply lacking a whole lot. To start things off with would be the extremely limited standard features one would want in an RPG, the quests are no more than simple one liners, there is barely any lore in the game and the main story of the game itself is so limiting that it hardly draws you in, never mind keeping you entertained.
The skill system for each class is fun and entertaining, but levelling up takes forever, and if you couple that up with the excessive grinding that the game requires from you, it simply doesn’t live up to expectations, as it stands the game play is very simplistic in the form of head out and kill anything that moves, move on to the next area and start all over again.
The loot is great, there is plenty of options to go out and find, the mod system for the weapon and gear enhancement is just as beautifully done giving us various options to truly play with.
I do not want to bad mouth the game, I played it and I enjoyed it to a point, I am a massive RPG fan, but the game does need more, the game truly can’t be all they wished it to be as it is now.
The Micro transactions for the game are a mechanic that I am not comfortable with, I already paid for the game, but this is an aspect that each gamer makes use of at their own discretion.
By: MGRza
Date: 8 November 2007
Additional Info:
Platforms: PC: Mac
Genre: ARPG: Loot
Censor Rating: Mature
Age Rating: 18
Developer: Flagship Studios.
Publisher: Namco Bandai Games: Electronic Arts
Release Date: 31 October 2007
MGR Gaming Steam Curator:
https://store.steampowered.com/curator/32364038/
