Ripten's Josh Pankratz weighs in on the pros and cons of Flagship Studio's Hellgate London.
IGN : Remember Hellgate: London? The dark fantasy action role-playing game came out in 2007 for PC, a year before developer Flagship Studios went bankrupt. Since then, various free-to-play and online revivals have come and gone. Now, 17 years after the release of Hellgate: London, it’s back.
I remember some friends and I all bought Hellgate: London day one because it was made by some original Diablo devs. We had fun playing it, good memories.
PC Invasion: Hellgate: London is back on Steam, but it's not what you expect it to be. It's a single-player game in the vein of Asian MMOs.
Let's take a look at the loot-based shooter that started it all and set the path for Destiny 2 and the Borderlands franchise.
It's a shame Hellgate: London did so poorly. It was an interesting game, and well worth a sequel.
I was EXTREMELY skeptical about this game...BUT after playing the demo it looks like it might be a worthy Diablo 2 successor or at least worthy of the annual Diablo-like doses...but the game DESPERATELY needs a LOT of patching to be at its finest cuz in the demo its was VERY evident that there were a LOT of small annoying details that a simple patch could fix