Hellgate: London Screenshots Released

I know its quibbling over some very early screen shots, but this one: http://www.shacknews.com/screens.x/hellgate_london/Hellgate:+London/1/070516/070516_hellgate_london_03.jpg

Looks like total ass. That is a sword right? It doesnt have anything clsoe to an edge on it in that screenshot.

The model for the chick in the dark organic-looking armor is totally badass.

Its slowly looking worse and worse. The levels look flat and uninteresting. I knew that would happen when they decided to go modular. :(

You guys don't know what's up. When Diablo 2 came out, nobody was hailing it as the best looking game in the universe, they were complaining about the fact that it was still 640x480. And to this day D2 is still on my hard drive. The only other game that's had that level of longevity with me is Doom.

I went to Flagship at the beginning of the year and sat down with the game, and it's fun. It's D2 all over again. Action and loot, and the randomized levels give it so much replay you can't shake a stick at. Not even a good shaking stick that's been training for a chance for a good shaking.

That stuff is hard to convey in screenshots, and I agree these shots aren't terribly impressive. They seem to be interested in showing off their character models much closer up than you'll ever see in the game for some reason, in a day when we're on the cusp of DX10, it seems like the wrong strategy to me but I'm not on their marketing team.

As far a the $10 a month? Everyone seems to think that the game will have no value if you don't subscribe, and forget that you'll get a game with more content and replayability out of the box than you got with Diablo 2. With a full single player story, with free online play. Forget the hardcore mode or the added character slots you get when you subscribe, the $10 a month allows them to add significant content on a regular basis, not a patch every 2 years with a dozen more runewords like D2, but added equipment, monsters, areas to explore - including all the added iterations that adding a new tileset into a randomizing engine allowe, missions, mission types, etc, all on a very regular basis. I think they're aiming to do regular additions on a monthly basis and larger content packs every 3 months. (Given the track record of episodic gaming so far, I'm suspicious of those targets, but we'll see.) I don't think it will be worth subscribing for the first few months, but after 6 months or a year, I think it will be very worth it.

Anyway my point is, bitching about screenshots is one thing, but don't write the game off till you've played it.

So what's this game about? And is it FPS, RPG, MMOG... what?

$10 says every one of you nay-sayers buys this game. If this is what crappy games look like, then sign me up for some more crappy games!

So, this is like an MMO, but not? Sounds retarded.

This game seems less interesting every time I read about it.

They need to release more videos with guts falling out and hearts being ripped out, that is if they still are shooting for a mature rating.

After they announced that pricing scheme, I don't think many folks care anymore.

It doesn't look amazing but it still looks good. I can't wait to try it out. I am hoping the environments are more varied than only the "dark broken london" setting everything has shown up to this point.

How unfortunate, I was seriously looking forward to the next diablo style game. I need mah fix.

It's like each batch of screenshots are made under the supervision of a new art director. These look like Bill Sienkiewicz pieces.

That crate/skid picture is probably the worst shot they could have thrown in there. I think all the other shots are still looking rather tasty. Interface is shaping up well too.

this game looks uglier than I remember it when I saw it at E3 last year =\