I was just thinking that there might as well be a thread to post news on the game. Here you go.
Also, recently I have decided that I can answer many questions that anyone has. Just post and I will get to them fairly quickly, when I am online.
Also, I am proud to say that Buck has decided to put up a site dedicated to
Hellgate:London. Thanks Buck!
A direct
link to the interview between GB and Bill. Oh, yes, and of course,
Part 2, with Max.
Publisher:
Namco
Developer:
Flagship Studios
Type: Highly Randomized Action RPG
Preorder Price: $49.99 (Presuming American)
Platform: PC
Release Date: 12/31/06 (They say, when it is finished... not before. This date is a date only.)
Origin: US
ESRB Rating: TBA. Guessing Teen or Mature.
Views in Game: 1st and 3rd person views.
Minimum System Requirements:
Judging by the cinematics I'd say:
Recommended
1.8 Ghz or above
512 MB RAM
ATi 9000 series or above
Nvidia 5000 series or above
A link or two:
Gamespot Club Skill GamesRadar (UK) Total Video Games RPG Vault CGN-Cyber Gaming Network GameZone IGN GamersMark GameSpy Jolt (UK) GotNext Gaming Age ActionTrip RPG Codex (rec.) Total Video Games Worthplaying Gamona Computer and Video Games
HG:L Sites:
Hellgate RPG Planet Hellgate Guru Hellgate London Homepage
Lately, Buck has been beating me out no matter how fast I find things, so I decided that I might as well link things directly to the best source I can find, Gamebanshee News.
Gamebanshee News:
Hellgate: London Q&A Hellgate:London Preview Hellgate:London Screenshots Hellgate: London Gamebanshee Coverage Hellgate: London Preview Hellgate: London Video Podcast Hellgate: London Screenshots Hellgate: London Preview Hellgate: London Screenshots & Concept Art
Xandax, I know you have been looking for the interface. I have found the interface in the third movie down on this page, as well as how the layout is going to be for equiping your charcter... and an in game battle. Site is
here.
Found a movie worth watching on the game
here... a trailer for the plot, pretty much... and an action sequence.
It is also located on the link above it... the second link is only for people with widescreens.
An E3 report on HG:L on Gamespot,
here.
Even though it is listed in the links, Gamespot also has some pretty good movies currently avaiable, including some informative movies about whether or not this game actually fits the term RPG or not. Also, it goes through basic gameplay, and charcter developent, including how the equip screen works. Very interesting. Click
here to view the movie page.
1st HG:L site useful. I recomend looking through it... as well as the second. The second is actually even more informative and useful.
Some quick items on HG:L below.
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Originally Posted by Gamestats Description of Hellgate: London Hellgate: London combines the depth of role-playing games and action of first-person titles, while offering infinite playability with randomly created levels, items and events. The player creates a heroic character, completes quests and battles through innumerable hordes of demons to advance through experience levels and branching skill paths. A robust, flexible skill and spell system, highly customizable appearances and a massive variety of randomly generated equipment allow players to create their own unique hero. |
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Originally Posted by -- Richard Aihoshi; RPGVault May 27, 2005 - With developer Flagship Studios having been co-founded by five former Blizzard principals, Hellgate: London was one of the most highly anticipated titles to debut at this year's edition of the annual trade show. On the exhibition floor, publisher Namco had it on prominent display, with a partial build running on perhaps a dozen systems. Invited guests also had the chance for private demo sessions with key team members; in my case, this meant about 20 minutes one on one with Erich Schaefer.
The game takes place in the near future. The world has been torn apart by an onslaught of demons, so the above-ground area I saw was full of broken buildings and heaps of scorched rubble. The latter was also true of the underground location Erich visited, which had once been an area of subway tunnels. Naturally, both had monsters aplenty, on foot and flying. They often came at him from nooks, crannies and side angles, which meant he had to watch his flanks as he moved and led to instances of being caught unaware that definitely enhanced the overall action feel.
That doesn't mean the first-person title will be uni-dimensional. Although the demo showcased combat, Schaefer noted that the team is very cognizant of the need to incorporate a strong RPG layer with a solid story, character development and quest systems et al. Players who enjoy collecting items will be pleased to know that there's a random loot generation scheme designed to provide vast scope for character customization. An interesting aspect is the ability to modify weapons so they do additional damage, which can be of different types. The pistol I saw had one such slot, but I thought I heard other arms can have more. As for your avatar, you'll be able to choose among "several" classes, although no specific number was stated.
As you can tell from the screenshots below, Hellgate's graphics are undeniably of high quality. Not surprisingly, the game looked even better in action, and considering it isn't likely to ship until at least late 2006, it appeared to run very smoothly. Also of note, one of the key features is random map generation. This might cause you to wonder how they will look and how varied they will be. I can't speak to the latter based on what I saw, but neither locale shown during my meeting gave any obvious indication it hadn't been crafted by hand. In terms of specific visual elements, there was a cool selection of monsters to fight, and some eye-catching weapon effects.
Hellgate: London didn't disappoint, and may well have exceeded my pre-show expectations. While it didn't look like a title that will revolutionize the industry, there's plenty of room in the industry for games to thrive and even to become monstrous hits based on being evolutionary, exceptionally crafted, highly polished or all three. Flagship's project just might be one that will do so. |
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